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11 IFOSS L. Rev. 1 (2019)

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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.
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