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Dear Free Software Supporter,

The Free Software Foundation's (FSF) Licensing and Compliance Lab has released the program for the continuing legal education (CLE) seminar on GPL Enforcement and Legal Ethics, which will be held on Wednesday, October 16, 2019, at the Raleigh Convention Center in North Carolina.

In addition to the many other outstanding experts and respected leaders in the free software community, we have added a session from Pamela Chestek, JD, principal of Chestek Legal, who practices in trademark, copyright, free software, advertising, and marketing law. This brings the potential CLE credits (approval pending) of the full day seminar to five informative sessions.

We have posted the biographies of all our speakers on the event page, as well as Copyleft and the GNU General Public License: A Comprehensive Tutorial and Guide, in anticipation of the rest of the session materials.

Sign up now to register for this exclusive event. As always, FSF associate members get discounted entry. Registration for this event closes on Wednesday, October 9th, 2019, at 12:00 EDT (16:00 UTC).

Program

• 09:00 - 09:30: Registration and breakfast

• 09:30 - 09:45 Welcome and introductory remarks
  Welcome by FSF executive director John Sullivan

• 09:45 - 10:45 Brief introduction to the GNU General Public License
  Session 1 by Bradley M. Kuhn
  Break - 10 minutes

• 10:55 - 11:55 What do courts think the GPL means (so far)?
  Session 2 by Marc Jones, JD
  Lunch - 90 minutes

• 13:30 - 14:30 Free software ethics quiz show!
  Session 3 by Justin C. Colannino, JD
  Break - 10 minutes

• 14:40 - 15:40 Trademarks and free software
  Session 4 by Pamela Chestek, JD
  Break - 10 minutes

• 15:50 - 16:50 The changing face of license proliferation
  Session 5 by Donald R. Roberton, JD
  Followed by closing remarks

• 17:30 - 20:00 Networking social event at Whiskey Kitchen

The FSF relies on community support to organize these events. Sponsoring the CLE is a unique opportunity to demonstrate leadership and commitment to free software to peers, collaborators, experts in the field, potential employees, and contributors to projects that your firm uses. And, most importantly, your sponsorship will help provide clarity and certainty around the commercial use of copyleft. For information on how your company can sponsor the CLE seminar, please contact [email protected].

Kind regards,

Zoë Kooyman
Program Manager