Transcript: Stallman on GPLv3, April 1st 2007 in Brussels
A transcript is now online of: RMS’s April 1st GPLv3 talk. Audio and video recordings will be online later today. Topics covered in the talk include:
- What is Free Software?
- The GNU project
- Free Software licences
- Internationalisation
- Tivoisation
- Tivoisation – the limits in draft 3
- Deflating the EUCD and DMCA
- Novell, Microsoft, and patents
- Termination
- Formalising added permissions
- BitTorrent
- Patent retalisation and the Apache licence
- The bracketed, dated clause
Hopefully this transcript will raise discussion and help people understand the GPLv3 process so that they can participate. Please pass the link on to forums and lists where it might be useful.
After the talk, despite being very tired, Richard also gave time for an interview, which is online now which covers GPLv3 and more general topics.
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Ciarán O’Riordan,
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