Recent blog posts
Interview with John W. Eaton of GNU Octave
This is the first in a series of interviews the FSF's Licensing and Compliance team is doing with maintainers of free software projects who choose GNU licenses for their work.
Fall licensing internship application deadline fast approaching
We are looking for an intern to work in our Licensing and Compliance Lab from September 17th to December 14th.
The Shield Act fails to protect free software from patents
The Saving High-Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes Act (SHIELD Act) fails to protect the free software community from software patents.
Compliance Lab in the news
Joshua Gay and I were recently interviewed about our new roles here at the Free Software Foundation.
GNU GPLv3 turns 5
The GNU General Public License version 3 turns five; Eben Moglen states, "GPLv3 anticipated the issues of today and will help us deal with the challenges of tomorrow."
Introducing our new copyright and licensing associate
Donald Robertson, III is the new copyright and licensing associate at the FSF.
FSF Supports Proposed Exemptions to DMCA Anti-Circumvention Rules
The Free Software Foundation submitted comments to support exemptions to allow users to install free software on all kinds of devices, and view and play media encumbered with Digital Restrictions Management (DRM).
Apple's ebook sales restrictions: the newest reason to use free software
Last week, Apple announced ebook authoring software called iBooks Author. As you would expect from Apple, the software is completely proprietary—but the license includes some terms that are so restrictive, they shock even Apple's fans.
The Mozilla Public License version 2.0 is out—and GPL-compatible!
Earlier this week, the Mozilla Foundation published the Mozilla Public License (MPL) version 2.0. This is a major update to their flagship license, which covers most of the Foundation's own free software projects, as well as others'.