Orcro is sponsoring the ‘Press Room’ at the inaugural State of Open Con
Moorcrofts sister company and leading open source compliance company, Orcro is proudly sponsoring the ‘Press Room’ at the first annual State of Open Con 2023, taking place on February 7-8, 2023 at Queen Elizabeth II Centre, Parliament Square in London....
Andrew Katz co-authors paper on using a SaaS Solution in the Public Sector
Renowned technology lawyer, expert speaker and author, Andrew Katz has co-authored the newly published paper – “Data processing and maintenance in different jurisdictions when using a SaaS Solution in a public sector organisation”, alongside Björn Lundell, Jonas Gamalielsson and Mathias...
OpenChain UK Work Group January 2023 Meeting
We’re delighted to announce the details for the next meeting of the OpenChain UK workgroup: Date: 26th January 2023 Time: 15:00 - 17:00 Venue: The offices of Analog Devices in Hayes, West London (near Heathrow) at the Old Vinyl Factory,... Andrew Katz named as top 100 influencer by OpenUK
Moorcroft’s Head of Technology and IP and CEO of Orcro, Andrew Katz has been named on OpenUK’s 2023 New Year’s Honours List. The New Year’s Honours List is a British tradition, marking the achievement of extraordinary people in the UK....
Andrew Katz to speak at OpenAtom Global Open Source Summit
Moorcrofts Joint Managing Partner and Head of Technology, Andrew Katz will speak at the 2022 OpenAtom Global Open Source Summit, taking place in Beijing from 27 to 29 July, 2022. Hosted and organised by OpenAtom Foundation, the three day summit...
Andrew Katz won the ‘Community Driver’ Award at the Open Compliance Summit...
Moorcroft’s Joint Managing Partner and Head of Technology and CEO of Orcro, Andrew Katz was awarded the ‘Community Driver’ Award at the Open Compliance Summit 2021. The award, which is presented annually at the end of the summit, highlights and...
The EU Open Source Policy Summit 2022
Following the release of the EU study on the impact of open source software and hardware on the EU economy, where our Joint Managing Partner and Head of Tech and IP, Andrew Katz led the Open Hardware section and co-authored...
Andrew Katz to speak at The Institute for Ethical AI event
Our Joint Managing Partner and Head of Technology, Andrew Katz will speak at The Institute for Ethical AI event - AI and Data Analytics: Responsible Adoption in Disruptive Markets, taking place at Oxford Brookes University on Thursday 2nd December, 6-8pm. The...
Moorcrofts Highly Commended in The Lawyer Awards 2021
Leading Corporate and Technology Law firm, Moorcrofts LLP is delighted to announce that it has been Highly Commended in The Lawyer Awards 2021, in the Boutique Firm of the Year category. The Lawyer Awards is the leading awards initiative within...
OpenChain UK Work Group’s September Meeting Announced
The OpenChain UK Work Group’s next meeting is being held via Zoom on Thursday 30 September from 14:00 – 15:30 BST. A full agenda will be launched prior to the meeting, which will be an interactive session with plenty of…
Historic FSF projects no longer require copyright in code contributions to be...
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has in the past previously required developers working on projects such as GCC (the Gnu Compiler Collection) to assign its copyrights to the FSF. The logic is that this does make enforcement easier against people…