TY - UNPD A1 - Peukert, Alexander A1 - König, Dominik T1 - License contracts, free software and creative commons : national report Germany T2 - Arbeitspapier / Fachbereich Rechtswissenschaft, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main = Research paper / Faculty of Law, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Nr. 2014,19 N2 - This country report was prepared for the 19th World Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law in Vienna in 2014. It is structured as a questionnaire and provides an overview of the legal framework for Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and other alternative license models like (e.g.) Creative Commons under German law. The first set of questions addresses the applicable statutory provisions and the reported case law in this area. The second section concerns contractual issues, in particular with regard to the interpretation and validity of open content licenses. The third section deals with copyright aspects of open content models, for example regarding revocation rights and rights to equitable remuneration. The final set of questions pertains to patent, trademark and competition law issues of open content licenses. T3 - Arbeitspapiere / Fachbereich Rechtswissenschaft, Goethe-Universität = Research paper / Faculty of Law, Goethe University - 2014, 19 KW - Open Source KW - Creative Commons KW - licence contracts KW - German copyright law Y1 - 2014 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/35083 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-350837 N1 - Published in: German National Reports on the 19th International Congress of Comparative Law, Martin Schmidt-Kessel (ed.), Mohr Siebeck 2014, 519-543 PB - Goethe-Univ., Fachbereich Rechtswiss. CY - Frankfurt am Main ER -