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January/February 2004 (Vol. 21, No. 1)
pp. 82-86
Using Open Source Software in Product Development: A Primer
Michel Ruffin, Alcatel
Christof Ebert, Alcatel
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There are important legal aspects involved in using open source software in commercial products. Here are answers to common questions on how to handle these issues to mitigate risks.
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[1] GNU Project, GNU's Not Unix!,www.gnu.org.
[2] Open Source Initiative, The Open Source Definition Version 1.9,www.opensource.org/docsdefinition.html.
[3] Mitre Corp., Use of Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the US Department of Defense,www.egovos.org/pdfdodfoss.pdf.
[4] Open Source Development Labs,www.osdl.org.
[5] The BSD License,www.opensource.org/licensesbsd-license.php .
[6] Eclipse.org,www.eclipse.org.
[7] Object Management Group,www.omg.org.
[8] Real-Time CORBAwith TAO,www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidtTAO.html.
[9] MICO Is Corba,www.mico.org.
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Index Terms- open Source software, copyright, intellectual property, BSD, GPL, product life cycle
Citation:
Michel Ruffin, Christof Ebert,
"Using Open Source Software in Product Development: A Primer,"
IEEE Software,
vol. 21,
no. 1,
pp. 82-86,
Jan/Feb,
2004
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