How Do I Build an Enforceable Online Agreement? — Not (Always) the Way SalesForce.com or Google Would

The issue comes up on an increasingly frequent basis. A client is preparing to begin delivery of a new service (or product) through their web site. As part of their preparations, the client involves me (or, let’s say “an attorney”) to help them implement an online (“click-through” or “click-to-accept”) contract covering the terms [...]

Affero GPLv3 Released

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced the release of version 3 of the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPLv3). AGPLv3 is based on version 3 of the GNU General Public License (GPLv3), but has an additional term to allow users who interact with AGPLv3-licensed software over a network to receive the source code [...]

Upcoming BCBA Presentation

For those of you in Colorado, I will be giving a presentation on open source software licensing issues for lawyers to the Boulder County Bar Association on Thursday of this week. I have included details on the presentation below. Further information is available on the BCBA website at: http://www.boulder-bar. I hope [...]

GOSCON Here I Come

 
I will be speaking next month at GOSCON 07 (that’s the Government Open Source Conference). This year the event runs from October 15-16 in Portland, OR. The event has grown quite a bit over the last two years and the organizers are expecting over 500 attendees at the conference this year. As Stephen [...]