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  1.      The GNU General Public License for Developers and Businesspeople
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  4. This tutorial gives a section-by-section explanation of the most popular
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  5. Free Software copyright license, the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL),
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  6. and teaches software developers, managers and businesspeople how to use
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  7. the GPL and GPL'ed software successfully in new Free Software business and
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  8. in existing, successful enterprises.
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  10. Attendees should have a general familiarity with software development
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  11. processes.  A vague understanding of how copyright law applies to software
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  12. is also helpful.  The tutorial is of most interest to software developers
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  13. and managers who run software businesses that modify and/or redistribute
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  14. software under terms of the GNU GPL (or who wish to do so in the future),
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  15. and those who wish to make use of existing GPL'ed software in their
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  16. enterprise.
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  18. This is not a legal tutorial.  By contrast, it explains the GNU GPL to
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  19. professionals who are not well versed in the details of copyright law.
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  20. Presented by a software developer and manager, this tutorial informs
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  21. non-lawyers who wish to have a deeper understanding of how the GNU GPL
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  22. uses copyright law to protect software freedom and to assist in the
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  23. formation of Free Software businesses.
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  25. Upon completion of the tutorial, successful attendees can expect to have
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  26. learned:
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  28.     * the freedom-defending purpose of each term of the GNU GPL
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  30.     * the redistribution options under the GPL
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  32.     * the obligations when modifying GPL'ed software
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  34.     * how to properly apply the GPL to a new software
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  36.     * how to build a plan for proper and successful compliance with the GPL
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  38.     * the business advantages that the GPL provides
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  40.     * the most common business models used in conjunction with the GPL
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  42.     * how existing GPL'ed software can be used in existing enterprises
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  44. The full tutorial take three hours, with time for plenty of questions and
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  45. two fifteen minute breaks.  An abbreviated one-hour talk that introduces
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  46. the the issues covered in the full tutorial is also an option.
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