LWN: Canonical/Ubuntu intellectual property rights policy, update

Paul Sladen ubuntu at paul.sladen.org
Thu Jul 16 12:57:44 UTC 2015


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In the hope that is it useful for others aswell, I found the following
via LWN:

  Edge, Jake (15 July 2015). "FSF and SFC work with Canonical on an
  "intellectual property" policy update". LWN
  http://lwn.net/Articles/651069/

Referencing:

  Canonical (15 July 2015). "Intellectual property rights policy"
  http://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/intellectual-property-policy

  FSF (15 July 2015). "Statement on Canonical's updated licensing
  terms for Ubuntu GNU/Linux"
  https://www.fsf.org/news/canonical-updated-licensing-terms

  SFLC (15 July 2015). "Conservancy & the FSF Achieve GPL Compliance
  for Canonical, Ltd. "Intellectual Property" Policy"
  https://sfconservancy.org/news/2015/jul/15/ubuntu-ip-policy/

Personal opinions:

  Kuhn, Bradley M. (15 July 2015). "Thoughts on Canonical, Ltd.'s
  Updated Ubuntu IP Policy"
  http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2015/07/15/ubuntu-ip-policy.html

  Garrett, Matthew (15 July 2015). "Canonical's Ubuntu IP policy
  is garbage"
  https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/35969.html

  Riddell, Jonathan (15 July 2015). "Ubuntu Policy Complies With GPL
  But Fails To Address Other Important Software Freedom Issues"
  http://jriddell.org/2015/07/15/ubuntu-policy-complies-with-gpl-but-fails-to-address-other-important-software-freedom-issues/

  Kerensa, Benjamin (15 July 2015). "What the Ubuntu IP Announcement
  means"
  http://benjaminkerensa.com/2015/07/15/what-the-ubuntu-ip-announcement-means

  Reddit (15 July 2015) "FSF Statement on Canonical's updated
  licensing terms for Ubuntu GNU/Linux"
  https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/3de41m/fsf_statement_on_canonicals_updated_licensing/ct4d75m

News:

  Vaughan-Nichols, Steven J. (15 July 2015). "Canonical and Free
  Software Foundation come to open-source licensing terms". ZD Net.
  http://www.zdnet.com/article/canonical-and-free-software-foundation-comes-to-open-source-licensing-terms/

  McAllister, Neil (15 July 2015). "Free software fans land crucial
  punch in Ubuntu row “ but it not over". The Register.
  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07/15/ubuntu_ip_policy_change/

  Stahie, Silviu (16 July 2015). "Canonical Updates Ubuntu Licensing
  Terms After Two-Year Discussions with FSF". Softpedia.
  http://news.softpedia.com/news/canonical-updates-ubuntu-licensing-terms-after-two-year-discussions-with-fsf-487054.shtml

Thank you to all who have worked on helping to working on making this
happen.

	-Paul
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