---

Home Developer

LinuxWorld Australia: Patents Breeding Software Extortion: Moglen

By

“Organizations relying on the use of open source software should
be aware that commercial vendors are prepared to threaten, and
accept royalties, on the basis of perceived patent infringements,
according to the Free Software Foundation’s general council Eben
Moglen.

“During a keynote address at this year’s Linux.conf.au in
Canberra, Moglen spoke of the strength of the legal state of free
software but warned about the rise of software patents…”

Complete
Story

Get the Free Newsletter!

Subscribe to Developer Insider for top news, trends, & analysis

Must Read

LinuxToday is a trusted, contributor-driven news resource supporting all types of Linux users. Our thriving international community engages with us through social media and frequent content contributions aimed at solving problems ranging from personal computing to enterprise-level IT operations. LinuxToday serves as a home for a community that struggles to find comparable information elsewhere on the web.

Our Brands

Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.