Der folgende Artikel bietet einen Überblick über die häufigsten Anwendungsprobleme beim Einsatz und der Integration von freier und Open Source Software in der Praxis. Ein Schwerpunkt liegt dabei auf den Herausforderungen für Softwarehersteller, welche freie Software in ihre Produkte...

The emergence of so-called “free” or “open source” software and the growth of its economic importance in various industries makes questions regarding the legal status of free/open source licenses especially important. In December 2010 new draft amendments to the Russia’s Civil Code...

This document seeks to lay the groundwork for a government policy on free and open source software. We briefly characterize the extent of the open source software phenomenon. We analyse its pros and cons for the government, in its role as both an engine of economic development and a large user...

The aim of this paper is to focus on the emerging situation in which open source software is nowadays produced not only by individual developers but in a growing proportion by firms that hire programmers for their own objectives of development in open source or for contributing to open source...

Ce texte vise à circonscrire les fondements d'une politique gouvernementale à l'égard du logiciel libre et ouvert (open source software). Nous caractérisons brièvement l'ampleur du phénomène du logiciel libre et nous en analysons les avantages et inconvénients pour le gouvernement tant...

This article aims at clarifying the role played by licenses within the increasingly relevant Open Source Software (OSS) phenomenon. In particular, the article explores from a theoretical point of view the comparative properties of the two main categories of OSS license--copyleft and non-copyleft...