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Eben Moglen Leaving the FSF

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the he'll-be-missed dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Eben Moglen, general counsel and board member of the FSF and chairman of the SFLC, has announced on his blog that he will be resigning from his leadership position with the FSF now that GPLv3 draft 3 is out the door. "

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  1. New job by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I heard he took a job for Microsoft.

  2. Re:Out of FSF but not Open Source in general by byolinux · · Score: 4, Funny

    The FSF and the SFLC are about Free Software, not Open Source. Come on! It's in the name! :)

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  3. Re:So long and thanks for all the fish by PinkPanther · · Score: 4, Funny

    I guess I'll confine to a private celebration by myself. Hope it stays that way a long time

    Damn I love taking statements out of context...

    :-)

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  4. I want to hear about... by seandiggity · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...this new effort to "reorganize time" he's embarking on. Maybe he could go back and make GPLv2 contain the same text as v3!

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  5. You mean .. by cheros · · Score: 2, Funny
    .. (as this is Slashdot) that he may "have his hands full"?

    No {bash} I was only kidding {OW}, it was a {UGH} joke! Stop hitting me!

    :-)

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  6. Makes you wonder... by Kadin2048 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Someone said Moglen is the Thomas Jefferson of the information age, and I'm inclined to agree.

    So does that mean Theo de Raadt is the Aaron Burr?

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