Carlo Piana
| Carlo Piana | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
25 September 1968 Omegna (VB), Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation | Lawyer, Free Software advocate |
| Known for | Free Software advocacy, antitrust activities, open standards |
Carlo Piana is a lawyer by training and a Free Software advocate. A qualified attorney in Italy, Piana has been practicing IT law since 1995, focusing his practice on software, technology, standardization, data protection and digital liberties in general,[1] and serves as external General Counsel to the Free Software Foundation Europe ("FSFE").
Piana has been involved in some of the cornerstone legal cases in Europe, such as the long-running antitrust battle between the EU Commission and Microsoft [2][3] where he represents both the FSFE and the Samba Team, the standardization of OOXML at ISO/IEC, and more recently defending Oracle [4][5] in its attempted acquisition of Sun Microsystems.
Piana is a member of the Editorial Committee of the International Free and Open Source Software Law Review ("IFOSS L. rev.") [6] and is member of the board of directors of the Protocol Freedom Information Foundation.[7]
In 2008 he established a freelance consulting practice on IT law, where he leads a small group of IT lawyers named Array.
References
- ↑ As reported in his professional website at http://law.piana.eu/areas
- ↑ An article from NY Times covering the 2006 hearing and the Free Software activists' role http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/29/business/worldbusiness/29soft.html?ei=5088&en=bc84dbaf41a6aaa1&ex=1303963200&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=print
- ↑ http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/imported/microsoft%E2%80%99s-new-battle-with-old-enemy/60834.aspx
- ↑ http://openlife.cc/blogs/2009/october/mr-carlo-piana-europes-free-software-legal-hero-joins-oracle-co-counsel
- ↑ http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20091021164738392
- ↑ http://ifosslr.org
- ↑ http://protocolfreedom.org
External links
- Array is an array Array official website.
- Interview by Groklaw
- Law is Freedom Blog, both in Italian and in English
- Profile on Fossbazaar
- IFOSS L. rev. Editorial Committee
- Interview by Roberto Galoppini (Commercial Open Source Software)
- Recommended lawyer by the FSFE's Freedom Task Force
- Interview by Linux World