Chapter: Licensing agreements
From Computing Project Repository
Synopsis:
Summary of different software licensing schemes, covering both
typical commercial licenses (e.g. Microsoft "Select"), including
dedicated, floating, and site licenses, as well as widespread
"Free software" licenses such as GPL, (new) BSD, CC, MIT, etc.
Discussion of social, contractual, legal, managerial and
oranizational implications of different licensing schemes for
both users and network/system adminstrators. Also som
discussion on the implications of the increasing use of
technical measures for IP-management and to ensure license
compliance (e.g. technologies such as NGSCP, and product
activation keys, as used by Adobe and Microsoft.)