On Thursday, May 3, 2018, 4:00pm to 6:00pm in Jerome Greene Annex, Software Freedom Law Center and Columbia Law School will present a public discussion on artificial intelligence and big data in government Policy.

If interested in attending, please respond to rsvp@softwarefreedom.org at your earliest convenience.

On April 13, 2018, from 9:00am-5:30pm, the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) and Columbia Law School will host a special one-day conference, “Software Governance and Automobiles: Building the Open Road”.

The conference is free of charge and will be held in room 101, Jerome Greene Hall, Columbia Law School, 435 West 116th Street, New York, NY. To receive an invitation, email rsvp@softwarefreedom.org.

Videos from our 2017 annual conference are now available. If you missed our conference, or if you’d like to see it again, visit https://softwarefreedom.org/events/2017/conference/video/.

The Software Freedom Law Center invites counsel, developers, enterprise users and other members of free and open source software (FOSS) communities to join us once again for our free annual conference to explore legal issues surrounding FOSS, held at Columbia Law School on Friday, November 3, 2017.

On April 11, 2017, Eben Moglen published an editorial in The Times of India titled “Protect citizens’ freedom: SC should not allow Aadhaar to eliminate constitutional right of privacy“.

On March 25, 2017, at LibrePlanet’s 2017 conference, Eben Moglen spoke on the subject of the free software movement in the age of Trump.

Abstract: The most powerful man in the world has no respect for freedom of speech or the rule of law. The free software movement came into existence fighting to prevent a future which is now our present. Ready or not, we have entered a new phase. Training is over. Here’s the plan.

Also, we would like to acknowledge here the kind remarks of Richard Stallman who has been Eben’s friend for over 20 years.

Videos from our 2016 annual conference are now available. If you missed our conference, or if you’d like to see it again, look for the new “Archive” section at https://softwarefreedom.org/events/2016/sflc-fall-conference/.

On June 8th, 2016, the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) filed a brief amici curiae in Samsung Electronics v. Apple Inc. before the United States Supreme Court. In its brief, SFLC argues that design patents are unconstitutional and that the total profits damages rule is therefore constitutionally infirm.

The brief is available to download as a pdf.

On May 2, 2016 Eben Moglen and Mishi Choudhary presented the opening keynote address at the 10th annual Re:publica conference in Berlin, Germany. You can watch a video of the address here

Abstract: During the period from 2016 – 2025, the “other half” of the human race will be connected to the Net. Providing connection to the world’s poor is the greatest act of social justice, educational opportunity and economic equalization within our power.

See also the original program description.

SFLC explains licensing issues as they relate to the Linux Kernel and CDDL-licensed code here.