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I guess it's the times we live in, but the EFF has usually managed to seem a little more subdued than folks who would be fine with pushing a brand in return for
by trotsky 14y ago
I guess it's the times we live in, but the EFF has usually managed to seem a little more subdued than folks who would be fine with pushing a brand in return for a donation. After all it was never "Lotus 123 presents the hacker defense fund"
- shardling 14y agoThe position is called "The Mark Cuban Chair to Eliminate Stupid Patents." Naming endowed chairs after the person who donated the money is an ancient tradition. Like, really ancient: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucasian_Professor_of_Mathematics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucasian_Professor_of_Mathemati...
- trotsky 14y agoObviously its been done in universities for some time, but for example the link in question discusses a chair that was permanently endowed via property upon his death. A bit different than covering 2-3 years of a borderline lobbyist for your business interests. I did a quick check of some similar organizations, this is the only named chair in the EFF, and EPIC, FSF, and the center for democracy and technology all don't have any. I'm sure I'm rather biased though, as I sincerely doubt I'd have said anything if it was the Lawrence Lessig chair.