Intellectual property and open source

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1. rectangMar 2022
   For people in your position, I like Van Lindberg's book, Intellectual Property and Open Source: A Practical Guide to Protecting Code.

   https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/intellectual-property-a...

   It will help you understand the relevant parts of the law (copyright, patent, trademark) as well as helping to differentiate between various types of Open Source licenses.

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2. rectangAug 2015
   Creating your own foundation is a huge amount of work. I think you would benefit from doing this research, and I'm not going to tell you "don't do it" because it won't be convincing, but I predict that in the end you will not choose to start a foundation.

   There's a chapter in Van Lindberg's Intellectual Property and Open Source on this topic. (It ends with a discussion of umbrella foundations like Apache, Eclipse, Software Freedom Conservancy.) Check it out: http://www.amazon.com/Intellectual-Property-Open-Source-Prot...

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3. callahadFeb 2011
   This may be a bit more than you're looking for, but Van Lindberg's book, Intellectual Property and Open Source, is pretty good: https://www.amazon.com/Intellectual-Property-Open-Source-Pro...
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4. jacobianJul 2009
   The best single work I've read on the subject is Van Lindberg's _Intellectual Property and Open Source_ (http://www.amazon.com/dp/0596517963/). I don't think it's quite "talk to me like I'm a 3 year old" territory -- it assumes a basic understanding of code and property -- but I don't think it's a waste of time.
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5. DintyMooreNEJul 2008
   Intellectual Property and Open Source. It is a must-read for anyone starting a business or working on an open source project.

   http://www.amazon.com/Intellectual-Property-Open-Source-Prot...

   http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596517960/

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