X-Git-Url: http://info9.net/gitweb/?p=wiki.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=tmarble%2Fposts%2FLegal_Issues_at_FOSDEM_2014.mdwn;fp=tmarble%2Fposts%2FLegal_Issues_at_FOSDEM_2014.mdwn;h=ad1025b88bab0448eb66f6044ec9d9b1686c1279;hp=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hb=25f37f45c25c5659d9a3608776e0fa9ca77c74cd;hpb=19a415cc5d45e990f04b5eafac364423cb50fee1 diff --git a/tmarble/posts/Legal_Issues_at_FOSDEM_2014.mdwn b/tmarble/posts/Legal_Issues_at_FOSDEM_2014.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ad1025b --- /dev/null +++ b/tmarble/posts/Legal_Issues_at_FOSDEM_2014.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +# Legal Issues at FOSDEM 2014 + +I'm very pleased to announce the [Call For Participation][cfp] for the +[FOSDEM 2014][fosdem] Legal Issues DevRoom. + +This is the third year that I've been lucky enough to collaborate +with some leading practitioners of Free Software and Open Source +licensing and community leadership to organize this intense event +on the topic of what makes FLOSS possible and what are the key +issues facing FLOSS today. I'm joined by my friends [Karen Sandler][karen], +[Bradley Kuhn][bkuhn], and [Richard Fontana][fontana]. + +I have been fascinated by the intersection of law and technology +because it is the clever use of copyright that makes Free, Libre +and Open Source Software possible. We hope to stimulate discussion +on topics such as: + +* Copyleft vs. permissive licensing: What is a policy case for copyleft? + If so what form should it take? +* How is software freedom important in ensuring privacy and security? +* What defines a Free Software and/or Open Source project? +* Do traditional Free Software values face some level of cooption + from for-profit corporate interest? If so, how? +* 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? +* Eroding software freedom in the proliferation of closed computing devices + such as mobile phones and tablets +* 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? +* How does the 'so-called' software patent war impact Free Software and Open Source? +* 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? + +Please submit your talk idea before December 1st and plan to join us in Brussels on February 1st and 2nd! + +* [Legal Issues at FOSDEM 2013][legal2013] +* [Legal Issues at FOSDEM 2012][legal2012] + + + +A Big glass of Belgian beer + + +[fosdem]: https://fosdem.org/ +[cfp]: https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2013-November/001875.html +[karen]: http://blogs.gnome.org/gnomg/ +[bkuhn]: http://ebb.org/bkuhn/ +[fontana]: https://archive.fosdem.org/2013/schedule/speaker/richard_fontana/ +[legal2013]: https://archive.fosdem.org/2013/schedule/track/legal_issues/ +[legal2012]: https://archive.fosdem.org/2012/schedule/track/legal_issues_devroom.html + +[[!tag fosdem 2014]]