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Intellectual Property and Open Source: A Practical Guide to Protecting Code

"Clear, correct, and deep, this is a welcome addition to discussions of law and computing for anyone -- even lawyers!" -- Lawrence Lessig, Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and founder of the Stanford Center for Internet and Society If you work in information technology, intellectual property is central to your job | Clear correct and deep this is a welcome addition to discussions of law and computing for anyone even lawyers -LAWRENCE LESSIG Technology Software Development Intellectual Property and Open Source Clear correct and deep this is a welcome addition to discussions of law and computing for anyone even lawyers Lawrence Lessig professor of law at Stanford Law School and founder of the Stanford Center for Internet and Society If you work in IT intellectual property is central to your job but dealing with the legal system can be mind-boggling. Intellectual Property and Open Source is for anyone who wants to understand how the law views intellectual property rights in code and other content. Written by an intellectual property attorney who s also a programmer this book provides a clear look at these issues from a developer s point of view along with practical advice for situations you re likely to encounter including patents copyrights trademarks trade secrets and open source licenses. You ll learn How open source and intellectual property work together How to handle copyright licensing and other issues when accepting a patch from another developer How to pursue your own ideas while working for someone else How to reverse engineer a product without getting into trouble What parts of a patent should be reviewed to see whether it applies to your work What to consider when choosing an open source license When your idea is a trade secret Intellectual property issues that occur when starting a business or open source project Most legal sources are scattered arcane and too hard to read. Intellectual Property and Open Source is a friendly easy-to-follow overview of the law that programmers system administrators graphic designers and many others will find essential. Van Lindberg is a software engineer and practicing attorney. Currently his work touches traditional intellectual property and the emerging field of open source law he also advises businesses and open source groups on .