Adventures In Software Licensing: SCO V. IBM and the Future of the Open Source Model
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چکیده
INTRODUCTION................................................................................... 450 I. COPYRIGHTS AND LICENSING................................................ 452 A. The Basics........................................................................... 452 B. Computer Software ............................................................ 454 1. The Special Problem of Derivative Works ................... 455 2. Sublicensing .................................................................. 456 II. OPEN SOURCE VERSUS PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE............... 457 A. Two Alternative Models of Software Development........... 457 B. Open Source Licensing ...................................................... 461 1. The General Public License and ‘‘Copyleft’’ ................. 461 2. Does Open Source Necessarily Imply Copyleft? .......... 463 III. PUTTING THE DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT MODELS INTO PRACTICE: UNIX AND LINUX......................................... 464 A. General Background........................................................... 464 B. IBM, AIX, and Sequent ..................................................... 465 C. The Convoluted History of the SCO Group ..................... 466 1. The Santa-Cruz Operation........................................... 466 2. Novell, Caldera, and the SCO Group .......................... 467 D. Linux................................................................................... 467 IV. THE SCO V. IBM LAWSUIT .................................................... 468 A. SCO’s Allegations .............................................................. 468 B. IBM’s License Agreements ................................................ 470 1. SOFT-00015: IBM’s Original Unix License ............... 470 2. SUB-00015A: IBM’s AIX Sublicense.......................... 471 3. The Sequent License & Sublicense .............................. 472 C. Analysis of IBM’s Position ................................................. 472 1. A Snarled Chain of Title .............................................. 472 2. Amendment X: A Dead-End?...................................... 474 3. A Better Response: IBM’s Right to Create Derivative Works .......................................................... 475
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- JTHTL
دوره 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006