Legal Challenges to Open Source Licences

Guadamuz, Andrés

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Legal Challenges to Open Source Licences

Andrés Guadamuz

Independent

SCRIPT-ed, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp.163-170, 2005

Abstract:
This paper will concentrate on presenting a legal analysis of two of the main challenges to open source software: SCO's litigation and software patents. The paper discusses the validity of such challenges, their possible impact to the future of open source software, and the possible legal defences used against them.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 8

Keywords: Open source, FUD, software patents, IBM

JEL Classification: K10, K39

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Date posted: August 2, 2005

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Guadamuz, Andrés, Legal Challenges to Open Source Licences. SCRIPT-ed, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 163-170, 2005. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=764065

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