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Title: Copyright Licensing of Free and Open Source Software
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Speaker: Vance Kochenderfer
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My previous [[Meeting-20141018|Introduction to Copyright]] talk covered the basics of copyright law and how it applies to software.
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This is a follow-on presentation discussing the most common licenses used for Free and Open Source software, covering items like:
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* How they operate within copyright law
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* How to apply one to your work
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* Why you would want to choose a particular license
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* What happens when disputes come up
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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.  :-)
  
 
== Meeting Minutes ==
 
== Meeting Minutes ==

Revision as of 04:51, 17 May 2015

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.  :-)

Meeting Minutes

To be added.

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