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Managing Copyright Information within a Free Software Project

September 17, 2012
Posted at 12:17 PM

Today, the Software Freedom Law Center published Managing Copyright Information within a Free Software Project, a guide to help developers maintain the license and copyright notices associated with their projects.

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VP8 cross-license draft compatible with FOSS licensing

May 29, 2013
Posted at 2:03 PM
by Aaron Williamson

Google recently disclosed a draft cross-license under which patents related to the VP8 video compression format—held by Google, MPEG-LA, and several other companies—would be licensed to the general public. SFLC reviewed these terms and considered some criticisms that have arisen in the free software community.

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