[wplug] [wplug-announce] Reminder: Special Event TONIGHT May 10 7pm-9pm CMU Wean 5409

Beth Lynn bethlynn at wplug.org
Tue May 10 13:51:35 EDT 2005


Hello,

This is just a reminder that there will be a meeting tonight.
The announcement is below.

Please note that the location will be Carnegie Mellon University, Wean 
Hall 5409.

Hope to see you there.

Thanks,
Beth Lynn Eicher

On Sat, 7 May 2005, Beth Lynn wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Western PA Linux Users Group will be hosting a Special Meeting
> featuring "'Infectious' Open Source Software: Spreading Incentives or
> Promoting Resistance?" with Greg Vetter Assistant Professor of Law, 
> University of Houston Law Center. It will be held on this Tuesday
> May 10, 2005 from 7pm to 9 pm  at Carnegie Mellon University,
> Wean Hall 5409. This meeting is free and open to the general
> public.
>
> Directions to 5409
> **********************************************************************
> Please consult our directions page
> http://www.wplug.org/pages/wplugmap/
> and note where Wean Hall is on the maps. The door marked "DW" is the 1st 
> floor entrance to Wean Hall. You may park in the "Park Here Free" area as 
> listed on the map
>
> Just in case you needed a Wean specific directions, please consult
> http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/air/WWW/campus_map.html
> http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/usr/sdc/www/cmu/wean.html
> If you enter from the 5th floor entrance, it will look exactly like this.
> http://www.roboticsclub.org/oldprojects/wwwalker.html
>
> Please note that we do not have a phone number for this room. The doors will 
> be open so just come on in.
> *********************************************************************
>
> GUM TOPIC: "Infectious' Open Source Software: Spreading Incentives or
> 		Promoting Resistance?"
> Speaker: Greg Vetter Assistant Professor of Law,
> 		University of Houston Law Center
> Host: Beth Lynn Eicher
>
> Abstract:
> Some free or open source software infects other software with its licensing 
> terms. Popularly, this is called a viral license, but the software is not a 
> computer virus. Free or open source software is a copyright-based licensing 
> system. It typically allows modification and distribution on conditions such 
> as source code availability, royalty free use and other requirements. Some 
> licenses require distribution of modifications under the same terms. A 
> license is infectious when it has a strong scope for the modifications 
> provision. The scope arises from a broad conception of software derivative 
> works. A strong infectious ambit would apply itself to modified software, and 
> to software intermixed or coupled with non-open-source software. Popular open 
> source software, including the GNU/Linux operating system, uses a license 
> with this feature. This talk assesses the efficacy of broad infectious 
> license terms to determine their incentive effects for open source and 
> proprietary software. The analysis doubts beneficial effects. Rather, on 
> balance, such terms may produce incentives detrimental to interoperability 
> and coexistence between open and proprietary code. As a result, open source 
> licensing should precisely define infectious terms in order to support open 
> source development without countervailing effects and misaligned incentives.
>
> Bio:
> Professor Vetter received his B.S. summa cum laude from the University of 
> Missouri in Electrical Engineering in 1987. He then worked in software for 
> nine years as a project manager, product manager, and then as director of 
> marketing, which included a variety of intellectual property and contractual 
> responsibilities. During these years, attending evening courses, he received 
> his M.S. summa cum laude in Computer Science from the University of Missouri 
> and his MBA summa cum laude from Rockhurst University. He left full-time 
> employment in 1996 to attend law school. He received his J.D. magna cum laude 
> from Northwestern, serving on the Northwestern Law Review as associate 
> articles editor. Upon graduation from Northwestern, Professor Vetter 
> practiced at Kilpatrick Stockton's Raleigh, North Carolina office for two 
> years in the firm's technology law group. During this time he obtained 
> registration to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office 
> as a patent attorney. Next, he clerked for one year for the Honorable Arthur 
> J. Gajarsa on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in 
> Washington, D.C. Professor Vetter then joined the University of Houston Law 
> Center faculty in 2002. Professor Vetter's research interests include 
> intellectual property, patents, the role of intellectual property in 
> commercial law, and information technology law.
>
> Schedule
> Doors open at 7pm, light refreshments served.
> Talk 7:15pm-8:15pm
> Adjournment at 9pm
>
> Hope to see you there,
>
> Beth Lynn Eicher
>
> Upcoming Schedule
> May 21 Installfest 10am-5pm
> May 18 GUM - Subversion 10am-2pm
> June 7 GUM - Myth TV 10am-4pm
> June 11 Special Event - Regular Expressions 10am-2pm
> July 9 GUM - TBD - 10am-2pm
> August 7 - Annual Picnic
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