[Wylug-discuss] James Vasile Talks about Legal Aspects of Software Licences

[Richard Ibbotson]

Hi

https://soundcloud.com/richard-ibbotson/james-vasile-came-to-sheffield

I did this so that everyone could listen to it.  Not for me to prevent
it's distribution.  With that in mind I thought I should put it on
SoundCloud.

This is a presentation that we did back in April 2008.  This is a talk
given at Sheffield Hallam University some years ago about the subject of
open source software and legal aspects of the General Public Licence.
Replicating the success of free software.

The content of James' talk was something like the following. The Free
Software movement has proven itself in every imaginable way. We have
quality software on servers, desktops and in embedded systems. Free
Software is used in homes, offices, retail and in manufacturing.
Everywhere from back rooms to classrooms and boardrooms. We've spawned
new business models and changed the economics of old ones. The
challenges that are left will be met and soon.

Such has been the success of free software that we have spawned entire
other movements. From Creative Commons to open hardware to open
science, everybody wants to replicate Free Software's achievements in
new media. Even further, there are people fighting for values that,
while beloved in the Free Software world, are not protected by the
Free Software society. Values like privacy and data portability
between web services. Each of these attempts borrows from Free
Software's history. This talk looks at what is being taken, what is
being left, and why. It's an inquiry into the future, as we ask how to
nurture these nascent movements.

--
Richard
www.sheflug.org.uk

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