Episode 0x04: Conference Behavior and Novell Sale

<p> <a href="https://faif.us/cast-media/FaiF_0x04_Conference-Behavior-and-Novell.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_0x04_Conference-Behavior-and-Novell.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>In this episode of <a href="http://faif.us/">Free as in Freedom</a>, <a href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org/about/team/#karen">Karen</a> and <a href="http://ebb.org/bkuhn">Bradley</a> discuss in the first segment recent press coverage of sexist attitudes at Free Software conferences, and in the second segment, discuss the public filings related to the Novell sale.</p> </p> <h3>Show Notes:</h3> <h4>Segment 0 (00:40)</h4> <ul> <li>Karen and Bradley discuss an article called <a href="http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/417952/bf6a55b67170ff0e/"><cite>The Dark Side of Open Source Conference</cite></a>, which was <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/69383">covered some in the tech press</a>, in <a href="http://jezebel.com/5705980/women-fed-up-with-open-source-community-creeps">press outside of technology</a>. <a href="http://eximiousproductions.com/blog/2010/12/01/the-importance-of-allies">Deb Nicholson wrote a blog post about it</a>, as <a href="http://valerieaurora.wordpress.com/2010/12/02/an-inside-look-at-being-a-women-in-open-source/">did Valerie (the original article's author</a>. (01:06)</li> <li>Bradley mentioned <a href="http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2010/02/17/education-floss.html">his blog post where he discussed issues of gender equality across all Computer Science, not just the Free Software community</a>. (05:29)</li> <li>Karen mentioned <a href="http://infotrope.net/">Kirrily &ldquo;Skud&rdquo; Robert</a>. (10:27)</li> </ul> <h4>Segment 1 (32:18)</h4> <ul> <li>There was an announcement that <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/416567/">Novell will be sold</a> (32:15)</li> <li>Karen mentioned that <a href="http://66.223.107.171/attorneys/updegrove.php">Andy Updegrove</a> <a href="http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20101124103213556">blogged</a> <a href="http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20101129070702542">twice</a> on the subject (32:30)</li> <li>Karen talked about the <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/758004/000119312510265964/d8k.htm">8K filing that Novell made regarding the purchase</a>. (34:30)</li> <li>Karen mentioned a <a href="http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20101122130625952">post on groklaw</a>. (42:43)</li> <li>Bradley mentioned that the <a href="http://www.openinventionnetwork.com/pat_license_agreement.php">OIN patent license</a> is incredibly narrow and not particularly useful, because the <a href="http://www.openinventionnetwork.com/pat_linuxdef.php">definition of the &ldquo;Linux system&ldquo;</a> is so narrow, and because OIN is a pro-patent, for-profit company that doesn't have the interest of Free Software at its heart. (45:30)</li> <li>Karen disagrees with Bradley's comments on OIN and thinks his characterization of the patent pool is a serious exaggeration. (46:00)</li> </ul> <p>These show notes are Copyright &copy; 2010, <a href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org/about/team/#karen">Karen Sandler</a> and <a href="http://ebb.org">Bradley M. Kuhn</a> of <a href="http://faif.us/">Free as in Freedom</a>, and are licensed under the <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 3.0 Unported license (CC-By-SA-3.0 Unported)</a>.</p> <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>