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9	9	However, people and companies can use any license they like, //as long as they don't call it Open Source.// Thus, I have helped the companies that are looking for a less-than-Open-Source license to standardize on one license and to find a brand that won't confuse anyone that their license is an Open Source one. Giving them a sane escape was better than creating conflict.
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11		-**I am defending the Free Speech rights of Open Source developers. **I was sued for three Million dollars for saying that a company's license violated the GPL. I have defended the case with the help of my friends at EFF and O'Melveny and Meyers. I've obtained this [[$300,000 bond from the plaintiff >>url:http://perens.com/static/OSS_Spenger_v_Perens/3_17-cv-04002-LB/doc1/pdf/100-1.pdf]]after winning the lower-court case (which will be paid to O'Melveny for their work on the lower court case), and have submitted all documents in two appeals which will soon be heard. We'll win, and establish a precedent for others who have been threatened. We should all [[support anti-SLAPP laws>>url:https://anti-slapp.org/your-states-free-speech-protection]] in states that haven't established them.
	11	+**I am defending the Free Speech rights of Open Source developers. **I was sued for three Million dollars for saying that a company violated the GPL. I have defended the case with the help of my friends at EFF and O'Melveny and Meyers. I've obtained this [[$300,000 bond from the plaintiff >>url:http://perens.com/static/OSS_Spenger_v_Perens/3_17-cv-04002-LB/doc1/pdf/100-1.pdf]]after winning the lower-court case (which will be paid to O'Melveny for their work on the lower court case), and have submitted all documents in two appeals which will soon be heard. We'll win, and establish a precedent for others who have been threatened. We should all [[support anti-SLAPP laws>>url:https://anti-slapp.org/your-states-free-speech-protection]] in states that haven't established them.
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13	13	**I am co-founder of OSI.** I made the first announcement of Open Source to the world more than 20 years ago, and am the main author of the Open Source Definition.
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