A lunch series, "SCO Without Fear", with Professor Eben Moglen, Board Member
and General Counsel to FSF. Prof. Moglen will discuss the SCO Group vs
IBM lawsuit and the implication of the lawsuit and of SCO's attacks on
the GNU General Public License on the development and use of Free
Software. The two day lunchtime series, on January 20 and 21, will be at
Columbia University in New York from 12:30 - 2 pm.
On January 20 and 21, the FSF will offer two day-long
seminars on Free
Software Licensing and the GNU GPL at Columbia Law School. "Detailed Study
and Analysis of GPL and LGPL", the
seminar on January 20, will give a section-by-section explanation of
the most popular Free Software copyright license, the GNU General
Public License (GNU GPL). On January 21, FSF will offer "GPL Compliance Case Studies and Legal
Ethics in Free Software Licensing". Also a day-long seminar,
which will present the details of a few different GPL compliance cases
handled by FSF's GPL Compliance Laboratory.
On Thursday, January 22 from 6 to 9 pm,
FSF will host an Associate Member reception
at the office of Ada Core Technologies
located at 104 Fifth Avenue, 15th Floor, New York, phone
+1-212-620-7300. The Associate Member reception is an informal
gathering at which members meet FSF staff and board to hear about FSF's
latest projects and to ask questions and share ideas. A buffet dinner will be served. The event it free for members and two of their guests.
To RSVP or for more information about any of the events listed above, please contact John at johns@fsf.org or by phone at +1-617-542-5942 ext. 12 or Ravi at ravi@fsf.org or by phone at +1-617-620-9640.