GPLv3 Launch at MIT

by admin

January 12, 2006

The launch event for the first draft of the GNU General Public License version 3 will be at MIT in Cambridge, MA, USA, on January 16-17, 2006.

For more information, see the registration page [ http://web.mit.edu/conferences/www/software/sf_info.html ].

We have arranged for discount hotel rates to be available for both nights of the conference for people booking rooms at the Hotel@MIT or the Hyatt Regency Cambridge on or before Friday, December 23rd. Take advantage of this rate here [ https://www.lindentravel.com/exclusiveltb/softwarefreedom.html ].

If you are interested in sharing a hotel room and its cost with another free software supporter, please let us know at <housing@fsf.org>. Most hotel rooms have two Queen beds and the standard price for a room starts at $129. Splitting this cost 50/50 would then be $64.50/person.

While Boston can be an expensive city, hostels can provide decent arrangements for those on tight budgets. There is one such hostel located not too far from the conference and fully accessible by the subway system: http://www.bostonhostel.org/index.htm.

Here is a PDF map [ http://gplv3.fsf.org/gplv3-map.pdf ] showing the location on the MIT campus.

Here is the current schedule:

Monday, January 16, 2006
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Registration opens at 9:00 a.m.

10:00 a.m.
Opening remarks: Presentation of public release of the first GPLv3 license draft
Richard Stallman, Free Software Foundation
Eben Moglen, Software Freedom Law Center
12:00 p.m.
General press availability
Eben Moglen, Software Freedom Law Center
Peter Brown, Free Software Foundation
Lunch
1:30 p.m.
FSF panel: Review of rationale document, discussion of GPLv3 changes
4:00 p.m.
General press availability
Eben Moglen, Software Freedom Law Center
Peter Brown, Free Software Foundation

Tuesday, January 17, 2006
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Registration opens at 9:00 a.m.

10:00 a.m.
GPLv3: Specific elements of the license draft
12:00 p.m.
General press availability
Eben Moglen, Software Freedom Law Center
Peter Brown, Free Software Foundation
Lunch
1:30 p.m.
Presentation of the Free Software Award
Richard Stallman, Free Software Foundation
1:45 p.m.
DRM discussion
3:00 p.m.
International implications for GPLv3

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