“Some argue that licenses that support open source projects are ‘dangerous.’In this beautifully
clear work, Lawrence Rosen defuses this argument. And in a talent rare for a lawyer, …

… This article is an initial exploration of the determinants of open source license choice. It first
… license choice using the SourceForge database, a compilation of nearly 40,000 open source …

… practitioner wishing to add open source licensing to his or … open source licensing-what it is
and how it developed, its philosophical underpinnings, and the standard open source license …

… and open source licenses are the focus of this book, understanding proprietary licenses can
… their rights while attempting to reap some of the benefits of more open development models. …

… Open Source history and the role of the Open Source Definition, describe the general categories
of Open Source licenses… the Open Source approach and with the Open Source licenses…

… license choices [47]. however, there are very few empirical studies that we are aware of in the
area of open source licenses… on the relationship between the license type and OSS project …

… licensing open source software. To help fill the gap of whether or not developers understand
the open source licenses … involving three popular open source licenses (GNU GPL 3.0, …

… software is often done by unpaid volunteers and the “source code… in open source projects is
much higher when licenses are less … for participation in OSS projects with restrictive licenses. …

… license suits their needs best. We further use the above considerations to rank these FOSS
licenses, which are Open Source … use the CC licensing model to analyze FOSS licenses, so …

… follow license choice. In this research, it is found that in some cases, open source companies
removes these license constraints for business reasons. Cases of open source companies …