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diff --git a/2004/gpl-lb2004/abstract b/2004/gpl-lb2004/abstract new file mode 100644 index 0000000..99f5002 --- /dev/null +++ b/2004/gpl-lb2004/abstract @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +More and more vendors of various computing devices, especially network-related +appliances such as Routers, NAT-Gateways and 802.11 Access Points are using +Linux and other GPL licensed free software in their products. + +While the Linux community can look at this as a big success, there is a back +side of that coin: A large number of those vendors have a lack of knowledge +about the GPL license terms, and as a result do not fulfill their obligations +under the GPL. + +GPL-licensed software is neither freeware nor public domain, and it is +important to know this before you build products on GPL-based software. + +The author of this presentation is a developer of GPL-licensed software. He +has legally enforced the GPL in more than 15 cases internationally. This was +not avoidable, since the respective businesses either didn't know what the GPL +means, or maybe even didn't care. + +The presentation tries to resolve the misunderstandings and rumours about the +GNU General Public License. Afterwards, everybody in the audience should have +a clear idea about the implications of using GPL licensed software in +commercial projects. + |