FUDCon Berlin and LinuxTag 2009 talks/Tom Callaway-Licensing & DMCA


 * Name: Tom Callaway
 * Talk title: Licensing & DMCA
 * Abstract: Free and Open Source Licensing is one of the more confusing topics facing hackers today. Fedora has reviewed more than 150 licenses! In this session, I will cover how Fedora's licensing policies work, why we have chosen the policies that we have, and some of the controversy around it. In addition, we'll talk about why Fedora does not include some technologies, and the US laws which restrict innovation in Fedora. Please note: I am NOT a lawyer, nothing in this talk should be construed as legal advice.
 * Bio: Tom "spot" Callaway has been a Linux user and contributor since 1997, and has been a Red Hat employee since 2001. Currently, he is the Fedora Engineering Manager. In addition to that, he is the chair of the Fedora Packaging Committee, head of the Fedora Legal team, and is serving an elected term on the Fedora Board. As of this writing, he is also the maintainer of more packages than any other Fedora maintainer, which makes him legally insane. In his spare time, what little remains, he heads up the effort to port Fedora to SPARC. He lives in Boston, MA, USA, with his wonderful wife Pam, two cats, and three fire bellied toads.
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