CNET's editor at large Michael Kanellos was brave enough to write a love letter to patents and copyright and publish it on the internet this week. In the piece, Kanellos writes:Although it's not a really popular sentiment these days, I think patents, trademarks and copyrights are simply fantastic and a [...]
Following the release of GPLv3 draft 3, Bruce Perens and others seemed to focus on calling us names rather than responding our analysis and concerns about new license. He was so vociferous in suggesting ACT was alone in our concerns, even we started wondering if he was right… Thankfully, level [...]
Following up on a piece he wrote about my recent GPLv3 analyses, Peter Galli interviewed free software advocate Bruce Perens to get his response to the our 20 pages of legal analysis. His response can best be summed up as “Nuh Uh!” and “They’re ugly! (because they have Microsoft as [...]
I really need to stop taking weekends off from blogging. Over at Tech Liberation Front, Tim Lee has taken our ongoing discussion on the GPLv3 and started a rather interesting new thread on the topic. Since, I’m already 3 days late to the party, I’ll try to summarize and start [...]
I know... we're as surprised as you are. Fellowships are no longer just for universities, Congress, and Hobbits. After some cajoling, we were able to recruit one of the brightest minds in intellectual property law to join ACT as our first Intellectual Property Fellow. Some of you may remember Debbie [...]