A Quick Guide to Software Licensing for the Scientist-Programmer

  [...]proprietary licenses are often very restrictive for end-users. [...]in our software-dependent information age, few laws are influencing our professional (and personal) pursuits more than these.

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Published in:PLoS computational biology Vol. 8; no. 7; p. e1002598
Main Authors: Morin, Andrew, Urban, Jennifer, Sliz, Piotr
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.07.2012
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:
Application programming interface
Biology
Biomedical research
Computational biology
Computational Biology - legislation & jurisprudence
Computational Biology - methods
Computer Science
Copyright
Education
Engineering
Licenses
Licensing
Licensure
Peer review
Programming languages
Proprietary
R&D
Research & development
Reverse engineering
Science Policy
Software
Software - legislation & jurisprudence
Software industry
Technology application
United States
United States
Software
United States
Licensure
Computational Biology
ISSN:1553-7358, 1553-734X, 1553-7358
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Summary:  [...]proprietary licenses are often very restrictive for end-users. [...]in our software-dependent information age, few laws are influencing our professional (and personal) pursuits more than these.
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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
ISSN:1553-7358
1553-734X
1553-7358
DOI:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002598