Re: A couple of questions before submitting proposals

[Andrea]

Amazing! Thanks. I think I am safe then. I will exploit the occasion to ping the
author just to thank him for his idea and maybe he is an Emacs user
himself.

Best,

Andrea

On Thu 24 Sep 2020 at 23:18, Amin Bandali <bandali@gnu.org> wrote:

> Hi Andrea,
>
> Andrea writes:
>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> Thanks for organizing this conference! I am excited to try to give a
>> talk. So I have a couple of questions:
>>
>
> Cheers!
>
>>
>> 1. can I submit multiple proposals?
>
> Yes, absolutely.
>
>> 2. one of my proposals is based
>> on work that I do not own, but is freely accessible through Github:
>> does this affect this part of the clause
>>
>>      I represent that I have the authority to grant the above license to
>>      the EmacsConf organizers.  If my presentation incorporates any
>>      material owned by third parties, I represent that the material is
>>      sublicensable to the EmacsConf organizers or that my use of them is
>>      fair use.
>>
>
> I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice, but I think that depends
> on what exactly you mean by "proposal based on work that I do not own".
> For instance, will your presentation be about a piece of free/libre
> software, but the presentation is entirely prepared by yourself?  If so,
> I believe that should be fine.  To my understanding, if you will be
> talking about a free/libre software project that is publicly accessible,
> using that piece of free software for talking about it in a presentation
> would be part of your 'freedom 0' (see [0]), and so you would not be
> violating the terms of the software's license.  The speaker release is
> directed mainly at the presentation (and its prerecording, if any) video
> itself and its accompanying material such as slides, notes, and
> transcripts.
>
> [0]: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
>
> If you're still not sure, you could always ask the creator of the work
> you're talking about and/or consult a lawyer.  I hope this helps clarify
> a bit.
>
>>
>> Thanks and looking forward to the event,
>>
>> Andrea
>
> Thank you, and we look forward to receiving your proposal(s). :-)
>
> amin