London, 28 January 2010
The Editorial Committee of the International Free and Open Source Software Law Review (IFOSS L. Rev.) is proud to announce the immediate availability of the publication’s second issue. IFOSS L. Rev. is a peer-reviewed biannual legal review dedicated to analysis and debate about Free and Open Source Software legal issues. It is published by an independent Editorial Committee.
”IFOSSLR may be hard to pronounce, but it is easy to read, informative new publication. I look forward to future issues.”
– William Patry, Senior Copyright Counsel, Google Inc.
”Exchange of ideas is the life principle of free software. This journal is a crucial part of the exchange of ideas making free software law.”
– Eben Moglen, Software Freedom Law Centre
Volume 1, Issue 2 of the Review includes articles such as:
* “Open Source Policies and Processes For In-Bound Software” by Karen F. Copenhaver
* “Corporate Governance and Open Source” by Richard Kemp
* “The Paris Court of Appeals GPL case” by Martin von Willebrand
* “Trademarks in Open Source” by Tiki Dare and Harvey Anderson
* “Standards, Competition and IP in Open Source” by Susanna Shepherd
* “Back to the Future: IP and property rights” by Iain G. Mitchell Q.C.
In accordance with the principles of the Free and Open Source Software movement, IFOSS L. Rev. is available under a licence allowing it to be freely reproduced by individuals and organisations, commercial and non-commercial alike, provided that the content and authorship of the articles is respected.
Issue two is available without charge online at http://www.ifosslr.org and in PDF format.
More information: http://www.ifosslr.org/ifosslr/announcement/view/3
The news was delivered by: Martin von Willebrand, Validos ry, Chairman of the Board