Martin von Willebrand, a partner at HH Partners writes on: Use of Legal Tools in Creation of an Open Source Project and Business Model The legal rules often play a key role when it comes to business models in software businesses and notably in free and open source software projects. This is particularly true when the project owner wants to maintain some level of control over the software and the project itself. The balance between control and freedom is achieved by legal tools and policies, such as licenses, compliance policies,contracts, trademarks, organization rules, contribution policies, only to name a few.
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Open source compliance in businesses
Martin von Willebrand and Mikko-Pekka Partanen write on Open Source Software Package Review for businesses in the recently published issue of International Free and Open Source Softare Law Review (IFOSSLR).
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HH Partners has joined FOSSBazaar, a working group of Linux Foundation. FOSSBazaar is an open community of technology and industry leaders who are collaborating to accelerate adoption of free and open source software in the enterprise. Specifically, FOSSBazaar aims to:
Read MoreHH Partners advised MySQL AB
HH Partners advised MySQL AB in preparation for an initial public offering or possible trade sale. We adivsed MySQL as regards corporate, intellectual property and labour law matters. The firm was sold to Sun Microsystems, Inc:ille with a deal published on 15 January 2008.
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