Open Source Licenses and Academic Tech Commercialization: A Choose Your Own Adventure Story

Heather Buchta and Stephen Gardner presented at the University of South Florida on March 6 with an in-person and webinar option. Their presentation titled, "Open Source Licenses and Academic Tech Commercialization: A Choose Your Own Adventure Story," will compare the legal impacts of a variety of open source licenses and expound on what they do, and do not, permit. It will also analyze the impact of each type of license on possible future commercialization and collaboration paths, including how they might affect plans for a startup, how tech companies might consider them and how they can allow for collaboration and iteration while preserving avenues for future commercialization.