diff --git a/enforcement-case-studies.tex b/enforcement-case-studies.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f2e1f87f65d924699b48ae7a7ad5512b9f37a533 --- /dev/null +++ b/enforcement-case-studies.tex @@ -0,0 +1,143 @@ +% case-study-ethics.tex -*- LaTeX -*- + +% Tutorial Text for GPL Compliance Case Studies +% and Legal Ethics in Free Software Licensing +% +% Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + +% Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire document is permitted in +% any medium, provided this notice is preserved. + +\documentclass[12pt]{report} +% FILTER_PS: \input{generate-ps-file} +% FILTER_PDF: \input{generate-pdf-file} +% FILTER_HTML: \input{generate-html-file} +\input{one-inch-margins} + +%\setlength\parskip{0.7em} +%\setlength\parindent{0pt} + +\newcommand{\defn}[1]{\emph{#1}} + +%\pagestyle{empty} + +\begin{document} + +\begin{titlepage} + + +\begin{center} + +\vspace{.5in} + +{\Large {\sc GPL Compliance Case Studies and Legal Ethics in Free Software + Licensing } \\ + +\vspace{.7in} + +Sponsored by the Free Software Foundation \\ + + +\vspace{.3in} + +Columbia Law School, New York, NY, USA \\ +\vspace{.1in} +Wednesday 21 January 2003 +} + +\vspace{.7in} + +{\large +Bradley M. Kuhn + +Executive Director + +Free Software Foundation +} + +\vspace{.3in} + + +{\large +Daniel Ravicher + +Senior Counsel + +Free Software Foundation +} + +\end{center} + +\vfill + +{\parindent 0in +Copyright \copyright{} 2004 \hspace{.2in} Free Software Foundation, Inc. + +\vspace{.3in} + +Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire document is permitted in +any medium, provided this notice is preserved. +} + +\end{titlepage} + +\pagestyle{plain} +\pagenumbering{roman} + +\begin{abstract} + + +This one-day course presents the details of five different GPL compliance +cases handled by FSF's GPL Compliance Laboratory. Each case offers unique +insights into problems that can arise when the terms of GPL are not +properly followed, and how diplomatic negotiation between the violator and +the copyright holder can yield positive results for both parties. + +This course also includes a unit on the ethical considerations for +attorneys who want to represent clients that make use of or sell Free +Software products. + +Attendees should have successfully completely the course, a ``Detailed +Study and Analysis of GPL and LGPL'', as the material from that course +forms the building blocks for this material. + +The course is of most interest to lawyers who have clients or employers +that deal with Free Software on a regular basis. However, technical +managers and executives whose businesses use or distribute Free Software +will also find the course very helpful. + +\end{abstract} + +\tableofcontents + +\pagebreak + +\pagenumbering{arabic} + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +\chapter{Overview of FSF's GPL Compliance Lab} + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +\chapter{Case Study A} + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +\chapter{Case Study B} + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +\chapter{Case Study C} + + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +\chapter{Case Study D} + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +\chapter{Good Practices for Compliance} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +\chapter{Ethical Considerations for the Attorney Practicing Free Software} + +\end{document} + +% LocalWords: proprietarize redistributors sublicense yyyy Gnomovision EULAs +% LocalWords: Yoyodyne FrontPage improvers Berne copyrightable Stallman's GPLs +% LocalWords: Lessig Lessig's UCITA pre PDAs CDs reshifts GPL's Gentoo glibc +% LocalWords: TrollTech administrivia LGPL's MontaVista OpenTV