The year 2013 continued the trend of the increasing importance of legal issues for the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) community. FOSS projects have increased from 900…
A recent post on the top events ahead in 2014 for reforming abusive patent litigation focused on efforts by State Attorneys General, the Federal Trade Commission, and US…
I was looking at a source file for the OpenStack Ceilometer docs one day and noticed that there's a copyright statement at the top. Now, in no way do I want to pick on…
The open source license you choose for your project, or for the projects you choose to contribute to, can have significant effects on how what you contribute is used. One…
In December, the Italian government issued final rules implementing a change to procurement law that now requires all public administrations in the country to first consider…
It’s a new year and all indications are that it will be a busy one for reform of abusive patent litigation. What are some of the top events ahead in 2014? State Attorney…
