Thursday, September 27, 2007

Open Source: Paradigm Shift

›
For some time, I have been referring to the open source business model as a "paradigm shift" in the way software is developed and ...
Thursday, September 20, 2007

The Software Freedom Law Center Files First Enforcement Action for General Public License

›
On September 20, the Software Freedom Law Center has filed the first lawsuit to enforce the General Public License version 2 in the United S...
Friday, August 24, 2007

Open Source Legal Webinar: An Open Source Overview after the Release of General Public License Version 3

›
I recently did a webinar for Gathering 2.0 on open source legal issues with a particular emphasis on GPLv3. Gathering 2.0 is an interesting ...
Wednesday, August 22, 2007

New Open Source Legal Decision: Jacobsen & Katzer and How Model Train Software Will Have an Important Effect on Open Source Licensing

›
One of the frustrations of lawyers serving the open source industry is that they have few cases which interpret open source licenses. As Ebe...
Thursday, July 26, 2007

New Open Source License: Common Public Attribution License

›
I am proud to announce that the Socialtext Common Public Attribution License was approved by the OSI board on Wednesday morning. It will be ...

Open Source: Japan

›
If I ever had any doubts about the international interest in Open Source, they were laid to rest last week. I was visiting clients in Tokyo ...
Sunday, July 8, 2007

Adoption of General Public License Version 3: Keeping Track

›
One of the major questions in the open source community is whether projects will adopt the General Public License Version 3. Although I have...