Tech Chords

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 ...

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 ...

It's been covered elsewhere including Slashdot, so you've probably heard it already. But FSF's (that's the Free Software Foundation not the Financial Stability Forum) copyright infringement lawsuit against Cisco is actually two pieces of news – one, it's FSF's first suit (filed on its behalf by SFLC), and two it's against Cisco Systems, Inc. Like many ...