Legal Challenges to Open Source Licences
SCRIPT-ed, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp.163-170, 2005
8 Pages Posted: 2 Aug 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.
Keywords: Open source, FUD, software patents, IBM
JEL Classification: K10, K39
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Guadamuz, Andres, Legal Challenges to Open Source Licences. SCRIPT-ed, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp.163-170, 2005, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=764065
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