Microsoft, through its new BizSpark program, appears to be inserting itself at the center of a global startup network for software developers, including here in Oregon. Last week we read about TiE’s announcement that it’s partnering with BizSpark. Today we read that OTBC has just become a BizSpark network partner. (more…)
We just came across this post at the Law & Life: Silicon Valley Blog about a recent update in the Jacobsen v. Katzer case in the federal District Court in San Francisco, a case with connections to Portland, and which has already produced a number of important legal decisions about open source software (OSS). As the author notes, an appeal last year in the case produced a great victory for licensors of OSS, while this most recent Order by District Judge Jeffrey White is a setback for OSS licensors seeking to enjoin copyright infringement because the burden to obtain an injunction for copyright infringement has been elevated. (more…)
We recently came across Read Write Web’s coverage of Google’s new Chrome Browser.When we saw their article this morning about the controversy over Chrome’s End User License Agreement (EULA), including their call for a trained legal eye to have a second look at it, we couldn’t resist. After all, I did say in my previous Transferring Copyrights post that I’d write about Open Source Software soon.