1. The Cascadoss Project is financed by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme Evaluating FOSS4G for Environemntal Applications, International Symposium 16 June, 2008, International Information Workshop 17-19 June, 2008, Warsaw, POLAND Legal Issues OSS Licensing Alex Pastukhov B.A., LL.M., MPhil International Symposium Warsaw, June 16, 2008

2. The Cascadoss Project is financed by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme Evaluating FOSS4G for Environemntal Applications, International Symposium 16 June, 2008, International Information Workshop 17-19 June, 2008, Warsaw, POLAND Intellectual Property Not really a property, a bunch of exclusive rights Types of IP – industrial property (inventions, designs, TMs); – cultural/artistic property (copyright, related/neighboring rights).

3. The Cascadoss Project is financed by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme Evaluating FOSS4G for Environemntal Applications, International Symposium 16 June, 2008, International Information Workshop 17-19 June, 2008, Warsaw, POLAND Software as IP subject matter Copyright Law: code - literary work, interface – pictorial work (look-and-feel) Patent Law: Computer-implemented invention TM Law: Producer’s and product’s brand Trade secrets Unfair competition Sui generis protection

4. The Cascadoss Project is financed by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme Evaluating FOSS4G for Environemntal Applications, International Symposium 16 June, 2008, International Information Workshop 17-19 June, 2008, Warsaw, POLAND Software: Copyright v. Patent The idea/expression dichotomy Disclosure Formalities Terms of protection Legal costs International coverage

5. The Cascadoss Project is financed by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme Evaluating FOSS4G for Environemntal Applications, International Symposium 16 June, 2008, International Information Workshop 17-19 June, 2008, Warsaw, POLAND License Permission to use others’ IP Promise not to sue Explicit or implicit (shrink-wrap or click-through) Not a sale – the first sale doctrine is not applicable Open source v. public domain

6. The Cascadoss Project is financed by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme Evaluating FOSS4G for Environemntal Applications, International Symposium 16 June, 2008, International Information Workshop 17-19 June, 2008, Warsaw, POLAND OSS Licenses Free (not as in ‘free beer’) v. OSS Freedom to – run; – modify; – redistribute; – distribute modified versions. Copyleft: Keeping software free. No warranties, indemnity.

7. The Cascadoss Project is financed by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme Evaluating FOSS4G for Environemntal Applications, International Symposium 16 June, 2008, International Information Workshop 17-19 June, 2008, Warsaw, POLAND Specific OSS Licenses Reciprocal – GPL (authored by Stallman, the ‘freest’, viral); – MPL (authored by lawyer, Netscape TMs); – LGPL (Library GPL); – EUPL (5 compatible licenses). Academic – BSD (the simplest, notice); – Apache (sublicense, patent license, Apache TMs).

8. The Cascadoss Project is financed by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme Evaluating FOSS4G for Environemntal Applications, International Symposium 16 June, 2008, International Information Workshop 17-19 June, 2008, Warsaw, POLAND Conclusion Proprietary – quality guaranteed; – price discrimination possible; – legal protection and DRM for end product. Open source – Free (as in ‘free beer’); – Reliance on community for support and bug fixing. Your business model is decisive.

9. The Cascadoss Project is financed by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme Evaluating FOSS4G for Environemntal Applications, International Symposium 16 June, 2008, International Information Workshop 17-19 June, 2008, Warsaw, POLAND Thank you! Questions? Observations? oleksandr.pastukhov@law.kuleuven.be