This book provides a practical guide to open source compliance for managers, executives, and software developers working with open source technologies. Written by Dr. Ibrahim Haddad, an expert on open source compliance, you'll find explanations, case studies, and best practices for open source in the enterprise. Open source compliance means that users of open source software must observe all the copyright notices and satisfy all the license obligations for the open source software used. Users must also protect their intellectual property and that of third-party suppliers from unintended disclosure. The book provides information on * Compliance, open source licenses and obligations, and case studies* How to build an open source compliance infrastructure* Architectural guidelines, best practices, and dealing with compliance inquiriesWhat you'll learn* Compliance* Open source license obligations* Case studies (including what can go wrong and how to avoid it)* Building a compliance infrastructure* Compliance best practices, and dos and don'ts* How to respond to compliance inquiriesWho is this book for?
This book is for stakeholders involved in creating and shipping commercial products that include open source software, and who need to ensure compliance with open source licenses. The businesspeople who will benefit most from this book include * Software engineers* Engineering managers* Product managers* Developer relations managers* Legal professionals* Marketing professionals
- ISBN10 1430226447
- ISBN13 9781430226444
- Publish Date 15 January 2010
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 15 April 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint APress
- Format Paperback
- Pages 300
- Language English