p you write your letter are available on the End
Software Patents wiki, at
<http://en.swpat.org/wiki/USPTO_2010_consultation_-_deadline_27_sept>.
We'll also follow up there with information about the guidelines once
they're published.
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Brett Smith
Licen
distribution, we have been looking for practical ways to deal
with the issue of nonfree software that is accidentally included in
these distributions -- steps that are within our means and the means
of distribution maintainers. This new program does a good job of
striking that balance," said
to display and
distribute these works without abiding by the requirement to pass the
freedoms guaranteed under the GFDL on to Google Books readers.
"The Google Book Search settlement assumes that authors are only
interested in being paid for publication rights of their works,"
explained B
the kernel Linux was re-released under
the GNU GPL, making it free software, the combination of GNU and Linux
formed a complete free operating system, which made it possible for
the first time to run a PC without non-free software. This combination
is the GNU/Linux system. For more explanation, se
cense," said Brett Smith, licensing
compliance engineer at the FSF. "Wikipedia, however, uses the GNU
FDL. The incompatibility between these two licenses has been an
obstacle to moving material back and forth between these sites. The
new provision of FDL version 1.3 will give Wikipedia
free software. The FSF
also helps to spread awareness of the ethical and political issues of
freedom in the use of software. Its Web site, located at www.fsf.org, is
an important source of information about GNU/Linux. Donations to support
the FSF's work can be made at http://donate.fsf.org. Its
edback at
<http://gplv3.fsf.org/agplv3-dd2-guide.html>.
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Licensing Compliance Engineer, Free Software Foundation
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Lab's work.
The FSF's licensing compliance engineer Brett Smith explained, "As the free
software community looks for authoritative licensing support, they know
they can rely upon the FSF to answer their questions about their particular
