Comp 412: Open Source Software Name: Business of

4. Often for open source projects you hire a programmer to submit a patch rather
than follow their change through until it is committed into the source code of the
project. Why Why are many OSS contracts assigned for “bona fide” attempts at code
inclusion, rather than having the contractor follow through to completion
5. As a percentage of all OSS licenses, which type of license is becoming more
prominent over time, strong copyleft or permissive licenses Explain why you
believe this transition is occurring in the OSS community.
6. If you do not deal explicitly with copyright issues in your OSS project through
CLA’s or copyright transfer agreements, why is it critical to apply an OSS license as
soon as possible
7. Match the word with the concept (a one-­‐to-­‐one matching) (2pts)
_____: Patent
_____: Trademark
_____: Copyright
_____: GPL-­‐compatible
_____: Strong copyleft
_____: Public domain
a) Protecting the reputation of the originator of the code by either enforcing
their inclusion in crediting or removing their name from a derived work.
b) Unlike copyright or trademark infringement, infringing this may require
more than a code rewrite (e.g. rounded corners on apps)
c) Code in which the intellectual property rights are expired or forfeit falls
under this.
d) If you have this for the code, you can release the code under any license you
want as often as you want.
e) This essentially means GPL-­‐licensed code for most practical purposes
f) Most OSS licenses fall under this category