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Jaron Lanier: the Father of Virtual Reality technology speaks at Canadian Music Week
Nathan Fan is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. At this year’s Canadian Music Week International Breakfast event, Jaron Lanier had a few moments to call upon his…
Open Source Textbooks: History and Recent Developments
On May 6, 2009, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger launched an initiative to make available free digital textbooks for high school students. California’s Secretary of Education, Glen Thomas, was responsible for…
Google’s Open Source Strategy and the U.S. Patent Reform Act of 2009
Brian Prentice of the Gartner Blog Network raises an interesting possibility in his post about Google’s long-term business strategy. He speculates that Google’s advocacy for the Patent Reform Act of 2009 coupled with…
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Open Core Licensing: Arguments and Applications
Open core licensing, also known as commercial extensions, is a licensing regime that offers core components for free, but charges licensees for additional premium products. The approach is a twist…
EU Consumer Protection Reform: Liability for Software Code
A recent proposal by European Commissioners Meglena Kuneva and Viviane Reding outlined a number of consumer protections relating to licensing agreements. In the event that the proposal becomes law, software…