Free and Open Source License Enforcement and Compliance - ERP Spain.com - España y América Latina

Free and Open Source Licenses are enforced by copyright owners globally, but by far most frequently in Germany. Overall, approximately 100 enforcement claims are initiated against companies. Global players may be targeted just as likely as SMEs. But how is that even possible, if Free and Open Source Licenses allow everyone to do everything with the code they apply to? And what does enforcement mean in practice? This talk will give a brief overview over the legal background to set the scene for a look into how enforcement works (at least in Germany). It will then lay out the aspects that companies should look out for, how tooling may help both on the claimant’s and the defendant’s side and how companies may protect themselves against enforcement.