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Bradley Kuhn (bkuhn) - 10 years ago 2014-03-24 09:10:15
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Wrote a number of slides quickly.

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 # Why Listen To Us?
 + FSF: Understanding the purpose and intent of the GPL.
 + Conservancy &amp; FSF:
     + both enforce the GPL.
     + if your client violates, you will hear from one of us.
 + Such access to drafters, interpreters, enforcers is likely highly unique.
 + Someday, someone in this room may (or already has) sit across the table
   from you in negotiations.
 + Our transparency does make your job easier.
 # The Mindset of GPL
 + GPL protects software freedom.
 + Ultimate goal: make sure every user has the four freedoms.
 + Freedom to run the software.
 + Freedom to study and modify the software.
 + Freedom to share the software.
 + Freedom to distribute modified versions.
 + Every clause in GPL was designed to uphold one of these freedoms.
      + Or, it's a compromise of drafting in adoption vs. freedom debate.
 # Using Copyright
 + GPL is primarily a copyright license.
 + Software is copyrighted.
 + License grants key freedoms.
 + Requirement prohibit activities that take away freedoms.
 + General concept: copyleft.
 + Specific implementation: GPL
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 > an original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression &hellip;  from which they can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated, either directly or with the aid of a machine or device
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  &mdash; 17 USC \S~102
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