Summary
Edward Barrow is a retired copyright and licensing specialist and self-taught Java web developer who blends 11 years of hands-on software consulting with decades of IP policy and licensing practice. He has led collective licence negotiation, copyright litigation support and fair-licensing initiatives while also architecting Social Market Network web applications and advocating open source, Linux use, corporate transparency and strong individual privacy. Based in London, he combines a PGDip in Intellectual Property Law from Queen Mary and an MA from Cambridge with practical experience as a consultant and director, including founding a gluten-free bakery. Equally comfortable drafting licences or shipping Java web apps, he describes himself as a 60-year-old hacker who still codes for fun, bringing a pragmatic, rights-aware perspective to technology and policy intersections.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
MA, Land Economy, MA, Land Economy at University of Cambridge
PG Diploma, Intellectual Property Law, PG Diploma, Intellectual Property Law at Queen Mary University of London
English, French