[ale] Presentation for ALE Central Meeting on Thursday

[Bjorn Roche]

On Tue, 12 Oct 2004, Bridges, Doug wrote:

> For better or worse I have agreed to give a presentation at Thursday's 
> meeting on Open Source Software and Intellectual Property.  Because the 
> OSS community has diverse opinions and knowledge about IP, I thought it 
> would be good to give a short introduction to the different types of IP 
> (patents, copyrights, and trademarks), but I also wanted to see if 
> anyone had any particular areas that they would like me to talk about. 
> Any suggestions or requests are welcome, as I expect this to be a very 
> informal presentation.

I agree with Barry that it would be nice to hear about the SCSL and its 
implications to Java (not just on FreeBSD) and other Java-related issues 
since Java is both near and dear to my hart and has suffered from 
licensing issues, having been attacked by both MS and by memebers of the 
OSS community. I would also be interested a bit in the history of IP -- 
in particular how it came to be so important. (I'd also like to hear a bit 
about Autozone vs. SCO if you are privy to tell us!)

 	bjorn


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