Briar Francis
Briar Francis is a Queensland lawyer at Thomsons who specialises in all things games. With a dual software / IP background, Briar assists a number of local developers and creatives with their legals and regularly speaks at industry events.
Briar’s all time favourite game is Kingdom Hearts, but finds the franchise deeply, deeply confusing.
Know your open-source licences
TG Lightning Talks @ Queensland Games Festival 2026
Trying to condense last year’s GCAP session into 5 minutes, Briar will speed-run through the different types of open source licences and why you need to be careful what you incorporate into your game assets.
Briar Francis
Briar Francis is a Queensland lawyer at Thomsons who specialises in all things games. With a dual software / IP background, Briar assists a number of local developers and creatives with their legals and regularly speaks at industry events.
Briar’s all time favourite game is Kingdom Hearts, but finds the franchise deeply, deeply confusing.