From the course: Programming Foundations: Open-Source Licensing

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What is a license?

What is a license?

From the course: Programming Foundations: Open-Source Licensing

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What is a license?

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- [Voiceover] Before we get into the core material there are some fundamental background items we need to cover. The rest of the course will build upon the basics of licensing, intellectual property law, concepts of copyright, patents and trademarks, as well as core open source principles. The first of these concepts I'll discuss is the concept of a license. Simply stated a license is the permission to undertake some activity. The most familiar license is a drivers license. Such a license grants the permission to operate a motor vehicle. That license however does not come for free. There are duties and obligations that come along with that grant of permission. For example, we have to obey the rules of the road, in the event we don't, in addition to fines, sanctions can include license revocation. It is important to note that the license is not a contract. A contract is a bargain for exchange between parties. It can either be a promise in exchange for a promise, also known as a…

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