2014-03-24 08:34:31 +00:00
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% Brief Introduction to the GNU General Public License
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% Bradley M. Kuhn
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% Monday 24 March 2014
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# IANAL
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<cite>IANAL</cite>
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2014-03-24 08:36:55 +00:00
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# My Affiliations
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+ Formerly had John's job, Executive Director of FSF, years ago.
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+ Currently: on Board of Directors of FSF.
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+ President of Software Freedom Conservancy.
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2014-03-24 08:42:36 +00:00
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# How These Orgs Relate to GPL?
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+ FSF
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2014-03-24 08:45:59 +00:00
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+ Invented copyleft.
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2014-03-24 08:42:36 +00:00
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+ Authors & stewards of the GPL.
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+ Holder of copyrights on many key GNU programs …
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+ … and therefore enforcers of those copyrights.
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+ Software Freedom Conservancy
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+ Adviser on legal issues of copyright, etc. to Free Software projects.
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+ Holder of some copyrights on its member projects.
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+ Enforcer of GPL on behalf of many copyright holders in:
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+ BusyBox, Samba, Mercurial, and the kernel named Linux.
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2014-03-24 08:46:12 +00:00
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# Why Listen To Us?
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+ FSF: Understanding the purpose and intent of the GPL.
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+ Conservancy & FSF:
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+ both enforce the GPL.
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+ if your client violates, you will hear from us.
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2014-03-24 08:46:51 +00:00
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# How this Hour Will Go?
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+ Materials presented will mix the simple & complex.
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+ We cannot possible cover the entire GPL in one hour.
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+ Discuss: motivations, origins, then a few of GPL's sections.
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2014-03-24 08:49:56 +00:00
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# A Restaurant's Lawyer?
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+ Considering why you want to learn this.
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+ What if your client was a restaurant?
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+ What would you want to need to know?
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# Restaurant Lawyer: What'd You Study?
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+ If you were a restaurant's lawyer:
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+ Probably three areas of law you'd focus on:
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+ building codes.
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+ health and safety regulations.
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+ tax regulations.
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+ Who would want to hear from?
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