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Court Confirms GPL Valid in Germany
The Heise reports that a recent court order, affirms that the GPL is valid in Germany.
Public Patent Foundation: Linux potentially infringes 283 patents
Linux potentially infringes 283 patents, including 27 held by Microsoft but none that have been validated by court judgments, according to a group that sells insurance to protect those using or selling Linux against intellectual-property litigation.
Motion in Munich: EU Software Patent Plans Jeopardise Linux Migration
When the city administration of Munich decided to migrate its IT infrastructure to the Linux operating system, it made headline news around the world. That project is now threatened by software patents.
IOSN Releases Draft Primer on Free/Open Source Software Licensing for Public Review
IOSN has produced a primer on Free/Open Source Software Licensing and an early pre-copyedited draft of the primer is now available for public review and feedback.
New Law Center Founded to Assist Open Source Software Developers
Software Freedom Law Center to be led by noted IP lawyer and professor Eben Moglen of Columbia University – initial funding support from Open Source Development Labs
GPL Version 3 Draft Released
Draft of GPL Version 3 released. New version includes additional measures to protect software freedom from digital rights management and software patents.
Software Freedom Law Center Launches Conservancy
Software Freedom Conservancy offers nonprofit umbrella protections to free and open source projects
Microsoft to face challenge over Linux licenses
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Supporters of the free PC operating system Linux are preparing to counter a recent Microsoft Corp. deal which established for the first time the principle of paying the software giant to use Linux.
Samba asks Novell to scuttle Microsoft deal
The Novell/Microsoft agreement has upset and offended quite a few members of the free software community. The Samba team has issued a statement asking Novell to undo the patent agreement, and the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) is negotiating with Novell on their behalf.
