Code and Law - A legal session on privacy, know-how and open source, Part I
Open Source and Research, Talk, Intermediate
The session comprises of three talks, each 20 minutes long, from different lawyers covering legal topics relevant for every software project and in particular app development.
We, Hans-Christian Woger, Stefan Schreiber and Philippe Heinzke, are three lawyers from the international law firm CMS and all specialized in IT-law, would like to give a legal introduction to the topics privacy and data protection law, know-how-protection and the use of open source within app development projects. Data protection has been a major topic within the software development, nonetheless the basic legal issues are not known to all developers. The protection of know-how is nothing less then the protection of the vital assets of a software company. Open source software is a vital part of the Android environment. Nonetheless, the use of open source code bears legal pit falls that developers need to know about.
The idea for this session was born during the talk on privacy within app development during the droidcon 2017 in Berlin. We would like to give the community the opportunity to have a broader legal insight and answer some legal questions relevant for app development.
Code and Law - A legal session on privacy, know-how and open source, Part II
Open Source and Research, Talk, Intermediate
The session comprises of three talks, each 20 minutes long, from different lawyers covering legal topics relevant for every software project and in particular app development.
We, Hans-Christian Woger, Stefan Schreiber and Philippe Heinzke, are three lawyers from the international law firm CMS and all specialized in IT-law, would like to give a legal introduction to the topics privacy and data protection law, know-how-protection and the use of open source within app development projects. Data protection has been a major topic within the software development, nonetheless the basic legal issues are not known to all developers. The protection of know-how is nothing less then the protection of the vital assets of a software company. Open source software is a vital part of the Android environment. Nonetheless, the use of open source code bears legal pit falls that developers need to know about. |