Seven Notable Legal Developments In Open Source In 2016

Authors

  • Richard Fontana Red Hat, Inc.

Keywords:

Law, information technology, Free and Open Source Software, Developments,

Abstract

Several noteworthy open source-related legal developments took place in 2016. These concerned the fair use trial in Oracle v. Google, the reaction to the GPL enforcement lawsuits of Patrick McHardy, the dismissal of the Hellwig case, the U.S. Federal Source Code Policy, the end of Eben Moglen's tenure as Free Software Foundation general counsel, the distribution of ZFS by Linux distributions, and the banning of the JSON license by the Apache Software Foundation.

Author Biography

  • Richard Fontana, Red Hat, Inc.
    Richard Fontana is Senior Commercial Counsel, Products and Technologies  at Red Hat. Most of his work focuses on open source-related legal issues. Richard  is a past member of the Editorial Committee of the Review.

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Published

2017-01-09

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2016)

Section

Editorials

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How to Cite

Seven Notable Legal Developments In Open Source In 2016. (2017). Journal of Open Law, Technology & Society, 8(1), 59-65. https://www.jolts.world/index.php/jolts/article/view/113