[FSF] GPL and Free Software Licensing Seminars Aug 24 & 25

[John Sullivan]

Dear Associate Members,

Following a number of requests for access to the FSF legal seminars
being held at Stanford on August 24th and 25th, we are making 20
discounted spaces available to Associate Members. These legal seminars
are held to raise funds for the FSF and educate attorneys and
corporations about the GPL. If you are interested and would like to
sign-up, please contact us at address@hidden to get the special
Associate Member rate.

Below is the invitation. Thanks for all your support!

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The Free Software Foundation, in association with Stanford Law School,
is offering two seminars on Free Software Licensing and the General
Public License at Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA on August 24
and 25, 2004.

Each seminar has been approved for at least 7.5 California MCLE
credits. It may be possible to earn credit for other states as well,
if you contact your state's bar association for approval.

These two days will provide a detailed study and analysis of the GPL,
review some case studies, and look at compliance issues in Free
Software Licensing.  The seminars will be co-led by Daniel Ravicher,
Senior Counsel to FSF and Executive Director of the Public Patent
Foundation; and Bradley M. Kuhn, Executive Director of FSF.

Additionally, Eben Moglen, Professor of Law & Legal History at
Columbia Law School and General Counsel for FSF, will speak during
the lunch hour on both days and for an extra hour at the end of the
second day. He will address patents, and talk about the process of
writing the next version of the GPL, GPL 3.

On August 24, "Detailed Study and Analysis of GPL and LGPL" will give
a section-by-section explanation of the most popular Free Software
copyright license, the General Public License (GPL), and will educate
lawyers, software developers, managers and business people on how to
use the GPL (and GPL'ed software) successfully in both new Free
Software businesses and in existing, successful enterprises.

On August 25, "GPL Compliance Case Studies" will present four specific
case studies handled by FSF's GPL Compliance Lab. Attendees will have
completed either "Detailed Study and Analysis of GPL and LGPL" or
another previous FSF licensing seminar, since those courses form the
building blocks for the more in-depth material.

For more details and registration instructions, please visit
http://patron.fsf.org/sf2004seminar.html.

Even if you can't attend, we would appreciate it if you would pass
this information on to others who might be interested. Thank you!

If you have any questions or would like additional information, please
feel free to contact me.

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Sincerely,

John Sullivan
Program Administrator    

Free Software Foundation        Phone: (617)542-5942 x23
59 Temple Place, Suite 330      Fax:   (617)542-2652
Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA       Email: address@hidden
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