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A Beginner's Look At GPL Enforceability

Posted by timothy on from the ask-eben-moglen dept.

sirmikester writes "I wrote a term paper for my University of Illinois law class about the enforceability of the GPL. Unlike most of the papers dealing with the GPL, this one was aimed at a primarily non-technical audience. While a little bit rough around the edges, I'm sure it could give all of the non-technical folks out there a look at the GPL, and why its so important to all of us. There is also a powerpoint presentation available of the speech that I gave to the class about the paper. "

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  1. What is OSS worth when you get right down to it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    The presentation is in powerpoint? Does this mean that when you really want to get your point across, you have to use Microsoft???? Come on now!

  2. Re:short paper by corbettw · · Score: 2, Funny

    Anyone can summarize a few usenet posts and throw in enough filler and footnotes to make it 12 pages.

    Yeah, but how many people can do that in Powerpoint? I mean, give the poor kid some credit, it's Powerpoint for cryin' out loud!

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  4. Re:Definition of irony by cxvx · · Score: 2, Funny
    Creating a presentation on GPL Enforceability.... in Powerpoint.

    No it isn't, unless you went to the Alanis Morissette school of irony.

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