Unravelling the Myth Around Open Source Licences: An Analysis from a Dutch and European Law Perspective

by Lucie Guibault and Ot van Daalen

Open source software licences are based on two fundamental principles: the possibility for users to use the software for any purpose and the possibility to modify and redistribute it without prior authorisation from the initial developer. Some open source software licences, like the General Public Licence (GPL), also impose a corollary obligation on the licensee: to make the source code available to other developers. The idea behind this form of licensing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9067042145
• ISBN13: 9789067042147
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: T.M.C. Asser Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.6"