Enterprise Open Source Session
Copyrights, Contracts, Patents & Software Licensing
Copyrights, Contracts, Patents & Software Licensing
Mar. 6, 2006 02:00 PM
Software licensing is, to bend the old barb about Java, "Read Once, Run Screaming." Indeed, few things strike more fear into the heart of an entreprenurial programmer than page after page of legal jabberwock. This session teaches teaches developers and IT managers how to deal with the tough issues of copyrights, contracts, patents and software licensing in a sane and measured way.
About Zak GreantZak Greant's deep and constant love of Free Software and Open Source is turning him into a penguin. The only visible changes (so far) are a gradual accumulation of blubber, a loss of hair (which he hopes is the prelude to feather growth) and a growing preference for raw fish. When not practicing how to waddle or wear a tuxedo, he works with eZ systems AS as their director of Free Software and Open Source affairs and with the Mozilla Foundation on various community issues. Additionally, he volunteers at the Free Software Foundation Compliance Lab.