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Compliance scheme aims to dispel open-source concerns

...in." The Open Compliance Program is supported by Eben Moglen of the Software Freedom Law Center and others in the legal community. "Compliance with free... Read more

12 August, 2010 by David Meyer

Best Buy, Samsung, others named in GPL lawsuit

...a copyright-infringement lawsuit filed on Monday in New York by the Software Freedom Law Center. According to the complaint, the defendants sold products containing... Read more

15 December, 2009 by Andrew Nusca

Verizon sued over GPL breach

The Software Freedom Law Center said on Friday that it has filed a lawsuit... Read more

10 December, 2007 by Martin LaMonica

Linux legal team sues over GPL violations

The Software Freedom Law Center said it has filed suit against two companies for... Read more

21 November, 2007 by Martin LaMonica

Open-source legal body sues over GPL violation

...can result when open-source software is used improperly. Now, however, the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) is taking a hard-line approach, filing a... Read more

1 October, 2007 by Stephen Shankland

Open-source group seeks reversal of 'junk patent'

...of the tension between patent holders and the collaborative programming community. The Software Freedom Law Center said on Thursday that it has asked the US... Read more

1 December, 2006 by Stephen Shankland

Free software's white knight

...now works with a number of other free software projects through the Software Freedom Law Center, which he helped launch in February 2005. He is... Read more

15 March, 2006 by Ingrid Marson

Microsoft: We won't sue over future OOXML versions

...existing file formats," Sarah Bond, Microsoft's platform strategy manager, said. The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) recently warned that patent protections would only cover... Read more

28 March, 2008 by Suzanne Tindal

How important is GPL enforcement?

On one level, the activity of the Software Freedom Law Center seems a bit perverse. It has now taken three... Read more

22 November, 2007

Businesses 'paying patent tax' to Microsoft

...to Microsoft of $21.50 (£10.74) per user, according to the Software Freedom Law Center. The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC), whose directors include... Read more

20 April, 2007 by Tom Espiner

Microsoft-TomTom suit puts open source on guard

...said Eben Moglen, a Columbia Law School professor and chairman of the Software Freedom Law Center, a not-for-profit organisation that provides legal representation... Read more

27 February, 2009 by Elinor Mills

Group aims to defend Linux from bad patents

...The sponsors of Linux Defenders are the Open Invention Network (OIN), the Software Freedom Law Center and the Linux Foundation. The Linux Defenders effort has... Read more

4 February, 2009 by Tom Espiner

Microsoft defends validity of open-source move

...Microsoft has struck out at the Software Freedom Law Center's claims that its Open Specification Promise is not... Read more

17 March, 2008 by Suzanne Tindal

Samba 'pleased' with Microsoft co-operation

...of €10,000 (£5,000) for the documentation, is part of the Software Freedom Law Center. While Samba's developers must keep that documentation confidential... Read more

31 January, 2008 by Angus Kidman

Samba and Microsoft strike interoperability deal

...of €10,000 (£7,240) for the documentation, is part of the Software Freedom Law Center. Samba's software, used for sharing files over a... Read more

21 December, 2007 by Tom Espiner

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