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Licensing Implications of the Use of Open Source Software in Research Projects

Authors:
Iryna Lishchuk

Keywords: open source software; free software; open source licensing; copyleft

Abstract:
As more and more areas of science make use of the open source software (OSS), legal research in the field seeks to reconcile various open source licenses (which may be used in a single research project) and explores solutions to allow exploitation of project components in a license compliant way. Innovative software solutions contribute to the field of computer science from the technical side, while exploration of the legal implications of open source licensing enriches the topic from the legal perspective. In this paper, we consider what uses of what OSS may have licensing implications and suggest some solutions on how software developments may be used and distributed in a license compliant way.

Pages: 18 to 23

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2016

Publication date: May 22, 2016

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3484

ISBN: 978-1-61208-478-7

Location: Valencia, Spain

Dates: from May 22, 2016 to May 26, 2016