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+# FOSDEM 2013 : Legal Issues DevRoom : CFP
+
+This is the Call for Participation in the FOSDEM 2013
+[[Legal Issues DevRoom|LegalIssuesDevRoom]]
+
+Call for Participation **DEADLINE 21 December 2012** <br>
+Submit your proposal as an email to **fosdem-legal@faif.us** (see [[example here|ExampleProposal]]).
+
+Speakers will be notified of acceptance by the end of the day US/Eastern
+on 28 December 2012.  We ask submitters to be responsive (if possible) 
+to email the week of 24 December 2012 for follow-up questions regarding 
+their proposals.  If you are not available for follow-up questions
+that week please try to submit your proposal earlier and let us know
+(so we can try to ask you any questions we may have before then).
+
+This Legal and Policy issues DevRoom is designed to cover topics of
+Free Software licensing and legal policy.  While proposals for introductory topics
+in this area are welcome, we are specifically seeking proposals on advanced
+topics in Free Software policy, licensing, trademark, patent and other legal topics.
+
+The goal for this DevRoom is to foster in-depth discussion about complex
+policy, legal and licensing issues that face the software freedom
+community today.
+
+Proposals are sought for talks, panel discussions, and guided
+discussion groups that can investigate these sorts of issues.
+
+Any proposal topic fitting the above description is welcome, but some good
+topics might include:
+
+* Copyleft vs. permissive licensing: What is a policy case for
+  copyleft?  If so what form should it take?
+
+* Copyright assignment and contributor license agreements. What are the
+  issues to consider as a project and as a developer?
+
+* Copyleft licensing models and how they relate to business
+  models.  Are there some business models that are license-permissible
+  but bad for community building?  On the other side, does your
+  license choice limit or expand your community?
+
+* Copyleft enforcement and compliance planning from a developer
+  perspective.  What is the future of GPL enforcement?  Is it working?
+  What is its impact on adoption of copyleft?
+
+* Copyleft license compatibility.  What are the challenges of code
+  base merges when various licenses are in use?  How does a
+  compatibility analysis between licenses work?
+
+* Is GPLv2-only vs. GPLv2-or-later bifurcating the copyleft
+  communities?
+
+Each talk will only be 40 minutes, and 5 minutes reserved for Q&A,
+although shorter talks with longer Q&A are encouraged.  It is highly
+advisible to define a set of terms and create a set of links giving
+background information to your subject.  Attendees will be encouraged to
+review this prerequisite material to be well prepared to jump right in to
+your material.
+
+It is highly unlikely that video gear will be available to cover this
+event, but all talks will be recorded on audio.  Please indicate in your
+submission if you are willing to be recorded on video and/or audio, and
+if you're willing to license those recordings CC-By-SA-USA 3.0.
+
+For more background on the [[Legal Issues DevRoom|LegalIssuesDevRoom]] 
+please check out this archived latest [[Free as in Freedom oggcast|/tmarble/posts/You_are_going_to_find_yourself_immersed_in_legal_issues]].
+