Episode 0x10: Linux License Violations

<p> <a href="https://faif.us/cast-media/FaiF_0x10_Linux-Violations.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_0x10_Linux-Violations.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>Dan Lynch (filling in for Karen) and Bradley play and discuss Matthew Garrett's talk <a href="http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/collaboration-summit/legal"><cite>GPL Violations: What Are We Doing?</cite> (aka <cite>Linux License Violations</cite>) from the Linux Collaboration Summit 2011</a>.</p> <p>If you want to listen to only the off-topic parts of this oggcast, please download the <a href=http://remixotron.info/remix/faif-0x10-off-topic">FaiF 0x10 Off-Topic Remix</a>.</p> </p> <h3>Show Notes:</h3> <h4>Segment 0 (00:34)</h4> <ul> <li>FaiF Producer <a href="http://danlynch.org/">Dan Lynch</a> is filling in for Karen as co-host this week. (00:43)</li> <li><a href="http://karenandmike.us/">Karen got married</a> on the day Dan and Bradley recorded the oggcast. (01:03)</li> <li>Dan is also known as the co-host of <a href="http://linuxoutlaws.com/">Linux Outlaws</a>, host of <a href="http://ratholeradio.org/">Rat Hole Radio</a>, and occasional co-host of <a href="http://twit.tv/FLOSS">FLOSS Weekly</a>. (02:05)</li> <li>Bradley mentioned <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130739954">Dick Van Dyke's admission</a> (06:56)</li> </ul> <h4>Segment 1 (08:05)</h4> <ul> <li>This segment is Matthew Garrett's talk <a href="http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/collaboration-summit/legal"><cite>GPL Violations: What Are We Doing?</cite> (aka <cite>Linux License Violations</cite>) from the Linux Collaboration Summit 2011</a>.</li> <li>Matthew Garrett released the <a href="http://faif.us/cast-media/FaiF_0x10_garrett-lcs-slides-2011.ods">slides from his talk</a> which you can follow along with during the talk.</li> </ul> <h4>Segment 2 (51:29)</h4> <ul> <li>Bradley mentioned that Matthew is particularly interested in the <a href="http://www.codon.org.uk/~mjg59/android_tablets/">GPL violations on Android/Linux devices that he's found</a>. (52:57)</li> <li>Bradley mentioned <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story/21882/Microsoft_s_Linux_Kernel_Code_Drop_Result_of_GPL_Violation">Greg Kroah-Hartman's GPL enforcement against Microsoft</a>, which Bradley also <a href="http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2009/07/29/microsoft-gpl.html">blogged about a few years ago</a>. (55:51)</li> <li>Dan asked Bradley about DMCA usage in GPL enforcement. Bradley explained that there is a process called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Copyright_Infringement_Liability_Limitation_Act#Take_down_and_Put_Back_provisions">DMCA takedown</a> that Matthew was discussing. (57:30)</li> <li>Dan and Bradley discussed the <a href="http://www.linuxfoundation.org/programs/legal/compliance">Linux Foundation Open Compliance Program</a>. (1:05:05)</li> <li>Bradley mentions that he is completely opposed to criminal penalties for copyright infringement, and mentioned his <a href="http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2011/02/15/acta.html">ACTA commenting blog post</a>. (1:12:13)</li> <li>Bradley and Dan discussed the <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/18/sony_copyright_infringement/">Sony DVD rootkit</a>. (1:15:17)</li> <li> <a href="http://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/04/15/133206/Couple-Sends-Record-Player-Wedding-Invitations">Karen's</a> <a href="http://mashable.com/2011/04/13/singing-wedding-invitation/">wedding</a> <a href="http://www.baeblemusic.com/musicblog/4-14-2011/wedding-invitation-of-the-day-the-record-player.html">invitation</a> <a href="http://www.selectism.com/news/2011/04/15/paper-record-player-wedding-invitation/">got</a> <a href="http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/04/paper-record-player-hides-in-wedding-invitation/">some</a> <a href="http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-cetera/fantastic-wedding-invitation-doubles-as-paper-record-player-20110414/">press</a> <a href="http://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/14/paper-record-player-wedding-invitation/">since</a> <a href="http://www.brides.com/blogs/aisle-say/2011/04/paper-record-player-wedding-invitation.html">it</a> <a href="http://www.geekosystem.com/wedding-invite-record/">was</a> <a href="http://laughingsquid.com/paper-record-player-wedding-invitation/">a</a> <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/226571/paper_record_player_makes_for_the_coolest_wedding_invitation_ever.html">working</a> <a href="http://www.swiss-miss.com/2011/04/a-paper-record-player.html">record</a> <a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/04/record-player-wedding-invitation.html">player</a>. (1:16:58) </li> <li>Karen and Mike's wedding song is at the end of the oggcast, but you can also <a href="http://karenandmike.us/song.mp3">download the song</a> from the <a href="http://karenandmike.us">wedding website</a>. (1:21:08)</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>