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68 lines
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thanks for invitation
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introduction about the speaker
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legal disclaimer
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free software and it's role in computing
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increased use
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not only server market
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not only desktop market
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but _large_ quantities in the embedded market
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router / gateway / firewall
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wireless acces points / bridges
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network attached storagee
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free software development model
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distributed developers throughout the world
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contributions from anyone with required skills
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as a result, distributed copyright in many projects
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free software and it's licenses
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free software != public domain
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free as in freedom, not as in beer
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significant part covered by gpl license
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gpl revisited
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terminology
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revisiting
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complete source code
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derivative works
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collective works
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non-public modifications
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gpl violations
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when do i violate the license
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what do i risk
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past (until 2003) gpl enforcement
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most of it quietly
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in many cases handled by the FSF
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the linksys case
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typical enforcement timeline
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success so far
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summary / what we've learnt
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a lot of companies don't take free software licenses seriously
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even companies with large legal deprartments have problems
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why is that? lack of information? financial risk not hard enough?
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it's not different to any other software license of 3rd party components
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the FUD spread by certain corporations 'can the gpl be enforced' has vanished
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problems of gpl enforcmeent
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distributed copyright is a safeguard, but can make enforcement difficult
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the need to do reverse engineering to proof the violation
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infringing companies obfuscating or encrypting free software
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legally difficult to claim your rights as customer of gpl infringing product
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damages claims can be difficult due to distribution problem
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gpl enforcment future
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I just wanted to set some examples
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so many cases, further enforcement has to be done by organization
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