12 Feb 2006
Eben Moglen
Eben Moglen is Professor of Law at Columbia Law School and founding Director of the Software Freedom Law Center. His JD and PhD in history were earned during what he sometimes refers to as his long dark period in New Haven. He served as law clerk to Judge Edward Weinfeld of the Southern District of New York and Justice Thurgood Marshall. Before and during law school he was a designer and implementer of advanced computer programming languages at IBM’s Santa Teresa Laboratory and Thomas J. Watson Research Center. Since 1993 he has served pro bono publico as General Counsel of the Free Software Foundation. He was awarded the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s 2003 Pioneer Award for contribution to freedom in the electronic society. His writing can be read at moglen.law.columbia.edu/now.
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Eben Moglen is Professor of Law at Columbia Law School and founding Director of the Software Freedom Law Center. Since 1993 he has served pro bono publico as General Counsel of the Free Software Foundation. He was awarded the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s 2003 Pioneer Award for contribution to freedom in the electronic society. His writing can be read at moglen.law.columbia.edu/now.
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03 Feb 2005
About the Software Freedom Law Center
Steve Lohr, An Effort to Help Free-Software Developers Avoid Suits, New York Times, February 1, 2005
Groklaw | Software Freedom Law Center Launched, February 1, 2005
NewsForge | Software Freedom Law Center debuts, February 3, 2005
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