Open Source Software

Open Source Software

By Kalyan C Kankanala Chief Knowledge Officer Brain League IP Services

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Background Evolution Concept Principles

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Principles Free Re-distribution Source Code Derived Works Integrity of the Author No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups. Against Fields of Endeavor Distribution of License Not Specific to a Product No Contamination of Other Software Technology-Neutral © Brain League IP Services Pvt. Ltd, 2007

GPL

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Provisions Rights Conditions Flexibilities Patent assertion - license terminates Sub-licensing not allowed Warranty and Liability © Brain League IP Services Pvt. Ltd, 2007

Provisions Non-source transfers Additional terms Technology measures

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Other Licenses

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Comparison Table GPL

NPL

BSD

Rights

Copyrights

Copyrights and Copyrights Patents

Source code

Yes

Yes

No

Sub-Licensing

No

No

Yes

Patent assertion No

No

Yes

Warranty

No

No

No

Notice

Yes

Yes

Yes

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Open Source and Business

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Business Selling copies of open source software Reliable Up to date Virus attack

Customization services Training and implementation Contractual protection Indemnity Warranty

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Use of OSS in business

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Models

OSMM - Open Source Maturity Model Navica CapGemini

BRR - Business Readiness Rating

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OSMM - Navica Maturity level of OSS Three phases - Select, Assess and Integrate Support Documentation Training Product integration Professional services

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BRR Score 1-5 1 – Unacceptable 5- Excellent

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Phases Phase 1 – Quick Assessment Phase 2 – Target usage assessment and Category weights Phase 3 – Data collection and processing Phase 4 – Data translation

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Target Usage - Categories Functionality Usability Quality Security Performance Scalability Architecture Support Documentation Adoption Community Professionalism © Brain League IP Services Pvt. Ltd, 2007

Rating Average score on a scale of 5 1 - Unacceptable 2 - Poor 3 - acceptable 4 - Very good 5 - Excellent

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Cases and Issues

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Progress v. MySQL AB Gemini software Distribution by Progress under License violates GPL Denied injunction Dispute whether derivative work governed by GPL Withdraw end user license

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SCO v. IBM Bought Unix Fragments of Unix incorporated into kernel of Linux Copyright violation on IBM Letters to Linux end user customers Redhat's suit

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Microsoft Linux 235 patents IBM, Red Hat and so on

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OSS Model Business plan Protect Avoid violation Make the best of what is available

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Thank you. Contact : Kalyan C. Kankanala Chief Knowledge Officer, Brain League IP Services Email: [email protected] Ph: 91-80-41489502/4 Url: www.brainleague.com Blog: www.indianipinfo.blogspot.com © Brain League IP Services Pvt. Ltd, 2007