On 2004-11-16 22:56:49 +0000 Brenda Chawner <Brenda.Chawner@vuw.ac.nz> wrote:
[...] Open Source Licensing: Software Freedom and Intellectual Property Law by Lawrence Rosen.
A note of caution about this one: Lawrence Rosen is legal counsel to the failed Open Source Initiative (which is dangerous because it claimed to have "no position" on so-called "intellectual property") and the author of two licences that debian contributors don't much like: I think it was because they seem to make distributors responsible for ensuring users enter into a contract. I've not reviewed either book and I'm not a lawyer, but I think you should look at the author's background when considering their advice. Good recommendation of First Monday. I've liked reading it in the past. Their current issue has a lot of interesting articles too, including one on accountability. Not quite the same as liability, but might interest some. http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_11/index.html -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only and not of any group I know Creative copyleft computing - http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ Unsolicited attachments to the pipex address deleted Will HLF fund tree-killings? http://www.thewalks.co.uk/