Free as in Freedom

Bradley and Karen discuss types of copyleft generally and introduce the basics of license compatibility and -or-later clauses. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:38) This show discusses copyleft and basic issues of license compatibility (04:09) Karen mentioned an episode of the old Software Freedom Law Show , Episode 0x08 , where Bradley and Karen discussed selecting a FLOSS license and what the various op...

Bradley and Karen discuss non-commercial-only commons licenses, particularly the CC-By-NC license, and how they compare to Free Culture and Free Software licenses, and why some authors pick NC licenses instead of Free Culture/Software ones. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:36) Listeners seeking a show on how to select a Free Software license, differences between copyleft and non-copyleft, and how they in...

Bradley and Karen discuss a few corrections from previous shows, and then discuss misunderstandings about the GPL regarding “revocation” of the GPL. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:34) Bradley issued a correction regarding FaiF 0x06 . Christopher Allan Webber mentioned that FSF sometimes accepts copyright assignments in cases where the entire code base is not assigned. (02:40) Karen issued a...

Bradley and Karen discuss the inclusion of ZFS GPLv2-or-later code inclusion into GNU GRUB . Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:35) Bradley and Karen discussed the inclusion of ZFS code now included in GRUB , as the GRUB Project announced and was covered at LWN by Jonathan Corbet . It's not mandatory that GNU projects have assignment to the FSF. The GNU Maintainer's guide discuss the requirements when item...

Bradley and Karen welcome special co-presenter and guest, Aaron Williamson , to discuss the OpenBSD email regarding purported FBI backdoors. In the main segment, they discuss the amicus brief filed by SFLC (where Aaron and Karen work) in the Global-Tech Appliances v. SEB USA Supreme Court case. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:37) Aaron brought up a message forwarded to the OpenBSD developers list by The...

In this episode of Free as in Freedom , Karen and Bradley discuss in the first segment recent press coverage of sexist attitudes at Free Software conferences, and in the second segment, discuss the public filings related to the Novell sale. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:40) Karen and Bradley discuss an article called The Dark Side of Open Source Conference , which was covered some in the tech press ,...

Karen and Bradley discuss the debates regarding Apple's online store restrictions that make it impossible to distribute GPL'd software via Apple's store. Then, they discuss question the usefulness of the term “Open Core” Note: Bradley's audio was too low compared to Karen's on this episode. We're still sorting out our recording issues, and apologize for this. This is completely Bradley...

Karen and Bradley discuss Stormy Peters' departure from the GNOME Foundation, an issue of deep confusion regarding copyright licensing, and references to Spock in a recent court decision. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:35) Bradley confirmed the entire show is licensed CC-By-SA 3.0. (02:30) Stormy Peters is leaving the position of GNOME Foundation's Executive Director . (04:10) The GNOME Advisory Board...

Bradley and Karen discuss the new license of their show, multi-platform Free Software projects and conferences Bradley attended this month. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:32) All recordings for the first 0x01 attempt had an annoying audio buzz. (01:18) The Free as in Freedom oggcast is now licensed CC-By-SA 3.0 Unported (03:10) Karl Fogel is Executive Director of Question Copyright . (03:35) Karen ment...

Bradley and Karen announced that the Software Freedom Law Show is over . Karen and Bradley announced a new show, called Free as in Freedom , that will not be affiliated with any specific organization (although Bradley and Karen keep all their various affiliations themselves. :). Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:28) Bradley mentioned OsamaK is not happy at Bradley and Karen for not having a new oggcast fo...