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Tasks of a Free Software Legal Department

Posted by Soulskill on from the right-ways-and-wrong-ways dept.

H4x0r Jim Duggan writes "For anyone curious about what the legal department in a free software organisation does, I spent some time with my co-worker in FSFE and have put a summary online with the status of the main projects: developing a legal network, producing documentation, GPL enforcement, copyright consolidation, and training courses."

2 of 24 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Quietest part... by gnud · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well, you don't lose anything by handing it over, unless you were planning to dual-license.

  2. What? by clint999 · · Score: 0, Insightful

    Who would you have teaching courses on legal matters if not lawyers?

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