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Episode 0x07: Revoked?

Episode 0x07: Revoked?

Bradley and Karen discuss a few corrections from previous shows, and then discuss misunderstandings about the GPL regarding “revocation” of the GPL. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:34) Bradley issued a correction regarding FaiF 0x06. Christopher Allan Webber mentioned that FSF sometimes accepts copyright assignments in cases where the entire code base is not assigned. (02:40) Karen issued a correction regarding FaiF 0x04 about women being hired to be at the party, but in fact that was not the case, despite being mentioned in this article. Karen's paper on Medical Devices was linked to from a ZD Net UK blog. (05:48) Bradley mentioned this Android bug regarding mis-sent SMS, which was widely covered in the press. Apparently the bug has been resolved upstream, somewhat disproving Bradley's point. (08:40) Segment 1 (12:19) Bradley is quoted in an article about revocation of the GPL (12:35). The story was originally covered on slashdot. (13:17) The WinMTR site now says: By popular request, WinMTR will be available under GPL v2. (19:50) Karen mentioned the FSF's GPL FAQ. (29:27) Bradley mentioned the four rationale documents. There's also one for AGPLv3 draft 2 and LGPLv3 draft 2. (30:13) Send feedback and comments on the cast to <[email protected]>. You can keep in touch with Free as in Freedom on our IRC channel, #faif on irc.freenode.net, and by following Conservancy on identi.ca and and Twitter. Free as in Freedom is produced by Dan Lynch of danlynch.org. Theme music written and performed by Mike Tarantino with Charlie Paxson on drums. The content of this audcast, and the accompanying show notes and music are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 4.0 license (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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January 18, 201144m 54s

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<p> <a href="https://faif.us/cast-media/FaiF_0x07_Revoked.ogg"><img alt="[Direct download of cast in Ogg/Vorbis format]" src="https://faif.us/static/img/cast/audio_ogg_button.png"/></a> <a href="https://faif.us/cast-media/FaiF_0x07_Revoked.mp3"><img alt="[Direct download of cast in MP3 format]" src="https://faif.us/static/img/cast/audio_mp3_button.png"/></a> </p> <p> <p><a href="http://ebb.org/bkuhn/">Bradley</a> and <a href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org/about/team/#karen">Karen</a> discuss a few corrections from previous shows, and then discuss misunderstandings about the GPL regarding &ldquo;revocation&rdquo; of the GPL.</p> </p> <h3>Show Notes:</h3> <h4>Segment 0 (00:34)</h4> <ul> <li>Bradley issued a correction regarding <a href="http://faif.us/cast/2011/jan/04/0x06/">FaiF 0x06</a>. <a href="http://dustycloud.org/">Christopher Allan Webber</a> mentioned that FSF sometimes accepts copyright assignments in cases where the entire code base is not assigned. (02:40)</li> <li>Karen issued a correction regarding <a href="http://faif.us/cast/2010/dec/07/0x04/">FaiF 0x04</a> about women being hired to be at the party, but in fact that was not the case, despite being <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/417952/">mentioned in this article</a>.</li> <li>Karen's paper on Medical Devices was linked to from a <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/the-open-source-revolution-10014902/which-os-for-life-critical-applications-10021484/">ZD Net UK blog</a>. (05:48)</li> <li>Bradley mentioned <a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=9392">this Android bug regarding mis-sent SMS</a>, which was <a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/more-about-android-sms-bug">widely</a> <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/05/google-android-sms-bug/">covered</a> <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/216027/google_will_deploy_fixes_for_android_sms_bug_soon.html">in</a> <a href="http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/android_sms_bug_still_bugging_users">the</a> <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/31/android-still-has-horrible-text-messaging-bugs-thatll-get-you-f/">press</a>. Apparently the bug has been resolved upstream, somewhat disproving Bradley's point. (08:40)</li> </ul> <h4>Segment 1 (12:19)</h4> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.itwire.com/opinion-and-analysis/open-sauce/44330-pushing-the-limits-of-the-gpl">Bradley is quoted in an article about revocation of the GPL</a> (12:35).</li> <li>The story was originally <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/01/10/1252237/Hosting-Company-Appears-To-Be-Violating-the-GPL">covered on slashdot</a>. (13:17)</li> <li>The <a href="http://winmtr.net/winmtr-v0-91-gpl-v2/">WinMTR site now says</a>: <q>By popular request, WinMTR will be available under GPL v2</q>. (19:50)</li> <li>Karen mentioned the FSF's <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html">GPL FAQ</a>. (29:27)</li> <li>Bradley mentioned <a href="http://gplv3.fsf.org/gpl-rationale-2006-01-16.html">the</a> <a href="http://gplv3.fsf.org/gpl3-dd1to2-markup-rationale.pdf">four</a> <a href="http://gplv3.fsf.org/gpl3-dd3-guide">rationale</a> <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licences/gpl3-final-rationale.pdf">documents</a>. <a href="http://gplv3.fsf.org/agplv3-dd2-rationale.html">There's also one for AGPLv3 draft 2</a> and <a href="http://gplv3.fsf.org/lgpl3-dd2-guide">LGPLv3 draft 2</a>. (30:13)</li> </ul> <hr width="80%"/> <p>Send feedback and comments on the cast to <a href="mailto:[email protected]">&lt;[email protected]&gt;</a>. You can keep in touch with <a href="https://faif.us">Free as in Freedom</a> on our IRC channel, #faif on irc.freenode.net, and by <a href="http://identi.ca/conservancy">following Conservancy on identi.ca</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/conservancy">and Twitter</a>.</p> <p>Free as in Freedom is produced by <a href="http://danlynch.org/blog/">Dan Lynch</a> of <a href="http://danlynch.org/">danlynch.org</a>. Theme music written and performed by <a href="http://www.miketarantino.com">Mike Tarantino</a> with <a href="http://www.charliepaxson.com">Charlie Paxson</a> on drums.</p> <p><a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-sa/4.0/88x31.png" hspace=10 /></a> The content of <span xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Sound" rel="dc:type">this audcast</span>, and the accompanying show notes and music are licensed under the <a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 4.0 license (CC BY-SA 4.0)</a>. </p>

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