Comments on: How do you draft an agreement that involves a software development work on Open Source? http://opensourcepc.net/how-do-you-draft-an-agreement-that-involves-a-software-development-work-on-open-source The lowest cost workstation on the planet Sat, 19 May 2012 11:25:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jcb_ydw_i http://opensourcepc.net/how-do-you-draft-an-agreement-that-involves-a-software-development-work-on-open-source/comment-page-1#comment-2662 jcb_ydw_i Tue, 18 May 2010 20:52:27 +0000 http://opensourcepc.net/?p=516#comment-2662 It all depends on the Open Source Licenses that comes with the Open Source Software. Usually the Licesnse excludes the inclusion of any proprietary modifications or proprietary additions to the software. If your client requires that his software is proprietary, you're outta luck. No way to get around it, sorry. Read the License carefully... if you try to build a proprietary license on top of it, you may be open for copyright violation litigation and shunned by the open source community as a pirate :-). If the client agrees to let his software go out under the same license, you are in business, but that means the clients software is Open Source too. If that is the case, all you have to do is include the Open Source license with the software and your in business... no other agreement needed. It all depends on the Open Source Licenses that comes with the Open Source Software. Usually the Licesnse excludes the inclusion of any proprietary modifications or proprietary additions to the software. If your client requires that his software is proprietary, you’re outta luck. No way to get around it, sorry. Read the License carefully… if you try to build a proprietary license on top of it, you may be open for copyright violation litigation and shunned by the open source community as a pirate :-) . If the client agrees to let his software go out under the same license, you are in business, but that means the clients software is Open Source too.
If that is the case, all you have to do is include the Open Source license with the software and your in business… no other agreement needed.

]]> By: mac_fixit http://opensourcepc.net/how-do-you-draft-an-agreement-that-involves-a-software-development-work-on-open-source/comment-page-1#comment-2663 mac_fixit Tue, 18 May 2010 20:52:27 +0000 http://opensourcepc.net/?p=516#comment-2663 Not sure but generally when you are developing Open Source software part of the stipulation specifies that you make the source code available for other users. I think it depends on which agreement you go with as there are several different ones - you should contant and Intellectual Property Lawyer that is familiar with Open Source software. There is also the GNU project - google it or check on Wiki Not sure but generally when you are developing Open Source software part of the stipulation specifies that you make the source code available for other users.

I think it depends on which agreement you go with as there are several different ones – you should contant and Intellectual Property Lawyer that is familiar with Open Source software.

There is also the GNU project – google it or check on Wiki

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