This week, the Take It Down Act was passed. While the goal is a good one, getting rid of deepfake porn, there is significant criticism of the aggressive 48 hour timeline it requires which could lead to more censorship rather than a review on the merits. I’ve been following the Character.AI chatbot lawsuit filed by…
Category: Open Source
Microsoft claims Open Source software violates its patents
Although I’m not a patent attorney, I was drawn to news of Microsoft’s statement in a Fortune article that free and Open Source software violated 235 of its patents. Mary Jo Foley covered the news in detail here. In particular, the claim was made by Microsoft’s Horacio Gutierrez that the Linux kernel violates 42 Microsoft…