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The GNU General Public License for Developers and Businesspeople
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This tutorial gives a section-by-section explanation of the most popular
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Free Software copyright license, the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL),
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and teaches software developers, managers and businesspeople how to use
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the GPL and GPL'ed software successfully in new Free Software business and
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in existing, successful enterprises.
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Attendees should have a general familiarity with software development
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processes. A vague understanding of how copyright law applies to software
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is also helpful. The tutorial is of most interest to software developers
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and managers who run software businesses that modify and/or redistribute
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software under terms of the GNU GPL (or who wish to do so in the future),
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and those who wish to make use of existing GPL'ed software in their
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enterprise.
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This is not a legal tutorial. By contrast, it explains the GNU GPL to
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professionals who are not well versed in the details of copyright law.
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Presented by a software developer and manager, this tutorial informs
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non-lawyers who wish to have a deeper understanding of how the GNU GPL
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uses copyright law to protect software freedom and to assist in the
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formation of Free Software businesses.
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Upon completion of the tutorial, successful attendees can expect to have
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learned:
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* the freedom-defending purpose of each term of the GNU GPL
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* the redistribution options under the GPL
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* the obligations when modifying GPL'ed software
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* how to properly apply the GPL to a new software
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* how to build a plan for proper and successful compliance with the GPL
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* the business advantages that the GPL provides
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* the most common business models used in conjunction with the GPL
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* how existing GPL'ed software can be used in existing enterprises
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The full tutorial take three hours, with time for plenty of questions and
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two fifteen minute breaks. An abbreviated one-hour talk that introduces
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the the issues covered in the full tutorial is also an option.
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