Two of the best-known provisions from the DMCA are the anti-circumvention provision and the “safe harbor” provision. Open-source software has few or no copyright restrictions; the creators of the soft...Two of the best-known provisions from the DMCA are the anti-circumvention provision and the “safe harbor” provision. Open-source software has few or no copyright restrictions; the creators of the software publish their code and make their software available for others to use and distribute for free. This means that others can freely distribute and build upon the work, but they must give credit to the original author and they must share using the same Creative Commons license.
Two of the best-known provisions from the DMCA are the anti-circumvention provision and the “safe harbor” provision. Open-source software has few or no copyright restrictions; the creators of the soft...Two of the best-known provisions from the DMCA are the anti-circumvention provision and the “safe harbor” provision. Open-source software has few or no copyright restrictions; the creators of the software publish their code and make their software available for others to use and distribute for free. This means that others can freely distribute and build upon the work, but they must give credit to the original author and they must share using the same Creative Commons license.