LWN: Canonical/Ubuntu intellectual property rights policy, update

[Michael Hall]

There is also Canonical's statement on the update:
http://blog.canonical.com/2015/07/15/clarification-on-ip-rights-policy/

Michael Hall
mhall119 at ubuntu.com


On 07/16/2015 08:57 AM, Paul Sladen wrote:
> 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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