Copyleft/guide Changeset - 33aad22f7c15

Changeset - 33aad22f7c15

Parent rev.

Child rev.

[Not reviewed]

0 1 0

Bradley Kuhn (bkuhn) - 10 years ago 2014-03-24 09:23:24
bkuhn@ebb.org

Write a few more slides.

1 file changed with 25 insertions and 0 deletions:

presentations/1hr-GPL/1hr-GPL.markdown

0 comments (0 inline, 0 general)

presentations/1hr-GPL/1hr-GPL.markdown

➞

Show inline comments

@@ ... / @@ -99,48 +99,73 @@ @@
 + 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.
 <hr/>
 <span class="fitonslide">
 > 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
 <p align=right>
  &mdash; 17 USC \S~102
 </p>
 </span>
 # Conditional Permissions
 + A copyleft license grants copyright permissions, conditionally.
 + Think of the phrase: &ldquo;provided that&rdquo;
 + &ldquo;provided that&rdquo;: appears (in some form) only
 + 4 times in GPLv2
 + 9 times in GPLv3.
 # Compare To Proprietary Licenses
 + Yes, the GPL has its requirements.
 + But *none* of these activities are ever permitted under proprietary
   licenses.
 + If you don't like what the GPL requires you to do, then just tell your
   client to use the proprietary software instead.
 + That way, they know the answer to every question is &ldquo;no&;rdquo,
 + rather than: &ldquo;yes, but only as long as you &hellip;&rdquo;

0 comments (0 inline, 0 general)