Hey folks, Sorry for the last minute update again, but due to ongoing technical difficulties we will be using Jitsi again this month using this link: https://j.luv.asn.au/fsm
~~ Ben ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Sunday, August 1st, 2021 at 12:01 PM, FSM Committee <commit...@freesoftware.org.au> wrote: > Licence controversies: Elastic Search and Audacity > > While we might have spent a lot of 2021 not doing much it's certainly been an > exciting time for software licensing. Recently some big Free and Open Source > projects have made licensing and related changes that could affect their > communities for a long time to come and we're going to be talking about them > this month at Free Software Melbourne. > > After being acquired by Muse Group the GPL2-licensed Audacity has added a > controversial Contributor License Agreement, introduced controversial > features and made controversial changes to their privacy agreement. There is > also some uncertainty about whether GPLv3 will be the next licence for > Audacity. > > Another well known (formerly Free and Open Source) project Elastic Search has > recently adopted the SSPL which, while based on the GPLv3, is not recognised > by the OSI or the FSF as a Free and Open licence. Would the AGPL have been a > better solution, or is this an indicator of SSPLs success? > > We'll present the news and reports about these issues, explore what impact > this might have on us and look at alternatives and forks that are currently > available. We will also have a discussion about what this means for these > projects and their communities. > > This will be a non technical event and all are welcome to join in the > conversation or just listen in. We look forward to seeing you all online! > > Details > > Thursday, 19th August 2021, 7:30pm-9:00pm > > Join us at: https://meet.glasswings.com.au/b/fsm-iv6-tce-vpu > > Meeting Tips > > - Be sure to test your audio on the way in. Your mic will be muted when you > join the room. > - Headsets are recommended to reduce any feedback. > > Code of Conduct: https://freesoftware.org.au/code-of-conduct > > > Free-software-melb mailing list > > Free-software-melb@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au > > https://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb > > Free Software Melbourne home page: http://www.freesoftware.asn.au/melb/ _______________________________________________ Free-software-melb mailing list Free-software-melb@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au https://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb Free Software Melbourne home page: http://www.freesoftware.asn.au/melb/
