[Discussioni]Fwd: [GNU/FSF Press] FSF To Host Free Software Licensing Seminars and Discussions on SCO v. IBM in New York

[Alessandro Rubini]

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> From: "Bradley M. Kuhn" <commincation a fsf.org>
> To: info-press a fsf.org
> Subject: [GNU/FSF Press] FSF To Host Free Software Licensing Seminars and
> Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2004 14:21:47 -0500
>
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>                FSF To Host Free Software Licensing Seminars
>                 and Discussions on SCO v. IBM in New York
> 
> Boston, MA, USA - Friday, January 2, 2004 - The Free Software Foundation
> (FSF) will host two seminars on Free Software Licensing and the GNU GPL
> and a series of conversations with Professor Eben Moglen on the SCO
> v. IBM lawsuit.  These events will take place at Columbia Law School
> in New York City on January 20 and 21, 2004.
> 
> In the last few months, the Santa Cruz Organization Group (SCO) has been
> sowing confusion and misinformation regarding the validity of the GNU
> General Public License (GPL) as part of their strategy to extort money
> from users of the kernel named Linux, which is licensed under FSF's GPL.
> These seminars and discussions will present the facts about the license
> from FSF, its creators, who authored the license in 1989.  Today, the GNU
> GPL is the most popular and widely used Free Software copyright license.
> 
> The seminars will provide detailed study and analysis of the GPL,
> review GPL enforcement cases handled by FSF's GPL Compliance Laboratory,
> and consider legal ethics in Free Software Licensing.  Daniel Ravicher,
> Senior Counsel to FSF, and Bradley M. Kuhn, Executive Director of FSF,
> will lead the seminars.
> 
> The first seminar, "Detailed Study and Analysis of GPL and LGPL",
> held on January 20, 2004, will give a section-by-section explanation
> of the GPL, and will educate lawyers, software developers, managers and
> business people on how to use the GPL (and GPL'd software) successfully
> in new Free Software businesses and in existing, successful enterprises.
> 
> The second seminar, "GPL Compliance Case Studies and Legal Ethics in
> Free Software Licensing" held on January 21, 2004, will present the
> details of a few different GPL compliance cases handled by FSF's GPL
> Compliance Laboratory.  Each case offers unique insights into problems
> that arise when the terms of the GPL are not properly followed, and how
> diplomatic negotiation between the violator and the copyright holder can
> yield positive results for both parties. This seminar also includes a
> unit on the ethical considerations for attorneys who want to represent
> clients that make, use, or sell Free Software products.
> 
> FSF will also host "SCO Without Fear", a series of two lunchtime
> conversations with Professor Eben Moglen, who serves on FSF's Board
> and as its General Counsel.  He will discuss the SCO v. IBM lawsuit
> and SCO's attacks on Free Software, and their implications for the
> development and use of Free Software.  Some of Prof. Moglen's
> earlier writings on the SCO v. IBM lawsuit can be found at
> http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/sco/sco.html.  These conversations will
> also be held on January 20-21, 2004 at Columbia University in New York.
> 
> More details about these events are available at
> http://www.fsf.org/licenses/NYC_Seminars_Jan2004.html.
> 
> 
> About Free Software Foundation:
> 
> The Free Software Foundation, founded in 1985, is dedicated to promoting
> computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute
> computer programs.  The FSF promotes the development and use of Free
> (as in freedom) Software - particularly the GNU operating system and
> its GNU/Linux variants - and Free Documentation for Free Software.
> The FSF also helps to spread awareness of the ethical and political
> issues of freedom in the use of software.  Their web site, located
> at http://www.fsf.org, is an important source of information about
> GNU/Linux. They are headquartered in Boston, MA, USA.
> 
> 
> About Eben Moglen:
> 
> Eben Moglen is Professor of Law and Legal History at the Columbia Law
> School, where he has taught since 1987. He clerked for Judge Edward
> Weinfeld of the United State District Court for the Southern District
> of New York and for Justice Thurgood Marshall of the United States
> Supreme Court. Before and during law school he was a designer and
> implementer of advanced computer programming languages at IBM's Santa
> Teresa Laboratory and Thomas J. Watson Research Center. His principal
> areas of interest are Anglo American legal history, constitutional law,
> computers and free expression, and intellectual property. Since 1993,
> he has served as pro bono General Counsel for the Foundation and has
> served on its board since July 2000.
> 
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