Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
If you give something away for free, can you still control it’s use? Last week, a federal court said yes, at least if you’re a computer software designer, and what you’re giving away is Open Source code. With Open Source software powering everything from ATM machines to TiVos to the ever-popular web-browser Firefox, Tech Today looks at this legal decision which some say helps Open Source software ‘be true to its roots’ as serving the common good.
Guests
- James Boyle Chair of the Board, Creative Commons; also The William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law, Duke University Law School; and author of forthcoming "The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind (Yale)
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