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Eli Greenbaum ·

YOU? · · 2021 · Open Access · · DOI: https://doi.org/10.5033/jolts.v12i1.143 · OA: W3131649682

This Article offers an alternative to the standard assumptions concerning the interpretation of Free and Open Source Software licenses – that such licenses should be interpreted as boilerplate agreements applied by the licensing parties without having negotiation regarding the language of the license. The Article considers some of the consequences of this approach to license interpretation.