Are you looking for information related to the various aspects of intellectual property (i.e. licenses, patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets) that an organization may face when using or contributing to open source? If so, you’ve come to the right place. Listed below are a set of resources to help you come up to speed, including both articles and relevant forum discussions.
IP Issues
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| Title | Author | Created on |
|---|---|---|
| Copyright Basics | mradcliffe | 2008-01-24 08:05 |
| Copyright Ownership | mradcliffe | 2008-01-24 08:47 |
| IP Management: Best Practices in Open Source Touches All Areas of FOSSBazaar Interest | Olliance Group | 2008-01-24 20:21 |
| Legal Issues Relating to Free and Open Source Software | Martin Michlmayr | 2009-02-23 15:22 |
| Open Source Best Practices Scorecard | OpenLogic | 2008-01-15 19:52 |
| OSS Discovery: Find installed open source software | OpenLogic | 2008-01-24 21:02 |
| Patent, Trade Secrets and Trademark Overview | mradcliffe | 2008-01-24 08:52 |
| Red Hat Makes History With Patent Settlement - Compatible with GPLv3 | Martin Michlmayr | 2008-06-13 11:24 |
| The Software Freedom Law Center has released "A Legal Issues Primer for Open Source and Free Software Projects" | Phil Robb | 2008-02-14 22:34 |
| Walking With Elephants - Information on open source, software, copyright, patents, and competition. | Martin Michlmayr | 2008-06-23 10:43 |