Software Freedom Law Center

The SFLC provides legal services to the Free and Open Source Software (“FOSS”) community in five primary areas: Asset Stewardship, Licensing, License Defense and Litigation Support, Non-profit Corporate Assistance, and Legal Consulting and Lawyer Training.

To ensure success, individual FOSS projects need more than a well-chosen license. The SFLC is directly involved in its clients’ FOSS license development efforts, including development of the GNU General Public License v3 by the Free Software Foundation, and offers licensing assistance, particularly license development and implementation consulting, to FOSS developers other than its clients. The SFLC defends the integrity of FOSS licenses against both adverse judicial interpretation and legislative interference.

The SFLC helps FOSS projects develop and maintain legal status to help ensure their longevity. The SFLC assists its clients with all stages of corporate existence, including formation and tax exemption, and helps projects with their contracts and governance. The SFLC provides enhanced long-term legal stability to the FOSS community by offering consulting to the public and training to attorneys involved with or interested in FOSS legal issues.

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