Legal issues for free and open source software in government

Nic Suzor; Brian Fitzgerald; Mark Perry

doi:10.1007/978-0-387-72486-7_41

Legal issues for free and open source software in government

Nic Suzor
, Brian Fitzgerald
, Mark Perry

Queensland University of Technology
Western University

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Abstract

Indemnities against claims of intellectual property infringement from third parties Requirements of consumer protection and antitrust legislation Obligations to redistribute source, and when they arise enforceability of free software licences Layering and combining of licences Dual-licensing Licence incompatibility Software patent liability Contemporary developments in software licensing.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Open Source Development, Adoption and Innovation
Subtitle of host publication	IFIP Working Group 2.13 on Open Source Software, June 11-14, 2007, Limerick, Ireland
Editors	Joseph Feller, Brian Fitzgerald, Walt Scacchi, Alberto Sillitti
Pages	353-354
Number of pages	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72486-7_41
Publication status	Published - 2007
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	IFIP International Federation for Information Processing
Volume	234
ISSN (Print)	1571-5736

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Suzor, N., Fitzgerald, B., & Perry, M. (2007). Legal issues for free and open source software in government. In J. Feller, B. Fitzgerald, W. Scacchi, & A. Sillitti (Eds.), Open Source Development, Adoption and Innovation: IFIP Working Group 2.13 on Open Source Software, June 11-14, 2007, Limerick, Ireland (pp. 353-354). (IFIP International Federation for Information Processing; Vol. 234). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72486-7_41

Suzor, Nic ; Fitzgerald, Brian ; Perry, Mark. / Legal issues for free and open source software in government. Open Source Development, Adoption and Innovation: IFIP Working Group 2.13 on Open Source Software, June 11-14, 2007, Limerick, Ireland. editor / Joseph Feller ; Brian Fitzgerald ; Walt Scacchi ; Alberto Sillitti. 2007. pp. 353-354 (IFIP International Federation for Information Processing).

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Suzor, N, Fitzgerald, B & Perry, M 2007, Legal issues for free and open source software in government. in J Feller, B Fitzgerald, W Scacchi & A Sillitti (eds), Open Source Development, Adoption and Innovation: IFIP Working Group 2.13 on Open Source Software, June 11-14, 2007, Limerick, Ireland. IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, vol. 234, pp. 353-354. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72486-7_41

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Suzor N, Fitzgerald B, Perry M. Legal issues for free and open source software in government. In Feller J, Fitzgerald B, Scacchi W, Sillitti A, editors, Open Source Development, Adoption and Innovation: IFIP Working Group 2.13 on Open Source Software, June 11-14, 2007, Limerick, Ireland. 2007. p. 353-354. (IFIP International Federation for Information Processing). doi: 10.1007/978-0-387-72486-7_41

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