James Shubin (@purpleidea) will be presenting his review of some of the important legal and licensing issues faced by commercial ventures and enterprises who are involved with or are (in particular) producing software. This will include: current practices and their impact, public discussion and prior art on this topic, the cost of different licenses, and a review and rebuttal of some of the points brought up during previous FOSDEM legal dev room presentations. More info in the full description.
James Shubin (@purpleidea) will be presenting his review of some of the important legal and licensing issues faced by commercial ventures and enterprises who are involved with or are (in particular) producing software. James will discuss: * Advantages and disadvantages to copyleft and permissive licenses * The business cost of some of the different licenses * Differences between license versions as it pertains to commercial ventures (eg: ALv2 vs. GPLv2 vs. GPLv3) * The use of "Newspeak" and "weasel words" in communication * How to interpret the data about license usage * Real world examples and repercussions of some of the business decisions * And a review and rebuttal of some of the points brought up during previous FOSDEM legal dev room presentations
In other words, what you need to know if you are embarking on almost any commercial enterprise, since there are many software and legal aspects involved these days.
Speakers: James Shubin