OSS Legal 1

Copyright © 2013 Bart Massey

• IP: A collection of bits
  • Copyright
  • Patent
  • Trademark
  • Trade Secret

• Protecting your IP

  • Send "cease and desist" (C&D) letter
  • Sue! But then you lose

• My program:

    /* Copyright © 2013 Bart Massey */
  
    /* This program is released under the "random license".
       Please see the file COPYING in this distribution for
       license terms. */
  

• My COPYING file

    Copyright © 2013 Bart Massey
  
    This program is released under the "random license".
  
    Random License blah blah blah
  

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