July 2, 2005 Historical and Global Context of Free Software Licensing Outline
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Head
I. Ancient History
A. Early Free Software
B. The problems
C. The first copyleft
D. Copylefts
E. Why copyleft?
F. Why not copyleft?
G. Licensing and adoption
H. More history
I. The copyleft spectrum (1997)
J. Mozilla
II. License proliferation era
A. New developments in copyleft licensing
B. Open Software License
C. APSL 2.0
D. Affero license
E. The copyleft spectrum (2005)
III. Choosing a license
A. Relicensing business models
B. GPL Compatibility
C. List of GPL-compatible licenses
D. Understanding
IV. The future
A. Network applications
B. Software patents' political effects
C. Patent termination clauses
V. The future is purple

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