Licensing Archives

Oct29
Request for Proposals
The following is not meant to be legal advice.  Requests for Proposals from customers at a software or technology company are usually driven by business people, not the in house attorney.  The documents are usually completed by the sales person. ...
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Oct24
More on Software License Agreements
The following is not meant to be legal advice.When negotiating software license agreements with customers, there are sections that are often requested to be changed.  For example, if the software is licensed based on audience size, there may be conflict... Continue Reading
Oct20
Warranties and Replacements
The following is not meant to be legal advice.  Is it necessary to relate in technology agreements that warranties implied by law are excluded?  Can implied warranties be excluded anyway?  Why exclude implied warranties if they are already implied by... Continue Reading
Distributor Terminations
The following is not meant to be legal advice.  Sometimes a company may want flexibility in getting out of a relationship with a termination at will clause.  However, this may be overbearing to a distributor or partner who has invested... Continue Reading
Oct16
Negotiating License Agreements
The following is not meant to be legal advice.  When negotiating license agreements, the issue of governing law comes up often.  Sometimes in the provision, there is language on international treaties, such as the UN provision.  Because treaties may supercede... Continue Reading
Aug 2
Microsoft/Novell
The following is not meant to be legal advice.Microsoft and Novell, a Linux distributor, had a deal that avoided GPLversion2 distribution license requirements.  Under the deal, Novell customers got a provision not to sue directly from Microsoft, and Microsoft and... Continue Reading
 


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Relevant Cases in Open Source Licensing
Open Source Software License Agreements
Application Programming Interface
Valuing Software Source Code
Shall, Must, May, Should
New Drafts of GPL3 and LGPL
Compatibility with other Open Source Licenses
Compatibility with other Open Source Licenses
GNU General Public License (GPL)
Open Source Defined
Click wrap Licenses in the United States
Browse wrap licenses in the United States
Shrink wrap in the United States
MIT License
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Royalty-free vs. Fully Paid-up
Apache License
Open Source Business Models
Software Licensing Dispute Reaches First Circuit
GPL 3.0 Version
GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
Open Source
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