diff --git a/presentations/30min-specific-sections/specific-sections.md b/presentations/30min-specific-sections/specific-sections.md index 5c289131417b607626edb1d8aec714ddfa819a6f..f89f5245d1dd20692a76283e152541d035bd535e 100644 --- a/presentations/30min-specific-sections/specific-sections.md +++ b/presentations/30min-specific-sections/specific-sections.md @@ -1,141 +1,8 @@ -% Brief Introduction to the GNU General Public License +% Considering Key Sections of the GPL % Bradley M. Kuhn -% Monday 24 March 2014 +% Tuesday 9 May 2017 -# Audience Polls - -+ My goal here is to move faster or slower based on audience knowledge. - -+ There are folks in this audience who have worked with this stuff for years, - and those who are completely new. - -+ We want these presentations to be valuable to all of you. - -+ Please, don't be embarrassed: - + Ever GPL expert in the world, including me, started as a student who - knew none of this. - -# IANAL - -IANAL - -# 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 & stewards of the GPL. - + Holder of copyrights on many key GNU programs … - + … 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 & 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 & safety: - + Who inspects, and when? - + What's the health code say, and what checklist do inspectors use? - -+ Likely Questions: - + Who's in charge of all this? - + What's purpose and intent of these regulations? - + Can I meet the inspectors? - -# Why Listen To Us? - -+ FSF: Understanding the purpose and intent of the GPL. - -+ Conservancy & FSF: - + both enforce the GPL. - + if your client violates, you will hear from one of us. - -+ Such access to drafters, interpreters, enforcers is highly unique. - -+ Someday, we may (or already have) sit across the table from you. - -+ 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. - -
- - - -> Copyright protection subsists … original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression … from which they can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated, either directly or with the aid of a machine or device. - -

- — 17 USC §102 -

- - # Conditional Permissions + A copyleft license grants copyright permissions, conditionally. @@ -148,41 +15,11 @@ + 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 “no” - -+ rather than: “yes, but only as long as you …” - -# The Technical Gap - -+ Understanding GPL well requires a some software expertise & legal - expertise. - -+ You don't have to be a professional on either side to grok it. - + but you're best off if you're a professional in one & an amateur - in the other. - -+ Most important technical concepts you need: - + source code, binaries, methods of distribution. - # Considering Sections of the GPL -+ With the remaining time … - + in interest of the experts in the audience … - + let's dig into a few specific sections. - + GPL ♥ 17 USC§106(2) & 17 USC§106(3) -+ Modification and distribution. ++ GPL hinges on modification and distribution. # Why Permission to Modify? @@ -404,15 +241,3 @@ The Corresponding Source for a work in source code form is that same work.

- - -# The GPL is a Complex Topic - -+ An in-depth seminar on GPL's provisions is a one-day course … - + … but the written materials discuss every section in depth. - -+ Keep in mind: every requirement has a carefully considered purpose to - uphold freedom of users. - -+ Software freedom licenses have a moral perspective. - + This is probably the most difficult thing for lawyers to understand.