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There's more to open source than Linux

2010-09-07 14:12:55 1 Comment
Follow the mainstream technology media bandwagon, and you'll see the words Open Source, and Linux make an appearance at regular intervals. Thanks to the recent lawsuit frenzy, the terms have been pushed into the limelight. But do they know what they are talking about? The words have been diluted by the media. Open can mean so ...

Eben Moglen on the Commons of the digital economy

2010-09-05 16:29:04 3 Comments
To orchestrate change you need someone who can balance vision with pragmatism. In Eben Moglen the proponents choreographing the software patents debate have such a leader. A keynote speaker at the recent seminar on "Software Patents and the Commons" in New Delhi, India, Moglen, the chairman of the Software Freedom Law Center, looked at the patents ...

Eben Moglen on learning through collaboration

2010-08-22 21:01:50 No Comments
As the Chairman of the Software Freedom Law Center, we all know Eben Moglen as the legal voice of free software. He is that and more. A professor of Law and legal history at the Columbia University, Moglen preaches what he practices -- free software and the role it plays in improving education. As part of ...