Software Freedom Law Center

The Software Freedom Law Center

We provide legal representation and other law-related services to protect and advance Free, Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS). Founded in 2005, the Center now represents many of the most important and well-established free software and open source projects.

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The Software Freedom Law Show

January 6, 2009

Episode 0x04: Lawyers Who Wear Fedoras

Richard Fontana, Open Source Licensing and Patent Counsel from Red Hat, joins us for an in-depth interview.

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The Software Freedom Law Show Archive...

SFLC Blog

December 24, 2008

It's a Wonderful FLOSS

I suppose it's time for me to confess. For a regular humbug who was actually memory-leak-hunting libxml2 at the office until 21:30 on December 24th, I'm still quite a sucker for Frank Capra movies. Most people haven't seen any of them except It's a Wonderful Life. Like a lot of people, I see that film annually one way or the other, too.