Free as in Freedom

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July 5, 2023

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Summary

Come to FOSSY 2023!

This show was released on Wednesday 5 July 2023; its running time is 00:05:55.

Show Notes

FOSSY 2023 will happen next week in Portland, OR, USA.

March 9, 2021

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                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x6C: Even More DMCA Exemption Requests!

Summary

Karen and Bradley discuss two other DMCA exemptions filed by Software Freedom Conservancy during the 2020/2021 Triennial Rulemaking Process at the copyright office: one for wireless router firmwares and one for privacy research.

This show was released on Tuesday 9 March 2021; its running time is 00:52:52.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:39)

Segment 1 (06:30)

Segment 2 (29:10)

January 14, 2021

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Summary

Software Freedom Conservancy filed multiple exemptions in the USA Copyright Office Triennial Rulemaking Process under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). In this episode, Karen and Bradley explore the details of Conservancy's filing to request permission to circumvent technological restriction measures in order to investigate infringement of other people's copyright, which is a necessary part of investigations of alleged violations of the GPL and other copyleft licenses.

This show was released on Thursday 14 January 2021; its running time is 00:51:45.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:39)

Segment 1 (04:22)

Segment 2 (28:07)

Segment 3 (34:36)

If you are a Conservancy Supporter as well as being a FaiFCast listener, you can join this mailing list to receive announcements of live recordings and attend them through Conservancy's Big Blue Button (BBB) server.


Tags: faif, copyright, copyleft, Conservancy

March 31, 2020

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Summary

The first live podcast of Free as in Freedom, hosted at SeaGL 2019 in November 2019. Hear questions from the studio audience and answers from Bradley and Karen.

This show was released on Tuesday 31 March 2020; its running time is 1:21:02.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:38)

Producer Dan speaks on mic to introduce that this is a live show.

Segment 1 (01:17)


Tags: faif, Conservancy

November 12, 2019

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Summary

Karen and Bradley discuss the end to Microsoft's e-book platform and generally the dangers and disasters that Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) cause for software users and developers.

This show was released on Tuesday 12 November 2019; its running time is 00:46:57.

Show Notes

Karen and Bradley discuss the end to Microsoft's e-book platform and generally the dangers and disasters that Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) cause for software users and developers.

Segment 0 (00:35)

Segment 1 (26:31)


Tags: faif, microsoft, Conservancy

May 31, 2019

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Summary

Bradley and Karen enjoy and discuss Molly De Blanc's keynote at the first annual CopyleftConf, entitled The Margins of Software Freedom, followed by an exclusive interview with Molly!

This show was released on Friday 31 May 2019; its running time is 00:58:07.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:37)

May 11, 2019

[Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
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Summary

Bradley and Karen discuss two additional permissions that can be used to “backport” the GPLv3 Termination provisions to GPLv2 — the Kernel Enforcement Statement Additional Permission, and the Red Hat Cooperation Commitment. A blog post on Conservancy's site summarizes the discussion on this show.

This show was released on Saturday 11 May 2019; its running time is 00:41:56.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:35)

Segment 1 (13:04)

Segment 2 (26:10)

Segment 3 (38:40)

The next episode of will be an interview with Molly De Blanc and recording of her keynote at CopyleftConf 2019


Tags: faif, GPL, copyright

April 22, 2019

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Summary

Bradley and Karen discuss the details of the completion of the lawsuit (which Conservancy supported) between Christoph Hellwig and VMware in Germany.

This show was released on Monday 22 April 2019; its running time is 00:38:29.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:37)

Segment 1 (09:26)

Segment 2 (33:01)

  • In the next episode, Karen will discuss the Kernel Enforcement Statement Additional Permission, and the Red Hat “Cooperation Commitment”. (35:40)

  • Tags: faif, copyright, patents, copyleft

    April 2, 2019

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
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    Summary

    Bradley and Karen discuss and critique the new initiative by the Linux Foundation called CommunityBridge. The podcast includes various analysis that expands upon their blog post about Linux Foundation's CommunityBridge.

    This show was released on Tuesday 2 April 2019; its running time is 00:47:17.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:36)

    Segment 1 (21:23)

    Segment 2 (36:54)

    Segment 3 (42:44)

    Bradley and Karen discuss (or, possibly don't) discuss what's coming up on the next episode. Fact of the matter is that this announcement wasn't written yet when we recorded this episode and we weren't sure if 0x65 would be released before or after that announcement was released. We'll be discussing that topic on 0x66.


    Tags: faif, licensing, Conservancy, Linux Foundation

    March 27, 2019

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
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    Summary

    Bradley and Karen interview their own producer, Dan Lynch, on site at Copyleft Conf 2019.

    This show was released on Wednesday 27 March 2019; its running time is 00:36:00.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:46)

    Segment 1 (5:19)

    Segment 2 (28:23)

    Bradley and Karen briefly dissect the interview with Dan.

    Segment 3 (32:22)

    Karen and Bradley mention that they'll discuss the Linux Foundation initiative, “Community Bridge” in the next episode. If you want a preview Bradley and Karen's thoughts, you can read their blog post about Linux Foundation's “Community Bridge” initiative.


    Tags: faif, conferences, copyleft

    March 20, 2019

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
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    Summary

    In their final installment regarding their joint keynote at FOSDEM 2019, entitled: Can Anyone Live in Full Software Freedom Today?: Confessions of Activists Who Try But Fail to Avoid Proprietary Software, you listeners can hear the final product — a recording of the actual FOSDEM keynote. Afterwards, Karen and Bradley compare notes on what went wrong and what went right (but mostly what went wrong) during the talk.

    This show was released on Wednesday 20 March 2019; its running time is 01:10:28.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:00:35)

    Bradley and Karen talk logistics of how the talk is embedded in the audio.

    Segment 1 (00:04:14)

    The audio in this segment taken directly from the video of Karen and Bradley's FOSDEM 2019 opening keynote, entitled Can Anyone Live in Full Software Freedom Today? Confessions of Activists Who Try But Fail to Avoid Proprietary Software, which was given . If you'd rather watch the video, you can do so via FSODEM's video site in either webm format or in mp4 format.

    Segment 2 (00:46:01)

    Segment 3 (01:05:31)

    Karen and Bradley mention that the next episode will be an interview with Dan Lynch recorded at CopyleftConf 2019.


    Tags: faif, conferences, FOSDEM

    March 12, 2019

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
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    Summary

    Bradley and Karen have the last pre-talk installment of discussing the preparation for their joint keynote at FOSDEM 2019, entitled: Can Anyone Live in Full Software Freedom Today?: Confessions of Activists Who Try But Fail to Avoid Proprietary Software. This episode is the third of three episodes where Bradley and Karen record their preparation conversations for this keynote address. In this particular episode, they discuss the issue of letting others use proprietary software on your behalf, the problem of relying too much on that, and then finish up discussing with how they'll include this material into the final talk.

    This show was released on Tuesday 12 March 2019; its running time is 00:28:00.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:34)

    Segment 1 (23:15)


    Tags: faif, FOSDEM, social justice

    February 19, 2019

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x61: Can Anyone Live in Full Software Freedom Today? (Part II)

    Summary

    Bradley and Karen continue the process of preparing their joint keynote at FOSDEM 2019, entitled: Can Anyone Live in Full Software Freedom Today?: Confessions of Activists Who Try But Fail to Avoid Proprietary Software. This episode is the second of three episodes where Bradley and Karen record their preparation conversations for this keynote address. In this particular episode, they discuss the golden age in history when they used very little proprietary software, and then discuss the beginning of their personal Dark Ages of using some proprietary software.

    This show was released on Tuesday 19 February 2019; its running time is 00:35:23.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:35)

    Segment 1 (12:34)


    Tags: faif, conferences, FOSDEM

    January 13, 2019

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x60: Can Anyone Live in Full Software Freedom Today? (Part I)

    Summary

    Bradley and Karen pull back the curtain and begin the process of preparing their joint keynote at FOSDEM 2019, entitled: Can Anyone Live in Full Software Freedom Today?: Confessions of Activists Who Try But Fail to Avoid Proprietary Software. This episode is the first of multiple episodes where Bradley and Karen record their preparation conversations for this keynote address.

    This show was released on Sunday 13 January 2019; its running time is 00:36:37.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:36)

    Bradley and Karen discuss the plan to do prep for their FOSDEM keynote “on air” as part of FaiF broadcasts.

    Segment 1 (07:13)


    Tags: faif, conferences, FOSDEM

    December 31, 2018

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
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    Summary

    Bradley and Karen return, as promised, in 2018 (just barely)! They discuss the many non-FOSS and otherwise software-freedom-unfriendly licenses that have been promulgated in 2018.

    This show was released on Monday 31 December 2018; its running time is 00:36:49.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:36)

    Bradley and Karen discuss ideas for what to do with the oggcast going forward.

    Segment 2 (07:49)

    November 1, 2016

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
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    Summary

    Bradley and Karen discuss Conservancy's ContractPatch Initiative that will help Free Software developers negotiate their agreements with employers.

    This show was released on Tuesday 1 November 2016; its running time is 00:50:29.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:38)


    Tags: faif, commercial, Conservancy

    September 21, 2016

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
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    Summary

    Bradley and Karen discuss Conservancy's conference trips and presentations during the first half of 2016.

    This show was released on Wednesday 21 September 2016; its running time is 00:53:28.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:38)


    Tags: faif, OSCON, conferences, FOSDEM, Conservancy

    September 2, 2016

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
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    Summary

    Bradley and Karen give a basic introduction of copyright licensing of Open Source and Free Software.

    This show was released on Friday 2 September 2016; its running time is 01:02:03.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:35)


    Tags: faif, GPL, copyright, copyleft

    August 18, 2016

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
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    Summary

    Bradley and Karen discuss the plan for restarting Free as in Freedom and plans for episodes to come.

    This show was released on Thursday 18 August 2016; its running time is 00:26:59.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:36)


    Tags: faif, Conservancy

    July 14, 2016

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
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    Summary

    Bradley and Karen discuss Conservancy's Debian Copyright Aggregation project. (Note: While it was released just after DebConf16, this episode was recorded well before DebConf16; the discussions about DebConf refer to DebConf15.)

    This show was released on Thursday 14 July 2016; its running time is 00:39:32.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:38)

    Note: While it was released just after DebConf16, this episode was recorded well before DebConf16; the discussions about DebConf refer to DebConf15.


    Tags: faif, copyright, Debian

    November 24, 2015

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
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    Summary

    Free as in Freedom host Christopher Allan Webber interviews Karen Sandler and Bradley Kuhn about their work on copyleft and at Software Freedom Conservancy. You can become a Supporter of this work!

    This show was released on Tuesday 24 November 2015; its running time is 00:26:10.

    Show Notes


    Tags: faif, licensing, copyleft, Conservancy

    June 4, 2015

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
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    Summary

    Bradley and Karen discuss the VMware lawsuit that Software Freedom Conservancy is funding.

    This show was released on Thursday 4 June 2015; its running time is 00:33:52.

    Show Notes


    Tags: GPL, Debian, conferences, copyleft

    March 3, 2015

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
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    Summary

    Bradley and Karen interview Nick Coghlan, who works onn development and test infrastructure for Red Hat and is heavily involved with the Python community.

    This show was released on Tuesday 3 March 2015; its running time is 00:40:12.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:00:35)

    Bradley and Karen interviewed Nick Coghlan who works for Red Hat and contributes to various Open Source and Free Software projects such as Python. Nick discussed his work on the infrastructure team at Red Hat, and his advocacy of Kallithea for use for the CPython project.


    Tags: faif, conferences, Kallithea

    January 29, 2015

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
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    Summary

    Bradley and Karen interview Carol Smith, Programs and Open Source Community Manager of Google Summer of Code about the program and its policies and procedures.

    This show was released on Thursday 29 January 2015; its running time is 00:39:39.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:00:35)

    Bradley encourages those who attend FOSDEM 2015 to attend sign up to attend the Supporter Night Event on 30 January 2015 in Brussels, Belgium.

    Segment 1 (00:50:11)

    More Show notes for this one coming soon!


    Tags: faif, conferences, Google Summer of Code

    December 30, 2014

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
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    Summary

    Bradley and Karen discuss what plagiarism is (or isn't) and how it interacts with copyleft licenses.

    This show was released on Tuesday 30 December 2014; its running time is 01:16:43.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:00:37)

    Segment 1 (00:16:16)


    Tags: faif, GPL, Creative Commons, commercial, licensing, plagiarism

    December 24, 2014

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
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    Summary

    Bradley and Karen play and discuss

    Stefano Zacchiroli's talk entitled Legal issues from a radical community angle that he gave 12:00 European/Central time on Sunday 2 February 2014 at FOSDEM 2014.

    This show was released on Wednesday 24 December 2014; its running time is 01:04:50.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:00:35)

    Karen and Bradley introduce the talk.

    Segment 1 (00:02:38)

    Stefano Zacchiroli's talk entitled Legal issues from a radical community angle . You can watch the video instead of listening to our audio and/or follow along with Zach's slides.

    Segment 2 (00:53:17)


    Tags: faif, licensing, copyright, Debian, FOSDEM, trademarks

    December 11, 2014

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
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    Summary

    Bradley and Karen play and discuss Pam Chestek's talk entitled Why Licenses Requiring Use of Trademarks are Non-Free that she gave on Sunday 2 February 2014 at FOSDEM 2014.

    This show was released on Thursday 11 December 2014; its running time is 01:10:00.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:00:34)

    Segment 1 (00:13:26)

    Pam Chestek gives a talk entitled Why Licenses Requiring Use of Trademarks are Non-Free. You can watch the video instead of listening to our audio and follow along with Pam's slides.

    Segment 2 (01:00:37)


    Tags: faif, commercial, licensing, FOSDEM, trademarks

    November 24, 2014

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
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    Summary

    Karen and Bradley interview Richard M. Stallman on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the GNU Project.

    Note: Episode 0x5B was released out of sequence, but they are in the order of release date on faif.us (rather than numerical order by episode number).

    This show was released on Monday 24 November 2014; its running time is 00:40:06.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:34)

    Note: Episode 0x5B was released out of sequence, but they are in the order of release date on faif.us (rather than numerical order by episode number).

    Bradley and Karen introduce the interview.

    Segment 1 (01:20)

    November 11, 2014

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
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    Summary

    Karen and Bradley announce Conservancy's DMCA filing and Conservancy and FSF's joint launch of the copyleft.org project, and then discuss Eileen Evans' FOSDEM 2014 talk, entitled Licensing Models and Building an Open Source Community.

    This show was released on Tuesday 11 November 2014; its running time is 01:13:10.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:36)

    Segment 1 (19:38)

    This is a recording of Eileen Evans' FOSDEM 2014 talk, entitled Licensing Models and Building an Open Source Community. If you'd rather watch the video, which includes the slides from her talk, it's available on FOSDEM's site.

    Segment 2 (46:40)


    Tags: faif, commercial, licensing, non-profit, copyright, CLAs, copyleft

    October 23, 2014

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x5A: Gamergate's Free Software Connection

    Summary

    Note: Episode 0x5A was released out of sequence, but they are in the order of release date on faif.us (rather than numerical order).

    Karen and Bradley discuss connections between the so-called “Gamergate” controversy and how it relates to the Free Software community and a few obvious legal issues.

    This show was released on Thursday 23 October 2014; its running time is 00:55:31.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:37)


    Tags: faif, commercial, tort, gender

    October 9, 2014

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x4F: Linus Torvalds' Comments at DebConf 2014

    Summary

    Bradley and Karen discuss and criticize comments made by Linus Torvalds at his Q&A during DebConf 2014 in Portland, OR on 29 August 2014.

    This show was released on Thursday 9 October 2014; its running time is 00:38:51.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:37)

    Bradley and Karen discuss the Q&A with Linus Torvalds at DebConf 2014 in Portland, OR on 29 August 2014. (01:09)

    Segment 1 (04:30)


    Tags: faif, GPL, FSF, licensing, Debian, gender, conferences

    September 23, 2014

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    Summary

    Bradley and Karen discuss the key differences between 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(6) organizations in the USA, and discuss recent refusals by the IRS to grant such statuses to Open Source and Free Software orgs.

    This show was released on Tuesday 23 September 2014; its running time is 00:49:25.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:34)

    Segment 1 (39:43)

    Conservancy and OSI jointly announced a working group on IRS applications and denials. (40:49)


    Tags: faif, non-profit, Form 1023

    September 11, 2014

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x4D: 2013 Interview: Poettering & Day on Sandboxed GNOME Applications

    Summary

    Karen Sandler interviews Lennart Poettering and Alan Day during the GNOME Asia Summit 2013. Bradley and Karen comment on this interview.

    This show was released on Thursday 11 September 2014; its running time is 00:44:39.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:38)

    Bradley and Karen introduce Karen's interview with Lennart Poettering and Alan Day.

    Segment 1 (02:06)

    Karen interviews Lennart Poettering and Alan Day about Lennart's Sandboxed Applications for GNOME talk at GNOME Asia Summit 2013.

    Segment 1 (35:24)


    Tags: faif, gnome

    August 26, 2014

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x4C: Copyleft vs permissive vs CLAs

    Summary

    Bradley and Karen discuss the talk, Copyleft vs. Permissive vs. Contributor License Agreements: A Veteran’s Perspective by Simo Sorce given at FOSDEM 2013 on Sunday 3 February 2013.

    This show was released on Tuesday 26 August 2014; its running time is 01:14:47.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:00:38)

    Bradley and Karen introduce Simo's talk.

    Segment 1 (00:03:02)

    The slides from Simo's talk are available, if you want to follow along

    Segment 2 (00:59:50)

    Segment 3 (01:10:22)

    Bradley and Karen are still trying to decide what to do about the FOSDEM 2014 talks.


    Tags: faif, GPL, licensing, copyright, CLAs

    August 5, 2014

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x4B: CLA Panel Discussion

    Summary

    Bradley and Karen host a panel discussion on CLAs with Van Lindberg and Richard Fontana.

    This show was released on Tuesday 5 August 2014; its running time is 00:54:05.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:38)

    Bradley and Karen introduce the panel discussion.

    Segment 1 (01:28)

    Segment 2 (48:17)


    Tags: faif, commercial, licensing, CLAs

    July 30, 2014

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
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    Summary

    Bradley and Karen discuss Contributor Licensing Agreements, which pulls material from Bradley's blog posts on the subject.

    This show was released on Wednesday 30 July 2014; its running time is 00:44:34.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:36)


    Tags: faif, commercial, licensing, copyright, IBM, patents, CLAs

    July 18, 2014

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x49: Why Free Software Phone Doesn't Exist

    Summary

    Bradley and Karen discuss the talk, Why the free software phone doesn't exist by Aaron Williamson given at FOSDEM 2013 on Sunday 3 February 2013.

    This show was released on Friday 18 July 2014; its running time is 01:08:30.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:37)

    Bradley and Karen introduce the talk.

    Segment 1 (04:06)

    Aaron's slides area available.

    Segment 2 (56:41)


    Tags: faif, mobile, FOSDEM, Restricted Boot

    July 1, 2014

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
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    Summary

    Bradley and Karen discuss the talk, copyleft-next: an Introduction by Richard Fontana given at FOSDEM 2013 on Sunday 3 February 2013.

    This show was released on Tuesday 1 July 2014; its running time is 01:35:07.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:37)

    Bradley and Karen introduce the talk.

    Segment 1 (05:37)

    The slides Fontana's talk on copyleft-next are available.

    Segment 2 (01:06:51)


    Tags: faif, GNU, GPL, FSF, copyright, Richard Fontana

    June 19, 2014

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x47: Why Are You a Software Freedom Zealot?

    Summary

    Bradley and Karen discuss why software freedom as a political, social and moral issue is important to each of them personally.

    This show was released on Thursday 19 June 2014; its running time is 01:09:27.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:36)


    Tags: faif, social justice

    June 3, 2014

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x46: O'Sullivan's Legally Cementing Licences in Legislation

    Summary

    Bradley and Karen discuss the talk, Legally Cementing Licences in Legislation: Two Law Merchant Models for Free Software Licences by Maureen O’Sullivan given at FOSDEM 2013 on Sunday 3 February 2013.

    This show was released on Tuesday 3 June 2014; its running time is 01:06:41.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:00:37)

    Segment 1 (00:06:48)

    Bradley and Karen introduce the talk.

    Segment 2 (00:07:20)

    This segment is the talk, Legally Cementing Licences in Legislation: Two Law Merchant Models for Free Software Licences by Maureen O’Sullivan given at FOSDEM 2013 on Sunday 3 February 2013. You can follow along with the slides.

    Segment 3 (00:50:55)


    Tags: faif, GPL, licensing, copyright

    May 27, 2014

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
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    Summary

    Bradley and Karen discuss the details, what to worry about, and what the usual duties are when serving on a Board of Directors for a USA non-profit. The discussion is primarily about 501(c)(3) organizations, but at the end they spend some time discussing 501(c)(6) organizations as well.

    This show was released on Tuesday 27 May 2014; its running time is 01:02:56.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:00:44)

    Segment 1 (00:32:25)


    Tags: faif, non-profit

    May 13, 2014

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x44: Oracle v. Google Federal Appeals Court Decision

    Summary

    Bradley and Karen explain why they've been gone for so long, and then discuss the recent Oracle v. Google Federal Appeals Court Decision.

    This show was released on Tuesday 13 May 2014; its running time is 00:55:43.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:00:31)

    Segment 1 (00:09:37)


    Tags: faif, copyright, Oracle

    October 17, 2013

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x43: State of the GNUnion

    Summary

    Karen and Bradley listen to and discuss John Sullivan's talk from FOSDEM 2013, entitled State of the GNUnion.

    This show was released on Thursday 17 October 2013; its running time is 01:19:37.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:00:33)

    Karen and Bradley introduce the talk.

    Segment 1 (00:01:58)

    The slides for John's talk are available, and the source of those slides is available too.

    Segment 1 (00:54:31)

    Segment 2 (01:14:53)

    Private Internet Access became a new GNOME Advisory Board Member.


    Tags: faif, GNU, GPL, FSF, non-profit, copyright, FOSDEM

    September 4, 2013

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x42: libVLC LGPL Relicensing

    Summary

    Karen and Bradley listen to and discuss Jean-Baptiste Kempf's talk from FOSDEM 2013, entitled Relicensing libVLC and VLC modules from GPL to LGPL.

    This show was released on Wednesday 4 September 2013; its running time is 01:25:43.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:00:28)

    Segment 1 (00:05:52)

    Jean-Baptiste Kempf slides are available for this talk.

    Segment 2 (01:03:20)

    Segment 3 (01:21:00)

    Bradley and Karen discussed the release of the ExFAT Samsung source code.


    Tags: faif, FSF, licensing, copyright, LGPL

    August 14, 2013

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x41: Interview with Jim Zemlin at OSCON 2013

    Summary

    Bradley and Karen interview Jim Zemlin, Executive Director of the The Linux Foundation.

    This show was released on Wednesday 14 August 2013; its running time is 00:37:16.

    Show Notes

    Bradley and Karen interview Jim Zemlin, Executive Director of the The Linux Foundation.

    Segment 0 (00:00:33)

    Bradley and Karen introduce the interview.

    Segment 1 (00:03:03)

    Bradley and Karen interview Jim Zemlin.

    Segment 2 (00:25:23)


    Tags: faif, commercial, non-profit

    August 2, 2013

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x40: Alison Chaiken on Free Software in Cars

    Summary

    Note: initially, from 2013-08-01 18:30 through 2013-08-02 08:40 (US/Eastern), the audio file links in the feed did not work. That has been corrected.

    Bradley and Karen interview Alison Chaiken about Free Software in cars.

    This show was released on Friday 2 August 2013; its running time is 00:51:30.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:00:38)

    Bradley and Karen introduce the interview.

    Segment 1 (00:01:43)

    Segment 2 (00:36:09)


    Tags: GPL, licensing

    July 17, 2013

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x3F: FOSDEM 2013 - AGPLv3 Panel Discussion

    Summary

    Karen and Bradley listen to and discuss The panel discussion on the GNU Affero General Public License from FOSDEM 2013.

    This show was released on Wednesday 17 July 2013; its running time is 01:28:47.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:00:38)

    Segment 1 (00:04:50)

    This is the Panel Discussion: GNU Affero General Public License, version 3 from FOSDEM 2013. The speakers, in the order their voices are heard, are Tom Marble (introduction), Richard Fontana (moderator), Bradley M. Kuhn, Eileen Evans, and Christopher Allan Webber.

    Segment 2 (01:06:47)


    Tags: faif, FSF, FOSDEM, AGPL

    June 13, 2013

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x3E: Mozilla - Licensing in the Trenches

    Summary

    Karen and Bradley listen to and discuss Gervase Markham's talk from FOSDEM 2013, entitled Mozilla: Licensing In The Trenches.

    This show was released on Thursday 13 June 2013; its running time is 01:11:55.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:00:34)

    Segment 1 (00:04:57)

    Gerv's slides from his FOSDEM 2013 talk can be downloaded from FOSDEM's website.

    Segment 2 (00:51:48)

    Bradley and Karen discuss Gerv's talk.


    Tags: Creative Commons, licensing, non-profit, copyright, IBM, conferences, FOSDEM

    May 28, 2013

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x3D: Conference Behavior Redux

    Summary

    Karen and Bradley discuss the sexist comment issue that occurred a few months ago at PyCon USA 2013.

    This show was released on Tuesday 28 May 2013; its running time is 00:39:23.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:00:34)


    Tags: faif, gender, conferences

    May 7, 2013

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x3C: FOSDEM 2013: How to Share a Trademark

    Summary

    Karen and Bradley listen to and discuss Pamela Chestek's talk from FOSDEM 2013, entitled How to Share a Trademark.

    This show was released on Tuesday 7 May 2013; its running time is 01:23:47.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:00:33)

    Karen and Bradley introduce the talk.

    Segment 0 (00:02:05)

    Pam gave us slides, but it's all in one big SVG.

    Segment 2 (00:55:10)


    Tags: faif, licensing, FOSDEM, trademarks

    April 11, 2013

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x3B: FOSDEM 2013: Should We Embrace App Stores?

    Summary

    Karen and Bradley listen to and discuss Simon Phipps' and Amanda Brock's talk from FOSDEM 2013, entitled Should We Embrace App Stores?.

    This show was released on Thursday 11 April 2013; its running time is 01:11:25.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:00:33)

    Karen and Bradley introduce the talk.

    Segment 1 (00:03:03)

    Segment 1 (00:49:35)

    Bradley and Karen discuss the talk.


    Tags: licensing, FOSDEM

    April 3, 2013

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x3A: FOSDEM 2013: FOSS Code Goes In And Never Comes Out

    Summary

    Karen and Bradley listen to and discuss Gabriel Holloway's talk from FOSDEM 2013, entitled FOSS code goes in and never comes out: The Challenge of Sandboxed Proprietary Cloud Services.

    This show was released on Wednesday 3 April 2013; its running time is 01:24:33.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:00:33)

    Karen and Bradley introduce the talk.

    Segment 1 (00:05:48)

    The speaker's that you hear are:

    Unfortunately, Gabe didn't provide us with slides.

    Segment 2 (00:52:25)


    Tags: faif, GPL, licensing, FOSDEM, AGPL

    March 26, 2013

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x39: FOSDEM 2013: What is a Derivative Work under European Copyright Law?

    Summary

    Karen and Bradley listen to and discuss Till Jaeger's talk from FOSDEM 2013, entitled What is a derivative work under European Copyright Law?.

    This show was released on Tuesday 26 March 2013; its running time is 01:13:07.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:00:31)

    Karen and Bradley introduce the talk.

    Segment 2 (00:02:41)

    The speaker's that you hear are:

    The slides for Till Jaeger's talk are available.

    Segment 2 (00:49:11)


    Tags: faif, copyright, FOSDEM

    March 19, 2013

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x38: FOSDEM 2013: GPL Compliance Panel

    Summary

    Karen and Bradley listen to and discuss the GPL Compliance Panel from FOSDEM 2013.

    This show was released on Tuesday 19 March 2013; its running time is 01:13:02.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:00:34)

    Karen and Bradley have some not-so-witty banter about the FOSDEM 2013 Legal and Policy Issues DevRoom.

    Segment 1 (00:07:19)

    The speakers on the panel are (in order of appearance):

    Segment 2 (01:02:51)


    February 13, 2013

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x37: Copyright Assignment Again

    Summary

    Karen and Bradley discuss the LWN article, GnuTLS, copyright assignment, and GNU project governance and other issues related to copyright assignment.

    This show was released on Wednesday 13 February 2013; its running time is 01:01:15.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:46)


    Tags: faif, GNU, GPL, FSF, licensing, copyright

    December 18, 2012

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x36: RMS' Ubuntu Essay and Canonical, Ltd.'s Response

    Summary

    Karen and Bradley discuss RMS' essay on FSF's website, Ubuntu SpyWare: What To Do, and Shuttleworth's Slashdot interview that responds somewhat to RMS' comments.

    This show was released on Tuesday 18 December 2012; its running time is 00:39:57.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:36)


    Tags: FSF

    December 5, 2012

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x35: Oracle vs. Google Copyright Decision

    Summary

    Karen and Bradley discuss the copyright decision in the Oracle vs. Google case.

    This show was released on Wednesday 5 December 2012; its running time is 00:32:38.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:33)


    Tags: faif, copyright, Oracle

    November 22, 2012

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x34: Medical Devices Update

    Summary

    Karen gives an update on the advocacy of software freedom for medical devices, while Bradley continually takes the show off-topic.

    This show was released on Thursday 22 November 2012; its running time is 00:33:48.

    Show Notes


    Tags: faif

    October 10, 2012

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x33: Richard Fontana at LinuxCon North America 2012

    Summary

    Karen and Bradley play and discuss Richard Fontana's LinuxCon North America 2012 talk, The Tragedy of the Commons Gatekeepers.

    This show was released on Wednesday 10 October 2012; its running time is 01:13:39.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:33)

    Bradley and Karen introduce Richard Fontana's talk.

    Segment 1 (02:48)

    Richard Fontana's slides are available online, and there is also a well-written summary of the talk available on LWN.

    Segment 2 (47:15)

    Karen and Bradley discuss Fontana's talk.

    September 27, 2012

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x32: Matthew Garrett on UEFI at LinuxCon North America 2012

    Summary

    Karen and Bradley play and discuss Matthew Garrett's talk, Linux in a UEFI Secure Boot World talk from LinuxCon North America 2012.

    This show was released on Thursday 27 September 2012; its running time is 01:05:28.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:34)

    Segment 1 (08:43)

    The slides from Matthew Garrett's LinuxCon North America 2012 talk, Linux in a UEFI Secure Boot World are available.

    Segment 2 (51:35)


    Tags: faif, conferences, Restricted Boot

    September 14, 2012

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x31: GNU Mediagoblin

    Summary

    Karen and Bradley interview Christopher Allan Webber of the GNU Mediagoblin project.

    This show was released on Friday 14 September 2012; its running time is 00:45:39.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:31)

    Karen and Bradley introduce the interview.

    Segment 0 (00:56)

    Segment 1 (43:36)

    GNU Mediagoblin will be launching a fundraising campaign soon. Check back here for details later!


    Tags: faif, GNU, copyright, AGPL

    August 28, 2012

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x30: GNOME Press Comments

    Summary

    Karen and Bradley discuss recent coverage of GNOME by the technology press, and more generally issues and concerns with the technology press.

    This show was released on Tuesday 28 August 2012; its running time is 00:56:31.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:44)


    Tags: faif, gnome

    August 14, 2012

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x2F: OSCON and GUADEC 2012

    Summary

    Karen and Bradley discuss OSCON and GUADEC.

    This show was released on Tuesday 14 August 2012; its running time is 00:39:53.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:36)

    Segment 1 (17:56)


    Tags: faif, OSCON, conferences

    July 17, 2012

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x2E: FOSDEM 2012: Linksvayer on Public Policy & CC 4.0

    Summary

    Karen and Bradley play and discuss Mike Linksvayer's FOSDEM 2012 talk, Creative Commons 4.0 licenses and other opportunities for FLOSS/free culture legal/policy intersections from the FOSDEM 2012 Legal and Policy Issues DevRoom.

    This show was released on Tuesday 17 July 2012; its running time is 00:59:30.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:38)

    Bradley and Karen suggest that you use the slides below when listening to Mike's talk.

    Segment 1 (05:51)

    Mike Linksvayer's slides for this talk are available in PDF format and in ODP format.

    Segment 2 (33:43)

    Segment 3 (34:25)

    A special licensing message from Mike Linksvayer.

    Segment 4 (35:09)


    Tags: faif, Creative Commons, FOSDEM

    July 5, 2012

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x2D: FSF's Restricted Boot Paper

    Summary

    Karen and Bradley discuss FSF's announcement of FSF's white paper on Restricted Boot, which critiques Red Hat's approach to restricted boot for its Fedora distribution and Canonical, Ltd.'s approach to restricted boot for its Ubuntu distribution.

    This show was released on Thursday 5 July 2012; its running time is 00:42:22.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:38)


    Tags: faif, FSF, Restricted Boot

    June 19, 2012

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x2C: FOSDEM 2012: Laurent's Open Licences before European Courts

    Summary

    Karen and Bradley play and discuss Philippe Laurent's FOSDEM 2012 talk, Open Licences before European Courts from the FOSDEM 2012 Legal and Policy Issues DevRoom.

    This show was released on Tuesday 19 June 2012; its running time is 00:44:07.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:36)

    Karen and Bradley mention there is one talk remaining after this one from the FOSDEM 2012 Legal and Policy Issues DevRoom.

    Segment 1 (03:04)

    Philippe's slides are available from faif.us. Note: the slides are licensed differently than the show: they are CC-By-SA-3.0-Unported (rather than -USA).

    Segment 2 (32:22)


    Tags: faif, GPL, copyright, conferences, FOSDEM

    June 5, 2012

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x2B: Deb Nicholson of OIN

    Summary

    Karen and Bradley interview Deb Nicholson of Open Invention Network, GNU MediaGoblin and Open Hatch.

    This show was released on Tuesday 5 June 2012; its running time is 00:48:12.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:36)

    Segment 1 (04:40)

    Segment 2 (38:54)

    Bradley and Karen talk about plans for upcoming shows.


    Tags: faif, GNU, patents

    May 29, 2012

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x2A: Conservancy's Compliance Project

    Summary

    Karen and Bradley discuss Software Freedom Conservancy's announcement regarding its coordinated license compliance program.

    This show was released on Tuesday 29 May 2012; its running time is 00:32:53.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:36)

    Karen and Bradley discuss Software Freedom Conservancy's announcement regarding its coordinated license compliance program.


    Tags: faif, GPL, licensing, non-profit, copyright

    May 22, 2012

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x29: Richard Fontana at Linux Collaboration Summit 2012

    Summary

    Karen and Bradley play and discuss Richard Fontana's Linux Collaboration Summit 2012 talk, The Decline of the GPL, and What To Do About It.

    This show was released on Tuesday 22 May 2012; its running time is 01:19:27.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:36)

    Karen mentioned a legal summit where Richard and Karen spoke; the same event where the organizers said having Bradley speak would be the same as having the caterers speak.

    Segment 1 (04:46)

    Fontana's slides for this talk are available on Fontana's website.

    Note that this talk is a longer version of Ricahrd Fontana's FOSDEM 2012 talk, The (possible) decline of the GPL, and what to do about it from the FOSDEM 2012 Legal and Policy Issues DevRoom.

    Segment 2 (57:24)

    Bradley and Karen discuss Fontana's talk.


    Tags: faif, GPL, licensing, copyright, Richard Fontana, LibreOffice, OpenOffice, Oracle, conferences

    May 8, 2012

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x28: FOSDEM 2012: Loic Dachary

    Summary

    Karen and Bradley play and discuss Loïc Dachary's FOSDEM 2012 talk, Can for-profit companies enforce copyleft without becoming corrupt like MySQL AB? from the FOSDEM 2012 Legal and Policy Issues DevRoom.

    This show was released on Tuesday 8 May 2012; its running time is 00:56:01.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:35)

    Bradley and Karen discuss FOSDEM again.

    Segment 1 (10:10)

    Unfortunately, we don't have Loïc's slides.

    Segment 2 (32:03)

    Bradley and Karen comment on Loïc's talk.


    Tags: faif, GPL, licensing, FOSDEM

    April 25, 2012

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x27: FOSDEM 2012: Randal's Legal Hygiene

    Summary

    Karen and Bradley play and discuss Allison Randal's FOSDEM 2012 talk, FLOSSing for Good Legal Hygiene: Stories from the Trenches from the FOSDEM 2012 Legal and Policy Issues DevRoom.

    This show was released on Wednesday 25 April 2012; its running time is 01:04:56.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:35)

    Bradley talked about the #faif IRC conversation regarding hot milk recipe and its copyright. (01:54)

    Segment 1 (07:10)

    Allison's slides are available from faif.us.

    Segment 2 (35:00)


    Tags: faif, GPL, licensing, conferences, FOSDEM

    April 13, 2012

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x26: FOSDEM 2012: Meeks on Copyright Assignment

    Summary

    Karen and Bradley play and discuss Michael Meeks's FOSDEM 2012 talk, Risks and Benefits of Copyright Assignment from the FOSDEM 2012 Legal and Policy Issues DevRoom.

    This show was released on Friday 13 April 2012; its running time is 00:47:19.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:35)

    Bradley and Karen introduce Michael's talk.

    Segment 1 (01:56)

    Michael's slides are available from faif.us and from his blog post on the talk.

    Segment 2 (26:47)


    Tags: faif, licensing, copyright, FOSDEM

    March 29, 2012

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x25: FOSDEM 2012 Patents Panel

    Summary

    Karen and Bradley play and discuss Panel on Patents, moderated by Karen Sandler, with Ciarán O'Riordan, Benjamin Henrion, and Deb Nicholson from the FOSDEM 2012 Legal and Policy Issues DevRoom.

    This show was released on Thursday 29 March 2012; its running time is 00:48:59.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:35)

    Segment 1 (03:58)

    This is the recording of the panel. Some of the questions aren't completely audible, but Dan did a pretty good job boosting it in places.

    Segment 2 (32:21)


    Tags: faif, licensing, Richard Fontana, IBM, patents

    March 13, 2012

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x24: App Store Panel

    Summary

    Karen and Bradley play and discuss Panel on Application Stores, moderated by Richard Fontana, with Giovanni Battista Gallus, Bradley M. Kuhn, and Hugo Roy from the FOSDEM 2012 Legal and Policy Issues DevRoom.

    This show was released on Tuesday 13 March 2012; its running time is 00:47:28.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:34)

    Karen and Bradley introduce the panel.

    Segment 1 (02:15)

    This is the recording of the panel. Some of the questions aren't completely audible, but Dan did a pretty good job boosting it in places.

    Segment 2 (35:04)


    Tags: faif, conferences, FOSDEM

    February 28, 2012

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x23: Is Copyleft Being Framed?

    Summary

    Karen and Bradley play and discuss John Sullivan's talk entitled Is Copyleft Being Framed? from the FOSDEM 2012 Legal and Policy Issues DevRoom.

    This show was released on Tuesday 28 February 2012; its running time is 00:56:19.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:34)

    Segment 1 (06:35)

    Segment 1 (37:23)


    Tags: faif, conferences, FOSDEM

    February 14, 2012

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x22: Elder's Methods of FOSS Activism

    Summary

    Karen and Bradley play and discuss Ambjörn Elder's talk entitled Methods of FOSS Activism from the FOSDEM 2012 Legal and Policy Issues DevRoom.

    This show was released on Tuesday 14 February 2012; its running time is 00:44:44.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:35)

    Bradley and Karen summarize some of the logistics of FOSDEM.

    Segment 1 (08:08)

    You can follow along with Ambjörn's slides for his talk while you listen.

    Segment 2 (24:04)


    Tags: faif, conferences, FOSDEM

    January 31, 2012

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x21: Inspirational Conference Talks

    Summary

    Bradley and Karen discuss Jacob Appelbaum's talk at Linux Conf Australia 2012, as well as other conference talks.

    This show was released on Tuesday 31 January 2012; its running time is 00:38:58.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:35)

    Segment 0 (18:51)


    Tags: faif, security, conferences

    January 17, 2012

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x20: Gender Inequality in Software Freedom Community

    Summary

    Bradley and Karen discuss issues of gender inequality in the software freedom community and technology generally.

    This show was released on Tuesday 17 January 2012; its running time is 00:47:17.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:38)


    Tags: faif, gender

    January 8, 2012

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x1F: Toward Better Legal Discussion Fora

    Summary

    Karen and Bradley discuss the various private Free Software legal fora and consider if a more open community for discussion might be better, and also discuss the just-ended CFP for the FOSDEM Legal and Policy Issues Dev Room.

    This show was released on Sunday 8 January 2012; its running time is 00:37:57.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:37)


    Tags: faif

    December 16, 2011

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x1E: Our Non-Profits Considered

    Summary

    Karen and Bradley discuss recent debates about the value of non-profit organizations for Free Software.

    This show was released on Friday 16 December 2011; its running time is 00:44:33.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:34)


    Tags: FSF, non-profit, Richard Fontana

    November 29, 2011

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x1D: Stefano Zacchiroli, Current DPL

    Summary

    Karen interviews Stefano Zacchiroli, who is the current Debian Project Leader. Karen and Bradley discuss their thoughts on that interview.

    This show was released on Tuesday 29 November 2011; its running time is 00:38:51.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:36)

    Segment 1 (03:58)

    Segment 2 (21:04)


    Tags: faif, GPL, Debian

    November 11, 2011

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x1C: Adam Dingle of Yorba

    Summary

    Karen interviews Adam Dingle of Yorba, and Bradley and Karen briefly discuss the interview.

    This show was released on Friday 11 November 2011; its running time is 00:51:23.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:33)

    Segment 1 (02:45)

    Segment 2 (41:08)


    Tags: faif, non-profit, Form 1023

    October 25, 2011

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x1B: Two Executive Directors

    Summary

    Bradley and Karen discuss their jobs, particularly fundraising, and plans for future shows.

    This show was released on Tuesday 25 October 2011; its running time is 00:31:47.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:36)

    Segment 1 (29:28)


    Tags: faif, non-profit

    October 11, 2011

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x1A: Comments on Jobs

    Summary

    Bradley and Karen discuss the various news and comments on Steve Jobs' death and his legacy, and their own thoughts on the issue.

    This show was released on Tuesday 11 October 2011; its running time is 00:52:17.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:36)

    Segment 1 (33:40)


    Tags: faif

    September 28, 2011

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x19: GNOME 3.2 and Other Topics

    Summary

    Karen and Bradley discuss the GNOME 3.2 release, Karen interviews Jos Poortvliet, Bradley complains about identi.ca web interface and they discuss together UEFI “secure” boot, and the PyPy Python 3 campaign.

    This show was released on Wednesday 28 September 2011; its running time is 00:48:46.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:40)

    Segment 1 (07:14)

    Segment 2 (21:04)

    Segment 3 (31:53)


    Tags: faif, novell, gnome

    September 13, 2011

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x18: 12 Years of Compliance: A Historical Perspective

    Summary

    Bradley and Karen play a speech recording of Bradley's presentation at OSCON 2011, entitled 12 Years of FLOSS License Compliance: A Historical Perspective.

    This show was released on Tuesday 13 September 2011; its running time is 00:57:19.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:36)

    Segment 1 (05:02)

    Segment 2 (52:35)


    Tags: faif, GPL, licensing, copyright

    August 30, 2011

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x17: Contributor Agreements Considered Harmful

    Summary

    Bradley and Karen play a speech recording of Richard Fontana's presentation at OSCON 2011, entitled Contributor Agreements Considered Harmful.

    Note: this show and the slides from Richard Fontana are licensed under CC-By-SA-3.0 USA. This will be the new license of the show for this and future episodes.

    This show was released on Tuesday 30 August 2011; its running time is 01:03:49.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:34)

    Segment 1 (03:34)

    Segment 2 (45:17)


    Tags: novell, copyright, Richard Fontana

    August 16, 2011

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x16: Legal Basics for Developers

    Summary

    Bradley and Karen play and comment on a talk recording of Aaron Williamson's and Karen's presentation at OSCON 2011, entitled Legal Basics for Developers.

    This show was released on Tuesday 16 August 2011; its running time is 00:53:53.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:33)

    Segment 1 (05:53)

    Segment 2 (49:36)


    Tags: faif, copyright

    August 2, 2011

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x15: Karen Keynotes OSCON

    Summary

    Karen and Bradley discuss Karen's OSCON keynote and her 2011 O'Reilly Open Source Award, as well as other happenings from OSCON.

    This show was released on Tuesday 2 August 2011; its running time is 00:36:27.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:35)

    Segment 1 (10:22)

    Segment 2 (24:49)


    Tags: faif, OSCON

    July 19, 2011

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x14: Free as in FOAM

    Summary

    Karen and Bradley briefly discuss and play Bradley's keynote at the Sixth Annual OpenFOAM Conference.

    This show was released on Tuesday 19 July 2011; its running time is 01:04:03.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:38)

    Segment 1 (03:20)

    Segment 2 (53:12)


    Tags: faif, GPL, licensing, copyright

    July 5, 2011

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x13: Torts and 1023s

    Summary

    Karen and Bradley discuss the USAmerican legal system in regard to torts, and the current delays from the USA IRS on 501(c)(3) non-profit applications (i.e., Form 1023s).

    This show was released on Tuesday 5 July 2011; its running time is 00:39:49.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:48)

    Segment 1 (12:50)


    Tags: faif, non-profit, tort, Form 1023

    June 21, 2011

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x12: Karen's New Job; Supreme Court on Patents

    Summary

    Karen announces her new job, and Bradley and Karen discuss the recent USA Supreme Court decisions on patents.

    Be sure to make sure you're subscribed to feeds available on faif.us if you haven't already!

    This show was released on Tuesday 21 June 2011; its running time is 00:54:31.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:37)

    Segment 1 (28:58)


    Tags: licensing, patents, gnome

    June 7, 2011

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x11: Corporate Licensing Decisions That Impact the Project's Community

    Summary

    Dan Lynch (filling in for Karen) and Bradley discuss a few examples where licensing decisions by companies impacts the health of the software development community.

    This show was released on Tuesday 7 June 2011; its running time is 01:24:34.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:00:36)

    Segment 1 (00:32:30)

    Segment 2 (01:16:09)

    Bradley thanked Dan, on behalf of Karen, for all his work to make Free as in Freedom possible.


    Tags: faif, novell, commercial, licensing, copyright, LGPL, LibreOffice, OpenOffice, Oracle, IBM

    May 24, 2011

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x10: Linux License Violations

    Summary

    Dan Lynch (filling in for Karen) and Bradley play and discuss Matthew Garrett's talk GPL Violations: What Are We Doing? (aka Linux License Violations) from the Linux Collaboration Summit 2011.

    If you want to listen to only the off-topic parts of this oggcast, please download the FaiF 0x10 Off-Topic Remix.

    This show was released on Tuesday 24 May 2011; its running time is 01:24:10.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:34)

    Segment 1 (08:05)

    Segment 2 (51:29)


    Tags: faif, GPL, licensing, copyright

    May 10, 2011

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x0F: Why Samba Switched to GPLv3

    Summary

    This episode is a recording of Jeremy Allison's talk, Why Samba Switched to GPLv3 from the 2011 Linux Collaboration Summit, with some commentary from Bradley and Karen on the talk.

    This show was released on Tuesday 10 May 2011; its running time is 01:00:51.

    Show Notes

    Ironically (or perhaps appropriately), Bradley was at Samba XP with Jeremy the day this show was released. So, there he wasn't able to get show notes together in detail for this show.

    However, Jeremy's slides from the talk are available (in PDF), and also ODP format. So, you can follow along with it in the talk.

    Also, you may be interested to read Bradley live-dent'd Jeremy's talk, so the discussion there might be useful to read as well.


    Tags: faif, GPL, licensing

    April 26, 2011

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x0E: Open Source Projects and Corporate Entanglement

    Summary

    This episode is a recording of Richard Fontana's talk, Open Source Projects and Corporate Entanglement from the 2011 Linux Collaboration Summit, with some commentary from Bradley and Karen on the talk.

    This show was released on Tuesday 26 April 2011; its running time is 01:02:48.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:34)

    Segment 1 (03:48)

    Segment 2 (48:25)


    Tags: faif, GNU, licensing, non-profit, Richard Fontana

    April 12, 2011

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x0D: NDAs

    Summary

    This episode is a recording of Karen's talk, Sign on the Dotted Line: NDAs and Free and Open Source Software from the 2011 Linux Collaboration Summit.

    This show was released on Tuesday 12 April 2011; its running time is 00:42:44.

    Show Notes

    Segment 1 (01:33)

    You can download a copy of Karen's slides from the talk if you'd like to follow along.

    Here's a listener donated transcription of one of the questions:

    [23:14]
    [indistinct] Signed up [indistinct] At Google you can opt out. Some of the people are You cannot actually [indistinct]

    [29:53] On some NDAs you can have sections that say you are not allowed to use open source software and not allowed to write open source software, but the company is hiring you to do exactly this.

    [30:12] In NDAs. I'm a consultant, and so I get a lot of NDAs on my desk. I know at least 5 large semiconductor companies who have this paragraph inside that forbid you to look at open source software and its clear that open source software is a clause for the death penalty when they're hiring you as a consultant to write drivers in the Linux kernel.


    Tags: faif

    March 29, 2011

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x0C: Disturbing Debates

    Summary

    Bradley and Karen discuss two debates going on in the free and open source software community. One recent and seemingly inflated, and one long and confusing.

    This show was released on Tuesday 29 March 2011; its running time is 00:43:18.

    Show Notes

    Segment 1 (03:12)

    Segment 2 (26:07)


    Tags: faif, GPL, licensing, mobile, copyright

    March 15, 2011

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x0B: Free Software Project Non-Profit Existence

    Summary

    Bradley and Karen have an introductory discussion on how non-profit governance interacts with Free Software projects and what issues are important for developers who want their project to have a non-profit existence.

    This show was released on Tuesday 15 March 2011; its running time is 00:34:42.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:37)


    Tags: faif, non-profit

    March 1, 2011

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode: 0x0A: Windows Mobile Windows Phone 7 Series Application Store

    Summary

    Bradley and Karen discussed the Windows Phone 7 Application Store terms and conditions which prohibit GPL'd and other copylefted software in the application store.

    This show was released on Tuesday 1 March 2011; its running time is 00:38:13.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:35)

    After the show was recorded, there was an announcement that Microsoft would allow employees to build their own companies writing Windows 7 Series Windows Mobile applications.


    Tags: faif, GPL, licensing, microsoft, mobile

    February 15, 2011

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x09: Copyleft, -or-later, and Basics of Compatibility

    Summary

    Bradley and Karen discuss types of copyleft generally and introduce the basics of license compatibility and -or-later clauses.

    This show was released on Tuesday 15 February 2011; its running time is 00:41:57.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:38)


    Tags: faif, GPL, licensing

    February 1, 2011

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x08: Strictly Commercial

    Summary

    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.

    This show was released on Tuesday 1 February 2011; its running time is 00:49:32.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:36)


    Tags: faif, Creative Commons, commercial, licensing

    January 18, 2011

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x07: Revoked?

    Summary

    Bradley and Karen discuss a few corrections from previous shows, and then discuss misunderstandings about the GPL regarding “revocation” of the GPL.

    This show was released on Tuesday 18 January 2011; its running time is 00:44:54.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:34)

    Segment 1 (12:19)


    Tags: faif, GPL

    January 4, 2011

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x06: GRUB, Zulu Foxtrot Sierra

    Summary

    Bradley and Karen discuss the inclusion of ZFS GPLv2-or-later code inclusion into GNU GRUB.

    This show was released on Tuesday 4 January 2011; its running time is 00:47:58.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:35)

    Final (45:45)


    Tags: faif, GNU, GPL, FSF

    December 21, 2010

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x05: Inducing Fryers

    Summary

    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.

    This show was released on Tuesday 21 December 2010; its running time is 00:54:59.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:37)

    Segment 1 (14:18)

    Final (54:16)

    These show notes are Copyright © 2010, Karen Sandler and Bradley M. Kuhn of Free as in Freedom, and are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 3.0 Unported license (CC-By-SA-3.0 Unported).


    Tags: faif

    December 7, 2010

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x04: Conference Behavior and Novell Sale

    Summary

    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.

    This show was released on Tuesday 7 December 2010; its running time is 00:58:16.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:40)

    Segment 1 (32:18)

    These show notes are Copyright © 2010, Karen Sandler and Bradley M. Kuhn of Free as in Freedom, and are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 3.0 Unported license (CC-By-SA-3.0 Unported).


    Tags: faif, novell

    November 23, 2010

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x03: i Don't Store

    Summary

    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's fault: don't blame Producer Dan. :)

    This show was released on Tuesday 23 November 2010; its running time is 00:45:04.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:34)

    Segment 1 (27:40)


    Tags: faif

    November 9, 2010

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x02: The Needs of the Few

    Summary

    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.

    This show was released on Tuesday 9 November 2010; its running time is 00:39:56.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:35)

    Segment 1 (15:43)


    Tags: faif

    October 29, 2010

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x01: Free of Annoying Buzz

    Summary

    Bradley and Karen discuss the new license of their show, multi-platform Free Software projects and conferences Bradley attended this month.

    This show was released on Friday 29 October 2010; its running time is 00:46:13.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:32)

    Segment 1 (27:00)


    Tags: faif

    October 6, 2010

    [Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x00: Goodbye and Ahoy Hoy

    Summary

    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. :).

    This show was released on Wednesday 6 October 2010; its running time is 00:32:32.

    Show Notes

    Segment 0 (00:28)


    Tags: faif

    Free as in Freedom is produced by Dan Lynch of danlynch.org. Theme music written and performed by Mike Tarantino with Charlie Paxson on drums.

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