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| DATE | 2007-11-13 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] [Fwd: [nylug-announce] TOMORROW! WEDNESDAY: NYLUG presents James Vasile on GPL3, FOSS Legal Primer & The Interaction of Licenses & Communities]
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On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 12:16:21PM -0500, Ron Guerin wrote:
> Please send someone who can explain Freedom IT.
I'll be there. Can you RSVP me.
Ruben
>
> - Ron
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [nylug-announce] TOMORROW! WEDNESDAY: NYLUG presents James
> Vasile on GPL3, FOSS Legal Primer & The Interaction of Licenses &
> Communities
> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:30:01 -0500 (EST)
> From: Ron Guerin
> Reply-To: Announcements from NYLUG
> To: NYLUG Announcements
>
> REMINDER: This meeting is tomorrow, RSVP closes TODAY
> Visit http://rsvp.nylug.org to see if RSVP is still open.
>
> Wednesday, November 14th, 2007 *RSVP CLOSES TUESDAY BUT SEE BELOW*
> 6:30pm-8:00 PM
> Google
> 76th 9th Ave., between 15th and 16th St.
> 4th Floor, enter near 16th Street
>
> ** RSVP Closes at 2:30pm the day before the meeting (sharp!) ***
> Please RSVP for EVERY meeting at this time.
> Register at http://rsvp.nylug.org/
> Check in with photo ID at the lobby for badge.
> Latecomers can sign in, but it means having to sign in and
> possibly wait a bit.
>
> PLEASE NOTE: If you miss the RSVP cutoff you can still come to the
> meeting and sign in.
>
>
> James Vasile, Free Software Law Center
> -on-
> GPL3, The FOSS Legal Primer,
> and The Interaction of Licenses & Communities
>
> Please join us on Wednesday evening, for a presentation by James
> Vasile of the Free Software Law Center on several legal topics of
> interest to users of Free and Open Source Software. While version
> three of the GPL is now old news, there are still some points about
> it worth discussing, and many still have questions about what makes
> it different from previous versions of the widely-used GNU General
> Public License.
>
> James will also be talking to us about the interaction between
> licenses and communities.
>
> Further Information:
>
> * Free Software Law Center
> http://www.softwarefreedom.org/
>
> * GNU General Public License v. 3 (GNU GPL)
> http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
>
> * Dragging developers towards the core:
> How the Free/Libre/Open Source Software community enhances
> developers' contribution
> http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/rullani_socenv.pdf
>
>
> About James Vasile:
> James Vasile holds a Juris Doctor (JD) from Columbia Law School,
> where he was a member of the law review and a Stone Scholar. He also
> has a bachelor's degree in political science and economics from
> Fordham University. He spent several years in the litigation
> department of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, where he worked on a range of
> cases and dealt with a variety of new media issues. Vasile has also
> contributed code and documentation to numerous FOSS software projects.
> He is admitted to practice in the State of New York.
>
> Meeting Location:
> Please note that this meeting will be held at Google, 76 9th Ave,
> 4th floor, between 15th and 16th Streets, and not at IBM. This is
> the old Port Authority Building, and takes up the entire block.
> You want the entrance nearest 16th Ave.
>
> Map:
> http://tighturl.com/u4
>
> Free Refreshments!
> Google is also graciously providing refreshments during the
> meeting.
>
> Books!!!
> Our friends at Prentice-Hall kindly provide us with review copies
> of various new titles. One of these could be yours, all you have
> to do is agree to review the book within a reasonable period of
> time.
>
> Swag (Give Away):
> During/after the meeting... unusually terrific swag may be given
> away.
>
> Stammtisch:
> After the meeting ... Many of us have been meeting over at the
> Hog Pit starting around 8:15-8:30. http://www.hogpit.com
> 22 Ninth Avenue at 13th Street, New York, New York 10014
>
> Python Workshops:
> We will be focusing on learning Python for the next couple of
> meetings. Beginners are welcome! Download Dive Into Python
> from http://diveintopython.org and join us.
>
> Those interested in working on the new NYLYG Web site are
> strongly encouraged to attend also.
>
> The workshops meet every other Tuesday, at the NY Public Library,
> Hudson Park Branch. 66 Leroy St. NY NY from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
> Next meeting is November 20th, followed by December 4th.
> See the calendar at: http://tighturl.com/fp
>
> Please see our home page at http://www.nylug.org for the HTMLized
> version of this announcement, our archives, and a lot of other good
> stuff.
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