Moglen Resigns from the Free Software Foundation

Eben Moglen, Free Software Foundation general counsel and founder of the Software Freedom Law Center, is stepping down from his position on the FSF's board of directors. Moglen explains his decision (eloquently, as always) on his blog. Now that he and the FSF team have finished work on the GPLv3,he feels it's the right time to move on:

In particular, it's time for me to leave the board of directors of the Free Software Foundation, where I've been since 2000. FSF is in great shape under the continued leadership of Richard Stallman and his executive director, Peter Brown. Completing GPLv3 successfully underlines the credibility with which FSF combines the most uncompromising principle with the depth of knowledge and experience needed to build broad coalitions in our community. Leaving is always hard, but there couldn't be a more appropriate or less disruptive time.

Moglen plans to spend more time working with the SFLC. He's also going back to Columbia University to teach and to write. If he plans on churning out more articles as thought-provoking and awesome as "The dotCommunist Manifesto," then more power to him.

[via Slashdot]