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On Copyright Protection Of Free Software

Posted on:2007-06-29Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:R X QinFull Text:PDF
GTID:2206360212470447Subject:Law
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Along with the knowledge economy's further development, now the software industry is experiencing a time of new productive forces liberation- the free software movement Its symbol is sharing and open source code that cause the application software product and the software service to get rid of the public foundation software (the operating system as its core) supplier's monopoly fetter, free software movement has also brought the freedom, sharing, the dedicating thought and brought a new software development pattern, which will indicate human society's glorious future. On the base of full proof that free software protection is reasonable and necessary, This articlepromulgates that the free software's production and its development is precisely the symbol of the human society's progressing, the software development rule's reflection. Finally, profits from the domestic and foreign free software movement' concrete practice and the newest research results, simultaneously bases on our country real condition, the author proposes that the current our country free software protection correlation legislation should include several contents. The thesis consists of 5 parts, Highlights of the contents are as follows.Part I Producing general introduction to the free software movement,Including the free software movement production and the development, free software in China's development and the governments' manner to the free software in the world。Parts II The definition of free software. According to Stallman, the founder of the Free Software, four indispensable "central freedom ", the definition of free software is given, free software is different from public domain software, shared software and commercial software, and includes six characteristicsPart III Analysis of the value of free software protection. Papers from the human perspective, the law of economics, information philosophy, Marxist perspective,etc. analyse the reasonable protection of free software; From adapt to the knowledge-based economy development, against "rogue principle" both sides of the need to protect free software. Finally come to the conclusion of the free software must be protected.Part IV Free software status to protect abroad. Free software flourishing in a short...
Keywords/Search Tags:free software, copyright, protection
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