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third international GPLv3 conference, Barcelona;
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2006-06-22/23</title>
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<h1>Summaries of panels and presentations at the 3nd international GPLv3
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conference; 22nd & 23rd June 2006</h1>
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<p>For more information about GPLv3 and how to participate, see our
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<a href="gplv3.html">GPLv3 project</a> page.</p>
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<p>
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The following are brief summaries made after
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the <a href="/campaigns/gplv3/europe-gplv3-conference.html">third
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international GPLv3 conference</a>, organised by FSFE in Barcelona.
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The entire conference was recorded and links to the audio and video
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are provided below next to each summary.
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<p>The videos are in Ogg Theora format, the audio files are in Ogg
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Vorbis format, and these can be downloaded with BitTorrent.</p>
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<p>You can support work such as this by
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joining <a href="http://fellowship.fsfe.org/">the Fellowship of FSFE</a>,
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and by encouraging others to do so.</p>
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<p>FSFE would like to thank all those who participated in the panels.
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With participants from four continents, containing programmers,
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lawyers, organisations, and representatives from each of the four
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GPLv3 discussion committees, these panels provide quite a whole
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picture of what's happening this year.
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</p>
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<p>These panel contributions and presentations were made in English,
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with the exception of the contributions of Pablo Machón which were
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made in Spanish.</p>
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<h2>Sections on this page</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#greve">Georg Greve: Opening presentation</a></li>
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<li><a href="#stallman">Richard Stallman: Overview of GPLv3 changes</a></li>
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<li><a href="#oriordan">Ciaran O'Riordan: The public consultation process</a></li>
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<li><a href="#moglen">Eben Moglen: The wording of the changes</a></li>
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<li><a href="#fsfe-projects">Panel: FSFE Current Projects</a></li>
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<li><a href="#awareness">Panel: Awareness and adoption of GPLv3</a></li>
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<li><a href="#machon">Pablo Machón: GPLv3 and the European software patent struggle</a></li>
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<li><a href="#committees">Panel: The discussion committees</a></li>
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<li><a href="#drm">Panel: Enforcing the GPL, Thwarting DRM</a></li>
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<li><a href="#links">Links to further information</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="greve">Georg Greve: opening introduction</h2>
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<ul>
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<li>Audio: <a href="fsfe-gplv3-georg-greve.vorbis.ogg.torrent">https://fsfe.org/campaigns/gplv3/fsfe-gplv3-georg-greve.vorbis.ogg.torrent</a></li>
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<li>Video: <a href="fsfe-gplv3-georg-greve.theora.ogg.torrent">https://fsfe.org/campaigns/gplv3/fsfe-gplv3-georg-greve.theora.ogg.torrent</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p>Points covered by <a href="/about/people/greve/greve.html">Georg Greve</a>:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Opening address</li>
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<li>Background of FSF and GNU</li>
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<li>FSF maintains the Free Software Definition, the GPL, and the
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LGPL</li>
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<li>FSF is about long term strategy</li>
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<li>GPL is the pragmatic implementation and it makes parties with
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different goals work together</li>
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<li>FSF started in MIT in Boston, but now there is a network of FSFs</li>
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<li>There are four: FSF, FSF Europe, FSF India, FSF Latin America</li>
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<li>Independent equals with some shared focuses and some
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differentiating focuses</li>
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<li>Transparency is a lot of work, but FSFE feels it's important</li>
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<li>FSFE is active in 10 countries through 25 people, working largely
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on a consensus basis</li>
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<li>Of the 25, 10 have taken legal responsibility and are on the
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General Assembly, and that GA elects the president </li>
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<li>FSFE has 13 associate organisations, mostly in Europe but also in
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Japan and Latin America </li>
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<li>As well as many volunteers, FSFE has 5 full-time and 2 half-time
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employees, and we might have another full-time employee soon </li>
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<li>If are interested in working with us, contact a Team member from
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your region. We try to work with people in their language. If you
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want to help, you're incredibly welcome </li>
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<li>We do a lot of work at the United Nations, a lot in the European
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Union, a lot at the national level - legal work and business work
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and the Fellowship </li>
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<li>Our focus for these two days is the GPL - the #1 Free Software
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licence </li>
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<li>FSF is handling the GPLv3 process, and for that, we are here to
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help </li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="stallman">Richard Stallman: Overview of GPL v3 Changes</h2>
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<li>Audio: <a href="fsfe-gplv3-richard-stallman.vorbis.ogg.torrent">https://fsfe.org/campaigns/gplv3/fsfe-gplv3-richard-stallman.vorbis.ogg.torrent</a></li>
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<li>Video: <a href="fsfe-gplv3-richard-stallman.theora.ogg.torrent">https://fsfe.org/campaigns/gplv3/fsfe-gplv3-richard-stallman.theora.ogg.torrent</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p>A complete <a href="barcelona-rms-transcript.html">transcript of
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Stallman's talk and Q&A</a> has been made.</p>
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<h2 id="oriordan">Ciarán O'Riordan: The public consultation process</h2>
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<ul>
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<li>Audio: Being processed</li>
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<li>Video: Being processed</li>
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</ul>
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<p><a href="/about/oriordan/oriordan.html">O'Riordan</a> explained,
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with screenshots, how people can use
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the <a href="http://gplv3.fsf.org">gplv3.fsf.org</a> website to view
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the existing comments and how people can make their own comments.
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</p>
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<h2 id="moglen">Eben Moglen: The wording of the changes</h2>
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<ul>
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<li>Audio: <a href="fsfe-gplv3-eben-moglen.vorbis.ogg.torrent">https://fsfe.org/campaigns/gplv3/fsfe-gplv3-eben-moglen.vorbis.ogg.torrent</a></li>
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<li>Video: <a href="fsfe-gplv3-eben-moglen.theora.ogg.torrent">https://fsfe.org/campaigns/gplv3/fsfe-gplv3-eben-moglen.theora.ogg.torrent</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p>A complete <a href="barcelona-moglen-transcript.html">transcript of
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Moglen's talk and Q&A</a> has been made.</p>
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<h2 id="fsfe-projects">Panel: Current projects of FSFE</h2>
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<li>Carlo Piana (Tamos Piana & Partners), the MS anti-trust case</li>
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<li>Pablo Machón, building the Spanish team</li>
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<li>Ciaran O'Riordan, Legislation from Brussels</li>
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<li>Stefano Maffulli, FSFE's Fellowship</li>
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</ul>
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<li>Audio: <a href="fsfe-gplv3-current-fsfe-projects.vorbis.ogg.torrent">https://fsfe.org/campaigns/gplv3/fsfe-gplv3-current-fsfe-projects.vorbis.ogg.torrent</a></li>
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<li>Video: <a href="fsfe-gplv3-current-fsfe-projects.theora.ogg.torrent">https://fsfe.org/campaigns/gplv3/fsfe-gplv3-current-fsfe-projects.theora.ogg.torrent</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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[00:00 - 15:00 ]Topics discussed by Carlo Piana about
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the <a href="/activities/ms-vs-eu/ms-vs-eu.html">EU anti-trust case
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against Microsoft</a>:
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li>The situation when we joined the case, our goals, and our achievements </li>
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<li>Microsoft was found guilty of anti-trust abuse, in "the
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Monti decision" </li>
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<li>This decision imposed the largest fine ever for abuse of a
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dominant position, which is an anti-trust abuse, and required some
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remedies </li>
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<li>One of those remedies is that Microsoft is supposed to provide
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complete documentation for Windows Workgroup server under
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reasonable and non-discriminatory clauses </li>
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<li>Microsoft not happy, and they appealed </li>
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<li>We asked for "leave to intervene", and it was
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granted, so we can testify </li>
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<li>This is a case which has been constantly breaking records, in
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terms of size </li>
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<li>Our goal, of course, was not Microsoft-bashing. Our main goal
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was to get Microsoft to start behaving like a good citizen </li>
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<li>We want to establish a precedent, that companies cannot abuse
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their market power, especially not against Free Software </li>
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<li>By being in the process, we have made useful allies and built our
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reputation </li>
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<li>We are now getting quite respectful coverage from the media </li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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[15:00 - 22:40] Topics discussed by Pablo Machón
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O'Riordan <a href="/campaigns/swpat/swpat.html">software patents</a>
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and other legislative issues in Brussels:
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</p>
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<p>
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[22:40 - 31:30] Topics discussed by Ciarán
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O'Riordan <a href="/campaigns/swpat/swpat.html">software patents</a>
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and other legislative issues in Brussels:
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<ul>
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<li>I'm mostly working on GPLv3 this year, but the main work I do is
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about legislation </li>
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<li>Sometimes this means talking to the politicians, sometimes it
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means coaching others who the politicians are more interested in
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talking to </li>
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<li>We network the MEPs to build support - turning pockets of support
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into majorities </li>
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<li>Pablo will talk about software patents later, so I want to
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mention the bigger picture that they are part of </li>
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<li>Software patents were indirect discrimination </li>
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<li>It's a burden that can't be born by many of our models </li>
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<li>This issue will come back, but it won't come back in the same form
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- we've won too conclusively for the same to be tried again </li>
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<li>One possibility is the community patent, and another is the
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European Patent Litigation agreement. Instead of changing the
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legislation, these change who makes the final rulings </li>
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<li>There is also
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the <a href="/campaigns/ipred2/ipred2.html">IPRED2</a> - this
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criminalises many copyright, trademark, and patent infringements.
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It doesn't touch Free Software directly, but it makes software
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development a dangerous field, and makes grey areas seem not worth
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risking - such as, maybe, software patents </li>
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<li>No out of court settlements, no insurance </li>
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<li>I moved into legislation because our software is so good.
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Legislation is a week point for us, so we need more peopl to look
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at this </li>
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<li>When we do this work, we have to build a movement. We can't
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start from scratch each time, we have to build teams and networks
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and relationships with politicians and journalists </li>
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<li>"You can leave politics alone, but it won't leave you
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alone", a wise man said</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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[31:30 - 45:10] Topics discussed by Stefano Maffulli
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about <a href="http://fellowship.fsfe.org">The Fellowship</a>:
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<li>I'm an architect, which makes me a software user </li>
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<li>Speedbumps don't discriminate, they don't disappear when an
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ambulance needs to drive on the road - Free Software is about being
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able to control and shape our environment ourselves </li>
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<li>Free Software, is about participation and inclusion </li>
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<li>The software patent discussion shows that we can influence
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legislation </li>
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<li>The Fellowship is a tool for collaboration, it's a community of
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people that support software freedom </li>
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<li>We want to get people active and provide information </li>
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<li>Most are hackers, these are people that know their tools very
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well </li>
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<li>Fellows have an instant messaging server so they can communicate
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with each other, and a blog, and an email alias </li>
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<li>The Fellowship programme has been active for 16 months now, and
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we're starting to see local activities </li>
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<li>Most actions by the Fellows, are started independent of FSFE.
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The Fellows are taking the initiative and giving speeches and
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distributing information </li>
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<li>That's the spirit: a community of people that want to do
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things </li>
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<li>Fellows have an active connection to FSFE </li>
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<li>We've made Fellowship cookies, or "Freedom fighter"
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cookies, and the recipe is available </li>
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<li>So far, the Fellowship contributions have allowed us to hire
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Ciarán to work during the software patents battle, now we have
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surplus to possibly hire another </li>
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<h2 id="awareness">Panel: Awareness and adoption of GPLv3</h2>
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<li>Fernanda Weiden, Associação SoftwareLivre.org</li>
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<li>Anne Østergaard, GNOME Foundation</li>
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<li>Alexandre Oliva, Free Software Foundation Latin America</li>
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<li>Gaudenz Steinlin, Debian</li>
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<li>Manuel Martínez Ribas, Legistics</li>
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</ul>
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<li>Audio: <a href="fsfe-gplv3-awareness-and-adoption.vorbis.ogg.torrent">https://fsfe.org/campaigns/gplv3/fsfe-gplv3-awareness-and-adoption.vorbis.ogg.torrent</a></li>
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<li>Video: <a href="fsfe-gplv3-awareness-and-adoption.theora.ogg.torrent">https://fsfe.org/campaigns/gplv3/fsfe-gplv3-awareness-and-adoption.theora.ogg.torrent</a></li>
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<h2 id="machon">Pablo Machón: GPLv3 and the European software patent struggle</h2>
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<li>Audio: <a href="fsfe-gplv3-pablo-machon.vorbis.ogg.torrent">https://fsfe.org/campaigns/gplv3/fsfe-gplv3-pablo-machon.vorbis.ogg.torrent</a></li>
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<li>Video: <a href="fsfe-gplv3-pablo-machon.theora.ogg.torrent">https://fsfe.org/campaigns/gplv3/fsfe-gplv3-pablo-machon.theora.ogg.torrent</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="committees">Panel: The Discussion Committees</h2>
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<ul>
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<li>Niibe Yutaka, Free Software Initiative Japan (committee A)</li>
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<li>Sanna Nykanen, Nokia, (committee B)</li>
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<li>Philippe Aigrain, Sopinspace (committee C)</li>
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<li>Masayuki Hatta, Debian (committee D)</li>
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</ul>
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<ul>
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<li>Audio: <a href="fsfe-gplv3-discussion-committees.vorbis.ogg.torrent">https://fsfe.org/campaigns/gplv3/fsfe-gplv3-discussion-committees.vorbis.ogg.torrent</a></li>
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<li>Video: <a href="fsfe-gplv3-discussion-committees.theora.ogg.torrent">https://fsfe.org/campaigns/gplv3/fsfe-gplv3-discussion-committees.theora.ogg.torrent</a></li>
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<h2 id="drm">Panel: Enforcing the GPL, thwarting DRM</h2>
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<ul>
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<li>Harald Welte, gpl-violations.org</li>
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<li>David "Novalis" Turner, Free Software Foundation</li>
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<li>Mathias Klang, Informatics researcher, University of Goteborg</li>
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<li>João Miguel Neves, Associação Nacional para o Software Livre</li>
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<li>Malcolm Bain, Legistics</li>
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</ul>
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<li>Audio: <a href="fsfe-gplv3-drm-enforcement.vorbis.ogg.torrent">https://fsfe.org/campaigns/gplv3/fsfe-gplv3-drm-enforcement.vorbis.ogg.torrent</a></li>
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<li>Video: <a href="fsfe-gplv3-drm-enforcement.theora.ogg.torrent">https://fsfe.org/campaigns/gplv3/fsfe-gplv3-drm-enforcement.theora.ogg.torrent</a></li>
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<h2 id="maffulli"><a href="/about/maffulli/maffulli.html">Stefano Maffulli</a>: Closing presentation</h2>
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<ul>
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<li>Audio: Being processed</li>
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<li>Video: Being processed</li>
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<p>Maffulli closed the event mentioning
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the <a href="http://gplv3.gnu.org.in">4th international GPLv3
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conference</a>, which will take place in Bangalore, India, on August
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23rd and 24th. He encouraged people to participate in the process
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and to help bring awareness into to groups and forums outside of our
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easy reach.
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<h2 id="links">Links to further information</h2>
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<li>For general information, links, and a schedule, see
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our <a href="gplv3.html">GPLv3 project</a> page</li>
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<li>See
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the <a
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href="/campaigns/gplv3/europe-gplv3-conference.html">conference
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webpage</a> for more information about the conference</li>
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<li>You can support FSFE's work, such as our GPLv3 awareness work,
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by joining <a href="http://fellowship.fsfe.org/">the Fellowship of
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FSFE</a>, and also by encouraging others to do so</li>
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