Includes bibliographical references and index.

Open source as philosophy, methodology, and commerce : using law with attitude / by Ian Walden -- Open source and governance / by Ross Gardler -- Copyright, contract, and foss / by Luke McDonagh -- Trade marks and foss / by Noam Shemtov -- Patents and foss / by Malcolm Bain -- Patent litigation and patent wars / by Peter Langley -- Commercial agreements / by Amanda Brock -- Business implications of foss / by Neil Brown -- Copyleft in the cloud / by Jakub Menc̆l and W Kuah Hon -- Open source, standardization, and innovation / by Alan Cummingham -- Public sector and open source / by Iain G Mitchell QC -- Everything open / by Andrew Katz.