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Contents
Starting an Eclipse Project: The first 90 days…
Wayne Beaton Markus Tiede
Agenda
- What is Open Source?
- Intellectual Property Management
- Configuration Management and Build
- Community
- Process
- Results
What is Open Source?
Intellectual Property Management
The Basics
- I am not a lawyer
- Ask your lawyer for legal advice
- Intellectual Property
- Intellectual property (IP) is a term referring to a number of distinct types of creations of the mind for which a set of exclusive rights are recognized—and the corresponding fields of law.
Assumption
Open Source Project wants to be successful
Assertion
Intellectual Property Management is important in every open source project
Clarification
Intellectual Property Management is important in source project that cares about adoption
Management?
- Who owns the copyright?
- Is the owner really the owner?
- What license does the owner grant?
- Does the license allow what we need to do?
- Is the license valid?
- If I use this code, will I be sued?
Question
Do you care about adopters?
Third-Party Libraries
Pre-req, Exempt Pre-req, Works with