Legal Challenges to Open Source Licences

Authors

  • Andrés Guadamuz González AHRC Centre for Studies in IP and Technology Law, University of Edinburgh.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2966/scrip.020205.256

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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Published

01-Jun-2005

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2005)

Section

Analysis

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Copyright (c) 2005 Andrés Guadamuz González

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