The Software Freedom Law Center
We provide legal representation and other law-related services to protect and advance Free, Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS). Founded in 2005, the Center now represents many of the most important and well-established free software and open source projects.
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October 2, 2009
Software Freedom Law Center Files Brief with Supreme Court Arguing Software Cannot Be Patented
Today the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC), provider of pro-bono legal services to non-profit developers and distributors of free and open source software, filed a brief with the United States Supreme Court arguing that software standing alone cannot constitutionally be patented.
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Keynote: GPLv3: Better Copyleft for Developers and Users
October 24, 2009 — Bradley M. Kuhn — Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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September 29, 2009
Episode 0x17: Lessons Learned from ath5k: Copyright Stewardship in the Linux Codebase
Bradley and Karen give the ath5k talk that they previously gave at the Linux Collaboration Summit in April 2009.
SFLC Blog
October 11, 2009
Denouncing vs. Advocating: In Defense of the Occasional Denouncement
For the last decade, I've regularly seen complaints when we harder-core software freedom advocates spend some time criticizing proprietary software in addition to our normal work preserving, protecting and promoting software freedom. While I think entire campaigns focused on criticism are warranted in only extreme cases, I do believe that denouncement of certain threatening proprietary technologies is a necessary part of the software freedom movement, when done sparingly.
Posted by Bradley M. Kuhn