John Sullivan - Panel: "Open source and free software license compliance and users" (FOSDEM, virtual event)

The FSF's executive director, John Sullivan, is going to speak at FOSDEM (2021-02-06–07).

PANEL: "Open source and free software license compliance and users do present compliance practices assure software freedom for device users?"

Compliance with Open Source and Free Software licenses remains a perennial topic of discussion among policy makers in our community. However, little attention is paid to the motivations why these licenses have specific requirements. Specifically, at least for copyleft licenses, the licenses seek to bestow specific rights and freedoms to the users who receive the software integrated into the devices they use. This panel, containing a group of industry experts, consultants, and license enforcement experts, discusses the challenges and importance of assuring downstream can actually utilize the compliance artifacts they receive with products as intended by the license.

Compliance with Open Source and Free Software licenses remains a perennial topic of discussion among policy makers in our community. However, little attention is paid to the motivations why these licenses have specific requirements. Specifically, at least for copyleft licenses, the licenses seek to bestow specific rights and freedoms to the users who receive the software integrated into the devices they use. This panel, containing a group of industry experts, consultants, and license enforcement experts, discusses the challenges and importance of assuring downstream can actually utilize the compliance artifacts they receive with products as intended by the license.

• Bradley M. Kuhn
• John Sullivan
• Miriam Ballhausen
• Davide Ricci
• Eilís Ní Fhlannagáin

Location: D.legal Room

Please sign up for our monthly electronic newsletter, the Free Software Supporter, so we can keep you informed about events we will be attending.