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Submission + - SFLC Files Amicus Brief in Jacobsen v. Katzner

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bkuhn

on Monday June 15, 2009 @03:16PM

bkuhn writes: "The SFLC filed an amicus brief in the Jacobsen v. Katzer case today. The higher court previously gave a favorable ruling for software freedom, however, upon remand, the lower court held that Jacobsen had not shown sufficient harm to qualify for an injunction against the defendant. Jacbosen is appealing that decision. SFLC's brief calls on the court to give injunctive relief to FOSS developers."

Submission + - Call for more support of FLOSS charities (softwarefreedom.org)

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bkuhn

on Thursday May 14, 2009 @09:57AM

bkuhn writes: "I've begun a campaign to encourage technology folk who benefit from Free, Libre, and Open Source software to begin giving back, not just with code, but with dollars. Non-profit structures for FLOSS are essential, and yet the non-profits that exist are grossly underfunded. I believe we could radically change the resources of non-profits in the FLOSS world if everyone who benefits from the community commits to giving just $200/year to 2-4 non-profits of their choice. FLOSS Foundations maintains a great list to help you find ones that match you interests."

Submission + - Breast Cancer Gene Lawsuit Argues Patents Invalid (nytimes.com)

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bkuhn

on Tuesday May 12, 2009 @09:45PM

bkuhn writes: "The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Public Patent Foundation at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (PUBPAT) filed a lawsuit charging that patents on two human genes associated with breast and ovarian cancer are unconstitutional and invalid. The lawsuit (PDF) was filed on behalf of four scientific organizations representing more than 150,000 geneticists, pathologists, and laboratory professionals, as well as individual researchers, breast cancer and women's health groups, and individual women. Individuals with certain mutations along these two genes, known as BRCA1 and BRCA2, are at a significantly higher risk for developing hereditary breast and ovarian cancers."

Submission + - Final word on Linux improvements to OpenBSD's ar5k

Submitted by An anonymous reader on Friday September 28, 2007 @10:51AM

An anonymous reader writes: Given heavy prior coverage, Slashdotters may enjoy reading the SFLC's three papers: one that analyzes the history of Linux's ath5k code (derived from OpenBSD's ar5k), one that gives advice for GPL/ISC license collaboration, and one that talks about the legal issue of copyrightable originality. These papers should put to rest the acrimony and arguing about the OpenBSD-ar5k-derived ath5k driver in Linux. A patch has also been submitted that makes sure all the copyright holders are credited. The story has been covered on Linux Watch, ZD Net, Groklaw, LWN, and the OpenBSD Journal.

Submission + - SFLC's final word on Linux's ar5k-derived ath5k

Submitted by An anonymous reader on Friday September 28, 2007 @10:28AM

An anonymous reader writes: Given heavy prior coverage of the issue, Slashdot readers would surely be interested to know that the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) has released three papers: Code Analysis of the Linux Wireless Team's ath5k Driver , Maintaining Permissive-Licensed Files in a GPL-Licensed Project , and Originality Requirements under U.S. and E.U. Copyright Law that put to rest the acrimony and arguing about the OpenBSD-ar5k-derived ath5k driver in Linux. A patch has also been sent to linux-wireless that makes sure all the copyright holders are credited. The story has been covered on ZD Net, Linux Watch, Groklaw, LWN, the OpenBSD Journal and on madwifi.org.

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