Title :
Legal and contractual issues in software reuse
Author_Institution :
Ford Aerosp. Reuse Group, USA
Abstract :
This paper contributes to the body of knowledge in reuse legal and contractual issues by outlining such issues by the scope of reuse, covering the advantages and disadvantages of intellectual property protection, discussing legal issues from the viewpoint of the producer, consumer, broker and end-user, and describing the implications of licenses and warranties for software reuse.
Keywords :
contracts; industrial property; legislation; product liability; software reusability; broker; consumer; contractual issues; end-user; intellectual property protection; legal issues; licenses; producer; reuse scope; software reuse; warranties; Asset management; Contracts; Intellectual property; Investments; Law; Legal factors; Licenses; Protection; Software reusability; Warranties;
Conference_Titel :
Software Reuse, 1996., Proceedings Fourth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7301-X
DOI :
10.1109/ICSR.1996.496123
