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-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.
personal git repositories of Harald Welte. Your mileage may vary