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Free and Open Source Software is the ignition and the fuel of almost all startups today, whether in mobiles and tablets; in e-commerce, social-software, cloud-based services; or even in embedded…

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In India, as per the Patents Act, 1970 "computer programme per se" is not patentable subject matter . But it is seen that every year approximately 1000 patent applications are being filed and almost…

Anopen standardis a standardthat is publicly available and has various rights to use associated with it, and may also have various properties of how it was designed (e.g. open process). There is no…

Organizations that author software or obtain software assets from other organizations may not be completely aware if that code is clashing with another author or publisher's copyrighted code and its…

Copyright asserts your ownership over your authored works. Free software can be copyrighted by the original author(s); an organization; or can also be assigned to another organization, such as the…

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What does the term information mean? Information means any material in any form, including records, documents, memos, e-mails, opinions, advices, press releases, circulars, orders, logbooks,…

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