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GNOME patent troll stripped of patent rights
A recent decision at the US patent office may well give patent trolls cause to steer clear of open source projects – even more than the fierce resistance the community impressively funded and mounted in the GNOME case.
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A win for open is a win for all: Interview with The Open Organization
We spoke with Bryan Behrenshausen, Community Architect for the Open Organization in the Open Source Program Office at Red Hat, about this inspiring project and get his perspective on all things open source.
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Join us at PyCon 2022
We are very excited to be attending our first in-person event in over 2 years! PyCon has always been one of our favorites and we are looking forward to returning
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Let’s get open source voices heard by the EU on standards essential patents
Now is a crucial time for the open source community to respond to the consultation launched by the European Commission on standards essential patents (SEPs).
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User beware: Modified AGPLv3 removes freedoms, adds legal headaches
Courts interpret the meaning of legal agreements and, no matter how skilled the drafter, the outcome may be unexpected. This is one reason why the license review process is so rigorous. An OSI-approved license may be used for decades to come and we do our best to make sure that they will be interpreted as intended.
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OSSummit North America is going to be weird – and I can’t wait
I’ve stuffed my OSSummit North America 2022 schedule with interesting talks, leaving lots of time for the hallway track. If you’ll be there, let’s catch up.