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Open Source
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PrawfsBlawg
An Open-Source Free Contracts Casebook
Main Friday, July 11, 2025An Open-Source Free Contracts CasebookAfter several years of working with Guy Rub, Jake Linford, Tal Kastner, Pam Bookman, and Matt Bodie, we are excited to release…
OpenUK Blog
Code, Community, and Crisis: The Story of Oleg Bozhok
By Open UK
A talented open source contributor survives a ballistic missile strike in Kyiv Like many companies in the open source community, Gluu’s success depends on people—we hire the most talented engineers,…
AI Law and Policy
AI Drives Need for New Open Source Licenses – Linux Publishes the OpenMDW License
By James Gatto
For many reasons, existing open source licenses are not a good fit for AI. Simply put, AI involves more than just software and most open source licenses are designed primarily…
Legal Theory Blog
Choi on Tort Liability for Open Source Software
Bryan H. Choi (Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law) has posted Tainted Source Code (39 Harv. J.L. & Tech. (2025)) on SSRN. Here is the…
Future Lawyer
China Versus USA. Open Source Versus Closed Source. War For The Future.
By rickgeorges
DeepSeek. A new open source, completely free, Gen AI engine, DeepSeek, has arisen in China, and is rivalling the Closed source USA engines from Meta, Microsoft, Google and Open AI.…
AI Law and Policy
Court Rules in Landmark AI Code Generator Case – DMCA Claims Dismissed but Breach of Contract Claims Remain
By James Gatto
The battle between open source software developers and the leading AI code generators will rage on. Despite the Court dismissing Plaintiffs’ Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Section 1202(b) claims with…
CyberAdviser
XZ Utils Supply Chain Attack Sheds Light on Vulnerabilities in Widely Adopted Open Source System
By Gregory P. Szewczyk, Harry A. Levin
In a reminder that open source products can carry significant risks beyond intellectual property, a vulnerability in a compression tool commonly used by developers has triggered widespread concerns. XZ Utils…
The Right Coast
Elon Musk’s STUNNING Release of Grok | Uncensored, 100% Open-Source, and Massive
via www.youtube.com"Spite is a powerful motivator."
Future Lawyer
Elon Musk To Open Source Grok. AI Power To The People.
By rickgeorges
Elon Musk To Open Source Grok Chatbot. Unhappy with the decision by OpenAI to open a for profit arm of Chat GPT, Elon Musk, one of its founders, left and…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
OpenAI’s Founding Agreement
As Darryll mentioned on Friday, Elon Musk has sued OpenAI. And because OpenAI is a nonprofit organization, and because much of the suit is based on its nonprofit status, it…