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Legal

Fiduciary Licence Agreement (FLA)

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Abstract

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A Fiduciary License Agreement (FLA) is an agreement between the owner of +a copyright and a fiduciary. The FLA a transfers some of the right of use +from the copyright owner to the fiduciary. Other than a collecting society the +FLA is about grouping the interests of the copyright owners at the +fiduciary (and not the distribution of the product).

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The usage of a software is governed by a license agreement. +Free-software-projects usually have more than one copyright owner who work +collaboratively on that project. In case there happens a violation of the +license agreement this distributed copyright might cause problems because in +case of a lawsuit all the copyright owners may need to be present.

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The FLA bundles all the rights of the copyright owners at the fiduciary. He +can then effectively push the interests of the copyright holders in court.

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What is the FLA?

The Fiduciary Licence Agreement (FLA) is a copyright assignment that allows