Our Open Technologies practice is likely the largest in Finland. Our thorough understanding and experience of open collaboration and business models as well as open communities and technology helps us in advising our clients effectively and in a result-oriented way. This practice covers open source software, open data, open interfaces, and open innovation and collaboration models between companies and organisations.
We advise our clients for example in
- the use and publication of open source, open data and open interfaces
- procurements, and participation in procurements, related to open technologies
- the implementation of business models
- creation of open source policies and other open source compliance
- setting up collaboration models, negotiations and governance (also in relation to the Association Act).
HH Partners’ Open Technologies practice currently consists of five persons: Head of Open Tech, Partner Martin von Willebrand, Partner Miika Erkkilä, Attorney Henri Tanskanen, Associate and Legal Tech Developer Mikko Murto, and Associate Toni Päärni. The practice may from time to time also include a rotating Open Source Compliance Trainee.
References
Validos ry along with its members Airbus Defence and Space Oy, COSS ry (Centre for Open Systems and Solutions), Knowit Solutions Oy, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Sandvik Mining and Construction Oy, Vaisala Oyj, Wapice Oy and Wärtsilä Oyj: continuous advise on the use of open source software and open data, policy questions and trainings.
Aalto University: official Finnish translations of the Creative Commons 4.0 licenses and the CC0 statement.
Codership Oy: advising in a multitude of contractual, business and policy matters. The product of Codership is Galera Cluster, a GPLv2-licensed MySQL and MariaDB replication and clustering system.
Kolibre rf: advising in publication and governance of open source software.
Ixonos Oyj: advising in publication of open source software and in building a collaborative project.
Free Software Foundation Europe e.V.: advising in public procurement matters, acting as Specialist Counsel.
Ministry of Environment: advising in relation to a public procurement of open source software.
COSS ry: establishing of the association and related transfers of business.
NÖSS r.f. ja Pratsam Ab: publication of software as open source, forming a collaboration into an open source project, establishing of Kolibre r.f.
Several startups: advising in procurement and use of open source, as well as on fostering co-operation with open source projects; advising in the implementation of open source related business models and publication of open material.
Validos ry: setting up a collaboration and establishing the association, governance of the association.
MySQL AB: advising in IPO and trade sale preparations concerning intellectual property, corporate and employment law matters.
Positions of Trust and Publications
Martin von Willebrand acts as the Chairman of the Board of COSS ry:n (the Finnish Center of Open Solutions and Systems) since 2014 and board member since 2012.
Martin von Willebrand acts in the working group JHS 166 of the Ministry of Finance renewing the contract terms for public IT procurements under an assignment from the COSS ry association to promote openness in the renewal work.
Martin von Willebrand, Henri Tanskanen and Anniina Huttunen co-authored the article “Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Licenses and Other Alternative Licenses Under Finnish Law – Hybrid Contracts Including Both Copyright and Contract-Related Elements” in Metzger (ed.): Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and other Alternative License Models – A Comparative Analysis (Springer 2016).
Martin von Willebrand and Henri Tanskanen co-authored the chapter on Finland in the International Free and Open Source Software Law Book (Open Source Press 2014).
Martin von Willebrand acts as the Chairman of the Board of Kolibre rf:n since 2012. Kolibre publishes open source software used in techological aids for consuming electronic books and papers by persons with reading disabilities.
Martin von Willebrand acted as a member of the working group of the Ministry of Finance on governing openness during 2012-2013.
Martin von Willebrand acted as one of the editors at the International Free and Open Source Software Law Review during 2010-2012.
Martin von Willebrand and Mikko-Pekka Partanen published the article “Package Review as a Part of Free and Open Source Software Compliance” (International Free and Open Source Software Law Review, 2010, IFOSS L. Rev., 2(1), pp 39-60)
Martin von Willebrand acts as the Chairman of the Board of Validos ry:n since 2008. Validos provides compliance information for member companies regarding open source software, open data, and open interfaces.
