Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and other Alternative License Models (eBook)

General Report; Axel Metzger and Stefan Hennigs.- National Reports.- Belgium – License contracts, free software and creative commons – an overview of the state of play in Belgium; Vincent Cassiers, Marie-Christine Janssens and Esther van Zimmeren.- Brazil – Free Open Source Software and Creative Commons in Brazil; Fabrício Bertini Pasquot Polido and Monica Steffen Guise Rosina.- Croatia – Alternative Licensing Contracts in Croatian Copyright Legislation; Igor Gliha and Romana Matanovac Vučković.- Cyprus – The Cypriot law of contract applied to free software and creative commons – a work in progress Tatiana Synodinou and Philippe Jougleux.- Czech Republic – Free Licenses and Recodification of Civil Law in the Czech Republic; Pavel Koukal, Matěj Myška, Jaromír Šavelka.- Denmark – License contracts, free software and Creative Commons - Questionnaire – Denmark; Henrik Udsen.- Finland – Free and open source software (FOSS) licenses and other alterative licenses under Finnish law; Anniina Huttunen, Henri Tanskanen and Martin von Willebrand.- France – The French copyright law opens its arms to the FOSS; Nicolas Binctin.- Germany – License contracts, free software and creative commons; Alexander Peukert and Dominik König.- Greece – License Contracts, Free Software and Creative Commons in Greece; Dionysia Kallinikou.- Hungary – License contracts, free software and creative commons in the Hungarian law; Anikó Grad-Gyenge and Péter Mezei.- Italy – Free software and creative commons in license in Italy: A work still in progress; Marco Ricolfi.- Japan – Free and Open Source Software and other Alternative License Models in Japan; Ryu Kojima.- Malaysia – Legal Issues on Free Software and License Contracts - A Malaysian Perspective; Tay Pek San and Sik Cheng Peng.- Netherlands – Fitting the bill FOSS and alternative copyright licensing in the Netherlands; L. Guibault and O. Salamanca.- Poland – License contracts, free software and creative commons in Poland; Beata Giesen.- Portugal – License Contracts, Free Software and Creative Commons in Portugal; Alexandre L. Dias Pereira.- Romania – Legal regime of free software in Romania; Răzvan Dincă.- South Korea – Legal Issues on FOSS and Other Alternative Licenses in Korea; Gyooho Lee.- Spain – Free software, creative commons and alternative licenses: Spanish perspectives; Pedro A. De Miguel Asensio.- Taiwan – Legal Development in an Industrial Context - FOSS in Taiwan; Wei-min Liao.- Turkey – Turkish copyright law on free and open source software (FOSS) licenses; Emre Bayamlıoğlu.- UK – FOSS and alternative licensing in the United Kingdom; Luke McDonagh.- USA – The uncertain legal status of free and open source software in the United States; Peter B. Maggs.- About the Authors.- Appendix: Questionnaire.