Torvalds Honored by Gaggle of Lawyers | Linux Today

Torvalds Honored by Gaggle of Lawyers

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 15, 2011

“Linus Torvalds, the father of Linux and hero to many Open
Source users, might not be the first person one might think would
be honored by an organization of lawyers, but that’s exactly what’s
happening.

“The International Technology Law Association will award
Torvalds its ITechLaw Achievement Award at their upcoming 40th
anniversary celebration. The International Technology Law
Association (ITechLaw, for short) is an organization that
represents lawyers in the technology sector.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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