Amanda Brock has been General Counsel of Canonical – the commercial sponsor of the Open Source Operating Platform, Ubuntu – since 2008. She is a lawyer with over 15 years experience of commercial and IT law, more than 10 of these years being in house working in various organisations including as European Manager at DSG International (Europe’s biggest computer retailer) and UK Legal Director with Aramark. Whilst working for DSGi she was the first lawyer at the ISP, Freeserve and as a member of the management team, dealt with all legal aspects of the set up and operation of the business through to its IPO in 1999. During her time in private practice Amanda was seconded to General Motors where she advised on commercial, marketing and e-commerce matters.Amanda gained a masters degree (LLM) with merit in Intellectual Property and IT Law at Queen Mary and Westfield college, University of London (1999) and a Masters in Comparative Jurisprudence (MCJ) from New York University (1992- Rotary International Scholarship). Having studied for her first degree, LLB (Hons) at the University of Glasgow, Amanda is admitted in both England and Scotland as a solicitor. She has lectured extensively internationally in businesses, conferences and universities, has published many articles relating to, commercial, e-commerce and IP law and is the author of the book “E-business — the practical guide to the laws” 2nd edition,2008 (Spiramus). She was a member of the editorial Board of Butterworth Tolley’s journal, “Electronic Business Law” from 2000–2007 and is a founding editor of the International Free and Open Source Law Review in 2009. She is an active participant in the FSFE’s European Legal Network, is one of the co-authors of its Contract Risk Grid and is leading the FOSS Contribution Agreement Standardisation Project Harmony.