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0x26: FOSDEM 2012: Meeks on Copyright Assignment

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Karen and Bradley play and discuss Michael

Meeks's FOSDEM 2012 talk, Risks
and Benefits of Copyright Assignment from the FOSDEM
2012 Legal and Policy Issues DevRoom.

Show Notes:
Segment 0 (00:35)

Bradley and Karen introduce Michael's talk.

Segment 1 (01:56)

Michael's slides

are available from faif.us and from his
blog post on the talk.

Segment 2 (26:47)
  • Bradley mentioned GNU
    • Mediagoblin as an example of a true upstream multi-copyright-holder
    AGPLv3'd
    project. (28:10)
  • Bradley mentioned that LibreOffice is “wealthy” as well
    • by Michael Meeks standards, given their successful
    fundraisers. (29:38)
  • Bradley mentioned the Desktop
    • Summit panel that he and Michael were on and Karen moderated.
    (34:06)
  • Bradley and
    • Michael co-authored (with Vincent Untz) the GNOME Copyright Assignment
    Guidelines. (35:30)
  • FSF was
    • previously supportive of MySQL AB back in 2002, but Michael also
    used to support the Sun JCA. (38:20)

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