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diff --git a/2016/linaroconnect/compliance.adoc b/2016/linaroconnect/compliance.adoc index 8740222..ba23e9c 100644 --- a/2016/linaroconnect/compliance.adoc +++ b/2016/linaroconnect/compliance.adoc @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Linux, Community and License Compliance -======================================= +Linux, Community, License Compliance +==================================== :author: Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org> //:copyright: sysmocom - s.f.m.c. GmbH (License: CC-BY-SA) :backend: slidy @@ -8,16 +8,16 @@ Linux, Community and License Compliance //:icons: -== Who am i and why am I here? +== Who am I and why am I here? [role="incremental"] * Former Linux kernel developer (mostly netfilter/iptables) -* Lover of network and communications protocols, particularly _obscure_ ones +* as technical as it can get. Not a lawyer. * have had many, many other lives, including: ** helping an (ARM) SoC maker to understand mainline development process ** security research + ethical hacking @ German CCC -** Open Hardware + FOSS firmware/software RFID reader (OpenPCD) -** developing electronics + software for the first _100% FOSS_ Linux based Smartphone (OpenMoko, before Android...) +** Open Hardware + FOSS firmware/software RFID reader +** electronics + software development for the first _100% FOSS_ smartphone Openmoko ** 2008 onwards: OpenBSC, Osmocom: FOSS implementation of telecom protocol stacks for GSM/GPRS/EDGE/UMTS infrastructure ** 2011 onwards: running a small company in Berlin doing FOSS based cellular infrastructure * but also: Legal enforcement of the GNU GPL on the Linux kernel @@ -26,12 +26,11 @@ Linux, Community and License Compliance == My personal journey into _the communities_ -Every hacker is socialized differently, but in my case it was like -this: +The culture in which we grow up defines our values. For me: * BBS communities (FIDO, Z-Netz, ...) and UseNet @ age 12 * programming DOS shareware in TurboPascal @ age 13 -** I was young and didn't know about Free Software yet. My apologies +** Didn't know about Free Software yet. My apologies! * switched to GNU/Linux before Windows 95, never looked back ** learning about Free Software, GNU, copyleft, the GPL * from 1994 on, helped building a non-for-profit ISP @@ -48,8 +47,8 @@ this: == Linux and license compliance -* Until around 2000, Linux was still quite a small niche, the niche of the nerds -** the Long-bearded gurus used a *real* UNIX +* Until around 2000, Linux was still the niche of the nerds +** the Long-bearded gurus used a *real* UNIX instead ** the rest of the world was trapped in Microsoft-land [role="incremental"] @@ -160,7 +159,7 @@ company first engaging with FOSS _with legal requirements only_ ** establishing the required release + business processes ** FOSS + proprietary tools for aiding license compliance -** world-wide Legal Network by FSFE with hundreds of legal experts +** Legal Network by FSFE with hundreds of legal experts * license compliance is driven by fear of legal threats, not by understanding + following collaborative development models :( * Treated similar to compliance with environmental standards, regulatory requirements, etc. |