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* [[DPS909/OSD600 Fall 2017 Lab 1 | Lab 1]]
== Week 2 ==
* Let's talk about Copyright and Open Source Licenses
*** IANAL: "I Am Not A Lawyer"
*** We're going to explore licensing from the POV of a developer participating in open projects
* Copyright
** "The right to copy," to produce or reproduce a work or substantial portion thereof
** Copyright is automatic when a work is created, you don't have to register it.
** [https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/wr03719.html Copyright in Canada]
** [https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/h_wr02281.html Copyright Guide]
** Copyright lasts the life of the author + 50 years
* Public Domain
** [http://www.sqlite.org/copyright.html SQLite], which is now used by literally everybody, see http://www.sqlite.org/famous.html
** [http://unlicense.org/ Unlicense]
* No License
** What can you do with code you find that has no license?
** [https://choosealicense.com/no-license/ what can I, can't I do?]
* Consider some proprietary/closed End User License Agreements (EULA)
** [https://www.cnet.com/news/richard-dreyfuss-reads-the-itunes-eula/ Richard Dreyfuss reads the iTunes EULA]
*** [https://podcast-files.cnet.com/podcast/1Agreement.mp3 Part 1: Please Read (.mp3)]
*** [https://podcast-files.cnet.com/podcast/2Responsibility.mp3 Part 2: Responsibility (.mp3)]
*** [https://podcast-files.cnet.com/podcast/3Damage.mp3 Part 3: Damages (.mp3)]
*** [https://podcast-files.cnet.com/podcast/4EffectiveUntil.mp3 Part 4: Effective Until (.mp3)]
** [https://www.spotify.com/ca-en/legal/end-user-agreement/ Spotify EULA]
* Open Source Licenses
** [https://opensource.org/osd-annotated The Open Source Definition]
** Approved licenses by the Open Source Initiative: https://opensource.org/licenses
** Choose a License: https://choosealicense.com/
* Learning Licenses: BSD
** Family of Licenses, including [https://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php 2-Clause BSD], [https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause 3-Clause BSD (aka New BDS)], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses#4-clause_license_.28original_.22BSD_License.22.29 4-Clause BSD]
** [https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/bsdl-gpl/article.html "Why you should use a BSD style license for your Open Source Project"]
** BSD Licenses code is usually compatible with other open/closed code, when you want to mix them.
** Example software projects licensed under the BSD License:
*** Many Google Projects, including [https://developers.google.com/v8/ V8], [https://www.chromium.org/Home Chromium], [https://golang.org/ Go]
*** [https://d3js.org/ D3.js]
*** [https://www.djangoproject.com/ Django]
*** [https://www.nginx.com/ nginx]
*** [http://ex-vi.sourceforge.net/ Vi]
** Summary:
*** You need to retain the license and copyright notice
*** You can use it commercially or non-commercially (privately)
*** You can distribute it freely
*** You an modify it freely
* Lab 2 - will be done online, and will involve compiling Firefox from source. Details will be posted later this week.