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Presented by:
Kristin A. Mendoza
OPEN SOURCE ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES:
An Introduction to Open Source, Managing Open Source and Creative
Commons
UNHInnovation Creative Works SymposiumApril 29, 2015
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This presentation is a legal summary and, because of its generality, may not be applicable to your situation. For specific legal advice, you
should consult with your attorney about your particular needs.
DISCLAIMER
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Knowing the Vocabulary Copyright vs Copyleft vs Copyfree OpenSource Creative Commons
Understanding the Legal Framework Proprietary vs. Open Creative Commons
Implementing the License Open Source Copyfree Creative Commons
PRESENTATION AGENDA
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Copyright – A federal right owned by every author of a work to exclude others from doing any of the following five activities:
Reproduction Adaptation Distribution to the public Performance in public Display in public
VOCABULARY
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Copyright protection exists from the moment of creation and fixation of a work in any tangible medium of expression. To be valid, a copyrighted work must have originality and some modicum of creativity.
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Copyleft – The practice of using copyright law to offer a form of license whereby users have the right to distribute copies and modify versions of a work provided that that the same rights to distribute and modify are preserved in versions of the work created by others.
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Often used interchangeably with “Open Source”
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Copyfree – The practice of using copyright law to offer a form of license whereby users have the right to freely copy, use, modify and distribute a work without restriction.
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Public Domain – The status of a creative work or invention that is not protected by a form of intellectual property law. Works in the public domain may be freely used without the permission of the former author or owner of the work or invention.
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Since the public domain is the expiration or non-existence of exclusive right, there is some question as to how an author dedicates a creative work to the public domain. In practice, the author can simply not assert legal rights against other users of his work as though his exclusive rights no longer exist. However, the user of the work who relies on the impassivity of the author runs the risk of not having legal claim to any derivative work created by that user.
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Open Source – The practice of using copyright law to offer a form of software license that meets copyleft principles by abiding by the following criteria:
Free Redistribution – No license or royalty for sales of software containing open source code
Source Code – The program must include the source code and allow distribution in source code form, as well as compiled form
Derivative Works – The license must allow others to modify and make derivative works No Discrimination – Against any person, group OR specific fields of endeavor Distribution of License – Rights given under the license must apply to all to whom the
program is redistributed without the need to execute a new license Must Be Product and Technology Neutral Must Not Restrict Other Software – The license cannot insist that all other programs
distributed with the licensed software be open source.
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Creative Commons – The practice of using copyright law to offer several forms of copyright l icenses reserving some rights to the author while granting other rights to users. In essence, instead of “all rights reserved”, this is a “some rights reserved” approach to copyright. The forms of l icenses are:
Attribution – Lets other distribute, modify or build upon an original work, even for commercial use, as long as they credit the author for the original creation
Attribution-NoDervs – Allows for redistribution, for commercial or non-commercial use, as long as the original work is passed along, unchanged and in whole, with credit to the author
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike – Lets others modify or build upon an original work for non-commercial use only as long as they credit the author of the original creation and share their new creation under the identical terms
Attribution-ShareAlike – Lets others modify or build upon an original work, even for commercial use, as they credit the author of the original creation and share their new creation under the identical terms
Attribution-NonCommercial - Lets other modify or build upon an original work, for non-commercial use only, as long as they credit the author for the original creation
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs – Allows others to download the original work and share it with others, for non-commercial use, unchanged and in whole, as long as they credit the author
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UNDERSTANDING THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK
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Most Favorable to
Author
Least Favorable to
Author
Public Domain
Copyright CopyfreeCopyleft
Open Source
Creative Commons
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Proprietary Open
License Fee Yes Yes, although more common free
User Access to Source Code / Original Work Product
No Yes
Control of New Features / Product Modifications
Creator The development community
Security Subject to internal controls of the creator
Possibility for malware to be embedded by the development
community
Development Time / Cost Can be significant and is dependent upon the resources of
the creator
Generally, shorter development time and lower cost
Quality of Source Code / Original Work Product
Varies Varies
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UNDERSTANDING THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK
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Key points about Open licenses:Appropriate for sharing content publicly (including software or
hardware) If licensing software, the source code must be made availableRequires a derivation work to be shared under the same license terms “Mixed Source” software is possible (Ability to combine proprietary
source code and open source into a single software project) but must be careful with licenses
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Proprietary Open
User-Friendly Tends to have user-friendly interfaces and features
Tends to have more technical interface and features
Customer Support Expected Difficult
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UNDERSTANDING THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK
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UNDERSTANDING THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK
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UNDERSTANDING THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK
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Key points about Creative Commons licenses:Appropriate for sharing content publicly (but not software or hardware)Do not contain warranties of any kindRequires attribution to the authorPeople who use the content under a Creative Commons license may
rely on the license even if the author stops distributing the workNeed to make sure that Creative Commons license does not violate
other obligations of the author (e.g., employment agreement)
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IMPLEMENTING THE LICENSE
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GNU General Public License (software)GNU Affero General Public License
(AGPL) (servers)GNU Free Documentation License (FDL)
(text)Apache License 2.0BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" l icenseBSD 2-Clause "Simplif ied" or "FreeBSD"
licenseMIT licenseMozilla Public License 2.0Common Development and Distribution
LicenseEclipse Public License
COPYLEFT LICENSES
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COPYLEFT LICENSES
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License Grant
“Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, each Contributor hereby grants to You a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare Derivative Works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute the Work and such Derivative Works in Source or Object form.”
- Apache License 2.0
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COPYLEFT LICENSES
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Redistr ibut ion
“You may reproduce and distribute copies of the Work or Derivative Works thereof in any medium, with or without modifications, and in Source or Object form, provided that You meet the following conditions:
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- Apache License 2.0
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AMANDA L icense Beer-Ware L icense BeOpen Python Open Source L icense Agreement BSD Documentat ion L icense Boost Sof tware L icense Creat ive Commons Zero Clear BSD L icense CMU License Copyf ree Open Innovat ion L icense Crowley Thelemic L icense CWI L icense Agreement for Python Detachable Publ ic L icense Do What The F*** You Want To Publ ic L icense v2 FreeBSD Documentat ion L icense Genera l At t r ibut ion L icense Give I t Your Own L icense, L icense GNU Al l -Permiss ive L icense Histor ica l Permiss ion Not ice and Disc la imer Incons iderate L icense
COPYFREE LICENSES
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COPYFREE LICENSES
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License Grant
“Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is, without any warranty.”
- GNU All-Permissive License
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CREATIVE COMMONS
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