Gwyn Firth Murray

I am founder and principal of the Matau Legal Group, which offers a broad range of commercial, licensing, and other legal services to both start-up and established companies in the high tech and biotech industries (see ). I also co-founded Open Bar, Inc., a not-for-profit organization focused on legal rights and responsibilities in the world of open source software. 

I have spent over twenty years working as inside and outside counsel to computer hardware, computer software and pharmaceutical companies, including Apple Computer, SGI, and Alza Corporation.  I was the first lawyer to join VA Linux Systems, Inc. as internal counsel, and served as Vice President, Legal Services for VA during its first year as a public company. After leaving VA, I went on to become Vice President and General Counsel of Kanisa Inc., a privately-held software company based in Cupertino, California, before undertaking my own law practice in 2002.

I am a graduate of Stanford University Law School, and also hold an M.A. in Latin American Studies from Stanford University. I obtained my B.A. magna cum laude and with distinction in economics from Yale College. I am fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.

Specialties: Open Source Software, Free Software, FOSS Licensing, General Corporate, Commercial Transactions, Intellectual Property Licensing, Latin American Transactions