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Tell the USTR to reject ACTA
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Brett Smith
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Feb 11, 2011
The ACTA drafting process is finished, and countries are beginning to
turn an eye toward signing it. Help us stand against it!
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US Department of Justice Investigating Novell/CPTN Deal Further
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by
Brett Smith
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Feb 04, 2011
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last modified
Feb 04, 2011 10:55 AM
A couple of weeks ago, we posted the OSI and FSF's joint position
statement to the US Department of Justice about Novell's proposal to
sell its patents to the newly-formed CPTN Holdings. Yesterday we
learned that the DOJ has sent a "Second Letter" to both companies,
asking them to provide more information about the deal.
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Churchill Club Panel Discussion on Software Patents
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by
Brett Smith
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Jan 31, 2011
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Jan 31, 2011 02:50 PM
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FSF operations mananger John Sullivan and license compliance engineer Brett Smith will be on a Churchill Club panel discussion to argue against software patents.
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The Free Software Compliance Lab Needs Your Help
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by
Brett Smith
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published
Jan 27, 2011
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last modified
Jan 28, 2011 02:52 PM
Brett Smith is the lead compliance engineer in the Free Software Foundation's GPL compliance lab. He helped coordinated the GPLv3 drafting process and has handled enforcement cases against Apple's App Store.
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OSI and FSF Send Joint Position to Department of Justice
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by
Brett Smith
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Jan 20, 2011
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last modified
Jan 20, 2011 01:08 PM
The Open Source Initiative (OSI) and Free Software Foundation (FSF) have sent a joint position statement to the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), urging it to scrutinize Novell's proposal to sell patents
to the newly-formed CPTN Holdings. Both organizations believe that CPTN Holdings may use these patents to attack free, libre, and open source (FLOSS) software. The full text of the statement follows.
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No double standards: supporting Google's push for WebM
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Brett Smith
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Jan 18, 2011
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last modified
Apr 02, 2012 12:17 PM
We've signed up as a supporter of the WebM Project, and we encourage other foundations and organizations to join us—write to webmaster@webmproject.org to learn how. Today, we're also urging Web site operators to distribute videos in the WebM format, and abandon H.264
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VLC developer takes a stand against DRM enforcement in Apple's App Store
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by
Brett Smith
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Oct 29, 2010
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last modified
Nov 05, 2010 09:45 AM
Rémi Denis-Courmont is one of the primary developers of the VLC media
player, which is free software and distributed under the GPL. Earlier
this week, he wrote to Apple to complain that his work was being
distributed through their App Store, under terms that contradict the
GPL's conditions and prohibit users from sharing the program.
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Hardware we all want: FSF announces criteria for hardware endorsement program
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by
Brett Smith
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Oct 13, 2010
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last modified
Nov 09, 2010 09:50 AM
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Thursday, October 14, 2010 -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) announced today that it has published an initial set of criteria for endorsing computers and other devices. The FSF seeks both to obtain feedback on the criteria, and raise interest in the program among hardware manufacturers. Ultimately, the FSF plans to promote an endorsement mark to be carried on products that the FSF endorses.
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The FSF and Project Harmony
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by
Brett Smith
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Sep 29, 2010
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last modified
Nov 05, 2010 09:46 AM
Explaining the FSF's position on Project Harmony
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Over 450 letters sent to the USPTO proposing guidelines to end software patents
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by
Brett Smith
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Sep 28, 2010
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last modified
Nov 05, 2010 09:42 AM
Last week, we put out an action item asking people to write to the
USPTO, and explain to them why software should not be eligible for
patents under their forthcoming post-Bilski guidance. To answer the
call, you all sent in more than 450 letters, offering the USPTO all
kinds of legal and practical reasons why they should stop issuing
software patents. This is a tremendous response, and we're very
grateful to you all for participating. Thank you very much!
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