License

Seminar “Open-Source Management in Software Supply Chains”

by Burkhard Stubert
2018/11/24

On 20 November 2018, the law firm Bird & Bird hosted a seminar about “Open-Source Management in Software Supply Chains – Effective and Consistent License Compliance” in their Frankfurt office. The seminar was organised by Miriam Ballhausen, who is Bird & Bird’s specialist in open-source Licensing.

The seminar offered the opportunity to meet two of Germany’s top lawyers for FOSS license compliance: Miriam Ballhausen and Catharina Maracke. If you have any questions about how to comply with FOSS licenses, Miriam and Catharina will give you invaluable counsel.

The roughly 25 attendees hailed from very different industries: automotive, agricultural, financial, medical, manufacturing and IT services. In late 2018, you cannot escape FOSS: Free open-source software has arrived in the mainstream.

Now, let me give you a summary of the four talks.
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Proposed IoT Security Bill Could Be Boon to LGPLv3 Software

by Burkhard Stubert
2017/08/05

US senators proposed bipartisan (yes, it’s still possible!) legislation to improve cyber security of IoT devices, the Internet of Things Cyber Security Improvement Act of… Read More »Proposed IoT Security Bill Could Be Boon to LGPLv3 Software

Using Qt 5.6 and Later under LGPL

by Burkhard Stubert
2016/04/102021/04/10

Up to Qt 5.3, things were pretty simple. Most modules were under LGPLv2.1 with the exception of some commercial modules. Starting with Qt 5.4, new Qt modules were published under LGPLv3 and old modules additionally under LGPLv3. With Qt 5.6, we now have quite a patchwork of modules under different licenses. Qt 5.7 will drop LGPLv2.1 completely. Some companies stay on Qt 5.3, because they are afraid of LGPLv3. Let me bring some clarity into this patchwork and explain how you can still use Qt under LGPL and sleep well.
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