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What is License

Chapter 30
Handbook of Research on Open Source Software: Technological, Economic, and Social Perspectives
It is a legal permission to commit some act.
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Examining Open Source Software Licenses through the Creative Commons Licensing Model
Kwei-Jay Lin (University of California, USA), Yi-Hsuan Lin (Creative Commons Taiwan Project, Taiwan), and Tung-Mei Ko (OSSF Project, Taiwan)
Copyright: © 2007 |Pages: 12
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-999-1.ch030
Abstract
In this chapter, the authors present a novel perspective by using the Creative Commons (CC) licensing model to compare 10 commonly used OSS licenses. The authors also propose a license compatibility table to show that whether it is possible to combine OSS with CC-licensed open content in a creative work. By using the CC licensing concept to interpret OSS licenses, the authors hope that users can get a deeper understanding on the ideas and issues behind many of the OSS licenses. In addition, the authors hope that by means of this table, users can make a better decision on the license selection while combining open source with CC-licensed works.
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Chapter 216
Educational Technology and Intellectual Property
Permission granted by authority to exercise certain rights and privileges that would otherwise constitute an illegal act.
Published in Chapter: Educational Technology and Intellectual Property; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
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Chapter 5
Discovering the Core Security Requirements of DRM Systems by Means of Objective Trees
A virtual object granting specific rights to a specific user for accessing content.
Published in Chapter: Discovering the Core Security Requirements of DRM Systems by Means of Objective Trees; From: Handbook of Research on Secure Multimedia Distribution
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Chapter 6
Intellectual Property Rights
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Chapter 6
Digital Rights Management for Untrusted Peer-to-Peer Networks
Refers to the consent granted by an owner of an object that enables an end-user to legitimately use that object (e.g., authenticate and make payments to obtain a license to play audio file).
Published in Chapter: Digital Rights Management for Untrusted Peer-to-Peer Networks; From: Handbook of Research on Secure Multimedia Distribution
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Chapter 99
Understanding Cloud Computing in a Higher Education Context
Agreement that stipulates the terms of use for an application and defines the rights of the software producer and of the end-user.
Published in Chapter: Understanding Cloud Computing in a Higher Education Context; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
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Chapter 16
Open Source Software Evaluation
An agreement that is attached to the use of a product. In case of software, the software license agreement defines the terms under which you are allowed to use the software. For open source software, there are a number of common licenses, not bound to a specific piece of software, that can be used for almost any type of open source software. These licenses are well known so users and developers usually know the conditions of these licenses.
Published in Chapter: Open Source Software Evaluation; From: Handbook of Research on Open Source Software: Technological, Economic, and Social Perspectives
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Chapter 4
Tools, Technologies, and Methodologies to Support Data Science: Support Technologies for Data Science
Permission granted by the owner of a product or data to the end user for its use, distribution, modification, or the terms that this or the end user contract specifies.
Published in Chapter: Tools, Technologies, and Methodologies to Support Data Science: Support Technologies for Data Science; From: Handbook of Research on Engineering, Business, and Healthcare Applications of Data Science and Analytics
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Chapter 29
Free Access to Law and Open Source Software
Permission needed to use or modify materials in a way that is recognized as legitimate by the owner of such materials and by an overall community familiar that recognized a similar understanding of legitimate use.
Published in Chapter: Free Access to Law and Open Source Software; From: Handbook of Research on Open Source Software: Technological, Economic, and Social Perspectives
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Chapter 4
Information Technology and Fair Use
Permission granted by authority to exercise certain rights and privileges that would otherwise constitute an illegal act
Published in Chapter: Information Technology and Fair Use; From: Encyclopedia of E-Leadership, Counseling and Training
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