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New Legal Center for Open Source Projects

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the fighting-the-good-fight dept.

NW writes "According to a News.com story well known OSS lawyers Lawrence Lessig and Eben Moglen are launching a new "Software Freedom Legal Center" to assist open source developers with legal issues for free." You can view the website at Softwarefreedom.org.

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  1. Commander Taco's in my mouth! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Oh man, is he tiny!

  2. Dear Professor Linux, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Dear Sirs:

    If I subscribe to Slashdot by sending actual American dollars, will the frequency of my being IP-banned decrease?

    That is, will my money make my trolling a little bit easier to take?

    Thanks,
    -Francois "Vichy" Petain

    1. Re:Dear Professor Linux, by faragon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Dear François, Your IP will be treated with a deep love, as usual. IP-banning was, and will continue, due to the fact that we love both you and your IP. There's nothing related to money. Kind regards, Another one Anonymous Coward

  3. cslib by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    cslib menace is back, baby!

  4. They Better Check with Cedant First by Evil+W1zard · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Before they come out and say that they have patented the process of offering free advice like they did with Amazon and recommending books!

    --
    News Reporters Make Tasty Polar Bear Treats!
  5. Re:[tt] Good by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    why do you put [tt] in all of your posts?

  6. Music to my ears by Anonymous+Cowherd+X · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    As I was reading this I could hear music and I thought it was just due to my enthusiasm and joy over this news, but then I checked the page source and saw:

    <EMBED SRC="Rocky_theme_subliminal_by_CmdrTaco.mid" WIDTH=145 HEIGHT=1 AUTOSTART="true">

    Talk about preaching to the choir! Shame on you, CmdrTaco!

  7. Re:[tt] Good by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    [da] stands for dumb Americans