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Episode 0x07: Revoked?

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Bradley and Karen

discuss a few corrections from previous shows, and then discuss
misunderstandings about the GPL regarding “revocation” of
the GPL.

Show Notes:
Segment 0 (00:34)
  • Bradley issued a correction regarding FaiF 0x06. Christopher Allan Webber mentioned that
    • FSF sometimes accepts copyright assignments in cases where the entire code
    base is not assigned. (02:40)
  • Karen issued a correction regarding FaiF 0x04 about women
    • being hired to be at the party, but in fact that was not the case, despite
    being mentioned in this
    article.
  • Karen's paper on Medical Devices was linked to from a ZD
    • Net UK blog. (05:48)
  • Bradley mentioned this Android
    • bug regarding mis-sent SMS, which was widely
    covered
    in
    the
    press.
    Apparently the bug has been resolved upstream, somewhat disproving
    Bradley's point. (08:40)
    Segment 1 (12:19)
    • Bradley
      • is quoted in an article about revocation of the GPL (12:35).
    • The story was originally covered
      • on slashdot. (13:17)
    • The WinMTR site now
      • says: By popular request, WinMTR will be available under GPL
      v2. (19:50)
    • Karen mentioned the FSF's GPL FAQ. (29:27)
    • Bradley mentioned the
      • four
      rationale
      documents.
      There's also one
      for AGPLv3 draft 2 and LGPLv3 draft
      2. (30:13)

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