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2024-10-02 12:00

Linux is now an RTOS!

PREEMPT_RT is mainline - What's next?


2023-11-12 12:00

Open Source License Obligations Checklists even better now

Import the checklists to other tools, create context diffs and merged lists


2023-03-01 12:00

Embedded Linux distributions

Results of the online "wish list"


2022-01-13 12:00

Phase #3 of OSADL project on OPC UA PubSub over TSN successfully completed

Another important milestone on the way to interoperable Open Source real-time Ethernet has been reached


2021-02-09 12:00

Open Source OPC UA PubSub over TSN project phase #3 launched

Letter of Intent with call for participation is now available



Till Jaeger

Till Jaeger
Till Jaeger

German lawyer, internationally recognized expert on software and copyright law

Till Jaeger attended the universities of Mainz, Germany, and Dijon, France, studying law and graduating in 1998. He then wrote a thesis on copyright law through a grant of the German Research Foundation at the postgraduate college "European Privacy Protection Law" in Munich, Germany. In 2001, he was accredited as a German lawyer.

Dr. Till Jaeger was one of the first to be interested in legal aspects of Free and Open Source Software. He is a co-founder of the "Institute of legal aspects of Free and Open Source Software (ifrOSS)" and is one of the institute's managers. The scientific work as well as seminars and conferences of the ifrOSS institute focus on software and copyright law.

From 2001 onwards, Till Jaeger is partner of the JBB lawyers' office where he is taking care of software and copyright cases.

"Open Source meets Industry"

"Open Source meets Industry" Congress on Open Source Software in the machine and automation industry

An international congress on Open Source software in the machine and automation industry was held in Hannover, Germany, on April 22, 2008. More information is available here.



"Open Source meets Industry" Congress on Open Source Software in the machine and automation industry

The OSADL seminar on "Software Patents and Open Source Licensing" took place on Friday, November 7, 2008 in Berlin, Germany. More information is available here.