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by ciaran on Mar 30, 2006 - 08:54 AM
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The first full GPLv3 event since the launch of the draft was held recently in Turin, Italy. The whole thing was recorded and a transcript has been put online as well as the video and audio. Topics covered in the presentation included software patents, DRM, and licence compatibility. The transcript also includes the Q&A session, which covered "What about Linux?", "Can we really win against DRM?", "Why are you making the decisions this time, will a team do it next time?", and "What issues were considered but then not addressed?".

Sections:

1. First, a note on "intellectual property"
2. On to the GPLv3
3. About "or any later version" and transitioning between versions
4. Software patents: explicit patent grants
5. The four freedoms of Free Software
6. Digital Restrictions Management: how it was tackled without restricting usage or modification
7. DRM and laws about effective restriction measures
8. Licence compatibility
9. Compatibility with Affero - addressing web services, if you want
10. Compatibility with two kinds of patent retaliation
11. The draft GPLv3 does contain a very limited patent retaliation clause
12. Requirements for notifying users of the licence terms
13. Question 1: What about Linux?
14. Question 2: About dynamic linking and languages
15. Question 3a: What if someone thinks the spirit has been changed?
16. Question 3b: Can writing Free Software beat DRM or is lobbying needed? (Stallman''s answer discusses democracy)


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