Upcoming Events in New York

[Ravi Khanna]

Dear Associate Member,

I am writing to inform you that the Free Software Foundation will host a
number of events in New York between January 20 - 23, 2004. These
include:

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. 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 address@hidden or by phone at +1-617-542-5942 ext.
12 or Ravi at address@hidden or by phone at +1-617-620-9640.

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Director of Communication               Cell: +1-617-620-9640
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