Richard Fontana

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Richard Fontana
Born Flag of the United States Brooklyn, NY, U.S.
Occupation Lawyer, Software Freedom Law Center

Richard Fontana is a free software and open source lawyer in the United States. Fontana is currently legal counsel of the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC).

[edit] Work at SFLC

Fontana was one of the three principal authors of the GNU GPL, version 3, along with Richard Stallman and Eben Moglen. [1][2] Fontana's current work includes representing free software and open source clients such as the Free Software Foundation, assisting them on copyright and patent issues.

[edit] References

  1. ^ GPLv3 authors comment on final draft. Retrieved on 2008-03-04.
  2. ^ The GPLv3 process: Public consultation and private drafting. Retrieved on 2008-03-04.


Persondata
NAME Fontana, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION American lawyer; Free Software Activist
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn, New York
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH