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Disturbing Debates

Free as in Freedom episode 0x0C

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Bradley and Karen discuss two debates going on in the free and open source software community. One recent and seemingly inflated, and one long and confusing.

Running time: 00:43:18.

Show Notes

Segment 1 (03:12)

Segment 2 (26:07)

  • Karen wanted to clear up some confusion about the discussion last episode about the “Open Source” and “Free Software” terminology.

Tags: fontana, copyrights, gpl, android, linux, bkuhn, karen, fsf, google


Free Software Project Non-Profit Existence

Free as in Freedom episode 0x0b

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Bradley and Karen have an introductory discussion on how non-profit governance interacts with Free Software projects and what issues are important for developers who want their project to have a non-profit existence.

Running time: 00:34:42.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:37)

  • Bradley and Karen began the discussion by commenting on this blog post by Andy Updegrove about non-profit governance. (01:50)
  • Bradley and Karen tend to agree that non-profit settings are better places to foster and help Free Software development. (03:40)
  • Bradley mentioned that Roland McGrath wrote GNU C Library (and other GNU programs) while working as an employee at the FSF, and many of those programs are now often maintained by Red Hat (or other company's) developers, under the auspices of the GNU project, as overseen by the FSF. (04:50)
  • Corporate form and organization questions should be secondary to project leadership ones. (09:50)
  • One of the most important things is to have an organization in a place where people are willing to do the work to keep the organization going. (20:10)
  • Enthusiasm to keep the organization running is the most important resource for running the organization. (22:26)

Tags: bkuhn, karen, fsf, conservancy, non-profits, governance


Copyleft, -or-later, and Basics of Compatibility

Free as in Freedom episode 0x09

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Bradley and Karen discuss types of copyleft generally and introduce the basics of license compatibility and -or-later clauses.

Running time: 00:41:57.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:38)

Tags: agpl, license compatibility, copyrights, gpl, bkuhn, gplv3, karen, sflc, fsf, mpl, or-later


Strictly Commercial

Free as in Freedom episode 0x08

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Bradley and Karen discuss non-commercial-only commons licenses, particularly the CC-By-NC license, and how they compare to Free Culture and Free Software licenses, and why some authors pick NC licenses instead of Free Culture/Software ones.

Running time: 00:49:32.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:36)

Tags: copyrights, creative-commons, gpl, bkuhn, karen, fsf, free-culture, non-commercial


Revoked?

Free as in Freedom episode 0x07

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Bradley and Karen discuss a few corrections from previous shows, and then discuss misunderstandings about the GPL regarding “revocation” of the GPL.

Running time: 00:44:45.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:34)

Segment 1 (12:19)

Tags: bkuhn, copyrights, gpl, medical-devices, conferences, karen, sflc, fsf, correction, revocation


GRUB, Zulu Foxtrot Sierra

Free as in Freedom episode 0x06

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  • Bradley and Karen discussed the inclusion of ZFS code now included in GRUB, as the GRUB Project announced and was covered at LWN by Jonathan Corbet.
  • Running time: 00:47:58.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:35)

    Final (45:45)

    • The calendar Bradley was thinking of was the International Fixed Calendar, which Wikipedia confirms, with a sourced link, was used by the Eastman Kodak Company from rom 1928 to 1989.

    Tags: bkuhn, karen, fsf, conservancy, gplv3, copyrights


    i Don't Store

    Free as in Freedom episode 0x03

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    Karen and Bradley discuss the debates regarding Apple's online store restrictions that make it impossible to distribute GPL'd software via Apple's store. Then, they discuss question the usefulness of the term “Open Core”

    Running time: 00:45:04.

    Show Notes

    Note: Bradley's audio was too low compared to Karen's on this episode. We're still sorting out our recording issues, and apologize for this. This is completely Bradley's fault: don't blame Producer Dan. :)

    Segment 0 (00:34)

    Segment 1 (27:40)

    Tags: fsf, gplv3, smith, mobile, Apple, vlc


    Software Freedom Law Show: Episode 0x2D:Updated Discussion

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    Karen and Bradley discuss the enforcement activities of the Software Freedom Conservancy, recent conferences and medical devices.

    Running time: 35:21.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:33)

    Patented Languages

    Software Freedom Law Show episode 0x11

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    Bradley and Karen discuss the community debate regarding C# and Mono, and its inclusion in GNU/Linux distributions.

    Running time: 00:37:23.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:30)

    Segment 1 (16:05)

    Tags: bkuhn, karen, fsf, red hat, patents, gnome


    John Sullivan of the Free Software Foundation

    Software Freedom Law Show episode 0x0E

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    Bradley and Karen interview John Sullivan, Manager of Operations at the Free Software Foundation about their various advocacy campaigns.

    Running time: 00:35:54.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:32)

    Segment 1 (05:51)

    John Sullivan of the FSF

    Segment 2 (31:07)

    Tags: bkuhn, karen, fsf, John Sullivan


    Selecting a FLOSS License

    Software Freedom Law Show episode 0x08

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    Bradley and Karen discuss the issues and considerations for a FLOSS project selecting a license.

    Running time: 00:40:30.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:25)

    Segment 1 (28:15)

    Karen and Bradley debate various issues about license selection.

    Tags: agpl, patents, trademarks, copyrights, bkuhn, karen, fsf, gplv3


    Getting to Know the FSF

    Software Freedom Law Show episode 0x02

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    In this episode of the Software Freedom Law Show, Bradley and Karen interview Brett Smith, the Licensing Compliance Engineer at the Free Software Foundation.

    Running time: 00:30:57.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:26)

    • Bradley mentioned that the FSF is the one of the oldest non-profit organizations in the Free Software space. The FSF was founded on 4 October 1985. (01:25)
    • Karen and Bradley mentioned the GPLv3 Process.

    Segment 1 (03:42)

    [Photo of Brett C. Smith]

    Tags: bkuhn, karen, fsf, gplv3, agpl, smith


    Introducing the Software Freedom Law Show

    The Software Freedom Law Show episode 0x00

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    The Software Freedom Law Center is proud to announce its new podcast, The Software Freedom Law Show. Hosted by Bradley M. Kuhn and Karen Sandler, this bi-weekly podcast will bring interviews and explanations on legal issues related to Free, Libre and Open Software Software (FLOSS).

    Our first episode introduces the format and the hosts interview each other so you can get to know them better.

    Running time: 00:32:39.

    Show Notes

    Our first episode introduces the format and the hosts.

    Segment 0 (at 00:23)

    Segment 1 (at 16:17)

    Trackbacks

    (Done by hand, currently. ;)

    Tags: bkuhn, karen, numbering, fsf, sflc, conservancy