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Does Google play fair in Open Source?

What is Google’s Open Source end game? I analyzed last month.Chris DiBona is set to fly the Google Open Source flag at the London outpost of Google's Developer Day Thursday.BUT: Does Google play fair in Open Source?  We do odd things to the Linux kernel to have it perform the way we want it to. With...

Tags: Google, Google Software Applications, Software

Blog posts 2007-05-29

Moglen goes all Democratic on Microsoft

Moglen goes all Democratic on MicrosoftLOL![i]"I hear he's considered a shoo-in for the next Summer Olympics [1] in the chair toss"[/i]I believe that there aren't that many competitors in that competition. He's possibly in a class of his own. He can only win 2nd place as they only patented "Silver"...

Tags: Being Sued, Microsoft Corp., Moglen, patent, Free Software Foundation, Steve Ballmer, FLOSS, software

Discussion threads 2007-05-15

Moglen goes all Democratic on Microsoft

I erred earlier in saying there was no news at the Red Hat summit in San Diego last week. Eben Moglen was there. Moglen, who keynoted last years Nashville summit, was not supposed to be the main attraction this time. But Microsoft had just done its thing, Moglen is a...

Tags: FOSS, General, GPL, Legal, Microsoft, Patents, politics, Red Hat, Strategy

Blog posts 2007-05-15

Eben Moglen leaving Free Software Foundation

Eben Moglen leaving Free Software FoundationKudos to Mr. MoglenI have had the good fortune to know the good Mr. Moglen for a number of years. He's always impressed me as careful, thoughtful and thorough in the things he's done.As the Software Freedom Law Center ramps up and his duties...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services, Moglen, Stallman, Free Software Foundation, software

Discussion threads 2007-04-25

Eben Moglen leaving Free Software Foundation

Eben Moglen right announced on his blog this morning he is leaving the board of the Free Software Foundation.The decision is evidence that the third draft of the GPL v.3, which he oversaw, has drawn positive reviews, and will likely go through with few edits.The release of Discussion Draft 3...

Tags: Software Licensing, politics, GPL, General, FOSS, Legal

Blog posts 2007-04-25

Defender of the GPL

Defender of the GPLWow... that was so good it had to be said twice nt.What will Linus the person do in regard to Linux ?I'm really curious now. What would Linus do ? Will he or will he not move Linux to the GPL 3 when it's finalized...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Moglen, Now Let, GPL, GPL Code, TiVo Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-01-19

Moglen: Open-source risks overblown

Moglen: Open-source risks overblownStill no protection from IP only companies that buy up patents.But, the risk is the same for those using proprietary software. Really, patents are just bad for competition no matter for software or anything else.It should be easier......to verify compliance with the GPL than with other licenses...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Investment, Moglen, risk, software, open source

Discussion threads 2005-11-02

Eben Moglen's campaign to kill the FCC

Eben Moglen's campaign to kill the FCCNot law yetThe only appellate court to rule on the question of whether computer source code is the Ninth Circuit decision in [i]Bernstein[/i]. The United States Supreme Court has yet to rule on the matter.Considering the amount of compilable poetry in circulation, it's...

Tags: Federal government, Network technology, Digital media, Moglen, IP, FCC

Discussion threads 2005-10-18

GPL 3 won't split projects, Moglen says

GPL 3 won't split projects, Moglen saysSlightly Off topic...How about a click-through license for standards in a similar way to GPL protects source.I thought about this when looking at the SPF situation. Pobox put out a usable anti-spam solution, it was embraced-extended into a patent protected closed solution.The same thing...

Tags: Kerberos, OPEN SOURCE, GPL, Mike Sax, Moglen, GPL 3

Discussion threads 2005-03-25

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NOAA's prophetic pronouncements get reax

From Greenpeace, hated by global warming deniers--Greenpeace USA Climate Campaign Director Damon Moglen issued this statement: “The White House report on climate change is a stark confirmation of what scientists have been saying for years: unless we dramatically curb our emissions, the world will face unprecedented climate...

Tags: U.S., President, NOAA, Climate, Global Warming, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-06-16

Bang the TomTom slowly

Sometimes a suit is just a suit. (What was Frank Langella actually doing when Nixon was President? Stay tuned.) Eben Moglen and the Software Freedom Law Center are thinking about getting involved in the patent suit Microsoft filed against TomTom, writes our Elinor Mills. ...

Tags: Patent, TomTom, Microsoft Corp., Jim Zemlin, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-02-27

Is the era of open source legal stupidity over?

Is the era of open source legal stupidity over?...must have an invention...I disagree about not patenting an "idea" of an invention. I've got ideas for several new technologies, but I don't have the capital to create them. They require microscopic parts. If I can't patent my idea,...

Tags: open source, patent, legal stupidity

Discussion threads 2008-11-24

Eben law can have an open source business model

Anyone can have an open source business model. Even an open source lawyer. Eben Moglen, whose Software Freedom Law Center provides free legal help to open source projects, has just announced Moglen Ravicher LLC, a for-profit law firm covering the same ground. Their first...

Tags: Lawyer, OpenNMS, Ravicher, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-03-27

Apple's new AirPort Express 802.11n takes the slow lane

Apple's new AirPort Express 802.11n takes the slow laneAirTunesIf you're looking to stream music, then it's either Airport Xpress or AppleTV, but then AppleTV won't handle an external HD either. On the other hand, AirportXtreme or TimeCapsule will give you the HD, but don't give you AirTunes. It seems you...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Wi-Fi, Time Capsule, Apple Inc., digital-rights management, Apple AirPort Express, AirPort Express 802.11n, music, new AirPort Express 802.11n, slow lane, IEEE 802.11n

Discussion threads 2008-03-20

Will the GPL be overtaken by AGPL?

Version 3 of the Affero GPL was approved by the OSI last week, leading one of its advocates to suggest it should become the most popular version over time. (Picture from last October's VentureCamp for Blognation.) As the software industry increasingly moves to a Software as a...

Tags: Software, GPL, OSI, Loophole, Capobianco, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Management, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-03-17

Is celebrity contradictory with open source?

Daniel Terdiman's scathing review of journalist Sarah Lacy at the SXSW keynote of Mark Zuckerberg this weekend leads to this intriguing question. Are celebrity and open source contradictory? (Here's a clip.) It's true that open source has some well-known names. Eric Raymond. Linus Torvalds....

Tags: Mark Zuckerberg, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-03-10

How+hard+is+it+to+violate+the+GPL%3F

How+hard+is+it+to+violate+the+GPL%3FThat's a better way of looking at it.Compared to yesterday's piece, this is a much more informed look at the supposed issue.I agree that changes that are made to a GPL code base should, in the spirit of the license all of them, be given back. Your use of...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, GPL

Discussion threads 2008-02-19

How hard is it to violate the GPL?

I screwed up yesterday. (Picture from Boycott Novell.) After re-reading my piece, your comments, and the terms of both GPL licenses carefully, it's clear to me I underestimated how easy it is for enterprises to violate its terms. But it's not impossible. Far from...

Tags: GPL, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-02-19

Europe tries to make open source its own

Roberto Galloppini right writes from Rome about how everyone there wants to talk about open source, but few want to do much about it. One speaker at a recent conference even suggested a "Euro-centric" public license in place of the GPL. That drew yawns. One...

Tags: Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-02-08

Gates: secret admirer of Linux, open source?

Gates: secret admirer of Linux, open source?Charity Begins at HomeSo I'm curious. How does the price of Microsoft's main reasonably-full-functioned software (I'm guessing that's MSWinVistaHomePremium or some such and the Business version of MSOffice) compare between the wealthiest and poorer countries?Just to pull five at random out of the...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, secret admirer, Linux open source, admirer, Linux, open source, software

Discussion threads 2008-01-24