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

[Michael K Dolan]

Ron, can you update the website? James is with the Software Freedom Law
Center (SFLC), not the "Free Software Law Center"



Mike Dolan


nylug-talk-bounces+mdoln=us.ibm.com at nylug.org wrote on 11/13/2007 09:30:01
AM:

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> [nylug-talk] TOMORROW! WEDNESDAY: NYLUG presents James Vasile on
> GPL3, FOSS Legal Primer & The Interaction of Licenses & Communities
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> Ron Guerin
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> 11/13/2007 09:36 AM
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> REMINDER: This meeting is tomorrow, RSVP closes TODAY
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> Wednesday, November 14th, 2007 *RSVP CLOSES TUESDAY BUT SEE BELOW*
> 6:30pm-8:00 PM
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> 76th 9th Ave., between 15th and 16th St.
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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.
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> Map:
>   http://tighturl.com/u4
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> 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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