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Lawrence Lessig

Summary

Lawrence Lessig is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School, founder of Stanford's Center for Internet and Society, and author of foundational works on internet law and free culture including Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace and Free Culture.

Verified Facts

  • The official Harvard Law School faculty page identifies Lessig as the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership.
  • Prior to returning to Harvard, he taught at Stanford Law School, where he founded the Center for Internet and Society.
  • He also taught at the University of Chicago.
  • Lessig clerked for Judge Richard Posner on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals and Justice Antonin Scalia on the United States Supreme Court.
  • He is the author of Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace (1999), The Future of Ideas (2001), Free Culture (2004), Code v2 (2007), and Remix (2008).
  • He chairs the Creative Commons project.
  • He has served on the boards of the Free Software Foundation, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Public Knowledge, and the Public Library of Science.

Relevance to Open Source and Software Companies

Lessig's scholarship on the relationship between code, law, and regulation of cyberspace provides the intellectual foundation for understanding how software and the internet are governed. His founding of Creative Commons offers alternative licensing frameworks. His board service at FSF and EFF demonstrates active involvement in protecting software freedom and digital rights.

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  • Document Creative Commons relationship and its relevance to open source.
  • Add his personal website (lessig.org) as a source.
  • Document specific writings most relevant to software companies.