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Yahoo!: Software Freedom Law Center Addresses Erroneous Interpretation of Sarbanes-Oxley…

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 7, 2006

“The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC), provider of pro-bono
legal services to protect and advance Free and Open Source Software
(FOSS), today announced it has published a white paper on its
position regarding alleged General Public License (GPL) violations
in relation to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). The paper, titled
‘Sarbanes-Oxley and the GPL: No Special Risk,’ is available at:
http://www.softwarefreedom.org/publications/Sarbanes-Oxley.html
.

“‘Recent discussions regarding the GPL and SOX have been wrought
with false information and have prompted the SFLC to issue its
position on the topic,’ said Eben Moglen, chair of the Software
Freedom Law Center…”

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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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