http://frenday.com/2009/07/20/how-do-you-draft-an-agreement-that-involves-a-software-development-work-on-open-source/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Just talking about tips on money making, forex, online trade, affiliate, currency, market, stock, personel development, software, computer... Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:01:05 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://frenday.com/2009/07/20/how-do-you-draft-an-agreement-that-involves-a-software-development-work-on-open-source/comment-page-1/#comment-38692 jcb_ydw_ Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:33:51 +0000 http://frenday.com/2009/07/20/how-do-you-draft-an-agreement-that-involves-a-software-development-work-on-open-source/#comment-38692 It all depends on the Open Source Licenses that comes with the Open Source Software. Usually the Licesnse excludes the inclusion of any proprietary modifications or proprietary additions to the software. If your client requires that his software is proprietary, you're outta luck. No way to get around it, sorry. Read the License carefully... if you try to build a proprietary license on top of it, you may be open for copyright violation litigation and shunned by the open source community as a pirate :-). If the client agrees to let his software go out under the same license, you are in business, but that means the clients software is Open Source too. If that is the case, all you have to do is include the Open Source license with the software and your in business... no other agreement needed. It all depends on the Open Source Licenses that comes with the Open Source Software. Usually the Licesnse excludes the inclusion of any proprietary modifications or proprietary additions to the software. If your client requires that his software is proprietary, you’re outta luck. No way to get around it, sorry. Read the License carefully… if you try to build a proprietary license on top of it, you may be open for copyright violation litigation and shunned by the open source community as a pirate . If the client agrees to let his software go out under the same license, you are in business, but that means the clients software is Open Source too.
If that is the case, all you have to do is include the Open Source license with the software and your in business… no other agreement needed.

]]> http://frenday.com/2009/07/20/how-do-you-draft-an-agreement-that-involves-a-software-development-work-on-open-source/comment-page-1/#comment-38693 mac_fixi Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:33:51 +0000 http://frenday.com/2009/07/20/how-do-you-draft-an-agreement-that-involves-a-software-development-work-on-open-source/#comment-38693 Not sure but generally when you are developing Open Source software part of the stipulation specifies that you make the source code available for other users. I think it depends on which agreement you go with as there are several different ones - you should contant and Intellectual Property Lawyer that is familiar with Open Source software. There is also the GNU project - google it or check on Wiki Not sure but generally when you are developing Open Source software part of the stipulation specifies that you make the source code available for other users.
I think it depends on which agreement you go with as there are several different ones – you should contant and Intellectual Property Lawyer that is familiar with Open Source software.
There is also the GNU project – google it or check on Wiki

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