local (Boston) meeting on Open Source licensing issues

[greg.rundlett at gmail.com (Greg Rundlett)]

 My friend Mark Withington has organized several excellent speakers,
including Andy Updegrove, to discuss OS licensing issues.  The meeting
is Thursday evening at IBM in Cambridge.  I will be attending.  Please
spread the word, and RSVP on the website if you plan to attend.

see
http://www.bostonphp.org/component/option,com_extcalendar/Itemid,33/extmode,view/extid,13/
for details

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Date: Thursday, March 02, 2006 At 06:30 PM
Duration: 2 Hours
Contact Info:
Mark L. Withington PLMresearch v: 508-746-2383 m: 508-801-0181
	
Email: mark.withingtonNOSPAM at BostonPHP.org
URL: http://www.BostonPHP.org

Understanding open source licensing. Our star-studded line up will
discuss the bleeding edge of OSS licensing, covering topics such as:

* GPLv3 (recently announced);
* How open standards (like ODF) interact with open source, and
* What constitutes derivative work

Karen Copenhaver - General Counsel, Blackduck software: prior to
joining Black Duck, Karen was a partner in the Patent and Intellectual
Property Group of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault LLP practicing in the
area of technology licensing.

Ira Heffan - Associate, Goodwin Proctor LLP: regularly counsels
clients on intellectual property licensing matters, including
negotiation of software license agreements and appropriate use of
software distributed under "free" and "open source" licenses.

Andrew Updegrove - Gesmer Updegrove LLP: has broad range experience
representing both mature and emerging high technology companies of all
types in all aspects of their legal affairs. Since 1988, he has also
represented and helped structure more than 70 worldwide standard
setting, open source, promotional and advocacy consortia, including
some of the largest standard setting organizations in the world.

Terry Ilardi - Copyright Counsel IP & L, IBM Corporation: has been
Chairman of the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) Open
Source Committee since its inception in 2001 and is an advisor to the
American Law Institute's Principles of the Law of Software Contracts
project. He is a member of the GPLv3 Committee B and has presented on
the subject of Open Source Licensing and Mass Market Contracts

The place
IBM/Lotus
1 Rogers Street
Cambridge 02142

Corner of Rogers & First Streets, right next to the CambrideSide
Galleria and opposite on a diagonal to the Sonesa Hotel. Parking is
available on the street only or in the CambridgeSide Galleria Mall.
The CambridgeSide Galleria is located at the Lechmere T on the Green
Line.

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