OpenLife

For a period I have wondered if I should undertake to write another book on an IT-law related issue and the case of yes which should be the topic. Everyone who has written something amounted to just a smaller volume of a book would probably agree that it is extremely time consuming and at times - maybe almost always - a tortuous affair. My last project - Internet Law, second edition - was no exception to this rule! So it has taken me a lot of thought to dare to venture into another writing project.

Now I am considering taking on writing together with Peter Toft - a Danish Linux sage - to examine the GPL from a legal and technical angle and synthesize this to a legal commentary on the GPL. Such a book would - if we succeed in making it useful - provide an important tool for all those business that are trying to make sense of using GPL’ed software in their business often in combination with closed-source software.

I am proud to announce that we at von Haller law firm as probably the first law firm in Denmark and maybe also elsewhere offer our clients and other visitors at our premises wireless Internet access and that the access is made possible by Organic Network where I am an investor and chairman of the board. Check out our location at Organic Network here https://patagonia.organicnetwork.net/location-profile.do?locationId=7.

Microsoft is showing that it is serious about improwing security in its many products. Bill Gates has published 31. March 2004 as part of his executive e-mails the “Microsoft Progress Report: Security“. The question is though whether this will matter much - despite the earnest effort and the huge amount of money allocated - if the Windows platform is fundamentally problematic with respect to IT-security, and/or if the real problem is the monoculture within IT today due to the a widespread Microsoft monopoly.

My little son Vilhelm is now nearly 4 1/2 years old. Time is flying. It almost yesterday that we had him sleeping in the craddle. Now his a little boy.

After a short hiatus my weblog will hopefully again have frequent postings. I just purchased a license for Frequency 2.0 which will hopefully make it easier to post quickly mt thoughts etc.