Gener al Public License

By
Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala.
CKO, Brain League IP Services.

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 Objectives
Copyright ownership
Source code available
Share and change software
Digital Rights Management
Patents

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 Rights
Copy and run the program
Modify
Distribute
Patent assertion - license terminates
Sub-licensing not allowed

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 Verbatim copying and
conveyance
Notice
Authorship
Accompanied by GPL
Notice of No warranty
May charge for conveying
May offer support or warranty - fee

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 Convey - Modified source
versions
 Notice of change
 Date of change
 License the entire work
Applies to whole work regardless of
how they are copied

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 Convey - Modified source
versions
 Interactive interface
 Modifications not derived from the
program
You can license them separately
 Compilation or Aggregation

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 Non-source transfers
Source code
 Durable physical medium
 Network server
 P2P file sharing
Installation data

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 Additional terms
Additional permissions - supplement terms

 Disclaiming warranty or Limiting liability

 Legal notices or Author attributions
 Misrepresentation of origin
 Marking of modification
 Limiting use for publicity
 Names or Trade Mark and so on
 Notice of additional terms

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 Termination
 Violation of terms
 60 days notice
 Other licensee's licenses remain valid

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 Patents
Non assertion of covered works
Work covered by a patent license
Accept a patent license and convey -
shield others
Restrictions in national law - convey as
allowed

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 Technical measures
 Cannot deny user rights
Convey
 Circumvention allowed
 Cannot enforce DMCA provisions

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 Patents

Patent License
No royalty
No infringement suit
Conver a work under a patent
 Make source available
 Disclaim license requirement
 Give license enabling this license

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 Flexibilities
Copy or run a software
Indemnity and Warranty
Physical transfer
Aggregation

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 Affero General Public License

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 Terms and Conditiona
Same as GPL

Copy, Distribute and Modify

Source code
Notices
Physical transfer
Warranty and Liability
Patents

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 Apache License

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 License
 Copyright

 Reproduce, Distribute, Modify, Public Display and Public

Performance
 Sub-licensing allowed

 Patent

 Make, Use, Sell, Offer for sale and Import

 Patent assertion - License invalid

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 Distribution
Object or Source code
Notice
Same License
Attribution
Additional terms and conditions - In
consonance with the license

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 Trademarks
Marks
Names
Service marks

No warranty and Liability - Licensee

can give

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 MIT License

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 Terms and Conditions
Right to use, copy, modify, merge,
publish, distribute
Sub-license or sell
Notices kept intact
No warranty or Liability

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 LGPL

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 Rights
Libraries
Words based on the library
Copy, Distribute and Modify
Notice
Physical transfer
No warranty and liability

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 Other clauses
Non-source transfers
Software - Not derivative work - compiled
or linked with the library - LGPL does not
apply
Combined library
Patent assertion or license
No warranty and Liability

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OSI requirements to qualify as OSS
Differences among open source
licenses
Constraints on incorporation of
Code in Proprietary software
Rules about contribution of IP
Rules about enforcement of IP

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 Thank you.
Contact :
Kalyan C. Kankanala
Chief Knowledge Officer,
Brain League IP Services
Email: kalyan@brainleague.com
Ph: 91-80-41489502/4
Url: www.brainleague.com

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