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SFLC's Legal Guide On Free Software

Posted by kdawson on from the law-for-the-rest-of-us dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Last week the Software Freedom Law Center published A Legal Issues Primer for Open Source and Free Software Projects. The primer, written for developers, has sections on copyrights, trademarks, patents, and organizational structure. Linux-Watch has reviewed the guide, saying 'I think any open-source developer or open-source group administrator must read this paper.'"

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  1. Thieves, Losers and Crack Addicts! by Mr.Ballmer · · Score: 0, Funny

    This is the "free software" crowd! C'mon people! If it's any good at all they would charge for it! That is human nature! The more it cost the better it is! Sheesh! http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com/

    1. Re:Thieves, Losers and Crack Addicts! by cp.tar · · Score: 2, Funny

      Ah. So that's why you pay for sex.

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  2. What's in a name by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    The Software Freedom Law Center, eh?

    Personally, I wouldn't trust an organization whose four-word name is composed entirely of nouns.

  3. Re:If the law is worth bothering with by renegadesx · · Score: 1, Funny

    You must be new here

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  4. Re:The Primer is nice and all... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    All you need to know about Free/Open Source Software is that its intended to destroy America. Please, only support pro-America companies like Microsoft.

    Just read the great Vista EULA and compare to that anti-American GNU license.

  5. Re:HTML version horrible - stick with the PDF by The+Mighty+Buzzard · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, this is /. so it goes without saying that most of us won't bother reading either.

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