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Big shame. While in the SCO case groklaw was useful as an information source and an advocacy conduit, I feel there is a need for detailed coverage on court case

by frossie 16y ago

Big shame. While in the SCO case groklaw was useful as an information source and an advocacy conduit, I feel there is a need for detailed coverage on court cases that revolve around technical issues or major technical players, even if there is no obvious position to advocate for. I hope somebody else can take up the torch.

evangineer 16y ago
PJ is very knowledgeable and well respected. She also ran groklaw on a voluntary basis at a great cost in terms of time and energy. In some sense, she will probably feel that she's getting her life back.
FlorianMueller 16y ago
The big battles are now about software patents, not copyright, and particularly take place in connection with mobile devices: http://www.scribd.com/my_document_collections/2770688 http://www.scribd.com/my_document_collections/2770688 I never intended for my FOSS Patents blog to be a discussion community like Groklaw, but I do cover those issues and try to help a broader audience understand the strategic battlelines, such as with the visualizations available in the above folder.
- wtallis 16y ago
  Is the Sony mess not important? It's all about copyrights and license agreements, and it seems like it could have major repercussions for the right to run the software of your choosing on hardware that you own. (Not to mention the horrible privacy precedents Sony is trying to set with their subpoenas.) I'm not saying that the software patent issues aren't big, but they're battles between corporate giants, and will have limited effect on developers until most of them are settled. The Sony cases, on the other hand, could mean that you would need the manufacturer's permission before putting free software on the hardware they sold you. Most companies selling hardware would love for that to be the case, but it would make it nearly impossible for open-source communities to form around consumer hardware.

by frossie 16y ago

evangineer 16y ago

PJ is very knowledgeable and well respected. She also ran groklaw on a voluntary basis at a great cost in terms of time and energy. In some sense, she will probably feel that she's getting her life back.

FlorianMueller 16y ago

The big battles are now about software patents, not copyright, and particularly take place in connection with mobile devices: http://www.scribd.com/my_document_collections/2770688 http://www.scribd.com/my_document_collections/2770688 I never intended for my FOSS Patents blog to be a discussion community like Groklaw, but I do cover those issues and try to help a broader audience understand the strategic battlelines, such as with the visualizations available in the above folder.

wtallis 16y ago
Is the Sony mess not important? It's all about copyrights and license agreements, and it seems like it could have major repercussions for the right to run the software of your choosing on hardware that you own. (Not to mention the horrible privacy precedents Sony is trying to set with their subpoenas.) I'm not saying that the software patent issues aren't big, but they're battles between corporate giants, and will have limited effect on developers until most of them are settled. The Sony cases, on the other hand, could mean that you would need the manufacturer's permission before putting free software on the hardware they sold you. Most companies selling hardware would love for that to be the case, but it would make it nearly impossible for open-source communities to form around consumer hardware.