[PLUG-TALK] MwvLug Meeting: 4/6 6:30 Owen 101 - How-NOT-TO

[John Sechrest]

	LUG Meeting
	Tuesday 2004/04/06
	6:30
	Owen 101  ( on the OSU campus, Corvallis Oregon)

        HOW-NOT-TO
        Avoiding Intellectual Property Quagmires

	by   Zach Welch     <zw at superlucidity.net>


	"This talk will provide an overview of a tangled web of (mostly
	contrived) FOSS intellectual property transgressions that a developer
	discovered he could have been committing just by working on an embedded
	system he purchased.  The tale should provide a poignant insight as to
	why intellectual property laws (specifically selective enforcement of
	copyright license rights) must be given as much consideration as the
	work products themselves.  Because the issue has not been resolved, the
	speaker is continuing to withhold the company's name to allow them time
	to find the best long-term remedies."


	Zach Welch has been providing professional FOSS consulting services
	for over two years, recently giving "motivational talks" for using open
	source effectively in business.  He has pioneered a new open source
	business model through his 'forking toolkit' and is working to publicly
	launch this long awaited effort."

	
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	Come Join us for Beer after the meeting at Clod Feldters. 
	We try to get there between 8:30 and 9:00.


				    John Sechrest


 		


PS - Other Linux organizations:

   The OSU Linux Users group has started meeting on the OSU
   campus. Next meeting CS Library (Dearborn) Thursday April 8th, 6pm
   email is at linux at lists.oregonstate.edu
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   Biznix which specializes in Linux and UNIX support for the Business
   Computer User meets on the second Thursday of the month at the Novell
   offices in Tigard.  See http://www.Bizix.org for details.
                
   PDXLUG provides a less formal alternative to PLUG emphasizing the
   needs of new users.  PDXLUG meets every second Thursday of the
   month in southeast Portland.  See http://www.PDXLUG.org for
   details.

   The Eugene Linux Users Group meets several times a month.
   See http://www.euglug.org for details.

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