The Linux Foundation Announces First Legal Summits
One reason is that most open source conferences are organized by and for lawyers, and concern themselves with the arcana of licensing, offering an infinite number of rat holes to disappear down, but not much opportunity to look for solutions, talk about strategy and get creative. Another is the fact that many of those that set up and speak at such conferences love to hang out the crepe and focus on gloom and doom. After all, it's good for business when you're a lawyer to make everyone think that absent high-priced counsel and careful legal supervision, your business will surely evaporate before your eyes. The "protect" function is a core part of the Linux Foundation's mission, by which we mean that we're trying to make it safe to develop, install and use Linux, whether you're a contributor to an open source project, a distro vendor, an enterprise, or an individual desktop user. One of the ways to do that is to make sure that accurate information gets out there, that disinformation gets corrected, and that those that have a stake in Linux can get together and talk about how to nurture and grow the Linux ecosystem safely – and that's where lawyers actually can play a productive role. |
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