Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing: If you've held back from developing open source or free software projects because you don't understand the implications of the various licenses, you're not alone. Many developers believe in releasing their software freely, but have hesitated to do so because they're concerned about losing control over their software. Licensing issues are complicated, and both the facts and fallacies you hear word-of-mouth can add to the confusion. Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing helps you make sense of the different options available to you. This concise guide focuses on annotated licenses, offering an in-depth explanation of how they compare and interoperate, and how license choices affect project possibilities. Written in clear language that you don't have to be a lawyer to understand, the book answers such questions as: What rights am I giving up? How will my use of OS/FS licensing affect future users or future developers? Does a particular use of this software--such as combining it with proprietary software--leave me vulnerable to lawsuits? Following a quick look at copyright law, contracts, and the definition of 'open source,' the book tackles the spectrum of licensing, including: * The MIT (or X), BSD, Apache and Academic Free licenses * The GPL, LGPL, and Mozilla licenses * The QT, Artistic, and Creative Commons licenses * Classic Proprietary licenses * Sun Community Source license and Microsoft Shared Source project

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Open Source Licensing - Software Freedom and Intellectual Property Law: 'Open Source' implies a unique way of developing and licensing software.Raymond's Cathedral and the Bazaar explained the unique character of theOpen Source development model. Rosen's Open Source Licensing explainsthe unique character of the Open Source licensing model.SCO, with financial support from Microsoft, is engaged in a much-publicizedassault on Linux, and more generally, on the licensing model upon which allOpen Source software rests. In a recent filing in its case against IBM, SCOwrote: 'The GPL violates the U.S. Constitution, together with copyright,antitrust and export control laws.'And the implications are clear: at risk are not only the developers working onthe 68,000 Open Source projects active on SourceForge today, but also themillions of companies, schools, and organizations that deploy Open Sourcesoftware.All of this has generated a great deal of interest in the nature of Open Sourcelicenses, and the intellectual property law that underlies them.� What, exactly, are the legal underpinnings of Open Source?� Of the 40+ Open Source licenses, which are the most important, and why?� How does a developer choose which to use?� What are the risks--and obligations--to a business that deploys OpenSource.� What can you a business do in the event of a lawsuit?Cover quotes from Lessig, John Terpstra of Samba.org, and Stuart Cohen--theCEO of OSDL.

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The CVS Book: Open Source Development with CVS: Open Source Development with CVS is one of the first books available that discusses the development and implementation of Open Source software. In this book you will find a complete introduction, tutorial, and reference to the Concurrent Versions System (CVS), along with a detailed survey of the systems and conventions of Open Source development, and how CVS fits into them. If you just begun exploring Open Source software, this book will answer many of your questions; if you're an old hand, it will provide a convenient guide to the most widely used revision control system in the free software world today.

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Software Engineering for Internet Applications: A twelve-year-old can build a nice Web application using the tools that came standard with any Linux or Windows machine. Thus it is worth asking ourselves, 'What is challenging, interesting, and inspiring about Internet-based applications?'

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Unix Programming Frequently Asked Questions: This FAQ was originally begun by Patrick Horgan in May 1996; I took it over after it had been lying idle for several months. I've reorganised it a bit and added some stuff; I still regard it as `under development'. Comments, suggestions, additions, corrections etc. should be sent to the maintainer at: .

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VBScript Tutorial: VBScript is a Microsoft scripting language. In our VBScript tutorial you will learn how to write VBScript, and how to insert these scripts into your HTML files to make your web pages more dynamic and interactive

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Linux/Unix ebooks: Links to GNU/Linux Websites and Books

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Learn whole of VB: vbCity.com in association with Beginners.co.uk offers lots of on-line training and tutorials that will be affordable for everybody because they are FREE.

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Complete Visual Basic: VISUAL BASIC is a high level programming language evolved from the earlier DOS version called BASIC. BASIC means Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. It is a fairly easy programming language to learn.

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Visual Basic .NET articles: A complete book on VB.net with lots of examples and also in a simple and understandable way....

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