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Revisiting Top System

Florian Idelberger

Just this past Wednesday, the European Court of Justice handed down a judgement in the case C-13/20 Top System on the right to decompilation by a purchaser of software to fix errors, which was discussed here previously in the context of the right to repair. Read More...

Distribution of Dockerfiles: Who is responsible for FOSS Licence Compliance?

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Litigation on LibreOffice Derivative in Russian Courts

Dr. Till Jaeger
 
Special legal challenges with regard to free and open source software have occurred in Russian law.
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Source-available licenses - Elastiscsearch and SSPL

Florian Idelberger
 
Time and time again, companies have struggled with their licensing. It has often been a challenge for companies to find a business model that enables them to make money, but still provide truly open-source software. That said, the precise economics are often not verifiable as it is also possible that at some point a pivot to a more closed license is simply an enabler to achieve higher market share, whereas in other cases it is about survival.
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