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The St. Louis GNU/Linux Users Group holds its meetings on the third Thursday
of every month. Meetings are free and open to everyone.
Next Meeting: Thursday,
June 18, 2009
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Topic:
Open Source Licensing - What You Need to Know |
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| Location: St. Louis County Library, Indian Trails Branch | ||
| Speaker: Craig Buchek | ||
| Bio:
Craig is our friendly neighborhood LUG Chair. (But wouldn't mind if someone took over that job!) |
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| Background/Details/Abstract/Outline/Summary:
This presentation will cover all aspects of Open Source / Free Software licensing. We'll start with the basics of copyright, and then explore how licenses can give more rights to the end users, or take rights away. We'll look at all the common licenses, to see how they differ. Finally, we'll come to some conclusions of what you need to worry about when dealing with Open Source software. (Hint: In most cases, you don't have anything to worry about.) |
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| Basics:
The room is open and available from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM.
Sometimes Linux knowlegeble folks show up early; so, the time between 6:00 PM and 6:45 PM
can be available for newcomers to GNU/Linux (the true beginners) to ask questions, view the
demonstration of applications, explore new features, receive one-on-one instructions, have
general discussions on hardware, review software configurations, and get general beginner orientation.
Sometimes volunteers even provide simple tutorials.
We want this time to be productive and informative for the Linux newcomers.
The Basics segment will be followed at 6:45 PM by the usual introductions, announcements, current events of interest, and a general CALL FOR HELP segment. Then we will go into the presentation of our main topic at about 7:00 PM. |
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- 16 July 2009 - OpenGL by Jerry Stutte (Delayed one month)
- 20 August 2009 - Topic yet To Be Determined (TBD)
- 17 September 2009 - Topic yet To Be Determined (TBD)
Previous Meetings: See Above Meeting Notes.