Groklaw

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Groklaw was a website and online magazine that aimed to legally shed light on the principles of free software ; In this context, the patentability of software was also regularly discussed. The project, started by the American paralegal Pamela Jones , became popular very quickly when shortly after the start of the project it began to investigate the legal dispute between SCO and Linux over alleged copyright infringements in the source code of the Linux operating system .

At Groklaw, the focus was on finding and compiling facts. Since the members of the project were made up of programmers, lawyers and legal assistants and the project was open at the same time, it enabled a bridge to be built between people with technical knowledge on the one hand and those with legal understanding on the other.

In 2007, the project with which it was Free Software Award for Projects of Social Benefit of the Free Software Foundation "for building a productive source of legal and technical information for developers, lawyers, professors and historians" Excellent, 2008, it was a "recognition" of the Prix Ars Electronica in the Digital Communities category .

After Jones first announced that he would cease work on the site on May 16, 2011, she turned the reins on to Mark Webbink, former Red Hat lawyer . In the course of this change, Groklaw should also become more open to the community. B. Students and professors should be able to publish articles.

On August 20, 2013 an article appeared on the website announcing that Groklaw will be closed. The reason given was the increasing surveillance of the Internet and reference was made to Lavabit's previous decision to close it.

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  1. ↑ Free Software Foundation: Harald Welte and Groklaw announced as winners of the FSF's annual free software awards
  2. ↑ Prix ​​Ars Electronica 2008: Prize Winner ( Memento from August 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Groklaw: The Chronicle of the Neverending Story closes. In: Heise Online . April 10, 2011, accessed April 10, 2011 .
  4. ↑ Law professor Mark Webbink replaces Pamela Jones. In: Golem.de . May 17, 2011, accessed May 17, 2011 .
  5. ^ Forced exposure
  6. ↑ Patent law blog Groklaw closes ZDNET
  7. ↑ Groklaw concludes: From and over for the chroniclers of neverending stories heise.de