Open source law, policy and practice / edited by Amanda Brock

• Superior document: Oxford scholarship online
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: Second edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Oxford Academic
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (568 pages)
• Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book examines various policies, including the legal and commercial aspects of the Open Source phenomenon. Here, 'Open Source' is adopted as convenient shorthand for a collection of diverse users and communities, whose differences can be as great as their similarities. The common thread is their reliance on, and use of, law and legal mechanisms to govern the source code they write, use, and distribute. The central fact of open source is that maintaining control over source code relies on the existence and efficacy of intellectual property ('IP') laws, particularly copyright law. Copyright law is the primary statutory tool that achieves the end of openness, although implemented through private law arrangements at varying points within the software supply chain. This dependent relationship is itself a cause of concern for some philosophically in favour of 'open', with some predicting (or hoping) that the free software movement will bring about the end of copyright as a means for protecting software.

Table of Contents

Contents: Foreword - Keith Bergelt - Abbreviations - Contributors - Table of Cases - Table of Legislation - Introduction - 1. pen Source as Philosophy, Methodology, and Commerce: Using Law with Attitude - Ian Walden - 2. evolving Perspective on Community and Governance - Ross Gardler and Stephen R Walli - Part 1Intellectual Property, Corporate, and Governance - 3. copyright, Contract, and Licensing in Open Source - P McCoy Smith - 4. contributor Agreements - Jilayne Lovejoy - 5. copyright Enforcement - Miriam Belhausen - 6. transforming the Supply Chain with Openchain ISO 5230 - Shane Coughlan - 7. PDX and Software Bill of Materials ISO/IEC 5962L 2021 - Kate Stewart - 8. corporate Concerns: Audit, Valuation, and Deals - Toby Crick - 9. trademarks - Pamela Chestek - 10. patents and the Defensive Response - Malcolm Bain and P McCoy Smith - 11. pen Source Software in Standard Setting: The Role of Intellectual Property Right Regimes - Knut Blind, Mirko Böhm, and Nikolaus Thumm - 12. export Control - Michael Cheng and Mishi Choudhary - 13. pen Source Software and Security: Practices, Governance, History, and Perceptions - Charles-H Schulz - Part 2The Business of Open: Economics, Open Source Models, and Usage - 14. sustainability and Open Source - Cristian Parrino - 15. economics of Open Source - Mirko Böhm - 16. business and Revenue Models and Commercial Agreements - Amanda Brock - 17. ntitrust, Competition, and Open Source - Carlo Piana - 18. foundations and Other Organisations - Karen Sandler - 19. he Rise of the Open Source Program Offices (OSPO) - Nithya Ruff - 20. loud Native Development, Containers, and Open Source Licensing - Richard Fontana - 21. ublic Sector and Open Source - Iain G Mitchell KC - Part 3Everything Open - 22. lockchain and Open Source - Mark Radcliffe - 23. pen Hardware - Andrew Katz - 24. pen Everything - Andrew Katz - Appendix - Index