Michael Peeters, a partner at Pinsent Masons, the law firm
behind OUT-LAW.COM, says warranties as to the performance and even
the title to the software could be implied into open source
licences by a British court.
"The problem is that these licences have never been tested in
court in the UK," he said. "And the first judge to examine an open
source licence could take exception to its provisions. If he thinks
that, say, the General Public Licence should give users more
rights, he'll simply imply them."
Peeters will be speaking this month at a free one-hour seminar
on the commercial and legal issues of open source software that
takes place in London, Leeds, Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow and
Edinburgh.
Book a free place here. http://www.out-law.com/page-6024
