GPL 3.0: v. (for Vendetta)
With the release of the most recent discussion draft today, one thing is immediately clear: this third version of the General Public License can be simply written “GPL v.” – [...]
GPLv3 Draft 3: Building Walls Between Open Source and Proprietary Software
Washington, DC – The third discussion draft of the General Public License version 3 (GPLv3) released by the Free Software Foundation today is designed to limit cooperation between the open [...]
Is U.S. science and technology leadership being slowly eroded?
Reuters reports that, according to the World Economic Forum, “[t]he United States is falling behind European countries and Singapore in exploiting information technology.” This is mainly due “to relative deterioration [...]
Team Silicon Valley vs Akademgorodok
According to the Mercury News, Team Silicon Valley, a new project organized by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, is bringing together executives and legislators of the region “to build a [...]
You Tube not protected by DMCA ‘safe harbor’ provisions
In a piece in the Washington Post, Viacom general counsel Michael Fricklas steps into the discussion about the DMCA triggered by Viacom’s lawsuit against Google, explaining that “[w]hat the DMCA [...]
FLOSSers: Faster, Richer…and Better Looking?
In section 7.3, the EC FLOSS Report tells us that firms working on FLOSS are not only faster, they’re also richer. Geez, faster and richer? Are they better looking too? [...]