community impacts of legal decisions
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Community Impacts of Legal Decisions
Legal Policy as a Barrier to EntryDave Neary
SDN/NFV Community Strategy
30 January 2016
The role of lawyers
Legal decisions have (unintended) consequences
(Most) Developers don't care about the Law
Any time a developerhas to care about the law...
It's a bug
License choice
Friendly for business vs Friendly to proprietary forks
Viral vs reciprocal
Fitting with your ecosystem (interoperability, identity)
Factoring in the cost of enforcement
Copyright licensing agreements
First contact with project is paperwork
Many developers will not sign them
Creates an uneven playing field
Alternatives: DCO, Mozilla Committers Agreement, organisational agreements
Patent threats
Chilling effects: G729, GIF, Bitcoin
Ignorance is bliss
The role of patent promises/patent licenses in copyright license
Trademark
Communities feel like they share ownership of the brand
Identity is a delicate and complex thing
Alternative approaches: Abandonment, CM, incremental approach
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