[sheflug] UKUUG Evening talk: Introduction to GPLv3

[Richard Ibbotson <richard [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

I thought that someone might want to know about this....


UKUUG is pleased to announce a free evening talk, "Update of the
constitution: introduction to GPLv3,"  presented by Georg Greve, 
founder and President of FSF Europe.

When: Monday 29th May 2006, 18:30 for a 19:00 start

Where: Cockcroft Theatre
        The Manchester Conference Centre
       Weston Building
       Sackville Street
       Manchester
       M1 3BB

Please feel free to extend this invitation to any colleagues or 
friends you think might like to attend.  The talk is open to all and 
there's no need to preregister.

Abstract:

The GNU General Public License (GPL) invented the concept of Copyleft
and is the most popular Free Software license today. After many highly
successful years for version 2, the GPL is currently being overhauled 
to meet the needs of the next decade.

The presentation will give an introduction to version 3, the changes
made, their reasoning and how to participate in the process to make 
sure GPLv3 will be the best GPL we can collectively create.

About the speaker:

In early 2001 Georg Greve initiated the founding of the Free Software
Foundation Europe (FSFE, FSF Europe), the construction and 
coordination of which has kept him busy on European and global level 
in past years.

Within these activities between technology, politics, society, and
economy, Georg Greve was for instance invited as an expert to the
"Commission on Intellectual Property Rights" of the UK government and
participated in the first phase of the United Nations (UN) World 
Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) on behalf of the German 
coordination circle of Civil Society within the German governmental 
delegation. 

About UKUUG:

UKUUG - the UK's Unix and Open Systems User Group - is a non-profit
organisation and technical forum for the advocacy of open systems,
particularly Unix and Unix-like operating systems, the promotion of 
free and open-source software, and the advancement of open 
programming standards and networking protocols. 

Please contact <ukuug [at] ukuug.org> if you have any questions about this
event.


-- 
Richard

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