Re: NYC LOCAL: Wednesday 14 November 2007 NYLUG: James Vasile on GPL3 and the Tribes

[Alexander Terekhov]

"James Vasile holds a Juris Doctor (JD) from Columbia Law School,
where he was a member of the law review and a Stone Scholar. He also
has a bachelor's degree in political science and economics from
Fordham University.  He spent several years in the litigation
department of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, where he worked on a range of
cases and dealt with a variety of new media issues.  Vasile has also
contributed code and documentation to numerous FOSS software projects.
He is admitted to practice in the State of New York."

ROFL.

regards,
alexander.

secretary@lxny.org wrote:
> 
> <blockquote
>   what="official NYLUG announcement"
>   note="Web RSVP closes 2:30 pm, see note below">
> 
>  From: Ron Guerin <info@nylug.org>
>  To: NYLUG Announcements <nylug-announce@nylug.org>
>  Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:30:01 -0500 (EST)
>  Subject: [nylug-announce] TOMORROW! WEDNESDAY: NYLUG presents James Vasile
>         on GPL3,
>         FOSS Legal Primer & The Interaction of Licenses & Communities
> 
>  REMINDER: This meeting is tomorrow, RSVP closes TODAY
>  Visit http://rsvp.nylug.org to see if RSVP is still open.
> 
>  Wednesday, November 14th, 2007 *RSVP CLOSES TUESDAY BUT SEE BELOW*
>  6:30pm-8:00 PM
>  Google
>  76th 9th Ave., between 15th and 16th St.
>  4th Floor, enter near 16th Street
> 
>  ** RSVP Closes at 2:30pm the day before the meeting (sharp!) ***
>  Please RSVP for EVERY meeting at this time.
>  Register at http://rsvp.nylug.org/
>  Check in with photo ID at the lobby for badge.
>  Latecomers can sign in, but it means having to sign in and
>  possibly wait a bit.
> 
>  PLEASE NOTE: If you miss the RSVP cutoff you can still come to the
>  meeting and sign in.
> 
>                 James Vasile, Free Software Law Center
>                                -on-
>                      GPL3, The FOSS Legal Primer,
>              and The Interaction of Licenses & Communities
> 
>    Please join us on Wednesday evening, for a presentation by James
>    Vasile of the Free Software Law Center on several legal topics of
>    interest to users of Free and Open Source Software. While version
>    three of the GPL is now old news, there are still some points about
>    it worth discussing, and many still have questions about what makes
>    it different from previous versions of the widely-used GNU General
>    Public License.
> 
>    James will also be talking to us about the interaction between
>     licenses and communities.
> 
>    Further Information:
> 
>    * Free Software Law Center
>      http://www.softwarefreedom.org/
> 
>    * GNU General Public License v. 3 (GNU GPL)
>      http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
> 
>    * Dragging developers towards the core:
>      How the Free/Libre/Open Source Software community enhances
>      developers' contribution
>      http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/rullani_socenv.pdf
> 
>  About James Vasile:
>    James Vasile holds a Juris Doctor (JD) from Columbia Law School,
>    where he was a member of the law review and a Stone Scholar. He also
>    has a bachelor's degree in political science and economics from
>    Fordham University.  He spent several years in the litigation
>    department of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, where he worked on a range of
>    cases and dealt with a variety of new media issues.  Vasile has also
>    contributed code and documentation to numerous FOSS software projects.
>    He is admitted to practice in the State of New York.
> 
>  Meeting Location:
>    Please note that this meeting will be held at Google, 76 9th Ave,
>    4th floor, between 15th and 16th Streets, and not at IBM. This is
>    the old Port Authority Building, and takes up the entire block.
>    You want the entrance nearest 16th Ave.
> 
>  Map:
>    http://tighturl.com/u4
> 
>  Free Refreshments!
>    Google is also graciously providing refreshments during the
>    meeting.
> 
>  Books!!!
>    Our friends at Prentice-Hall kindly provide us with review copies
>    of various new titles.  One of these could be yours, all you have
>    to do is agree to review the book within a reasonable period of
>    time.
> 
>  Swag (Give Away):
>    During/after the meeting... unusually terrific swag may be given
>    away.
> 
>  Stammtisch:
>    After the meeting ... Many of us have been meeting over at the
>    Hog Pit starting around 8:15-8:30.  http://www.hogpit.com
>    22 Ninth Avenue at 13th Street, New York, New York 10014
> 
>  Python Workshops:
>    We will be focusing on learning Python for the next couple of
>    meetings.  Beginners are welcome!  Download Dive Into Python
>    from http://diveintopython.org and join us.
> 
>    Those interested in working on the new NYLYG Web site are
>    strongly encouraged to attend also.
> 
>    The workshops meet every other Tuesday, at the NY Public Library,
>    Hudson Park Branch.  66 Leroy St. NY NY from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
>    Next meeting is November 20th, followed by December 4th.
>    See the calendar at: http://tighturl.com/fp
> 
>  Please see our home page at http://www.nylug.org for the HTMLized
>  version of this announcement, our archives, and a lot of other good
>  stuff.
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> </blockquote>
> 
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> 
> Jay Sulzberger <secretary@lxny.org>
> Corresponding Secretary LXNY
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