ACCA’S 2003 ANNUAL MEETING CHARTING A NEW COURSE 710:Is Open OK? Managing New Open Sources, Resources, Risks, & Rules Henry W. (Hank) Jones, III Attorney Heather D. Rafter General Counsel Digidesign, a division of Avid Technology, Inc. D. C. Toedt Vice President, General Counsel, & Secretary BindView Corporation Mark H. Webbink Senior Vice President & General Counsel Red Hat, Inc. This material is protected by copyright. Copyright © 2003 various authors and the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC). Materials may not be reproduced without the consent of ACC. Reprint permission requests should be directed to James Merklinger at ACCA: 202/293-4103, ext. 326;
[email protected] ACCA’s 2003 ANNUAL MEETING CHARTING A NEW COURSE Faculty Biographies Henry W. (Hank) Jones, III Henry W. (Hank) Jones, III is an information technology lawyer and businessperson who operates both a solo law practice and a consulting practice, based in Austin, Texas. His varied roles have included commercial, licensing, and intellectual property law, open source software consultant, intermittent second-chair litigator or expert witness trainer, part-time product manager, and risk manager. He particularly works in software, e-commerce, Internet issues, networks, data, hardware, procurement, print publishing, and other markets. He assists software users, vendors, and intermediaries in open source software counseling, product planning, licensing, risk assessment, policy creation, and training. Mr. Jones formerly served as both head in-house counsel and a utility senior management infielder for QMS and Ashton-Tate and as vice president., intellectual property development for U.S. Robotics. He also worked in-house at Accenture and Arthur Andersen, handling licensing, e- commerce, Internet issues, outsourcing, alliances, systems integration, new services development, marketing, publishing, training, and other projects, and in private practice in Austin, Atlanta, and Memphis.