@misc{chestek_theory_2017,
	address = {Rochester, NY},
	type = {{SSRN} {Scholarly} {Paper}},
	title = {A {Theory} of {Joint} {Authorship} for {Free} and {Open} {Source} {Software} {Projects}},
	url = {https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=2999185},
	doi = {10.2139/ssrn.2999185},
	abstract = {It is commonly believed that every contributor to a free and open source software project owns copyright in their incremental contribution to the project, and owns it solely. It is also commonly believed that one must avoid a legal conclusion that the project code is jointly authored—and therefore jointly owned—even though the legal concept of joint authorship is strongly consistent with the social construct of free software. This view is based on a belief that the application of the existing copyright law of joint authorship will undermine the intended operation of the free software license and thus fail to support the goals of the free software movement.},
	language = {en},
	urldate = {2024-05-16},
	author = {Chestek, Pamela S.},
	month = jul,
	year = {2017},
	keywords = {Free and Open Source Software, Law, authorship, copyright, derivative work, free software, implied license, information technology, joint authorship, licensing, open source software},
}

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