The calm before the storm? Legal challenges to open source licences

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TitleThe calm before the storm? Legal challenges to open source licences
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2005
AuthorsGonzalez, AG
Secondary TitleOSS2005: Open Source Systems
Pagination215-219
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.
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