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 now being sought for publication in the December issue of IFOSS L. Rev. You can submit a paper online using our template in ODT or RTF format. 

Before submitting work please read the author guidelines.

  
Posted: 2010-07-14 More...
 

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

  
The Editorial Committee is delighted to announce issue three of the 'International Free and Open Source Software Law Review' (IFOSS L. Rev.) is now available at http://www.ifosslr.org  
Posted: 2010-06-17 More...
 
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Vol 2, No 1 (2010)

Table of Contents

Articles

Licence Profile: BSD PDF HTML
Andrew Sinclair 1-6
GNU GPL 2.0 and 3.0: obligations to include license text, and provide source code PDF HTML
Neil Brown 7-12
Copyright in Open Source Software - Understanding the Boundaries PDF HTML
Omar Johnny, Marc Miller, Mark Webbink 13 - 38
Package Review as a Part of Free and Open Source Software Compliance PDF HTML
Martin von Willebrand, Mikko-Pekka Partanen 39 - 60

Case Law Reports

Italian Constitutional Court gives way to Free-Software friendly laws PDF HTML
Carlo Piana 61 - 66

Book reviews

Butterworths e-commerce and IT Law Handbook, 5th Edition PDF HTML
Daniel Hopkin 67 - 68
Moral Panics and the Copyright Wars PDF HTML
Andrew Katz 69 - 76

Platform

Lawyers in the Bazaar: Challenges and Opportunities for Open Source Legal Communities PDF
Luis Villa 77 - 84
Consensus-Oriented Specification System PDF HTML
Pieter Hintjens 85 - 99


ISSN: 1877-6922