Richard Fontana
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| Richard Fontana | |
| Born |  Brooklyn, NY, U.S. |
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| Occupation | Lawyer, Software Freedom Law Center |
Richard Fontana is a free software and open source lawyer in the United States. Fontana is currently legal counsel of the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC).
[edit] Work at SFLC
Fontana was one of the three principal authors of the GNU GPL, version 3, along with Richard Stallman and Eben Moglen. [1][2] Fontana's current work includes representing free software and open source clients such as the Free Software Foundation, assisting them on copyright and patent issues.
[edit] References
- ^ GPLv3 authors comment on final draft. Retrieved on 2008-03-04.
- ^ The GPLv3 process: Public consultation and private drafting. Retrieved on 2008-03-04.
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Fontana, Richard |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | American lawyer; Free Software Activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn, New York |
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