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Wine Now Has Big-Time Lawyers On Its Side

Posted by timothy on from the yerrhoner-ish-purrfik-hic-ly-obvioush dept.

Roblimo writes "For years there's been fear that the Wine Project would get sued by Microsoft at some point, and this fear has kept IBM and other major free software-using companies from participating openly in it. Now the Software Freedom Law Center, headed by Columbia University law professor Eben Moglen, is offering free legal services to Wine (and other FOSS projects) to allay corporate fears and head off potential lawsuits."

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  1. Re:An angel? by Rude+Turnip · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I believe this is called an "angel" in the business world. My question is "what's their interest?". I don't think this is a bad thing, just curious."

    Let's not take any chances on this, OK? Launch Evas!

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    Bill Clinton: Pimp we can believe in. - The Shirt!!!
  2. Re:An angel? by EpsCylonB · · Score: 5, Funny

    I believe this is called an "angel" in the business world.

    I wouldn't go that far, this guy is still a lawyer after all.