RE: Upcoming Events in New York

[Ravi Khanna]

I noticed that the email I sent earlier did not have any links.  I am 
resending it with the urls included.

Ravi

Dear Associate Member,

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

A lunch series, "SCO Without Fear" 
(http://www.fsf.org/events/sco_without_fear.html), with Professor Eben 
Moglen (http://emoglen.law.columbia.edu/), 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 
(http://www.fsf.org/licenses/NYC_Seminars_Jan2004.html) at Columbia Law 
School. "Detailed Study and Analysis of GPL and LGPL"
(http://www.fsf.org/licenses/200104_seminar.html), 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" (http://www.fsf.org/licenses/210104_seminar.html). 
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 (http://member.fsf.org/) reception at the office of Ada Core 
Technologies (http://www.gnat.com/) 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
Free Software Foundation                Fax: +1-617-542-2652
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