danger of recurrence of a violation after the violator acts in conformance with the GPL again (clause 8 para 3 GPLv3); cease and desist letter and order
The members of ifrOSS publish regularly about issues in the area of IT law. Here you can find our publications about current issues of free and open source software and current problems of copyright, contract and patent law. Read More...
The members of ifrOSS publish frequently in the areas of
copyright law, patent law and about legal issues with regard to open content and free software. Furthermore publications of third parties in Germany and abroad are categorized to faciliate quick and easy access for scientific research. Registered users are invited to add sources and references to the topic by themselves. Read More...
On this page you can find information aboutthe GNU General Public License, probably the most important license for free software.
The GNU General Public License is the archetype of the copyleft licenses. The operating system GNU/Linux and countless other programs made it quite influential and various other open source licenses are based on the GPL. Read More...