Episode 0x07: Revoked?

<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>