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Moglen resigns as FSF director

...time to his role as chairman at the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC), the legal service which he founded in 2005 to represent key free... Read more

26 April, 2007 by David Meyer

Open-source legal body sues over GPL violation

...source software is used improperly. Now, however, the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) is taking a hard-line approach, filing a copyright infringement lawsuit against... Read more

1 October, 2007 by Stephen Shankland

Microsoft: We won't sue over future OOXML versions

...Bond, Microsoft's platform strategy manager, said. The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) recently warned that patent protections would only cover current, not future, versions... Read more

28 March, 2008 by Suzanne Tindal

Microsoft defends validity of open-source move

...Open Specification Promise is not as open as it should be. The SFLC published a legal analysis of Microsoft's Open Specification Promise, a document... Read more

17 March, 2008 by Suzanne Tindal

Verizon sued over GPL breach

...of free and open-source software products. The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) was established to provide legal representation to protect open-source software. The... Read more

10 December, 2007 by Martin LaMonica

Linux legal team sues over GPL violations

...Antennas; both companies manufacture wireless communications hardware. The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) said it had contacted the two companies to notify them about the... Read more

21 November, 2007 by Martin LaMonica

Interview: Open-source advocate Eben Moglen

...little distance between himself and the organisation. The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC), the legal service which he founded in 2005 to represent key free... Read more

11 May, 2007 by Andrew Donoghue

Businesses 'paying patent tax' to Microsoft

...according to the Software Freedom Law Center. The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC), whose directors include the general counsels for the Free Software Foundation and... Read more

20 April, 2007 by Tom Espiner

Windows users 'paying $20 patent tax'

...Microsoft's patent lawyers happy. According to the Software Freedom Law Centre (SFLC), consumers pay a $20 'patent tax' on all Redmond operating systems, whether... Read more

20 April, 2007 by Jo Best

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Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

3 hours ago by Lonnie on Screenshots: Photoshop CS6 Beta
BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

10 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

11 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

12 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

14 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

15 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

15 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

16 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

18 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

19 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

20 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

21 hours ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

22 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

23 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

23 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

24 hours ago by mrbigdong on A minor Bitcoin miner injury?
Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

1 day ago by Mike Denton via Facebook on Security on the farm: Accounts and permissions
minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

1 day ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths
Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

1 day ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

2 days ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry