The SFLC's Legal Guide on Free Software

The SFLC's Legal Guide on Free Software

Posted Feb 14, 2008 18:59 UTC (Thu) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330)
Parent article: The SFLC's Legal Guide on Free Software

There's lots of good advice here, but also many sections appear to quietly assume that the reader is a US citizen or resident. For example, the section on whether to, and how to register copyright refers to "the federal copyright office", and the process for incorporation "varies by state".

The document should have been organized different, separating out the parts that apply internationally from the parts that are US specific; then the SFLC could ask for help from free software groups in other countries in filling in sections applicable in other countries.

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