TY - JOUR T1 - Five Stage Approach to Licensing JF - Open Source Business Resource Y1 - 2007 A1 - Thomas Prowse AB - This article will set out a practical five stage approach to Open Source Software (OSS) legal issues for organizations that are working, or thinking of working, in this area. While OSS affords a plethora of legal challenges and ongoing developments that merit treatment, I will focus on a general framework for managing OSS legal issues. Since I will provide general legal information and not legal advice, I strongly encourage your organization to work with legal counsel with competency in the OSS area to address its specific circumstances. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa UR - http://timreview.ca/article/64 IS - October 2007 U1 - Gowlings Thomas Prowse, a partner with Gowlings' Kanata Technology Law Office, practices in the area of technology law. His private practice, government policy, and in-house counsel experience ground his deep understanding of the business and technological complexities faced by companies today. As Nortel Senior Counsel from 1994 to 2007, Thomas provided general legal support to global product development organizations and worked extensively on Open Source Software matters. ER -