A software developer's guide to licenses and other legalities

Length: 60 minutes

Room: Room 1

Abstract

In the fast-paced world of software development, it is critical for developers to have a clear understanding of the legal landscape surrounding the software that they develop. This presentation will look into the different branches of software licenses and open source. In this context, the presentation will discuss common terms of commercial agreements and what pitfalls to avoid. Finally, this presentation will look into the OpenJDK project and its formal organization. Attendees will gain a solid understanding of the legal and technical considerations of choosing licensed software, enabling them to make informed decisions about their projects.

Day & time

06 Wednesday, 1:00 – 2:00 PM

Intended audience

Software developers who want to gain a better understanding of software licensing.

• Rafael Winterhalter

  Rafael works as a software consultant in Oslo, Norway. He is a proponent of static typing and a JVM enthusiast with particular interest in code instrumentation, concurrency and functional programming. Rafael blogs about software development, regularly presents at conferences and was pronounced a JavaOne Rock Star. When coding outside of his work place, he contributes to a wide range of open source projects and often works on Byte Buddy, a library for simple runtime code generation for the Java virtual machine. For his work, Rafael received a Duke's Choice award, an Oracle groundbreaker award and was elected a Java Champion.

  

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