The re-posting of this analysis is part of a cross-posting collaboration with MediaLaws: Law and Policy of the Media in a Comparative Perspective. The age-old question on the use of…
Tag: Open-Source
Who Coined It First? The Advent of Digital Currency
When the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) announced that it would be creating a digital representation of the Canadian Dollar in the form of MintChip, the digital currency sphere lit up…
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…
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…
Open Source Copyright Issue Closed By Court
With the proliferation of open source web collaboration tools such as SourceForge, Wikipedia, and blogs, important concerns have been raised regarding a tool users’ ability to restrict the content they…