#mozfest Mozilla Legal Contributor Community

Hi everybody, =


Just wanted to make you all aware of a Mozilla initiative to build out a le=
gal contributor community. We're presenting a session on this topic at MozF=
est at 4pm GMT today. I've included the session description below. =


Do you know trusted lawyers who would like to help Mozilla and other Mozill=
ians in need? Please ask them to join the Mozilla Legal Community on http:/=
/lawgives.com/mozilla

Are you involved in a community project that requires legal support? We're =
here to help you, check out http://lawgives.com/mozilla

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The Mozilla project is facing legal challenges on many fronts, as are many =
in the broader Mozilla community. If you are a lawyer, you can volunteer to=
 help Mozilla. =


Mozilla and LawGives are building a community for lawyers to help the Mozil=
la project; lawyers who look to support people who make things, and who sha=
re Mozilla=92s goal of moving the world from consumption to creation.

We seek lawyers and technologists who care about innovation and creativity,=
 who want to share knowledge, thought leadership and their expertise around=
 the legal issues that Mozillians care about, free and open source software=
, copyright, patent issues, access to knowledge, privacy, and internet cens=
orship, to name a few.

Law is like the source-code for society, and in the ethos of Mozillians, yo=
u can help contribute towards making it open-source and accessible to every=
one. Together we can make, and draw upon, a collective legal intelligence f=
or Mozillians around the world.

The session will introduce a new platform that will support this movement a=
nd help explore and define the problems around each major issue from a lega=
l perspective, generate ideas, and then begin a discussion around approache=
s to how legal mechanisms, structures and leverage points can be used to br=
ing about changes in the interests of the Open Web.

The law should be accessible just like the Open Web. Join us to make it so.