@conference {657,
	title = {Legal issues for free and open source software in government},
	booktitle = {OSS2007: Open Source Development, Adoption and Innovation (IFIP 2.13)},
	series = {IFIP International Federation for Information Processing },
	volume = {234/2007},
	year = {2007},
	month = {2007///},
	pages = {353 - 354},
	publisher = {Springer},
	organization = {Springer},
	chapter = {41},
	abstract = {As more governments begin to adopt and release free and open source software, it is important to be able to readily recognise and identify the associated legal risks and potential liabilities. This panel will examine and discuss the most common of these associated risks and liabilities. These issues include, but are not limited to: 

  indemnities against claims of intellectual property  infringement from third parties
  requirements of consumer protection and antitrust legislation
  obligations to redistribute source, and when they arise
  enforceability of free software licences
  layering and combining of licences
  dual-licensing
  licence incompatibility
  software patent liability
  contemporary developments in software licensing
},
	issn = {978-0-387-72485-0},
	doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72486-7_41},
	attachments = {https://flosshub.org/sites/flosshub.org/files/Legal\%20Issues\%20for\%20Free\%20and\%20OSS.pdf},
	author = {Nic Suzor and Fitzgerald, Brian and Perry, Mark}
}
@article {flosswp161,
	title = {Legal Issues for the Use of Free and Open Source Software in Government},
	year = {2004},
	month = {January},
	abstract = {This paper examines some of the legal issues that face the uptake of free and open source software in government in Australia. This paper was presented at the {\textquoteright}Linux and Open Source in Government{\textquoteright} conference, part of Linux.Conf.Au 2004 in Adelaide, Australia.},
	attachments = {https://flosshub.org/sites/flosshub.org/files/suzorfitzgeraldbasset.pdf},
	author = {Nic Suzor}
}
