[nylug-announce] TODAY! WEDNESDAY: NYLUG presents James Vasile on GPL3, FOSS Legal Primer & The Interaction of Licenses & Communities

[Ron Guerin]

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Wednesday, November 14th, 2007 *RSVP CLOSES TUESDAY BUT SEE BELOW*
6:30pm-8:00 PM
Google
76th 9th Ave., between 15th and 16th St.
4th Floor, enter near 16th Street

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               James Vasile, Free Software Law Center
                              -on-
                    GPL3, The FOSS Legal Primer,
            and The Interaction of Licenses & Communities

  Please join us on Wednesday evening, for a presentation by James
  Vasile of the Free Software Law Center on several legal topics of
  interest to users of Free and Open Source Software. While version
  three of the GPL is now old news, there are still some points about
  it worth discussing, and many still have questions about what makes
  it different from previous versions of the widely-used GNU General
  Public License.  

  James will also be talking to us about the interaction between
   licenses and communities.

  Further Information:
  
  * Free Software Law Center
    http://www.softwarefreedom.org/

  * GNU General Public License v. 3 (GNU GPL)
    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
  
  * Dragging developers towards the core:
    How the Free/Libre/Open Source Software community enhances
    developers' contribution
    http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/rullani_socenv.pdf


About James Vasile:
  James Vasile holds a Juris Doctor (JD) from Columbia Law School,
  where he was a member of the law review and a Stone Scholar. He also
  has a bachelor's degree in political science and economics from
  Fordham University.  He spent several years in the litigation
  department of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, where he worked on a range of
  cases and dealt with a variety of new media issues.  Vasile has also
  contributed code and documentation to numerous FOSS software projects.
  He is admitted to practice in the State of New York. 

Meeting Location:
  Please note that this meeting will be held at Google, 76 9th Ave,
  4th floor, between 15th and 16th Streets, and not at IBM. This is
  the old Port Authority Building, and takes up the entire block.
  You want the entrance nearest 16th Ave.

Map:
  http://tighturl.com/u4

Free Refreshments!
  Google is also graciously providing refreshments during the
  meeting.

Books!!!
  Our friends at Prentice-Hall kindly provide us with review copies
  of various new titles.  One of these could be yours, all you have
  to do is agree to review the book within a reasonable period of
  time.

Swag (Give Away):
  During/after the meeting... unusually terrific swag may be given
  away.

Stammtisch:
  After the meeting ... Many of us have been meeting over at the
  Hog Pit starting around 8:15-8:30.  http://www.hogpit.com
  22 Ninth Avenue at 13th Street, New York, New York 10014

Python Workshops:
  We will be focusing on learning Python for the next couple of
  meetings.  Beginners are welcome!  Download Dive Into Python
  from http://diveintopython.org and join us.

  Those interested in working on the new NYLYG Web site are
  strongly encouraged to attend also.
  
  The workshops meet every other Tuesday, at the NY Public Library,
  Hudson Park Branch.  66 Leroy St. NY NY from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  Next meeting is November 20th, followed by December 4th.
  See the calendar at: http://tighturl.com/fp

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