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Intellectual Property and Open Source
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Intellectual Property and Open Source

by Van Lindberg
July 2008
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
384 pages
13h 6m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Appendix M. The Open Software License, Version 3.0

The Open Software License (OSL), Version 3.0

This Open Software License (the “License”) applies to any original work of authorship (the “Original Work”) whose owner (the “Licensor”) has placed the following licensing notice adjacent to the copyright notice for the Original Work:

  1. Grant of Copyright License. Licensor grants You a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sublicensable license, for the duration of the copyright, to do the following:

    1. to reproduce the Original Work in copies, either alone or as part of a collective work;

    2. to translate, adapt, alter, transform, modify, or arrange the Original Work, thereby creating derivative works (“Derivative Works”) based upon the Original Work;

    3. to distribute or communicate copies of the Original Work and Derivative Works to the public, with the proviso that copies of Original Work or Derivative Works that You distribute or communicate shall be licensed under this Open Software License;

    4. to perform the Original Work publicly; and

    5. to display the Original Work publicly.

  2. Grant of Patent License. Licensor grants You a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sublicensable license, under patent claims owned or controlled by the Licensor that are embodied in the Original Work as furnished by the Licensor, for the duration of the patents, to make, use, sell, offer for sale, have made, and import the Original Work and Derivative Works.

  3. Grant of Source Code License. The term “Source Code” means the preferred ...

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