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11 IFOSS L. Rev. 1 (2019)

handle is hein.journals/ifosslr11 and id is 1 raw text is: Editorial: Announcing The Journal of Open Law, Technology & Society Editorial: Announcing The Journal of Open Law, Technology & Society DOI 10.5033/jolts. v11i.134 by The Editorial Committee, coordinated by Shane Coughlan. (a) OpenChain Project Director, Linux Foundation. Abstract This editorial article by the Editorial Committee of the Journal of Open Law, Technology & Society announces the change in name, and expansion in scope, of the International Free and Open Source Software Law Review. Keywords Law; information technology; governance; Free and Open Source Software; International Free and Open Source Software Law Review; Journal of Open Law, Technology & Society; JOLTS. When the International Free and Open Source Software Law Review was launched in 2009, we stated that it was our hope and expectation that it will provide a centre of excellence for the very best in analysis of issues facing users and advisors in the development, deployment and governance of Free and Open Source software....1 Since then, the International Free and Open Source Software Law Review has had a storied history in the realm of free and open licensing around software technology. While the law review was initially inherently biased towards a relatively small audience, we have been fortunate to both gain readership and provide value to this audience over a period of more than 10 years. Many things have changed since we published our first issue in 2009. At that time, open source was still gaining traction in the business and legal spheres. Notwithstanding the exceptional success of service companies such as IBM and HP in the preceding decade, and the continued rise of open source companies such as Red Hat, in 2009 general awareness across multiple market segments of free and open source software and the licensing models behind it were still relatively low. That is no longer the case. The rise and tremendous success of companies like Google, Facebook and Uber is predicated on a foundation of free and open software. Platforms once unobtainable to all but the largest companies are now within the reach of even the smallest start-up, and we are seeing a terrific explosion of new services, products and business models as a consequence. Free and open source software has moved from emerging to market dominant. Indeed, free and open source software has been such a success that it has inspired an adjacent explosion of broader and increasingly visible open hardware, open access, open data and open knowledge initiatives across 1 Mitchell, lain G. (2009) 'Foreword and statement of purpose: an introduction to IFOSS L. Rev.', IFOSS L. Rev, 1(1), p. 5. 1 Journal of Open Law, Technology & Society Vol. 11, Issue 1

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