International Free and Open Source Software Law Review

The International Free and Open Source Software Law Review (IFOSS L. Rev.) is a collaborative legal publication aiming to increase knowledge and understanding among lawyers about Free and Open Source Software issues. Topics covered include copyright, licence implementation, licence interpretation, software patents, open standards, case law and statutory changes.

Announcements

 

Call For Papers

 
Submissions in a variety of research areas are being sought for publication in IFOSS L. Rev. You can submit a paper online using our template in ODT format.  
Posted: 2013-05-09 More...
 

Publication of Seventh Issue - International Free and Open Source Software Law Review

 

The Editorial Committee is delighted to announce the seventh issue (Volume 5, Issue 1) of the 'International Free and Open Source Software Law Review' (IFOSS L. Rev.), which is now available here.

 
Posted: 2013-04-05 More...
 

Publication of Sixth Issue - International Free and Open Source Software Law Review

 
The Editorial Committee is delighted to announce the sixth issue (Volume 4, Issue 1) of the 'International Free and Open Source Software Law Review' (IFOSS L. Rev.), which is now available at http://www.ifosslr.org.  
Posted: 2012-06-12 More...
 
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Vol 5, No 1 (2013)

Table of Contents

Editorials

Editorial 2013 No. 1 PDF HTML
Daniel M German 1-4

Articles

Copyleft, -right and the case law on APIs on both sides of the Atlantic PDF HTML
Walter van Holst 5-14
Lisping Copyleft: A Close Reading of the Lisp LGPL PDF HTML
Eli Greenbaum 15-30

Platform

The Rise and Evolution of the Open Source Software Foundation PDF HTML
Paula Hunter, Stephen Walli 31-42

Legislative Review

FOSS in the Italian public administration: fundamental law principles PDF HTML
Simone Aliprandi, Carlo Piana 43-50


ISSN: 1877-6922