Carlo Piana

Not to be confused with Brazilian musician Carlo Pianta.

Carlo Piana

Born|  (1968-09-25) 25 September 1968 (age 55)

Omegna (VB), Italy

Nationality| Italian
Occupation(s)| 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 served 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 has been a member of the board of the Open Source Initiative since 2022.[7][8]

In 2008 he established a freelance consulting practice on IT law, where he leads a small group of IT lawyers named Array.[9]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Areas of practice". Piana.eu. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
2. ^ Kanter, James (29 April 2006). "Band of Activists in Europe Holds the Line in the Case Against Microsoft". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 March 2019 - via NYTimes.com.
3. ^ Voice, European (21 May 2008). "Microsoft's new battle with old enemy". POLITICO. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
4. ^ "Mr Carlo Piana, Europe's Free Software legal hero, joins as Oracle co-counsel - OpenLife.cc". openlife.cc. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
5. ^ "Groklaw - Reasons I Believe the Community Should Support the Oracle-Sun Deal - Updated 3Xs". www.groklaw.net. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
6. ^ "International Free and Open Source Software Law Review". ifosslr.org. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
7. ^ "Open Source Initiative". opensource.org. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
8. ^ "OSI Board Elections Results". opensource.org. 21 March 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
9. ^ "Home". Array.eu. Retrieved 23 May 2022.

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* Array is an array Array official website
* [1] 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 Archived 2008-10-07 at the Wayback Machine

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* VIAF

National|

* Italy