The Federal Circuit has just upheld a free/open source copyright license.

In non-technical terms, the Court has held that free licenses such as the CC licenses set conditions (rather than covenants) on the use of copyrighted work. When you violate the condition, the license disappears, meaning you're simply a copyright infringer. This is the ( Read more... )

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The CC party last night at the Terra Gallery was great in terms of reconnecting with people I hadn't seen in ages, meeting cool new people, and having interesting conversations with everybody. Funniest moment: realizing my '05 Burning Man camp leader's girlfriend was miss-education's horrible ex-boss ( Read more... )

This is going to be awesome.

I actually canceled my airfare and bought new airfare so that I can attend the party. This turned out to be an excellent idea, although I have to fly out at half past dark in the morning on the 15th. A friend of mine pointed out that Southwest is super cheap, and I remembered my sister, who does an amazing amount of ( Read more... )