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VP8 cross-license draft compatible with FOSS licensing 29 May 2013 | 11:03 pm
Blog post by Aaron Williamson. Please email any comments on this entry to . Google and MPEG-LA recently disclosed a draft cross-license under which patents related to the VP8 video compression format...
Safe-harbor compliance for FOSS projects 3 Apr 2013 | 01:13 am
Blog post by Aaron Williamson. Please email any comments on this entry to . "DMCA" is a four-letter word among free and open source software developers, and for good reason: the 1998 act criminalized...
Red Hat and Rackspace check troll's math in motion to dismiss 28 Mar 2013 | 08:31 pm
Blog post by Aaron Williamson. Please email any comments on this entry to . Several times in recent years, opponents of software patents have looked hopefully to Congress and the Supreme Court for a ...
Always ask about the business model 16 Oct 2012 | 07:42 pm
Blog post by Aaron Williamson. Please email any comments on this entry to . The New York Tech Meetup is an impressive gathering of the guiding lights (and hopefuls) of the so-called "Silicon Alley" c...
Twin Peaks and the GPL 18 Sep 2012 | 01:30 am
Blog post by Eben Moglen. Please email any comments on this entry to . Twin Peaks Software, Inc., which makes proprietary data replication and cloud storage software, sued Red Hat and its subsidiary ...
Managing Copyright Information within a Free Software Project 17 Sep 2012 | 09:17 pm
A news item from SFLC. Today, the Software Freedom Law Center published Managing Copyright Information within a Free Software Project, a guide to help developers maintain the license and copyright no...
Government of India: Quiet all the way! 30 Aug 2012 | 01:51 am
Blog post by Mishi Choudhary. Please email any comments on this entry to . The recent curbs on social networking websites in India demonstrate the unpredictability of the legal environment, both for ...
An open infrastructure could curb high-frequency trading disasters 10 Aug 2012 | 11:06 pm
Blog post by Aaron Williamson. Please email any comments on this entry to . In yesterday's New York Times, Ellen Ullman criticized the SEC's suggestion that mandated software testing could prevent au...
Aaron Williamson testifies at DMCA hearing 8 Jun 2012 | 03:36 am
A news item from SFLC. SFLC urges Copyright Office to recognize user freedoms Aaron Williamson testified before the U.S. Copyright Office on Tuesday, in support of SFLC's proposed exemption to the a...
DMCA exemption update: SFLC replies to content industry 5 Mar 2012 | 09:35 pm
A news item from SFLC. The Software Freedom Law Center responded on Friday to comments submitted in the DMCA exemption rulemaking process by the Business Software Alliance, Recording Industry Associa...
