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Foreword |
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Chapter 2 Genesis of the Institution |
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9 | (1) |
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2.2 Open Source Software: Early Developments and Evolution |
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10 | (16) |
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10 | (7) |
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2.2.2 'Opening' of Software 'Freedom' |
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17 | (5) |
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2.2.3 Denning Open Source Software |
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22 | (4) |
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26 | (3) |
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Chapter 3 The Legal Governance Structure |
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29 | (18) |
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29 | (1) |
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3.2 Legal Governance Structure of Open Source Software |
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30 | (16) |
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3.2.1 Existing Intellectual Property Protection and Open Source Software |
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31 | (1) |
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3.2.1.1 Trade Secret Protection |
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32 | (1) |
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3.2.1.2 Copyright Protection |
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33 | (4) |
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37 | (2) |
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3.2.1.4 Patent Protection |
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39 | (4) |
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43 | (1) |
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3.2.2 Existing Contractual-License Protection and Open Source Software |
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44 | (2) |
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46 | (1) |
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Chapter 4 The Licensing Regime |
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47 | (14) |
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47 | (1) |
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4.2 A Taxonomy of Licenses |
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48 | (12) |
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4.2.1 GNU General Public License (GPL) and Other Related Licenses |
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51 | (3) |
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4.2.2 The Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) and Other Related Licenses |
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54 | (2) |
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4.2.3 The Mozilla Public License and Related Commercial Licenses |
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56 | (3) |
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4.2.4 Other Open Source Software Licenses |
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59 | (1) |
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60 | (1) |
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Chapter 5 Licensing and Rights Management |
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61 | (28) |
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61 | (1) |
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5.2 Groundwork Definitions |
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62 | (2) |
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64 | (16) |
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5.3.1 Intellectual Property Grant |
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65 | (1) |
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65 | (5) |
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70 | (5) |
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75 | (2) |
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5.3.2 Other Aspects of the Granting Clause |
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77 | (1) |
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78 | (1) |
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5.3.2.3 Territorial Extent |
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5.4 Exclusions, Term, Revocation and Termination |
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5.4.1 Exclusions from the Granting Clause |
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80 | (1) |
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81 | (1) |
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5.4.3 Revocation of License |
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82 | (2) |
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84 | (4) |
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88 | (1) |
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Chapter 6 Improvements Management: Licensing and Copyright Law |
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89 | (34) |
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89 | (1) |
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6.2 Copyleft and Infectious Terms |
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90 | (5) |
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95 | (19) |
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96 | (9) |
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6.3.2 Aggregation and Compilation |
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105 | (3) |
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108 | (6) |
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6.4 Technical Issues and Scope of Infection |
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114 | (7) |
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116 | (3) |
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119 | (1) |
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6.4.3 Source Code Editors and Compilers |
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120 | (1) |
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121 | (2) |
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Chapter 7 Improvements Management: Patent Law |
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123 | (14) |
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123 | (1) |
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7.2 Patents: Angst and Agenda |
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124 | (11) |
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7.2.1 Protection against Patents |
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126 | (2) |
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7.2.2 Patent Retaliation/Peace Provision |
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128 | (2) |
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7.2.3 'Knowing Reliance' and Downstream Users |
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130 | (2) |
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7.2.4 Cross-License Restriction |
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132 | (3) |
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135 | (2) |
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Chapter 8 The Case for Interoperability |
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137 | (26) |
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137 | (3) |
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8.2 The Interoperability Scenario: Angst |
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140 | (16) |
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8.2.1 Technological Protection Measures |
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140 | (1) |
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141 | (4) |
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8.2.3 Technological Tweaking |
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145 | (2) |
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8.2.4 Law and Reverse Engineering |
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147 | (7) |
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8.2.5 Contract and License Restrictions |
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154 | (2) |
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8.3 The Interoperability Scenario: Agenda |
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156 | (6) |
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8.3.1 GPLv3 License Provision |
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156 | (5) |
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8.3.2 Patents and Interoperability |
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161 | (1) |
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162 | (1) |
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Chapter 9 Challenges: Issues in Law |
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163 | (20) |
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163 | (1) |
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9.2 Principle of Exhaustion |
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163 | (7) |
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9.2.1 Principle of Exhaustion under Copyright Law |
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163 | (1) |
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164 | (2) |
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166 | (3) |
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9.2.2 Principle of Exhaustion under Patent Law |
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169 | (1) |
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9.3 The Unclean Hands Defence |
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170 | (1) |
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170 | (8) |
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9.4.1 The Patent Misuse Doctrine |
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171 | (2) |
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9.4.2 The Copyright Misuse Doctrine |
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173 | (3) |
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176 | (2) |
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178 | (3) |
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181 | (2) |
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Chapter 10 Challenges: Issues in Licensing |
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183 | (38) |
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183 | (1) |
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183 | (11) |
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10.2.1 License Proliferation |
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184 | (2) |
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10.2.2 Compatibility of Licenses |
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186 | (3) |
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189 | (4) |
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10.2.4 Standardization of Licenses |
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193 | (1) |
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10.3 Internationalization Challenges |
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194 | (8) |
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10.3.1 Internationalization and Copyright Law |
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195 | (2) |
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10.3.2 Internationalization and Patent Law |
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197 | (1) |
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10.3.3 Internationalization and Licensing Law |
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198 | (2) |
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10.3.4 Responsive Change and Evolution |
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200 | (2) |
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10.4 Contract-License Law Issues |
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202 | (17) |
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10.4.1 Contract as a Foundation for Open Source Software |
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204 | (1) |
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205 | (2) |
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207 | (2) |
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209 | (2) |
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211 | (1) |
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10.4.2 License as a Foundation for Open Source Software |
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212 | (2) |
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10.4.3 Dual Solution: License Contract |
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214 | (5) |
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219 | (2) |
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Chapter 11 Commercialization |
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221 | (22) |
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221 | (1) |
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222 | (4) |
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11.3 Facets of Commercialization |
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226 | (6) |
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11.3.1 Arms-Length Commercialization |
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226 | (3) |
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11.3.2 Symbiotic Commercialization |
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229 | (1) |
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11.3.3 Integrative Commercialization |
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230 | (1) |
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230 | (1) |
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231 | (1) |
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11.4 Open Source Software: Procurement and Deployment |
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232 | (8) |
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236 | (4) |
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240 | (3) |
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Chapter 12 Software Protection: The Sui Generis Option |
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243 | (28) |
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243 | (1) |
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12.2 Legal Protection of Software |
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244 | (6) |
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12.3 Need of a Sui Generis Regime |
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250 | (13) |
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12.3.1 The Software Industry |
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251 | (3) |
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12.3.2 Legal Protection of Software |
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254 | (1) |
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12.3.2.1 Copyright Law Issues |
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254 | (1) |
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12.3.2.2 Patent Law Issues |
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255 | (2) |
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12.3.2.3 Diversified Protection Regime |
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257 | (2) |
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12.3.3 Evolving Landscape of Technology-Law Interaction |
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259 | (1) |
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12.3.4 Legal Recognition of Protection for Evolving Technological Arenas |
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260 | (2) |
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12.3.5 International Harmonization of Laws |
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262 | (1) |
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12.4 Evolving Property Rights Jurisprudence in Context of Software |
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263 | (6) |
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269 | (2) |
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Chapter 13 Software Protection: Revisiting the Sui Generis Option |
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271 | (38) |
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271 | (1) |
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13.2 Proposal for a Model Software Law |
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272 | (34) |
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13.2.1 Conditions for Grant of Protection |
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273 | (1) |
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13.2.1.1 Originality-Novelty Balance |
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274 | (2) |
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13.2.1.2 Technical Advance |
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276 | (1) |
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277 | (1) |
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13.2.1.4 Developing an Incremental Range |
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278 | (1) |
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13.2.2 Scope of Protection: General |
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278 | (2) |
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13.2.3 Scope of Protection: Incremental Innovation |
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280 | (5) |
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13.2.4 Duration of Protection |
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285 | (5) |
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290 | (5) |
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13.2.6 Limitations on Exclusive Rights |
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295 | (3) |
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13.2.7 Negotiated Licenses and Compulsory Licensing |
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298 | (3) |
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301 | (2) |
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303 | (1) |
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13.2.10 Dispute Resolution |
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304 | (1) |
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13.2.11 Administrative Procedure |
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304 | (2) |
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306 | (3) |
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309 | (40) |
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Appendix I GNU General Public License, v2 |
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311 | (8) |
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Appendix II GNU General Public License, v3 |
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319 | (14) |
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Appendix III The BSD License |
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333 | (2) |
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Appendix IV Mozilla Public License, v1.1 |
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335 | (10) |
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Appendix V The Open Software License 3.0 |
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345 | (4) |
Bibliography |
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Index |
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