NYC LOCAL: Wednesday 14 November 2007 NYLUG: James Vasile on GPL3 and the Tribes

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 From: Ron Guerin <info@nylug.org>
 To: NYLUG Announcements <nylug-announce@nylug.org>
 Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:30:01 -0500 (EST)
 Subject: [nylug-announce] TOMORROW! WEDNESDAY: NYLUG presents James Vasile
        on GPL3,
        FOSS Legal Primer & The Interaction of Licenses & Communities

 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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