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Mozilla Announces the First Set of COVID-19 Solutions Fund Recipients
In less than two weeks, Mozilla received more than 160 applications from 30 countries for its COVID-19 Solutions Fund Awards. Today, the Mozilla Open Source Support Program (MOSS) is excited to announce its first three recipients. This Fund was established at the end of March, to offer up to $50,000 each to open source technology projects responding to the COVID-19 pandemic...In the coming weeks Mozilla will announce the remaining winning applicants. The application form has been closed for now, owing to the high number of submissions already being reviewed.
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Mozilla Open Source Support Launches COVID-19 Solutions Fund
Mozilla is announcing today the creation of a COVID-19 Solutions Fund as part of the Mozilla Open Source Support Program (MOSS). Through this fund, we will provide awards of up to $50,000 each to open source technology projects which are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in some way. The MOSS Program, created in 2015, broadens access, increases security, and empowers users by providing catalytic funding to open source technologists. We have already seen inspiring examples of open source technology being used to increase the capacity of the world's healthcare systems to cope with this crisis.
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Numbers Don't Lie: Patent Trolls Are A Plague
Recent research supports view that patent troll activity is rising -- costing America a fortune in wasted legal fees and lost jobs Read More »
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On A Mission To Make Linux As Accessible As Possible
This article details the circumstances behind my switch away from proprietary operating systems and my switch to Linux. Like many, I switched out of frustration with other operating systems and not directly because of Linux's open source model. I developed my passion for that after the switch was made. It was August 18, 2011. I had just completed the umpteenth restoration from factory of Windows 7 on my HP laptop. I had just installed the open source screen reader I was using at the time, NVDA, as well as some of the applications I used on a daily basis, such as the Mush-Z MUSHClient...
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Software Freedom Conservancy And Free Software Foundation Announce Copyleft.Org
This new site will not only provide a venue for those who constantly update and improve the Comprehensive Tutorial, but is also now home to a collaborative community to share and improve information about copyleft licenses, especially the GNU General Public License (GPL), and best compliance practices...
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Stop Patent Mischief By Curbing Patent Enforcement
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Software patents are evil. They allow the work of innovators to be ambushed and raise the cost of technology innovation. But finding a viable solution to the software patent mess isn't easy. Read More »
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Success Of GNU Health Goes Beyond Free Software
In 2006, Luis Falcón founded GNU Health, a free health information system that recently recieved the "Best Project of Social Benefit" award given by the Free Software Foundation. Read More »
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That's Not Science: The FSF's Analysis of GPL Usage
The Free Software Foundation has responded to our analysis of figures that indicate that the proportion of open source projects using the GPL is in decline. Specifically, FSF executive director John Sullivan gave a presentation at FOSDEM which asked “Is copyleft being framed”. You can find his slides here, a write-up about the presentation here, and Slashdot discussion here. Read More »
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Top 10 FOSS Legal Developments of 2014
The year 2014 continued the trend of the increasing importance of legal issues for the FOSS community. Continuing the tradition of looking back over the top ten legal developments in FOSS, my selection of the top ten issues for 2014 is as follows...
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Top 10 Open Source Legal Developments in 2015
In 2015 there were a variety of legal issues of importance to the FOSS (free and open source) community. Continuing the tradition of looking back over the top ten legal developments in FOSS, my selection of the top ten issues for 2015 is as follows:
- Settlement of Versata cases interpreting General Public License version 2 (GPLv2)
- First decision interpreting General Public License version 3 (GPLv3)
- Linux programmer sues VMware for violation of GPLv2 for Linux
- Community GPL compliance
- European Commission antitrust investigation of Google and its Android operating System (Android OS)...
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Übertroll Firm Bags DRM Patent For 3D Printing
A division of Intellectual Ventures, the IP-holding company founded by Nathan Myhrvold, Microsoft's former CTO, has been granted a patent on a system for introducing digital rights management (DRM) controls to 3D printing. Read More »
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