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 attorneys who want to represent clients that make use of or sell Free
 Software products.</p>
 
-<div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-style: 
italic;">Prerequisites:</span>
-Attendees should have successfully completed the course, a <span
- style="font-style: italic;">Detailed</span><span
- style="font-style: italic;"> Study and Analysis of GPL and LGPL</span>,
-as the material from that course forms the building blocks for this
-material, or have attended a previous <span style="font-style: italic;">Free
-Software Licensing and the GNU GPL Seminar</span>.<br />
-</div>
-<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 40px;"><span
- style="font-style: italic;">Audience:</span> The course is of most
-interest to lawyers who have clients or employers that deal with Free
-Software on a regular basis.  However, technical managers and executives
-whose businesses use or distribute Free Software will also find the
-course very helpful. <br />
-</p>
-<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">The course will include the topics
-listed below, along with ample time for questions and
-  discussions. <br />
-</p>
-<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left:
- 40px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lunchtime
- Speaker: </span><a href="http://emoglen.law.columbia.edu/";>Eben
- Moglen</a> will be the lunchtime speaker.  Professor Moglen is
- Professor of Law and Legal History at Columbia Law School and one of
- the nation's foremost scholars on copyright, patents and the proposed
- &ldquo;Broadcast Flag&rdquo;. He is also a member of FSF's Board of
- Directors and the foundation's General Counsel.  Professor Moglen has
- also written extensively on the SCO vs IBM lawsuit.<br />
-</p>
-<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: bold;"><br />
-GPL Compliance Case Studies:</p>
-<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 40px;">* Overview of FSF's
-GPL Compliance Lab</p>
-<div style="margin-left: 40px;"> </div>
-<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 80px;">We present a brief
+<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><i>Prerequisites:</i> Attendees should
+have successfully completed the course, a <i>Detailed Study and
+Analysis of GPL and LGPL</i>, as the material from that course forms
+the building blocks for this material, or have attended a
+previous <i>Free Software Licensing and the GNU GPL Seminar</i>.
+</p>
+<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 40px;"><i>Audience:</i> The
+course is of most interest to lawyers who have clients or employers
+that deal with Free Software on a regular basis.  However, technical
+managers and executives whose businesses use or distribute Free
+Software will also find the course very helpful.
+</p>
+<p>The course will include the topics listed below, along with ample
+time for questions and discussions.
+</p>
+<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 40px;"><b>Lunchtime
+Speaker: </b><a href="http://emoglen.law.columbia.edu/";>Eben
+Moglen</a> will be the lunchtime speaker.  Professor Moglen is
+Professor of Law and Legal History at Columbia Law School and one of
+the nation's foremost scholars on copyright, patents and the proposed
+&ldquo;Broadcast Flag&rdquo;.  He is also a member of FSF's Board of
+Directors and the foundation's General Counsel.  Professor Moglen has
+also written extensively on the SCO vs IBM lawsuit.
+</p>
+<p><b>GPL Compliance Case Studies:</b></p>
+<p style="margin-left: 40px;">* Overview of FSF's GPL Compliance
+Lab</p>
+<p style="margin-left: 80px;">We present a brief
 introduction to the work that FSF does to enforce the GPL and defend the
 freedoms granted by Free Software.</p>
-<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 40px;">* GPL Violation Case
-Study A<br />
+<p style="margin-left: 40px;">* GPL Violation Case Study A
 </p>
-<div style="margin-left: 40px;"><br />
-<div style="margin-left: 40px;">In this case study, we consider one of
+<p style="margin-left: 80px;">In this case study, we consider one of
 the most complex and longest-running violations that FSF has handled.
 Company A distributed a derivative work of the GNU Complier Collection
 (GCC) without complete corresponding source, and refused to distribute
 any source at all to anyone who was not their direct customer.  We
 follow the slow movement toward compliance and explain how FSF deals
-with sometimes belligerent violators.<br />
-</div>
-<br />
-* GPL Violation Case Study B<br />
-<br />
-<div style="margin-left: 40px;">In this case study, we consider a
+with sometimes belligerent violators.
+</p>
+<p style="margin-left: 40px;">* GPL Violation Case Study B</p>
+<p style="margin-left: 80px;">In this case study, we consider a
 contrasting violation to Case A. Company B, who sold a complete
-GNU/Linux distribution, had worked hard to be in compliance, but we had
-nevertheless found an infraction in their compliance efforts.  We
+GNU/Linux distribution, had worked hard to be in compliance, but we
+had nevertheless found an infraction in their compliance efforts.  We
 explain how smoothly violations of this type can be resolved and the
-process that an otherwise friendly violator can expect.<br />
-</div>
-<br />
-* GPL Violation Case Study C<br />
-<br />
-<div style="margin-left: 40px;">In this case study, we present a
+process that an otherwise friendly violator can expect.
+</p>
+<p style="margin-left: 40px;">* GPL Violation Case Study C</p>
+<p style="margin-left: 80px;">In this case study, we present a
 violation where an entire embedded GNU/Linux distribution was included
 in a consumer electronic device. We consider the problems faced
 regarding kernel modules for device drivers for government-regulated
 hardware, and cases where both an upstream provider and a downstream
-distributor are in violation on separate matters.<br />
-</div>
-</div>
-<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 40px;"> </p>
-<div style="margin-left: 40px;">* GPL Violation Case Study D </div>
-<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 80px;"> In this case study,
-we consider how to handle the inevitable violations that can occur
-from a company that is generally committed to doing Free Software as a
-regular part of its business, but &mdash; due to experimentation with
-new cutting edge business models, or because of mere oversights
-&mdash; has occasional GPL violations or near-violations.</p>
-<div style="margin-left: 40px;"> </div>
-<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 40px;"> * Good Practices for
-GPL Compliance<br />
-</p>
-<div style="margin-left: 40px;"> </div>
-<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 80px;"> After discussing the
-details of the various archetypes of GPL compliance efforts undertaken
-by FSF, we generalize what we have learned to advise on good practices
-to build a product from start to finish in compliance with GPL, and how
-to build internal policies to assure that your client or company is
-never faced with a violation report.</p>
-<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
-<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Ethical Considerations for the
-Attorney Practicing Free Software<br />
-</span></p>
-<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 40px;"> This portion of the
-course will focus on ethical issues that may arise for attorneys
-counseling clients with respect to free software issues. Many of these
-topics have more general application, but specific discussion of the
-ways in which these issues may arise for free software clients will be
+distributor are in violation on separate matters.
+</p>
+<p style="margin-left: 40px;">* GPL Violation Case Study D</p>
+<p style="margin-left: 80px;">In this case study, we consider how to
+handle the inevitable violations that can occur from a company that is
+generally committed to doing Free Software as a regular part of its
+business, but &mdash; due to experimentation with new cutting edge
+business models, or because of mere oversights &mdash; has occasional
+GPL violations or near-violations.</p>
+<p style="margin-left: 40px;"> * Good Practices for GPL Compliance
+</p>
+<p style="margin-left: 80px;">After discussing the details of the
+various archetypes of GPL compliance efforts undertaken by FSF, we
+generalize what we have learned to advise on good practices to build a
+product from start to finish in compliance with GPL, and how to build
+internal policies to assure that your client or company is never faced
+with a violation report.</p>
+<p><b>Ethical Considerations for the Attorney Practicing Free
+Software</b></p>
+<p style="margin-left: 40px;">This portion of the course will focus on
+ethical issues that may arise for attorneys counseling clients with
+respect to free software issues.  Many of these topics have more
+general application, but specific discussion of the ways in which
+these issues may arise for free software clients will be
 presented.</p>
-<div style="margin-left: 40px;"> </div>
-<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 40px;"> * Part I:
-Representing Free Software Clients</p>
-<div style="margin-left: 40px;"> </div>
-<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 80px;">An attorney's ethical
-duties run to not just their clients, but to potential clients and the
-general public as well.  Pro bono representation of free software
-clients not only conforms with the principles set forth by most Bar
-Associations, but also provides many other benefits to an attorney. Once
-a client is retained, the duty of loyalty attaches and conflicts, be
-they direct, indirect, or political, should be identified and
-handled.<br />
-</p>
-<div style="margin-left: 40px;"> </div>
-<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 40px;"> * Part II: Practicing
-Free Software<br />
+<p style="margin-left: 40px;"> * Part I: Representing Free Software
+Clients</p>
+<p style="margin-left: 80px;">An attorney's ethical duties run to not
+just their clients, but to potential clients and the general public as
+well.  Pro bono representation of free software clients not only
+conforms with the principles set forth by most Bar Associations, but
+also provides many other benefits to an attorney.  Once a client is
+retained, the duty of loyalty attaches and conflicts, be they direct,
+indirect, or political, should be identified and handled.
+</p>
+<p style="margin-left: 40px;"> * Part II: Practicing Free Software
 </p>
-<br />
 <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 80px;">Differing ethical
 issues arise in the context of counseling a client who is a free
 software licensor as opposed to one who is a free software licensee.
@@ -154,72 +128,58 @@
 Likewise, performing exposure abatement while also defending against
 charges of infringement may pose problems within the attorney-client
 relationship. The ethical considerations relevant to each of these
-situations will be presented and discussed.<br />
+situations will be presented and discussed.
 </p>
-<br />
-<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 40px;">* Part III: More
-General Ethical Considerations Relevant to Free Software<br />
+<p style="margin-left: 40px;">* Part III: More General Ethical
+Considerations Relevant to Free Software
 </p>
-<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 80px;">Free software
-counseling is but one specialty within the realm of intellectual
-property counseling in general. A review of various topics of more
-general application, but with special relevance to free software
-counseling, will be given along with a discussion of the reasons why
-and ways in which such issues arise when representing free software
-clients.  Patent prosecution and governing rules considerations are
-two such topics.<br />
-</p>
-<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />
-</span></p>
-<span style="font-weight: bold;">Pricing (Book by December 24, 2003 for 
</span><span
- style="font-weight: bold;">early registration discount):</span><br />
-<br />
+<p style="margin-left: 80px;">Free software counseling is but one
+specialty within the realm of intellectual property counseling in
+general.  A review of various topics of more general application, but
+with special relevance to free software counseling, will be given
+along with a discussion of the reasons why and ways in which such
+issues arise when representing free software clients.  Patent
+prosecution and governing rules considerations are two such topics.
+</p>
+
+<p><b>Pricing (Book by December 24, 2003 for early registration
+discount):</b></p>
 <div style="margin-left: 40px;">$495 for registrations on or before
 December 24, 2003 and $595 after December 24 <br />
-
-<font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><u><br /> Financial Aid
- Policy:</u> Applicants with annual incomes of up to $15,000 are
- entitled to a 75% discount.  People with incomes between $15,000 and
- $30,000 receive a 50% discount.  Any member of the judiciary,
- academics or attorneys from non-profit organizations receive a 10%
- discount.  If you fall within one of these categories, please contact
- John at <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>&lt;address@hidden&gt;</a> or
- Ravi
- at <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>&lt;address@hidden&gt;</a><span 
style="text-decoration:
- none;"><font color="#000000"> or by phone at
- 617.620.9640.</font></span></font><br />
-<br />
-To register for the seminar, please download the <a
- href="/licenses/RegistrationForm.pdf">registration form</a>,
-fill it in and fax it to FSF.<br />
 <br />
-</div>
-<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><font
- face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><span lang="en-US"><font
- face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">CLE
-Credits: </span>Attorneys who successfully complete the day long
-course will be entitled to a total of 7.5 New York Transitional CLE
-credits, 3 in the area of Professional Practice and 4.5 toward the
-Ethics and Professionalism requirments.</font></span></font></p>
-<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><font face="Nimbus
- Roman No9 L, serif"><span lang="en-US"><font face="Nimbus Roman No9
- L, serif">Companies that have signed up as Corporate Patrons of FSF
- receive two complimentary seats per year at FSF seminars and reduced
- rates for additional participants. Please
- contact <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>&lt;address@hidden&gt;</a>
- for more details.  You can find out more about the Corporate Patron
- Program at <a href="http://patron.fsf.org/";>
- http://patron.fsf.org<span style="text-decoration:
- none;">.</span></a><br />
-</font></span></font></p>
-<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><font face="Nimbus
- Roman No9 L, serif"><span lang="en-US"><font face="Nimbus Roman No9
- L, serif">The seminar will be held at Columbia Law School in New
- York.  Directions will be sent following registration.  For more
- information, please contact Ravi Khanna, FSF's Director of
- Communication
- at <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>&lt;address@hidden&gt;</a> or by
- calling 1+617-620-9640.</font></span></font></p>
+<span style="font-family: Nimbus Roman No9 L,
+serif"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Financial Aid
+Policy:</span> Applicants with annual incomes of up to $15,000 are
+entitled to a 75% discount.  People with incomes between $15,000 and
+$30,000 receive a 50% discount.  Any member of the judiciary,
+academics or attorneys from non-profit organizations receive a 10%
+discount.  If you fall within one of these categories, please contact
+John at <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>&lt;address@hidden&gt;</a> or
+Ravi at <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>&lt;address@hidden&gt;</a> or by
+phone at 617.620.9640.</span> <br /> <br /> To register for the
+seminar, please download
+the <a href="/licenses/RegistrationForm.pdf">registration form</a>,
+fill it in and fax it to FSF.<br />  <br />
+</div>
+<p style="font-family: Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><b>CLE Credits:</b>
+Attorneys who successfully complete the day long course will be
+entitled to a total of 7.5 New York Transitional CLE credits, 3 in the
+area of Professional Practice and 4.5 toward the Ethics and
+Professionalism requirments.</p>
+<p style="font-family: Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif">Companies that have
+signed up as Corporate Patrons of FSF receive two complimentary seats
+per year at FSF seminars and reduced rates for additional
+participants.  Please
+contact <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>&lt;address@hidden&gt;</a> for
+more details.  You can find out more about the Corporate Patron
+Program at <a href="http://patron.fsf.org/";>
+http://patron.fsf.org</a></p>
+<p style="font-family: Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif">The seminar will be
+held at Columbia Law School in New York.  Directions will be sent
+following registration.  For more information, please contact Ravi
+Khanna, FSF's Director of Communication
+at <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>&lt;address@hidden&gt;</a> or by
+calling 1+617-620-9640.</p>
 
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 </p>
 
-<p>
-Copyright &copy; 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
-</p>
-<address>51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110, USA</address>
+<p>Copyright &copy; 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009 Free Software
+Foundation, Inc.</p>
 <p>Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article are
 permitted worldwide, without royalty, in any medium, provided this
 notice, and the copyright notice, are preserved.
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-$Date: 2008/09/16 14:43:11 $
+$Date: 2009/01/29 15:02:20 $
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