From info-gplv3 at gplv3.fsf.org Thu Mar 2 16:28:06 2006 From: info-gplv3 at gplv3.fsf.org (GPLv3 Information) Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 16:28:06 -0500 Subject: [Info-gplv3] GPLv3 Update #4 Message-ID: <87lkvs1qqh.fsf@spider.localnet> As you could probably guess from the continuing press coverage of the process, it's been another busy period of work on the GPLv3 at the FSF. * gplv3.fsf.org/wiki If you haven't yet made your mark on the GPLv3 Wiki, there are some developing areas that you should check out. The GPL Frequently Asked Questions list (FAQ) at gnu.org has for many years been an important resource for newcomers to the GPL. Much of this information will have to be updated to make sense with the new version of the license. We want to have the new FAQ ready to go simultaneous with the official release of the GPLv3, to assist people who may not have been around to learn all of the ins and outs of the license during the drafting process but want to adopt it. Since the FAQ is intended to answer questions from the community, it's a great opportunity to use wiki magic. This revisioning of the FAQ is taking place on the Wiki at <http://gplv3.fsf.org/wiki/index.php/FAQ_Update>. Please stop by and see that any questions you think are common and pertinent are answered. With your help, we will continue to update the questions and answers as the new license discussion drafts are released. * New events Richard Stallman and Eben Moglen have scheduled keynote speeches on Saturday, April 1, 2006 at the annual FSF Associate Member Meeting in Cambridge, MA, USA. They will cover GPLv3, DRM, and the future of the free software movement. It's always a fun event, with lively conversation between the FSF members, staff, and board of directors. We hope to see even more of you than usual given the particular importance of community feedback and participation this year. For the first time, we will also be organizing a members forum during the day with board member Henri Poole in order to establish some concrete plans for how people can contribute effectively in the coming year. FSF members should please RSVP by March 16th. For those who are not yet members, please see <http://member.fsf.org> for information on how to join and attend the event. * Commenting system improvements While the Wiki is a place to build up informational materials surrounding the license, the commenting system at <http://gplv3.fsf.org/comments/> is a place to express your opinions about the license. Last time we announced the addition of the "agree" feature, so that you can express your agreement with comments that have been posted by others. Since then, we have made significant improvements in compatibility between the system and multiple browsers. Konqueror support, for example, is now fully functional. If you encountered any technical weirdness when trying to leave a comment previously, please visit again and give it another try. Any further weirdness should be reported to <tech at gplv3.fsf.org>. * Audio, Video and Text To complement the video from the morning of the GPLv3 launch conference that we announced in our last update, we have also started adding other interesting audio and visual material, including the slides used by Eben Moglen during his presentation and links to the transcripts compiled by Ciaran O'Riordan. We will be steadily adding photos from the events as well. You can find all of this in our "Audio, Video and Text" section at <http://gplv3.fsf.org/av>. If anybody who attended the Cambridge event, or any other events related to GPLv3, would like to send us photos, please do. You can send them to <webmaster at gplv3.fsf.org>. * Calendar reminders - 2006 March 16: FOSS Means Business. Belfast, Northern Ireland. Richard Stallman will be speaking on GPLv3 as part of the event. See <http://foss-means-business.org>. - 2006 March 18: Torino, Italy. Richard Stallman will be speaking about GPLv3 at a conference organized by FSF Europe. See <http://www.italy.fsfeurope.org/projects/gplv3/gplv3-torino.en.html>. - 2006 April 1: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Richard Stallman, Eben Moglen and the FSF staff and board members will be speaking at the FSF Associate Member Meeting on GPLv3. See <http://www.fsf.org/associate/meetings/2006>. - 2006 April 21 & 22: Porto Alegre, Brazil. The second international GPLv3 conference, during the 7th International Free Software Forum (which goes April 19th to 22nd). See <http://gplv3.fsf.org/wiki/index.php/International_conferences>. * Support Please support the continuation of this process by making a donation at <https://www.fsf.org/donate>, or by becoming an FSF associate member at <http://member.fsf.org>. There are also still t-shirts and hoodies with the GPLv3 logo available at <http://www.gnu.org/gear/gplv3-tshirt.html>. Thanks! -- John Sullivan, FSF Program Administrator