The Software License Unveiled: How Legislation by License Controls Software Access

by Douglas E. Phillips

Millions of computer users regularly bind themselves to software license terms with the click of a mouse, usually without reading anything but the word "agree." Licenses for software as diverse as Microsoft Windows and Linux, and terms of use for websites such as Facebook, are all subject not only to intellectual property and commercial law, but also to the private law of the license, which comes in many forms, each with its advocates. Microsoft,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195341872
• ISBN13: 9780195341874
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"