Meeting-20150523

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WPLUG will have a General User Meeting and presentation on Saturday, May 23, 2015 starting at 3:00pm at HackPittsburgh.

Schedule for the Day

3:00pm - Doors open, set up
3:15pm - Business Meeting starts
3:30pm - Featured presentation
5:00pm - Meeting ends, everyone out.


Speaker/Presentation

Title: Copyright Licensing of Free and Open Source Software

Speaker: Vance Kochenderfer

My previous Introduction to Copyright talk covered the basics of copyright law and how it applies to software.

This is a follow-on presentation discussing the most common licenses used for Free and Open Source software, covering items like:

  • How they operate within copyright law
  • How to apply one to your work
  • Why you would want to choose a particular license
  • What happens when disputes come up

If you have any questions about licensing, please bring them and I'll try to help. I can't guarantee that you'll get a correct answer, though.  :-)

Slide presentation

Meeting Minutes

The regular meeting of the Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group was held on Saturday, May 23, 2015 at 3:20 PM at HackPittsburgh. In the absence of the regular presiding officer, the Vice-Chair presided. The regular secretary was present.

The Vice-Chair reported that he has booked HackPittsburgh for the June 27 and July 11 General User Meetings. He also reported that he will return to working on the membership portal.

The Secretary reported that WPLUG currently has 18 members.

The Treasurer reported that there is $454.56 in the checking account with $12.50 recently paid to Linode for hosting expenses. The refreshment fund balance has not changed.

The Event Committee reported that it is working on securing a venue for the August picnic.

At the request of the Vice-Chair, the Secretary read his notes from the May 19 Board meeting.

The meeting adjourned at 3:31 PM.

Meeting Staff

If you would like to volunteer to assist with this meeting, please add your name to one or more of the categories below.

  • Host: John Lewis
  • Co-Host: Justin Smith, Gene Kern
  • Setup: John Lewis, Gene Kern
  • Clean Up: John Lewis, Gene Kern

Carpooling

  • Your name/location here