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AdaCamp DC: A learning environment for women in open source

Everyone has been a minority in a larger group. You lived overseas and were the only American. You...
Pam Chestek 27 Jul 2012
Copyright is not registration.

What's not wrong with PIPA and SOPA

Here's one list purporting to be the "10 Major Companies Which Are Supporting SOPA/PIPA" – Philip...
Pam Chestek 30 Jan 2012 21 comments
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Going after a troll for barratry

Some time ago, at the very beginning of opensource.com, I wrote a post on the possibility of using...
Pam Chestek 24 Jun 2011 7 comments
Brand and community balancing on a see-saw

TEDx branding: A legal point of view

My friend and former colleague Chris Grams recently wrote a great article on the topic of extending...
Pam Chestek 05 Oct 2010 2 comments
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Can programming language names be trademarks?

Can–or should–a programming language name be a trademark? The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, the...
Pam Chestek 31 Aug 2010 19 comments
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Commented on 1 Jul 2020
Should API-restricting licenses qualify as open source?
Richard, I believe your article should be corrected. You have misrepresented the CAL license. It is not a "new open source-like license that restricts APIs." The CAL license has exactly the same copyleft scope as a number of...
Commented on 16 Dec 2014
GPLv2 goes to court: More decisions from the Versata tarpit
Do you have links to the two opinions?
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