There seems to be a run on BusyBox litigation this fall and the lawyers at the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) have been busy; last week they filed another copyright infringement lawsuit against Verizon Communications, Inc., alleging violation of the GNU General Public License (GPL). The open source movement is expanding past the world of software into areas of biological and life sciences. Because of the growing interest in this area, we have decided to compile a list of resources regarding open source organizations and law.

Software

Software Freedom Law Center: http://www.softwarefreedom.org/

Free Software Foundation: http://www.fsf.org/

Open Source Initiative: http://www.opensource.org/ 

Biotech / Life Sciences

The BiOS Initiative:http://www.bios.net/

BiOS Compatible Agreement Listing:
http://www.bios.net/daisy/bios/licenses/2997.html

Public Intellectual Property Resource for Agriculture: http://www.pipra.org/

Tropical Disease Initiative: http://www.tropicaldisease.org/

WCLP: http://www.westcoastlicensing.com/index.htm 

AFMnet: http://www.afmnet.ca/ 

LES Presentation Slides: lespresentation-open-source.pdf

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