You’ll have to listen to the latest Tech Liberation Front podcast to get the full thought-provoking discussion on copyright law and the first sale doctrine, but let me tease out a portion of the discussion on extending the first sale to apply to use in addition to transfer. The main [...]
The c|net News Blog recently reported on a study performed by Palamida, an open-source risk management company, that claims GPLv3 adoption at 50% of all GPL projects. As the blogger says: “That’s huge.” Or rather, it would be if it were true. According to Palamida, 382 projects have announced that they [...]
There seems to be a growing sense among the Free Software community that Web2.0 companies are not living up to their end of the bargain. Last month, Eben Moglen began with a relatively gentle attack on the Google for not giving enough back to the Free Software community that makes [...]
I’m sure you are already aware, but today is a big day! REALLY BIG! 10 years in the making, the Free Software Foundation will finally release version 3 of the General Public License to the world. It is the Pride and Joy of Stallman and Moglen and the potential savior [...]
My morning news review had me chuckling this morning. Following Matt Asay’s post on the InfoWorld Open Sources blog, I watched Eben Moglen’s passionate attack on the Microsoft/Novell deal and his analysis of Microsoft’s supposed FUD strategy. In it, Moglen accuses Microsoft of going on a "Be Very Afraid" tour [...]