Joint Database on Open Source Compliance for Companies |
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Validos is a collaboration of companies and other entities in the technology field for open source compliance in business use. Validos focuses currently on package level legal validation of open source software packages and provides reports on validation and instructions for redistribution. Previously compliance work has been done separately in each company, i.e. many times, but now Validos enables the companies to do this only once and to share the results of validation within the collaboration.
For this purpose, a number of companies have established Validos ry, a Finnish registered association that manages the collaborative work and holds and shares the resulting database. The association has thirteen members (since first of September 2010): the combined turnover of members is several billion euros.
Since the effectiveness of the collaborative approach increases with the increase of the number of members, membership in Validos is open to new enterprises and other entities. If you are interested, please contact us. |
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Last Updated on Friday, 03 September 2010 09:15 |
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Written by Martin von Willebrand
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Tuesday, 29 June 2010 15:25 |
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London, 17th June 2010:
The Editorial Committee is delighted to announce issue three of the 'International Free and Open Source Software Law Review' (IFOSS L. Rev.) is now available. IFOSSL. Rev. is a peer-reviewed biannual legal review dedicated to analysis and debate around Free and Open Source Software legal issues.
The latest issue includes the following papers from leading experts:
* Copyright in Open Source Software - Understanding the Boundaries" by Omar Johnny, Marc Miller and Mark Webbink |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 July 2010 15:16 |
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Written by Martin von Willebrand ja Mikko-Pekka Partanen
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Monday, 02 February 2009 17:25 |
Glossary - General Descriptions about Some Open Source Related Terms:
See also Validos frequently asked questions about open source software.
Term: Copyleft
A copyleft clause in software license stipulates that any changes made to the software have to be licensed under |
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Last Updated on Friday, 10 July 2009 22:53 |
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Written by Martin von Willebrand
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Tuesday, 06 January 2009 22:52 |
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Working as an outside counsel, it has happened to me more than once that our firm has been asked to legally validate an open source /FOSS package that somebody else already asked us to validate. The validation work, comprising of reviewing of a software packages technical and legal qualities, is conventionally done in each company separately, i.e. many times. The basic part of the work is very similar in every user (redistributor) entity. |
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 21 April 2009 16:25 |
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Written by Martin von Willebrand ja Mikko-Pekka Partanen
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Friday, 06 February 2009 10:01 |
Frequently Asked Questions - Open Source Software in Business Use:
(See the glossary, if open source is a new to you.)
- Open Source - Why Would We Want to Use It? / What Benefit It Has to a Company?
- Where Can Open Source Software be Found / Who Makes Them? Why are They made?
- What is Open Source? Is this a New Thing?
- Which are Well-known Open Source Projects? Where are They Used?
- Can We Download an Open Source Software from the Intenet? How/Why?
- What kind of Conditions Apply to Open Source Software? What are Licenses?
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 August 2010 10:18 |
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