RIPOSRIPOSRisks and Prospects of Open SourceRisks and Prospects of Open Source

ARU Portfolio 2004 -seminaari, 2.10.2003

Markku.Stenborg@etla.fi -- Mikko.Valimaki@hiit.fi -- Ville.Oksanen@hiit.fi

Project Aim and ScopeProject Aim and Scope

1. Legal risks involved in open source licenses and software

2. Trusted Computing (TC) and open source3. Implications of open source to competition

and R&D

Article 13

Disposal outside the channels of commerce

Member States shall lay down that the judicial authorities may order that the

goods which have been found to infringe an intellectual property right, as

well as the materials and implements used primarily for the creation or the

manufacture of the goods in question, be disposed of outside the

channels of commerce, without any compensation being due.

Article 14

Destruction of goods

Member States shall lay down that the judicial authorities may order the

destruction of the goods which have been found to infringe an intellectual

property right, without there being any entitlement to compensation.

Deliverables 1/2Deliverables 1/2

•Practical license usage guidelines with risk comparisons

– Which licenses are good in different uses (embedded, ASP etc.)?

•Policy relevant analysis of ”partly open source” strategies

– How to implement commercial open source strategies such as dual licensing?

•Analysis of Trusted Computing and open source– What kind of changes are required to make

the licenses and technical implementations interoperable

Deliverables 2/2Deliverables 2/2

•Better understanding of the role of open source in collaborative R&D

– What companies can learn from open source working methods and potentially save costs in R&D and standards making

•Risk assessment method for open source components

– Potential demo application looking for copyright infringements in source code

ResearchersResearchers

•Responsible leader: Markku Stenborg, PhD (economics, 1992).

– competition and R&D issues

•Project manager Mikko Välimäki, LL.M. (law and economics, 1999).

– legal risk assessment and competition issues

•Researcher Ville Oksanen, LL.M. (law and economics, 2001).

– legal issues with emphasis on copyright and trusted computing

•Research assistant N.N

– Risk assessment software.

Schedule, Budget & PartnersSchedule, Budget & Partners•1.1.2004-31.12.2005

•Aiming at around 250 000 EUR per year with 80% from Tekes and remaining 20% from 4-5 companies

•Currently involved in the discussion:

– Fujitsu Services

– IBM

– Vaisala

– Tieto-Enator

– Valtionvarainministeriö

– MySQL

– SOT

– Nokia

•Also interested: Novo, 3i