Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | books | about  A Developer's Introduction to Copyright and Open Source: Why a Lawyer is a Developer's Friend (28 Apr 2005) The video is mainly designed for corporate training, but I made sure that it is OK for individual purchase, too. Corporations need to have developer buy-in to their policies for dealing with software licensing issues and compliance, and for doing software copyright audits, etc. They need all developers to have an understanding of copyright law and how it applies to software licensing and to their work. This video can help bring everybody up to speed with a common starting point and be the springboard for cooperation between developers and the corporate legal department. Developers who advocate for the use of Open Source within the corporation can use this video to help dispel some of the myths about Open Source and bring the discussion to a more informed, pragmatic, and hopefully fruitful level. The video touches on some of the advantages of using Open Source as well as shows some of the specific areas where it can be problematic. I explain why it's inappropriate to call the GPL "viral" as if you can "catch it" without wanting to. Article URL: http://danbricklin.com/log/2005_04_28.htm#videoavailable Read 70 more articles from Dan Bricklin sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: Gaming is officially good for you     This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy