[Koha] Questions on data security, liability and RFP issues

[MJ Ray]

On 2004-11-16 22:56:49 +0000 Brenda Chawner <Brenda.Chawner at 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

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