Experience level
Learner
Session Track
F/OSS Legal Issues
The State of Copyleft Compliance
This inside look of the state of compliance with copyleft licenses comes from Software Freedom Conservancy, the nonprofit charitable organization that is most active in the enforcement of copyleft licenses. Kuhn will give an overview of all Conservancy's compliance initiatives, some of which are pursued jointly with the Free Software Foundation, and explain Conservancy's ongoing work in the area. A full understanding of this rapidly changing area of Free Software policy will assist developers and executives alike understand better how the key governance documents of software freedom, the copyleft licenses such as the GNU General Public License (GPL), work and operate on a daily basis in the real world.
Short Link: http://lfnw.org/node/3716