March 25, 2005

The 'dotCommunist'

By ANDREA L. FOSTER

A Columbia U. law professor fights to keep open-source software free

Text: Read an excerpt from The dotCommunist Manifesto

Eben Moglen is a "dotCommunist" rebel who has long advocated that all software should be free. So even he was surprised when his efforts recently won millions of dollars in support from IBM and other technology companies.

Mr. Moglen, a law professor at Columbia University, is head of the

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