Palamida - Legal

If a License Falls in the Woods...

admin — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:58:37 -0600

...And it was vague or unintelligible, would it still be enforceable?

When Legal Advice Isn't Enough

admin — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:11:53 -0500

Last week, ZDNet posted a news item on the Linux Foundation's upcoming Legal Summit.

GPL 3.0

admin — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 02:00:00 -0600

The long-awaited 3.0 version of the GPL will be presented in draft form soon. In our world that is a major event, since it is this license (and its cousin the LGPL) that have been the cornerstone of much of the IP theory and practice in the open source world. Steve Shankland has a good summary here.

For everyone in this area, it will be important to understand the direction that the FSF is taking and comment as appropriate.

Insurance?

admin — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 02:00:00 -0600

There is an interesting direction underway, as exemplified by the OSRM announcement yesterday regarding open source insurance. This article has more information, but the net is that users of open source software can now purchase insurance which will pay them for costs incurred when they are inadvertantly out of compliance with open source licensing terms.