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Bradley M. Kuhn 91949d215d How this hour will go.
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% Brief Introduction to the GNU General Public License % Bradley M. Kuhn % Monday 24 March 2014

IANAL

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My Affiliations

  • Formerly had John's job, Executive Director of FSF, years ago.

  • Currently: on Board of Directors of FSF.

  • President of Software Freedom Conservancy.

How These Orgs Relate to GPL?

  • FSF

    • Invented copyleft.
    • Authors & stewards of the GPL.
    • Holder of copyrights on many key GNU programs …
    • … and therefore enforcers of those copyrights.

  • Software Freedom Conservancy

    • Adviser on legal issues of copyright, etc. to Free Software projects.
    • Holder of some copyrights on its member projects.
    • Enforcer of GPL on behalf of many copyright holders in:
    • BusyBox, Samba, Mercurial, and the kernel named Linux.

Why Listen To Us?

  • FSF: Understanding the purpose and intent of the GPL.

  • Conservancy & FSF:

    • both enforce the GPL.
    • if your client violates, you will hear from us.

How this Hour Will Go?

  • Materials presented will mix the simple & complex.

  • We cannot possible cover the entire GPL in one hour.

  • Discuss: motivations, origins, then a few of GPL's sections.