International audienceFree Software is the term coined by Richard Stallman in 1983 to denote programs whose sources are available to whoever receives a copy of the software and come with the freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software.As Richard Stallman’s concept grew in popularity, and with the subsequent advent of GNU/Linux, Free Software has received a great deal of attention and media publicity. With attention and publicity came expectations as well as a number of legal myths and confusions.The objective of this article is to clarify some of these legal misunderstandings while explaining how the legal fundamentals on which Free Software is based allow for a long-lasting business model based on a special kin...
Published online: August 2013Free software is viewed as a revolutionary and subversive practice, and...
International audienceToday, free software has become a benchmark for resistance to the “tragedy of ...
Version: 5/25/2011 An earlier version of this manuscript was presented at the Workshop on Informatio...
Abstract –The objective of this article is to offer a return on experience explaining how the legal ...
International audienceThe aim of this paper is to focus on the emerging situation in which open sour...
This article describes a Delphi study that consulted leading FOSS experts to identify the most impor...
The aim of this paper is to focus on the emerging situation in which open source software is nowaday...
The use of free software in different productive sectors, has generated a great opportunity for comp...
The subject matter we are going to talk about is variously named and thewords have some resonances o...
The free software and open-source software movements have proven prescient precursors to today’s mul...
Free Software is sometimes considered solely a technical option, but that is a quite limited point o...
This paper describes the legal structure of open source software and analyzes the likely issues to a...
Hackers often quibble about commercializing software, yet most willreadily sell their programming se...
This article discusses the implications of the intellectual property system as applied to software, ...
Published online: August 2013Free software is viewed as a revolutionary and subversive practice, and...
International audienceToday, free software has become a benchmark for resistance to the “tragedy of ...
Version: 5/25/2011 An earlier version of this manuscript was presented at the Workshop on Informatio...
Abstract –The objective of this article is to offer a return on experience explaining how the legal ...
International audienceThe aim of this paper is to focus on the emerging situation in which open sour...
This article describes a Delphi study that consulted leading FOSS experts to identify the most impor...
The aim of this paper is to focus on the emerging situation in which open source software is nowaday...
The use of free software in different productive sectors, has generated a great opportunity for comp...
The subject matter we are going to talk about is variously named and thewords have some resonances o...
The free software and open-source software movements have proven prescient precursors to today’s mul...
Free Software is sometimes considered solely a technical option, but that is a quite limited point o...
This paper describes the legal structure of open source software and analyzes the likely issues to a...
Hackers often quibble about commercializing software, yet most willreadily sell their programming se...
This article discusses the implications of the intellectual property system as applied to software, ...
Published online: August 2013Free software is viewed as a revolutionary and subversive practice, and...
International audienceToday, free software has become a benchmark for resistance to the “tragedy of ...
Version: 5/25/2011 An earlier version of this manuscript was presented at the Workshop on Informatio...