Open Source Software Masterclass Series
Welcome to the Bristows 8-session course on Open Source Software, context, licensing and compliance. The course was developed by Andrew Katz and is aimed primarily at lawyers with a solid grounding in copyright law and commercial licensing and negotiation, but who wish to increase their knowledge about the development, deployment and use of open source software, and the relevant legal and licensing structures, as well as an overview of related fields, to provide overall context.
Course Materials:
We are using Open Source, Law Policy and Practice published by the Oxford University Press as our main reference. You can buy a physical copy from Oxford University Press or you can download an electronic copy (either in one go, or chapter by chapter) from Oxford Academic.
The course will run from September 2024 to May 2025, and each session will be around 90 minutes long. The course will be remote (Zoom), but two of the sessions (4 and 8) will be hybrid, and you’re invited to visit the Bristows offices in London to attend in person, and join us for refreshments afterwards.
A brief outline of the sessions is as follows, but please note that this is subject to change at any time.
