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

Các tác giả

  • Lawrence Rosen

Từ khóa:

Open source licenses, contracts, enforcement, infringement, consideration

Tóm tắt

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.

Tiểu sử Tác giả

  • Lawrence Rosen
    Founding partner, Rosenlaw & Einschlag.
IFOSS L. Rev. Volume 1, Issue 1 cover

Tải xuống

Đã Xuất bản

2009-05-08

Số

Tập 1 Số 1 (2009)

Chuyên mục

Articles

Giấy phép

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Cách trích dẫn

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