Software Freedom Law Center
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The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) was launched in February 2005 with Eben Moglen as Chairman.
Initial funding of $4 million USD was provided by Open Source Development Labs, who have also provided a subsequent round of funding.
A news article stated: Moglen expects – in fact, plans for – a large turnover in the staff. After five years, he anticipates 20 to 30 lawyers will have passed through the Center. By the time these alumni move on, Moglen hopes that its members will have the expertise to advise both communities and corporations alike. It will also create a loose association whose members can consult with each other as necessary. [1]
In 2006, SFLC's biggest project will be to assist with the writing of version 3 of the GNU General Public License. Its work on this will be done on behalf of its client, the Free Software Foundation.
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[edit] Board of directors
- Eben Moglen
- Diane M. Peters
- Lawrence Lessig
- Daniel J. Weitzner
[edit] Other positions
- Eben Moglen, Director-Counsel
- Daniel Ravicher, Legal Director
- Bradley Kuhn, Chief Technology Officer
- Richard Fontana, Counsel
- Karen M. Sandler, Counsel
- James Vasile, Counsel
- Rachel Weiner, Office Manager
- Ian Sullivan, Executive Secretary
- Jim Garrison, Public Relations Coordinator
[edit] Actions
- SFLC adds Wine to client list
- Press Release: SFLC to represent the Wine project (see also Wine)
- X.Org Foundation Hires Software Freedom Law Center
- SFLC to represent Plone and the Plone Foundation (see Plone)
