An oggcast from the Software Freedom Law Center.
Show Notes
Segment 0 (00:27)
Bradley referred to the two different types of Latin pronunciation,
which he learned in school as: Classic and Church. (01:33)
Karen explains what an amicus brief
is. (01:47)
Aaron explained that the earlier court
ruling that was a success for Free Software. (03:38)
An injunction in this context is a ruling from a court that the
violator of the license must stop their activity that infringes the
copyright. (05:46)
Karen explained why Free Software licenses are interpreted as
copyright licenses rather than contracts, and why that is
advantageous. (06:15)
Aaron explained why preliminary injunctions are a particular
important remedy for Free Software developers. (07:00)
Karen mentioned we would have a direct
link to our brief in the show notes, which is there and in the
summary as well. (10:45)
Bradley mentioned his
work regarding the Artistic-1.0 license (which is detailed in a blog
post). (11:30, 13:30)
Each court has a different
admission process. (14:27)
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