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Lawrence Lessig Elected to FSF Board of Directors

Posted by timothy on from the appropriate dept.

Free Software Foundation writes "Stanford Professor Lawrence Lessig was elected to the Free Software Foundation's Board of Directors on March 28, 2004. With Eben Moglen, the two most prominent academic legal minds on the subject of copyleft licensing now both serve as Directors of the Foundation. Professor Lessig's involvement will undoubtedly give a major boost to the FSF's ongoing efforts to neutralize legal threats to software freedom. The official announcement is here."

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  1. Any other rose by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I still think that Eben Moglen sounds like the beginning of that Def Leppard song.

    I get nothing from the new guy. 'cept maybe "Less sig, more post"? On that note, I depart.

  2. I just can't do it but.. by re-Verse · · Score: 5, Funny

    My hats off to Anybody who can find a way to score a +5 Funny off of this article.

    1. Re:I just can't do it but.. by FrYGuY101 · · Score: 2, Funny

      I was thinking the same thing... but now you have challenged my honor!

      attempt 1:Yeah, but does he run Linux?
      attempt 2:Imagine a Beowulf cluster of him!
      attempt 3:I for one welcome our new FSF Overlords...

      ... I got nothin'...

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      - Seneca
    2. Re:I just can't do it but.. by BlueShad0w · · Score: 2, Funny

      1) ???
      2) +5, Funny
      3) Profit!!

  3. CSPAN called by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    They want their mindnumbingly boring story back.

  4. Re:Huh? by aardvarkjoe · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's nothing. This november, we will elect someone president, but won't know who for months before the legal battle ends.

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  5. So... by adamofgreyskull · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...do they like lawyers or not? ;o)

  6. Re:Huh? by Rogerborg · · Score: 2, Funny

    >This november, we will elect someone president, but won't know who for months before the legal battle ends.

    Eh? Surely Diebold already know the result.

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