Bad Facts Make Good Law: The Jacobsen Case and Open Source

Autores

  • Lawrence Rosen

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Open source licenses, contracts, enforcement, infringement, consideration

Resumo

For the first time, a major U.S. appeals court has held that an open source license is enforceable through preliminary injunctions. The court also found that exacting conditions in the form of compliance with open source requirements for disclosure and explanation of changes is entitled to recognition as consideration for a contractual license.

Biografia do Autor

  • Lawrence Rosen
    Founding partner, Rosenlaw & Einschlag.
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Publicado

2009-05-08

Edição

v. 1 n. 1 (2009)

Seção

Articles

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Como Citar

Bad Facts Make Good Law: The Jacobsen Case and Open Source. (2009). Journal of Open Law, Technology & Society, 1(1), 27-32. https://www.jolts.world/index.php/jolts/article/view/5