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| − | GPL v3 | + | WOS will provide the chance to continue the debate about the GPL v3 draft |
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| − | + | * face-to-face | |
| − | + | * in an international context outside the USA. | |
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| − | + | The following topics could be discussed: | |
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| + | * if the proposed changes are compatible with continental European legal system. In their (German) [http://www.heise.de/ct/06/04/046/ legal analysis of the GPL v3], Till Jaeger and Axel Metzger argue that the draft includes a few regulations that will result in disadvantages for software freedom vis-a-vis the GPL v2 in the continental European legal system. | ||
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| + | * the issue of the anti-DRM regulation that have been criticized, among others, by Linus Torvalds. | ||
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| + | == Possible Speakers == | ||
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| + | * Till Jaeger, Axel Metzger, Institut für Rechtsfragen für Freie und Open Source-Software (ifrOSS) | ||
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| + | * Eben Moglen or another representative of the Free Software Foundation in the USA | ||
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| + | * Georg Greve or another representative of the Free Software Foundation Europe | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:40, 10 February 2006
WOS will provide the chance to continue the debate about the GPL v3 draft
- face-to-face
- in an international context outside the USA.
The following topics could be discussed:
- if the proposed changes are compatible with continental European legal system. In their (German) legal analysis of the GPL v3, Till Jaeger and Axel Metzger argue that the draft includes a few regulations that will result in disadvantages for software freedom vis-a-vis the GPL v2 in the continental European legal system.
- the issue of the anti-DRM regulation that have been criticized, among others, by Linus Torvalds.
Possible Speakers
- Till Jaeger, Axel Metzger, Institut für Rechtsfragen für Freie und Open Source-Software (ifrOSS)
- Eben Moglen or another representative of the Free Software Foundation in the USA
- Georg Greve or another representative of the Free Software Foundation Europe
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