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02/15/2007, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Moderator:
Mark Radcliffe, Partner, DLA Piper US, LLP.
Speakers:
Damien Eastwood, Vice President, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Richard Fontana, Counsel, Software Freedom Law Center.
GPLv3 is the first modification of the General Public License, the most widely used open source license, in 15 years. The result of a year of consultation and hundreds of comments, the license is likely to be very influential in the future of open source. The session will include a detailed discussion of the license and its potential impact.
This session will cover:
The process to develop the GPLv3
Differences between GPLv2 and GPLv3
How GPLv2 interacts with GPLv3
How companies should adapt their use of open source software due to the adoption of GPLv3
What will the effect of GPLv3 be on "hosted" services
How are open source companies complying with the Digital Rights Management provisions of the GPLv3
What is the reaction among the developer community, the use community and the vendor community to GPLv3
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