In 2017, Opensource.com authors addressed the changing legal landscape in several intellectual property areas, including trademarks, open source licensing, and compliance. And copyright trolling continues to be of concern to many, so it’s no surprise that our most-read article answered some questions about Patrick McHardy and copyright profiteering.
Other widely read articles focused on nuts-and-bolts open source licensing topics, such as what every technologist should know and open source license management rules for startups. More philosophical pieces also captured readers’ attention, covering topics from economically efficient open source license compliance to the difference between free and open source software to free vs. freedom.
Finally, there we some reactions to a specific license proposed by Facebook, both criticizing its React license and arguing that we not over-React.
Looking ahead to 2018, all that is certain is that everything is uncertain. As the world continues to embrace open source, the legal issues surrounding it will no doubt continue to be interesting and complex.
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