January 6, 2009

Richard Fontana, Open Source Licensing and Patent Counsel from Red Hat, joins us for an in-depth interview.

Running time: 00:33:52.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:43)

• Bradley mentioned that the Fedora Project is sponsored by Red Hat, where Richard Fontana works. (01:50)
• Fontana was involved in the GPLv3 Process.

Segment 1 (11:58)

Interview with Richard Fontana.

• Fontana mentioned “intellectual property” Boutique law firms. (08:52)
• Fontana mentioned the historical concerns in the Free Software community about the term “intellectual property”, such as those raised by RMS. (09:00)
• Fontana mentioned how the SCO vs. IBM lawsuit drew much attention to the intersection of legal issues and Free Software. (13:39)
• Fontana helped draft the various rationale documents during the GPLv3 drafting process.

Tags: bkuhn, karen, gplv3, fontana, red hat

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