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Moglen Resigns As FSF Director
News Eben Moglen has resigned as a director of the Free Software Foundation, a position he has held for seven years. Citing the "winding down" of the drafting of General Public License version 3 (GPLv3), Moglen explained on his blog that "leaving is...
[April 26, 2007, 16:55]
Eben Moglen: GPLv3 Set For Success
News Eben Moglen, the law professor and open-source legal expert who has helped lead the revision of the General Public License, is predicting broad success for the upcoming new version. I predict that within the first year of adoption of GPLv3 there...
[May 24, 2007, 11:40]
Interview: Open-source Advocate Eben Moglen
News Eben Moglen admits he is a "talker" and his performance during our brief 30-minute chat does nothing to persuade otherwise. This is not the first time that Moglen has made an appearance at a Red Hat Summit.
[May 11, 2007, 15:15]
GPL 3 To Take Hard Line On DRM
Talkback Good work Stallman and Moglen. Moglen: What won't change is the ethics. About possible changes to the new draft. What won't change is the commitment to users' freedoms. What will change is (that) people will tell us facts about the world and facts...
[January 20, 2006, 8:02]
Free Software's White Knight
News Eben Moglen, the longstanding legal counsel for the Free Software Read Moglen's thoughts on the GPL 3 process and licence in our February interview with him on the subject. Eben Moglen at his desk, in the Software Freedom Law Center
[March 15, 2006, 12:20]
Free Software 'not Anti-capitalist'
News Free software lawyer Eben Moglen has denied that free software is incompatible with capitalism, a claim that has been made by various companies, including Microsoft and SCO. Capitalism now makes a great deal of money out of free software and it...
[March 15, 2006, 16:10]
13-year Old To Address Linux Conference
Talkback That's Eben Moglen, not Even Moglen! http://emoglen.law.columbia.edu/
[February 4, 2005, 8:58]
GPL 'minimises Risks Of Open Source'
News Eben Moglen, a prominent open source software lawyer, argued that legal risks from using free and open source software have been minimised by the GPL. In addition, Moglen railed against the US patent system, saying it was a "sin and a shame", with...
[November 3, 2005, 8:55]
Defending The World's Freedoms
News Eben Moglen's life just got a lot busier. Moglen's client is FSF founder and leader Richard Stallman, who seeks to propagate his philosophical and technical goals through the GPL. Moglen discussed the changed license terms, his concerns about how...
[January 20, 2006, 15:10]
Open Source Defence Centre Launched
News Eben Moglen, a Columbia University law professor who has represented the Free Software Foundation in legal cases, said that he will help run the new Software Freedom Law Centre, which is set to be announced on Tuesday.
[February 1, 2005, 8:45]
Open-source Gurus Slam SCO
News Objecting to SCO's demands are Linus Torvalds, who began the Linux project 12 years ago and who still leads its development, and Eben Moglen, the attorney for the Free Software Foundation (FSF), which created the legal and technological framework...
[August 1, 2003, 9:10]
GPL 3 Draft 'by Early 2006'
News That will begin a public 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 Software Foundation (FSF).
[August 10, 2005, 9:35]
SCO's 'Las Vegas Code': All Show?
News Thus, says Moglen, SCO's second example was of code that in the public domain to begin with. The code was therefore in the public domain, says Moglen. The latest debunking of SCO's claims comes from Eben Moglen, professor of law at Columbia...
[November 27, 2003, 12:40]
SCO To Attack Validity Of Linux Licence
Talkback By Eben Moglen ( http://moglen.law.columbia.edu/ ) professor of law and legal history at Columbia University Law OSDL position paper, written by Eben Moglen on the issue of SCO and intellectual property.http://www.osdl.org/docs...
[August 15, 2003, 15:24]
GPL: An Update Is On The Horizon
News Releasing a new licence in 2006 or even 2007 may seem a long way off, but it's not when compared with the 100-year planning horizon of GPL creator and FSF founder Richard Stallman, Moglen said. It is going to be a screaming match some days, but it...
[February 14, 2005, 14:45]
Opponents Attack SCO's GPL 'nonsense'
News In a response published on Monday, Eben Moglen, a Columbia law professor and the attorney for the Free Software Foundation, which enforces the GPL, admitted that success by SCO would destroy the legal foundation for the GPL.
[August 19, 2003, 12:25]
Linux Lab Urges GPL Clarification
News FSF attorney Eben Moglen met members of a committee of corporate powers on Tuesday and Wednesday in Chicago, said OSDL chief executive Stuart Cohen. Moglen, however, has a different assessment and indicated he's not likely to clarify the issue for...
[September 21, 2006, 10:35]
SCO Suit Won't Stop Linux Use, Says OSDL
News Written by Eben Moglen, a Columbia University professor specialising in antitrust issues and chief legal counsel for the Free Software Foundation, the paper is intended to help Linux users navigate the complicated legal waters surrounding the open...
[February 10, 2004, 15:45]
SCO Wanted To Gag Torvalds
News SCO also tried to silence Eben Moglen, a Columbia University professor who, until this month, was a director of the Free Software Foundation, and Eric Raymond, a controversial open-source advocate, saying they claimed to be IBM consultants.
[April 30, 2007, 14:38]
Open Source Patent Library Launched
News Eben Moglen, legal representative of the Free Software Foundation the chair of the Software Freedom Law Center, which offers free legal advice to those in the open source movement, praised the initative and called on the community to support the...
[August 10, 2005, 12:25]
