| rdfs:comment | - Groklaw was a website that covered legal news of interest to the free and open source software community. Started on May 16, 2003, it covered issues such as the SCO-Linux litigation, the EU antitrust case against Microsoft, and the standardization of Office Open XML. It ceased operations on August 20, 2013.
- "to understand completely" legal news blog for Open Source.
- Groklaw is an award-winning website covering legal news of interest to the free and open-source software community. Started as a blog on May 16 2003 by paralegal Pamela Jones ("PJ") at Radio UserLand, it has covered issues such as: the SCO-Linux lawsuits; the EU anti-trust case against Microsoft; and the standardization of Office Open XML. Groklaw's name derives from Robert A. Heinlein's neologism 'grok', roughly meaning "to understand completely", which had previously entered geek slang.
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| abstract | - Groklaw was a website that covered legal news of interest to the free and open source software community. Started on May 16, 2003, it covered issues such as the SCO-Linux litigation, the EU antitrust case against Microsoft, and the standardization of Office Open XML. It ceased operations on August 20, 2013.
- "to understand completely" legal news blog for Open Source.
- Groklaw is an award-winning website covering legal news of interest to the free and open-source software community. Started as a blog on May 16 2003 by paralegal Pamela Jones ("PJ") at Radio UserLand, it has covered issues such as: the SCO-Linux lawsuits; the EU anti-trust case against Microsoft; and the standardization of Office Open XML. Jones describes Groklaw as ..."a place where lawyers and geeks could explain things to each other and work together, so they'd understand each other's work better. When you have an idea you hope might work, and then to implement it, tweak it, and morph it, because other people show up and have ideas that are better than yours...and then have people you care about and admire tell you that what you are doing matters -- I can't think of a more satisfying feeling." Groklaw's name derives from Robert A. Heinlein's neologism 'grok', roughly meaning "to understand completely", which had previously entered geek slang. Other topics covered, which are perceived as being important to a larger audience than just the free and open source community include Software Patents, DMCA, and the legally problematic actions of the RIAA against alleged illegal file sharers. A key thread usually created by Groklaw members, under each article, provides the opportunity for minor errors to be corrected. Additionally, almost every article attracts an "Off Topic" thread, where a diverse range of topics are discussed. Pamela Jones and some volunteer helpers do moderate Groklaw retrospectively to remove posts containing, for example, bad language, ad hominem attacks, and inflamatory subjects such as politics.
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