I. Open Source Software

One of the most important questions you need to answer when creating software is, “Under what type of license will this software be released?” Arriving at that answer can be a difficult journey.

You must determine what sort of protection you want to place on your code as well as what you will allow others to do with the software that you create. This part includes just one chapter, focusing on helping you decide how to license your software. In this chapter, you learn the following:

The difference between closed and open source software

Open source protection concepts

The difference between primary open source licenses