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  • Proposed DMCA Exemption Would Unchain Device Owners

    SFLC Asks Copyright Office to Let Users Choose Their Software

    The Software Freedom Law Center submitted comments yesterday to the U.S. Copyright Office proposing an exemption from the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's anti-circumvention provisions. If granted, the exemption would ensure that owners of personal computing devices have the right to install whatever software they choose on their devices.

    SFLC's request responds to a growing trend among mobile device manufacturers to lock users out of their own devices by controlling application distribution channels and preventing replacement of devices' operating systems. In its comments, SFLC says these practices were first broadly seen on mobile phones but are now commonplace on tablets and other mobile devices, and may soon extend to personal computers via PC "app stores" and the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) specification's "secure boot" provision.

    "People must have the right to control the software running on devices they own," said SFLC counsel Aaron Williamson. "That right is essential to the continued development of free and open source software and is foundational to our privacy, security, and freedom, online and off."

    The requested exemption would expand on similar protections, requested by the Electronic Frontier Foundation in 2009, that apply only to mobile phones. It would not only broaden those protections to reach all personal computing devices but would clarify that users can replace their devices' operating systems as well as install their choice of applications.



  • SFLC Co-Hosts The Community Distribution Patent Policy FAQ with Debian

    Software patents increasingly threaten both large technology firms and independent developers. Naturally, this has caused uncertainty in the free software community. To help free and open source software developers better understand patents, the real risks they pose, and the limits to their reach, the Software Freedom Law Center is publishing on its website the Community Distribution Patent Policy FAQ.

    SFLC prepared the FAQ earlier this year in collaboration with the Debian project to address common questions from community developers concerning the effects of the patent system on their work for community distributions. The FAQ has been available on Debian's site for some time; however, since its contents may be useful to other FLOSS projects, SFLC has added it to its resources for developers.

    SFLC hopes that this FAQ will serve as an educational aid to the members of the community as they seek to better understand patents.

    The FAQ is not a substitute for legal advice; developers with specific concerns should consult an attorney. (Volunteer FLOSS developers and nonprofit projects can write to help@softwarefreedom.org.)



  • Karen Sandler Named New Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation

    The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) today announces with its client, the GNOME Foundation (GNOME), that GNOME has appointed SFLC's Karen Sandler as Executive Director. Sandler's dedication to software freedom, her non-profits experience and her involvement in a wide range of free and open source software communities distinguish her as the logical choice for GNOME. "I'm very excited that Karen is joining the GNOME Foundation as Executive Director!", says Stormy Peters, former Executive Director who has recently joined the GNOME Board as a new Director, "Karen brings a wealth of experience in free software projects and nonprofits as well as a passion for free software. That experience will be invaluable as GNOME continues to expand its reach with GNOME 3.0 and GNOME technologies."

    Sandler joins the GNOME Foundation from the Software Freedom Law Center where she has been General Counsel, advising a wide range of free and open source software organizations such as the Free Software Foundation, the Apache Software Foundation, the X.Org Foundation, Software in the Public Interest and the Software Freedom Conservancy. With SFLC, she also led an initiative advocating for free software on implantable medical devices. "Karen Sandler has been essential to the success of SFLC over the last six years," said SFLC's founder and executive director, Eben Moglen. "As our general counsel, she has been in the truest sense a lawyer's lawyer. In representation of our clients she has been a superbly creative and conscientious practitioner. As mentor to younger lawyers here, she has set the finest of examples. The GNOME Foundation could not have chosen more wisely." Sandler will continue to work on some legal matters pro bono at SFLC.

    Sandler is a frequent speaker on free and open source software issues at corporate based conferences such as the the O'Reilly conferences and the Linux Foundation conferences, as well as community and nonprofit driven events such as the Free Software Foundation's LibrePlanet and SCaLE. Prior to SFLC, she held legal positions at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, LLP and Clifford Chance, LLP. Sandler earned her legal degree from Columbia Law School and her engineering degree from the Cooper Union.



  • Mishi Choudhary promoted to Director of International Programs
    We are proud to announce a new position at the Software Freedom Law Center: Director of International Programs. Over the past few years SFLC has become an increasingly International organization, working with the European Commission, launching SFLC India, and consulting with governments around the world on issues of free software licensing, policy, and use. Mishi Choudhary, counsel at SFLC and head of SFLC India, has always been at the heart of this work so it is only fitting that she is stepping up to fill the new position. Congratulations to Ms. Choudhary and we all look forward to a stronger international presence ahead.

  • Eben Moglen Explains the FreedomBox on CBS News
    This past weekend CBS News aired a segment on the FreedomBox featuring an interview with Eben Moglen. The piece covers the general outline and some of the difficulties facing the freedom-focused project that has picked up national attention and raised $80,000 in less than 20 days. Video is available either to watch (flash) or to download directly. More information about the project is available at the FreedomBox Foundation website.


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