<s>
Groklaw	B-Application
is	O
a	O
website	O
that	O
covered	O
legal	O
news	O
of	O
interest	O
to	O
the	O
free	B-Application
and	I-Application
open	I-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Started	O
as	O
a	O
law	O
blog	O
on	O
May	O
16	O
,	O
2003	O
by	O
paralegal	O
Pamela	O
Jones	O
(	O
"	O
PJ	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
it	O
covered	O
issues	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
SCO-Linux	O
lawsuits	O
,	O
the	O
EU	O
antitrust	O
case	O
against	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
standardization	B-Architecture
of	I-Architecture
Office	I-Architecture
Open	I-Architecture
XML	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jones	O
described	O
Groklaw	B-Application
as	O
"	O
a	O
place	O
where	O
lawyers	O
and	O
geeks	O
could	O
explain	O
things	O
to	O
each	O
other	O
and	O
work	O
together	O
,	O
so	O
they	O
'd	O
understand	O
each	O
other	O
's	O
work	O
better	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
name	O
derives	O
from	O
"	O
grok	B-Language
"	O
,	O
roughly	O
meaning	O
"	O
to	O
understand	O
completely	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
previously	O
entered	O
geek	O
slang	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
topics	O
covered	O
included	O
software	O
patents	O
,	O
DMCA	O
,	O
the	O
actions	O
of	O
the	O
RIAA	O
against	O
alleged	O
illegal	O
file	O
sharers	O
,	O
and	O
actions	O
against	O
free	B-Application
and	O
open	B-Application
software	I-Application
such	O
as	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
Linux	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
article	O
was	O
entitled	O
The	O
Grokster	B-Protocol
Decision	O
–	O
Ode	O
To	O
Thomas	O
Jefferson	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
about	O
the	O
effect	O
of	O
P2P	O
on	O
the	O
music	O
industry	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
recent	O
(	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
)	O
court	O
decision	O
in	O
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	O
Studios	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
et	O
al.	O
,	O
Plaintiffs	O
,	O
vs.	O
Grokster	B-Protocol
,	O
Ltd.	O
,	O
et	O
al.	O
,	O
Defendants	O
,	O
by	O
Judge	O
Steven	O
Wilson	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
the	O
defendants	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
covered	O
the	O
previous	O
Napster	B-Application
decision	O
,	O
and	O
why	O
it	O
was	O
different	O
,	O
causing	O
Napster	B-Application
to	O
be	O
shut	O
down	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
article	O
included	O
a	O
quote	O
from	O
Thomas	O
Jefferson	O
and	O
references	O
to	O
David	O
Boies	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
Napster	B-Application
's	O
attorney	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
blog	O
soon	O
became	O
popular	O
with	O
the	O
Free	B-Application
Software	I-Application
and	O
Open	B-License
Source	I-License
communities	O
and	O
others	O
,	O
and	O
attracted	O
a	O
community	O
of	O
volunteers	O
and	O
commenters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
popularity	O
caused	O
it	O
to	O
outgrow	O
Radio	B-Protocol
Userland	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
on	O
November	O
22	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
the	O
standalone	O
Groklaw	B-Application
website	O
,	O
hosted	O
by	O
ibiblio	O
and	O
running	O
Geeklog	B-Protocol
software	O
,	O
was	O
up	O
and	O
running	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
issues	O
were	O
explored	O
,	O
including	O
intellectual	O
property	O
and	O
patent	O
issues	O
(	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
IP	O
claims	O
against	O
Linux	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
drafting	O
of	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
version	I-License
3	I-License
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Groklaw	B-Application
was	O
known	O
for	O
its	O
contributors	O
 '	O
ability	O
to	O
explain	O
complex	O
legal	O
issues	O
in	O
simple	O
terms	O
and	O
the	O
research	O
used	O
in	O
putting	O
together	O
articles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Members	O
of	O
the	O
Groklaw	B-Application
community	O
attended	O
court	O
hearings	O
and	O
interviewed	O
movers	O
and	O
shakers	O
in	O
the	O
software/IP	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
enabled	O
Groklaw	B-Application
to	O
solicit	O
guest	O
commentary	O
on	O
issues	O
such	O
as	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
topics	O
included	O
later	O
lawsuits	O
by	O
The	O
SCO	O
Group	O
against	O
Daimler	O
Chrysler	O
,	O
Autozone	O
,	O
and	O
Novell	O
,	O
the	O
countersuit	O
by	O
Red	O
Hat	O
,	O
and	O
their	O
implications	O
and	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
attempt	O
to	O
fast	O
track	O
OOXML	B-Operating_System
as	O
an	O
International	O
Organization	O
for	O
Standardization	O
(	O
ISO	O
)	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Groklaw	B-Application
was	O
cited	O
by	O
the	O
attorneys	O
for	O
several	O
firms	O
in	O
law	O
journal	O
articles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2009	O
–	O
Top	O
200	O
Tech	O
Blogs	O
:	O
The	O
Datamation	O
2009	O
List	O
"	O
The	O
famed	O
Groklaw	B-Application
is	O
still	O
going	O
strong	O
,	O
far	O
past	O
the	O
SCO	O
case	O
that	O
first	O
brought	O
the	O
blog	O
to	O
prominence.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Groklaw	B-Application
was	O
the	O
personal	O
creation	O
of	O
Jones	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
published	O
articles	O
(	O
both	O
news	O
and	O
opinion	O
)	O
from	O
a	O
self-described	O
pro-FOSS	O
,	O
anti-FUD	O
perspective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
high	O
regard	O
of	O
Jones	O
 '	O
peer	O
journalists	O
and	O
the	O
Linux	O
community	O
(	O
or	O
possibly	O
in	O
part	O
because	O
of	O
it	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
prominent	O
attacks	O
against	O
Groklaw	B-Application
and	O
Jones	O
occurred	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
attacks	O
were	O
documented	O
and	O
addressed	O
in	O
detail	O
,	O
on	O
Groklaw	B-Application
and	O
other	O
web	O
sites	O
and	O
also	O
in	O
court	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
SCO	O
litigation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
an	O
SCO	O
conference	O
call	O
on	O
April	O
13	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
McBride	O
said	O
,	O
"	O
The	O
reality	O
is	O
the	O
web	O
site	O
is	O
full	O
of	O
misinformation	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
people	O
who	O
are	O
actually	O
running	O
it	O
"	O
when	O
talking	O
about	O
Groklaw	B-Application
,	O
adding	O
also	O
"	O
What	O
I	O
would	O
say	O
is	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
what	O
it	O
is	O
purported	O
to	O
be	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
McBride	O
claimed	O
that	O
SCO	O
owned	O
the	O
copyrights	O
to	O
UNIX	B-Application
,	O
and	O
SCO	O
filed	O
suit	O
to	O
try	O
to	O
enforce	O
these	O
claims	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Professor	O
Randall	O
Davis	O
of	O
MIT	O
later	O
made	O
a	O
convincing	O
demonstration	O
that	O
there	O
were	O
no	O
elements	O
of	O
UNIX	B-Application
which	O
might	O
be	O
copyright	O
protectable	O
present	O
in	O
the	O
Linux	O
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anticipating	O
further	O
legal	O
threats	O
against	O
GNU	O
,	O
Linux	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
community	O
,	O
Jones	O
launched	O
Grokline	O
,	O
a	O
Unix	B-Application
ownership	O
timeline	O
project	O
,	O
in	O
May	O
,	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
notable	O
result	O
of	O
the	O
Groklaw/Grokline	O
effort	O
was	O
obtaining	O
and	O
publishing	O
the	O
1994	O
settlement	O
in	O
USL	B-Operating_System
v	I-Operating_System
.	I-Operating_System
BSDi	I-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
for	O
over	O
a	O
decade	O
had	O
been	O
sealed	O
by	O
the	O
parties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
document	O
was	O
obtained	O
through	O
a	O
California	O
freedom	O
of	O
information	O
statute	O
(	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
California	O
,	O
being	O
a	O
publicly	O
funded	O
institution	O
,	O
is	O
required	O
by	O
law	O
to	O
make	O
almost	O
all	O
of	O
its	O
documents	O
public	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
settlement	O
answered	O
many	O
questions	O
as	O
to	O
the	O
ownership	O
of	O
the	O
Unix	B-Application
intellectual	O
property	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Linux	O
documentation	O
project	O
Grokdoc	B-Application
wiki	O
was	O
started	O
in	O
2004	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
stated	O
goal	O
"	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
useful	O
manual	O
on	O
basic	O
tasks	O
that	O
new	O
users	O
will	O
find	O
simple	O
and	O
clear	O
and	O
easy	O
to	O
follow.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Groklaw	B-Application
extensively	O
covered	O
patent	O
problems	O
with	O
software	O
and	O
hardware	O
,	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
DMCA	O
against	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
ideals	O
,	O
Open	O
standards	O
,	O
DRM	O
,	O
GPLv3	O
,	O
and	O
published	O
The	O
Daemon	O
,	O
the	O
GNU	O
&	O
the	O
Penguin	O
,	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
articles	O
by	O
Peter	O
Salus	O
covering	O
the	O
history	O
of	O
Unix	B-Application
,	O
Linux	O
and	O
the	O
GNU	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
covered	O
the	O
Oracle	B-Language
v	I-Language
.	I-Language
Google	I-Language
in	O
which	O
Oracle	B-Application
alleged	O
that	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
Android	I-Application
platform	O
infringed	O
copyrights	O
and	O
patents	O
related	O
to	O
Java	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2009	O
,	O
Groklaw	B-Application
entered	O
a	O
second	O
phase	O
,	O
focusing	O
on	O
consolidation	O
and	O
cleanup	O
of	O
the	O
legal	O
history	O
collected	O
on	O
the	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2010	O
,	O
Groklaw	B-Application
was	O
selected	O
by	O
the	O
Library	O
of	O
Congress	O
for	O
its	O
web	O
archival	O
project	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
category	O
of	O
Legal	O
Blogs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
9	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
Jones	O
announced	O
that	O
Groklaw	B-Application
would	O
stop	O
publishing	O
new	O
articles	O
on	O
May	O
16	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
its	O
8th	O
anniversary	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
had	O
accomplished	O
its	O
original	O
mission	O
of	O
revealing	O
the	O
truth	O
behind	O
the	O
SCO	O
lawsuits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Subsequent	O
to	O
this	O
decision	O
,	O
new	O
patent	O
and	O
copyright	O
based	O
attacks	O
on	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
led	O
to	O
Jones	O
resuming	O
an	O
editorial	O
role	O
,	O
and	O
along	O
with	O
Mark	O
Webbink	O
she	O
moderated	O
and	O
edited	O
the	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
20	O
,	O
2013	O
a	O
final	O
article	O
appeared	O
on	O
Groklaw	B-Application
,	O
explaining	O
that	O
due	O
to	O
pervasive	O
government	O
monitoring	O
of	O
the	O
Internet	O
,	O
there	O
could	O
no	O
longer	O
be	O
an	O
expectation	O
of	O
the	O
sort	O
of	O
privacy	O
online	O
that	O
was	O
necessary	O
to	O
collaborate	O
on	O
sensitive	O
topics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jones	O
wrote	O
"	O
I	O
ca	O
n't	O
do	O
Groklaw	B-Application
without	O
your	O
input	O
....	O
and	O
there	O
is	O
now	O
no	O
private	O
way	O
,	O
evidently	O
,	O
to	O
collaborate.	O
"	O
</s>
