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Bradley Kuhn (bkuhn) - 10 years ago 2014-03-24 09:10:15
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 % Brief Introduction to the GNU General Public License
 % Bradley M. Kuhn
 % Monday 24 March 2014
 # IANAL
 <cite>IANAL</cite>
 # 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 &amp; stewards of the GPL.
     + Holder of copyrights on many key GNU programs &hellip;
     + &hellip; 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.
 # How this Hour Will Go?
 + Materials presented will mix the simple &amp; complex.
 + We cannot possibly cover the entire GPL in one hour.
 + Discuss: motivations, origins, then a few of GPL's sections.
 + I understand the mix of backgrounds in the audience.
 # A Restaurant's Lawyer?
 + Considering why you want to learn this.
 + What if your client was a restaurant?
 + What would you want to need to know?
 # Restaurant Lawyer: What'd You Study?
 + If you were a restaurant's lawyer:
 + Probably three areas of law you'd focus on:
      + building codes.
      + health and safety regulations.
      + tax regulations.
 + Who would want to hear from?
 # Restaurant Lawyer: What'd You Study?
 + Figure out the motivations behind the building code:
       + What parts are arcane and less important to inspectors?
       + How do inspections work?
       + What are the penalties?
 + Figure out the same for health &amp; safety:
       + Who inspects, and when?
       + What's the health code say, and what checklist do inspectors use?
 + Is there any way the two interrelate?
 + Who is in charge of all this?
 + What was the purpose and intent of these regulations?
 # 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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