If you’re coming to Europe’s international GPLv3 conference on June 22nd and 23rd in Barcelona, registration is required. Email oriordan@fsfeurope.org and put "GPLv3 registration" in the subject of the email. You’ll get a reply within 24 hours. Details are still appearing on the event’s webpage (linked above).
Full details are now online for the 3rd international GPLv3 conferece. The venue is the Aula 1, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB). Centrally located, it is near Plaça Catalunya and Les Rambles. Day 1 will have the major, general presentations. Georg Greve will open, Richard Stallman will present an overview of the changes Read more »
As mentioned on LWN.net and LinuxElectrons, the third international GPLv3 conference will take place on June 22nd and 23rd in Barcelona, Spain. More information is on the event’s home page: http://fsfeurope.org/projects/gplv3/europe-gplv3-conference Richard Stallman, Eben Moglen, and Georg Greve are confirmed speakers. The venue hasn’t been finalised, but that should happen soon. Another announcement will go Read more »
Well, I said I’d make the most of my trip to Brazil, so here’s a transcript of Richard Stallman’s presenation at the second international GPLv3 conference that took place there: http://fsfeurope.org/projects/gplv3/fisl-rms-transcript.en.html Made from a very low quality video which I took with my digital camera. The conference organisers will be putting proper videos online when Read more »
Yesterday was the last day of FISL. After blogging in the morning, I participated in a panel discussion about adoption of GPLv3. I think this went better than my software patents presentation on Thursday – I’m happier and more suited to Q&A or small room discussions than giving non-interactive presentations. The GPLv3 panel discussions actually Read more »
It’s the fourth and last day of FISL here in Brazil and I’ve had a great time. For me, the best part is the many people I’ve met and the discussions generated when more than four thousand free software supporters are in one city for four days. There are seven presentations happening simultaneously all day Read more »
For anyone looking to understand the proposed changes to the GPL for addressing DRM or software patents, I’ve made two documents: DRM and GPLv3 Patents and GPLv3 I just got the relevant proposed changes to the licence, and attached public comments made specifically about each proposed change by Richard Stallman and Eben Moglen. Simple? Hopefully. Read more »
I just got my flight tickets for a 10 day trip to Brazil. The 2nd international GPLv3 conference is happening in Porto Alegre in the far south of Brazil – in conjunction with the 7th International Free Software Forum (FISL), which takes place from the 19th to the 22nd of April. The GPLv3 event is Read more »
I’ve made and put online a transcript of the recent presentation by RMS about GPLv3: http://www.fsfeurope.org/projects/gplv3/torino-rms-transcript.en.html After making the previous one, I thought I wouldn’t do it again, but they seem more important now than I had realised. Quite a number of people sent thanking emails, which is nice, particularly those who speak English as Read more »
There’s a slashdot story on the two transcripts I made on GPLv3 presentations by Richard Stallman and Eben Moglen. It’s there at the top of the front page right now. The discussion about the changes is still waiting to gather pace, and I think it’s important to make the information flow as much as possible Read more »