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Andrew Tridgell discusses why reading patents is usually a good idea, how to read a patent, and how to build a solid defence. Tridgell also suggests how free software could scare off patent holders.

ESP has published an analysis of what the Justices said at the Bilski hearing that could impact software patentability

FSF's brief explains to the Supreme court how free software has contributed massively to software development, and that it's clear that software patents have been nothing but an obstacle and a danger. Economic issues are also mentioned, along with excerpts from experts.

At FSF's annual meet, O'Riordan described his anti-swpat lobbying background, how to apply techniques from Bilski and the EU to other jurisdictions, and the future direction of End Software Patents.

This article documents the steps, with a working example, for how to use gettext as a translation management system for a static website. For the impatient, it's boiled down to 11 steps at the end.

After 2 years of operation, FSFE's Shane Couglan has built a network of 145 experts, organised Europe's first conference on free software legal issues, helped enforce the GPL, and published docs

A look at GCC's recent migration to GPLv3, as well as other large migrations and the press reaction.

I've just uploaded a transcript of a recent talk by Stallman where he explains why free software is defined the way it is, how the GNU design was chosen, what problems we face, and what's coming, etc.

For anyone interested in the latest GPLv3 summary, but who didn't make it to the 5th international GPLv3 conference in Japan last week, a transcript of Richard Stallman's keynote has been published. Enjoy.

Increased compatibility and flexibility can make the GPLv3 a viable option for more projects, which could reduce licence proliferation. Preventing licence incompatibility can also reduce the problems caused by the increasing number of licences. This article is a discussion primer for what licences, such as GPLv3, can themselves do to ease licence proliferation.

A transcript is now online from RMS's recent presentation of the changes in the second draft of GNU GPL version 3. The focuses are on DRM, patents, internationalisation, enforcement, and licence compatibility.

Video and audio files are online from FSFE's recent GPLv3 conference, as well as transcripts of Richard Stallman and Eben Moglen's presentations plus the Q&A sessions

At the second international GPLv3 conference in Brazil, the GPLv3 road show continued. As well as a good presentation, there was an interesting Q&A session with RMS.

Lawrence Lessig and Richard Stallman here give their reasoning behind opposing DRM, and Lessig explains his previous comments

One document on how GPLv3 tackles DRM, and one on how it tackles patent dangers. These topics have drawn the most public interest, so it seemed worthwhile to isolate the relevant information combining the draft, and the public comments of RMS and Eben Moglen.

The first full GPLv3 event since the launch of the draft was held recently in Turin, Italy. The whole thing was recorded and a transcript has been put online as well as the video and audio. Topics covered in the presentation included software patents, DRM, and licence compatibility. The transcript also includes the Q&A session, which covered "What about Linux?", "Can we really win against DRM?", "Why are you making the decisions this time, will a team do it next time?", and "What issues were considered but then not addressed?".