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Compliance scheme aims to dispel open-source concerns

...s where we come in." The Open Compliance Program is supported by Eben Moglen of the Software Freedom Law Center and others in the legal... Read more

12 August, 2010 by David Meyer

Eben Moglen: GPLv3 set for success

Eben Moglen, the law professor and open-source legal expert who has helped... Read more

24 May, 2007 by Stephen Shankland

Free software's white knight

...Eben Moglen, the longstanding legal counsel for the Free Software Foundation, became interested... Read more

15 March, 2006 by Ingrid Marson

GPL 3 to take hard line on DRM

...rights management software that's widely favoured in the entertainment industry, said Eben Moglen, general counsel for the Free Software Foundation (FSF). At a two... Read more

19 January, 2006 by Martin LaMonica

GPL: An update is on the horizon

...contentious and resolving the issues will take at least one year, predicted Eben Moglen, a Columbia law professor and legal counsel for the Free Software... Read more

14 February, 2005 by Stephen Shankland

Affero GPL made for software as a service

...massive online businesses with no requirement for sharing. However, intellectual property attorney Eben Moglen, who helped craft GPLv3, said other pressure can be brought to... Read more

20 November, 2007 by Stephen Shankland

Open-source legal body sues over GPL violation

...the biggest legal guns in the free and open-source software arena — Eben Moglen, the Columbia Law School professor who for years represented GPL creator... Read more

1 October, 2007 by Stephen Shankland

Google joins open source-patent network

...source software. As such, they're allowed to keep their modifications private. Eben Moglen, a Columbia University professor and chairman of the Software Freedom Law... Read more

8 August, 2007 by Matthew Broersma

Moglen resigns as FSF director

Eben Moglen has resigned as a director of the Free Software Foundation, a... Read more

26 April, 2007 by David Meyer

Linux developers debate GPL 3 support

...his code, if it is valid at all," Cox said. Last year, Eben Moglen, the general counsel for Free Software Foundation, said there shouldn't... Read more

23 January, 2006 by Ingrid Marson

GPL 'minimises risks of open source'

...Eben Moglen, a prominent open source software lawyer, argued that legal risks from... Read more

3 November, 2005 by Martin LaMonica

GPL 3 draft 'by early 2006'

...debate that should end with GPL version 3 in early 2007, said Eben Moglen, the Columbia law school professor who represents licence overseer the Free... Read more

10 August, 2005 by Stephen Shankland

Opponents attack SCO's GPL 'nonsense'

...code into its Linux-based products. In a response published on Monday, Eben Moglen, a Columbia law professor and the attorney for the Free Software... Read more

19 August, 2003 by Matthew Broersma

Interview: Open-source advocate Eben Moglen

Eben Moglen admits he is a "talker" and his performance during our brief... Read more

11 May, 2007 by Andrew Donoghue

Open source politics are 'American as apple pie'

...dominated by innovation-stifling monopolies. That was the bold claim made by Eben Moglen, professor of law at Columbia Law School, speaking at Red Hat... Read more

2 June, 2006 by Andrew Donoghue

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