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1995 Broadway, 17th FloorNew York, NY 10023–5882tel +1–212–580–0800fax +1–212–580–0898www.softwarefreedom.org
A Legal Issues Primer forOpen Source and Free Software Projects
Richard FontanaBradley M. KuhnEben MoglenMatthew NorwoodDaniel B. RavicherKaren SandlerJames VasileAaron WilliamsonVersion 1.514 February 2008
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2006, 2007, 2008, Software Freedom Law Center, Inc. Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire document is permitted in any medium; however, this notice must be preserved on all copies.
 
Contents
Forewordvii1 Introduction12 Common Copyright Questions3
2.1 Copyleft. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.2 Choosing A FOSS License. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.2.1 The GNU General Public License. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.2.2 BSD-Style or Permissive Licenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.2.3 The GNU Lesser General Public License. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.2.4 The GNU Affero General Public License. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.3 Copyright Assignment and Unification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.4 Copyright for Documentation, Websites and Supporting Material. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.5 Copyright Enforcement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.5.1 Gather the facts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.5.2 Familiarize yourself with the license. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.5.3 Contact other copyright holders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112.5.4 Ask the violator to fix the problem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112.6 Copyright Registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3 Common Organizational Issues13
3.1 Corporate Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13iii
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