Free and Open Source Software and the Mystery of Software Patent Licenses Under the GPL

Autores

  • Anna Kaarina Haapanen Stanford Law School

Resumo

Despite that the first FOSS licenses were drafted nearly three decades ago, there exists still great confusion even among the experienced technology lawyers and IT professionals as to what are the actual (implied patent) license grants - if any - conferred under the most common FOSS licenses, such as the GPLv2, the BSD license and the MIT license. This article discusses the topic in the light of recent FOSS case litigated in California.

Biografia do Autor

  • Anna Kaarina Haapanen, Stanford Law School

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Publicado

2015-12-28

Edição

v. 7 n. 1 (2015)

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Articles

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Como Citar

Free and Open Source Software and the Mystery of Software Patent Licenses Under the GPL. (2015). Journal of Open Law, Technology & Society, 7(1), 19-28. https://www.jolts.world/index.php/jolts/article/view/107