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Encyclopedia > Eben Moglen
Eben Moglen

Born 1958 or 1959[1]
Occupation Professor of Law and Legal history at Columbia University, Director-Counsel and Chairman, Software Freedom Law Center
Website http://emoglen.law.columbia.edu

Eben Moglen is a professor of law and legal history at Columbia University, and is the founder, Director-Counsel and Chairman of Software Freedom Law Center, whose client list includes numerous pro bono clients, such as the Free Software Foundation. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 539 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1504 × 1672 pixel, file size: 319 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This photo was taken at the Scottish Society for Computers and Law, Annual Lecture 2007: The Global Software Industry in Transformation: After GPLv3 on Tuesday 26... Alma Mater Columbia University in the City of New York is a private university in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. ... The Software Freedom Law Center logo, a pun on the Ctrl key of most keyboards The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) was launched in February 2005 with Eben Moglen as Chairman. ... Alma Mater Columbia University in the City of New York is a private university in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. ... The Software Freedom Law Center logo, a pun on the Ctrl key of most keyboards The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) was launched in February 2005 with Eben Moglen as Chairman. ... Pro bono is a phrase derived from Latin meaning for the good. The complete phrase is pro bono publico, for the public good. It is used to designate legal or other professional work undertaken voluntarily and without payment, as a public service. ... The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a non-profit corporation founded in October 1985 by Richard Stallman to support the free software movement (free as in freedom), and in particular the GNU project. ...

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Professional biography

Moglen started out as a computer programming language designer[1] and then received his bachelor's degree from Swarthmore College in 1980, where he won the Hicks Prize for Literary Criticism. In 1985, he received a master's degree in philosophy and a JD from Yale University. He has held visiting appointments at Harvard University, Tel Aviv University and the University of Virginia since 1987. For other degrees, see Academic degree. ... Swarthmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college in the United States with an enrollment of about 1,450 students. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... “J.D.” redirects here. ... “Yale” redirects here. ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. ... The Engineering Faculty Boulevard The Smolarz Auditorium Tel Aviv University (TAU, אוניברסיטת תל אביב, אתא) is one of Israels major universities. ... The University of Virginia (also called U.Va. ...


He was a law clerk to Justice Thurgood Marshall (1986–87 term). He joined the faculty of Columbia Law School in 1987, and was admitted to the New York bar in 1988.[2] He received a Ph.D. in history from Yale University in 1993. Moglen serves as a director of the Public Patent Foundation. In the United States, Canada and Brazil, a law clerk is a person who provides assistance to a judge in researching issues before the court and in writing opinions. ... Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American jurist and the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... Columbia Law School, located in the New York City borough of Manhattan, is one of the professional schools of Columbia University, a member of the Ivy League, and one of the leading law schools in the United States. ... Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated Ph. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Public Patent Foundation, or PUBPAT, is a nonprofit organization that seeks to limit perceived abuse of the U.S. Patent system. ...


Moglen was part of Philip Zimmermann's defense team, when Zimmermann was being investigated over the export of Pretty Good Privacy, a public key encryption system, under US export laws[3]. Philip Zimmermann (born February 12, 1954) is the creator of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), the most widely used email encryption software in the world. ... Pretty Good Privacy is a computer program that provides cryptographic privacy and authentication. ... Public key cryptography is a form of cryptography which generally allows users to communicate securely without having prior access to a shared secret key, by using a pair of cryptographic keys, designated as public key and private key, which are related mathematically. ... Since World War II, Western governments, including the U.S. and its NATO allies have regulated the export of cryptography for national security considerations. ...


In 2003 he received the EFF Pioneer Award. In February 2005, he founded the Software Freedom Law Center. The EFF Pioneer Award is an annual prize for people who have made significant contributions to the empowerment of individuals in using computers. ... February 2005 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → Pope John Paul II is taken to a hospital suffering from a serious case of influenza. ... The Software Freedom Law Center logo, a pun on the Ctrl key of most keyboards The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) was launched in February 2005 with Eben Moglen as Chairman. ...


Moglen is closely involved with the Free Software Foundation, serving as general counsel since 1994 and board member from 2000 to 2007. As counsel, Moglen was charged with enforcing the GNU General Public License on behalf of the FSF [4], and later became heavily involved with drafting version 3 of the GPL. On April 23, 2007 he announced in a blog post that he would be stepping down from the board of directors of the Free Software Foundation. Moglen stated that after the GPLv3 Discussion Draft 3 had been released, he wanted to devote more time to writing, teaching, and the Software Freedom Law Center.[5] The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... is the 113th day of the year (114th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...


Stances on free software

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Moglen says that free software is a fundamental requirement for a democratic and free society in which we are surrounded by and dependent upon technical devices. Only if controlling these devices is open to all via free software, can we balance power equally. Image File history File links Emblem-important. ... Clockwise from top: The logo of the GNU Project, the Linux kernel mascot Tux, and the BSD Daemon Free software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions only...


Moglen's Metaphorical Corollary to Faraday's Law is the idea that the information appearance and flow between the human minds connected via the Internet works like induction. Hence Moglen's phrase "Resist the resistance!" (i.e. remove anything that inhibits the flow of information).[6] Faradays law of induction (more generally, the law of electromagnetic induction) states that the induced emf (electromotive force) in a closed loop equals the negative of the time rate of change of magnetic flux through the loop. ... For magnetic induction, see Magnetic field. ...


Statements and perspectives

Moglen at GPL V3 in Bangalore, 2006
Moglen at GPL V3 in Bangalore, 2006

While speaking in New Delhi, India, in 2006, he remarked: "Anything that is worth copying is worth sharing." His other quotes: "The more we give away, the richer we become." And: "Note how even the smallest encounter with Free Software can make a man cheerful about the future of our judge" (said after hearing a judge of the Allahabad high court, India speak on the subject).[citation needed] Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (3456 × 2304 pixel, file size: 2. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (3456 × 2304 pixel, file size: 2. ... For other uses, see Bangalore (disambiguation). ... , This article is about the urban region that is the capital of India. ...


Moglen believes the idea of proprietary software is as ludicrous as having "proprietary mathematics" or "proprietary geometry". This would convert the subjects from "something you can learn" into "something you must buy", he has argued. He points out that software is among the "things which can be copied infinitely over and over again, without any further costs".[citation needed]


Moglen has criticized what he calls the "reification of selfishness". He has said, "A world full of computers which you can't understand, can't fix and can't use (because it is controlled by inaccessible proprietary software) is a world controlled by machines."[citation needed]


He has called on lawyers to help the Free Software movement, saying: "Those who want to share their code can make products and share their work without additional legal risks." He urged his legal colleagues, "It's worth giving up a little in order to produce a sounder ecology for all. Think kindly about the idea of sharing."[citation needed]


Moglen has criticized trends which result in "excluding people from knowledge". On the issue of Free Software versus proprietary software, he has argued that "much has been said by the few who stand to lose". Moglen calls for a "sensible respect for both the creators and users" of software code.[citation needed]


On the subject of Digital Rights Management, Moglen once said, "We also live in a world in which the right to tinker is under some very substantial threat. This is said to be because movie and record companies must eat. I will concede that they must eat. Though, like me, they should eat less."[7] Digital rights management (DRM) is an umbrella term that refers to access control technologies used by publishers and other copyright holders to limit usage of digital media or devices. ...


References

  1. ^ FLOSS Weekly with Chris DiBona, episode 13
  2. ^ NY State Bar Association record.
  3. ^ http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1742104,00.html
  4. ^ http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/enforcing-gpl.html
  5. ^ http://emoglen.law.columbia.edu/blog/2007/04/index.html
  6. ^ Freeing The Mind: Free Software and the Death of Proprietary Culture
  7. ^ Keynote speech at Red Hat Summit 2006

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Eben Moglen Speech - Harvard - 2004 (9252 words)
Moglen: The 21st century political economy is different from the past economic history of the human beings because the economy is full of goods that have zero marginal cost.
Moglen: Sure, it would be a very good idea, and if you watch and see what happens in the 21st century you'll see more and more manufacturers deciding to do precisely that, because of the value of empowered user innovation, which will drive down their costs of making new and better products all the time.
Moglen: I will say a little bit now, and in the interests of time also say that you can find in the Net where I put stuff which is at http://moglen.law.columbia.edu a paper called “Freeing the Mind”, which addresses this question, I hope comprehensively, or at least a little bit.
Eben Moglen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (833 words)
Eben Moglen is a professor of law and history of law at Columbia University, serves pro bono as General Counsel for the Free Software Foundation, and is the Chairman of Software Freedom Law Center.
Moglen says that free software is a fundamental requirement for a democratic and free society in which we are surrounded by and dependent upon technical devices.
Moglen’s two main contributions are at 15:15 and 31:35 in.
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