Carlo Piana

Carlo Piana

Lawyer and digital freedom advocate, Carlo is an eminent figure in the Open Source field. He is former Chair and current member of the Board of the Open Source Initiative (OSI). He is also a former General Counsel of the Free Software Foundation Europe for more than a decade. He has assisted several projects and companies in devising their open source strategy from licensing to governance, from trademark registration to internal policies, dedicating countless pro bono hours to the cause. He is currently serving as IP and OS advisory team of United Nations Technology Innovation Labs and has for fifteen years served as an editor of Ifosslr – the first legal review dedicated exclusively to free and open source software law and other liberties. Carlo has been also active and outspoken in the licence approval discussion list at OSI. Other than for Open Source software, Carlo has been active working against software patents, especially when enshrined in standards and advocating for real open standards. He has a working knowledge of standards, patents and their licensing, having been involved in technology transfer in the multimedia field.

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    Open Source Initiative (OSI)
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    IT Lawyer
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