IfrOSS

The Institute for Legal Issues on Free and Open Source Software, ifrOSS short, is a private entity, is particularly concerned with legal issues of open source and open content. It was founded by the lawyer Till Jaeger and Axel Metzger beginning of 2000 in Munich. The Institute has created among others, the UVM license for free content. The ifrOSS allowed in 2002 by a statement on the copyright bill the inclusion of the so-called Linux clause in the law which allow for licenses such as the GNU FDL and similar legal certainty in Germany.

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• FLOSS organization