by Mark Radcliffe

Podcast: Impact of the GPL v3

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Feb 19, 20072 mins

02/15/2007, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Mark Radcliffe

Moderator:

Mark RadcliffePartner, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary.
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Speakers:

Damien Eastwood, Vice President, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Richard Fontana, Counsel, Software Freedom Law Center.

GPLv3 is the first modification of the General Public License, the most widely used open source license, in 15 years. The result of a year of consultation and hundreds of comments, the license is likely to be very influential in the future of open source. The session will include a detailed discussion of the license and its potential impact. This session will cover:

The process to develop the GPLv3

Differences between GPLv2 and GPLv3

How GPLv2 interacts with GPLv3

How companies should adapt their use of open source software due to the adoption of GPLv3

What will the effect of GPLv3 be on “hosted” services

How are open source companies complying with the Digital Rights Management provisions of the GPLv3

What is the reaction among the devel

Mark Radcliffe

Moderator:

Mark RadcliffePartner, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary.
Download this podcast
View slideshow presentation

Speakers:

Damien Eastwood, Vice President, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Richard Fontana, Counsel, Software Freedom Law Center.

GPLv3 is the first modification of the General Public License, the most widely used open source license, in 15 years. The result of a year of consultation and hundreds of comments, the license is likely to be very influential in the future of open source. The session will include a detailed discussion of the license and its potential impact. This session will cover:

The process to develop the GPLv3

Differences between GPLv2 and GPLv3

How GPLv2 interacts with GPLv3

How companies should adapt their use of open source software due to the adoption of GPLv3

What will the effect of GPLv3 be on “hosted” services

How are open source companies complying with the Digital Rights Management provisions of the GPLv3

What is the reaction among the developer community, the use community and the vendor community to GPLv3

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