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3 Voluntary licensing creating public rights (1) Software & standards

History and development of free and open source software (FOSS)
Implications of GPLv3
Open standards

History and Development of Free and Open Source Software

Free Software Foundation website, particularly: The Free Software Definition; and What Is Copyleft?

Open Source Initiative website, particularly: The Open Source Definition ; and OSI Approved Licences

*Brian Fitzgerald and Graham Bassett, Legal Issues Relating to Free and Open Source Software, particularly: Ch 4- Peter CJ James, “Open Source Software: An Australian Perspective”, starting p. 63

*Eric S. Raymond, “The Cathedral and the Bazaar” (1998) 3(3) First Monday

*Eben Moglen, “Anarchism Triumphant: Free Software and the Death of Copyright” (1999) 4(8) First Monday

Maurice Schellekens, “Free and Open Source Software: An Answer to Commodification?”, Ch XIII in in L. Guibault and P. Bernt Hugenholtz The Future of the Public Domain: Identifying the Commons in Information Law, Kluwer Law International 2006

Open Standards

Ken Krecher, “Open Standards Requirements” (2006) 4(1) International Journal of IT Standards and Standardization Research

Raena Lea-Shannon, "Open Standards and Technology in Government and Law: ODF Massachusetts and WCAG" [2006] AIPLRes 9

Other recommended works

First Monday Journal, Special Issue # 2: Open Source, October 2005

Lawrence Rosen, “License Proliferation”

Lawrence Rosen, Open Source Licensing, Software Freedom and Intellectual Property Law (2004, Prentice Hall)