Introduction Principles Geopolitics of Software Industry History "Sociology" of the movement Legal considerations Software Protection / Control The 4 freedoms, again Protections vs. Control Software Patents Categories of Licences : Choosing a licence GPL and LGPL FAQ: Open Source vs. Free Software Choosing Free/OpenSource software Why address this question in classes at INT Miscelleanous Appendices |
Software PatentsCopyright doesn't control whether one will write a new program with similar features, compatible, inter-operable Controversy between proprietary software vendors and (mainly) the FOSS community Legislation change in Europe |