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1 Software Licensing

Background

Open source licensing

Binary licensing

Bilateral Agreements

List of licensed IT software

2 Industry Collaborations

Multiparty R&D projects

Bilateral collaborations

Other industry involvements

3 Institution Collaborations

EU-funded projects

Bilateral Collaborations

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4 Outreach Activities

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Background on Software Licensing

IT Department Software is licensed either through bilateral Collaboration Agreements or as open source software. Generally, the nature and style of development of the software are key parameters when choosing the mode of licensing.

Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)

A frequent mistake, when discussing forms of software publishing is to confuse public domain (which implies relinquishing IPRs) and free software or open source mode where IPRs are retained.

When IT publishes software, it always uses modes where IPRs are retained –that is maintaining a CERN copyright statement in the software (see below).

By so doing, CERN protects the rights of the outside users, in particular by preventing third parties to turn free software into proprietary software , thus denying the users the right to freely use the material.

 

Features

Bilateral Agreements

Publicly Available Source

Main Development style

Software developed mainly within CERN

Software developed in a collaborative manner with external partners

Motivations for external release

Possible improvements available to CERN

 

Possible improvements available to partners having developed the software

Notoriety

Notoriety

Good relationships with external party

Maximize number of beneficiaries

Scaling

Does not scale to large distribution

Scales well

 

 

 
Last update: Wednesday, 04. July 2007 08:54 Copyright CERN