International Free and Open Source Software Law Review
Encyclopedia
The International Free and Open Source Software Law Review (also known as 'IFOSS L. Rev.', 'IFOSSLR', or 'IFOSS L. R.') is an English language law review
focusing on Free and open source software
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where appropriate and the editors exercise a policy of independence from sponsors and facilitators.
The review is published twice yearly. All editions are available to download in PDF and HTML formats from the journal's website. Readers are encouraged to copy and share their copies of IFOSS L. Rev. The publication qualifies as a gold Open Access journal under the open access publishing scheme.
The journal has an open call for papers intended for publication in 2010 and beyond. It permits a variety of licences to be used for individual articles including Creative Commons
, and where derivative
works are prohibited special exceptions permitting translations into other languages are encouraged. A policy against non-commercial only restrictions exists.
While IFOSS L. Rev. seeks publication of original articles, in specific cases it republishes articles appeared elsewhere, depending on the relevance of the article to the readership or the article having received substantial revisions.
(FSFE), though membership extends across a broad spectrum of interests engaging in Free and Open Source Software. FSFE exerts no editorial control over the Editorial Committee.
The composition of the Editorial Committee rotates regularly among European Legal Network members. The governance of this rotation is currently being formalised by the Editorial Committee and the European Legal Network.
Law review
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focusing on Free and open source software
Free and open source software
Free and open-source software or free/libre/open-source software is software that is liberally licensed to grant users the right to use, study, change, and improve its design through the availability of its source code...
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Overview
IFOSS L. Rev. is intended to provide a neutral forum for debate and analysis of legal issues connected with Free and Open Source Software. Articles are subject to peer reviewPeer review
Peer review is a process of self-regulation by a profession or a process of evaluation involving qualified individuals within the relevant field. Peer review methods are employed to maintain standards, improve performance and provide credibility...
where appropriate and the editors exercise a policy of independence from sponsors and facilitators.
The review is published twice yearly. All editions are available to download in PDF and HTML formats from the journal's website. Readers are encouraged to copy and share their copies of IFOSS L. Rev. The publication qualifies as a gold Open Access journal under the open access publishing scheme.
The journal has an open call for papers intended for publication in 2010 and beyond. It permits a variety of licences to be used for individual articles including Creative Commons
Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a non-profit organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons...
, and where derivative
Derivative
In calculus, a branch of mathematics, the derivative is a measure of how a function changes as its input changes. Loosely speaking, a derivative can be thought of as how much one quantity is changing in response to changes in some other quantity; for example, the derivative of the position of a...
works are prohibited special exceptions permitting translations into other languages are encouraged. A policy against non-commercial only restrictions exists.
While IFOSS L. Rev. seeks publication of original articles, in specific cases it republishes articles appeared elsewhere, depending on the relevance of the article to the readership or the article having received substantial revisions.
History
IFOSS L. Rev. was launched with the release of Volume 1, Issue 1 on the of 13th July 2009, and published its second issue in January 2010.Editorial Committee
The Editorial Committee of the Review is made up from delegates of the European Legal Network, a non-partisan professional network of Free Software legal experts. Many members of the network actually come from outside Europe. This network is facilitated by Free Software Foundation EuropeFree Software Foundation Europe
The Free Software Foundation Europe was founded in 2001 as an official European sister organization of the U.S.-based Free Software Foundation to take care of all aspects of free software in Europe. FSF and FSFE are financially and legally separate entities.FSFE believes that access to and...
(FSFE), though membership extends across a broad spectrum of interests engaging in Free and Open Source Software. FSFE exerts no editorial control over the Editorial Committee.
The composition of the Editorial Committee rotates regularly among European Legal Network members. The governance of this rotation is currently being formalised by the Editorial Committee and the European Legal Network.