Brussels / 4 & 5 February 2023

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Legal and Policy Issues devroom


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Saturday Welcome to the Legal and Policy Issues Devroom A Service as a Software Substitute (SaaSS) is unjust like proprietary software
Thinking carefully about services
Windows and Office "tax" refund
Various cases about the refund of pre-installed software, and the right to install any software on any device
Fuzzy Law-gic: FOSS & the Unauthorized Practice of Law Is “European open source” a thing?
Debating the role of open source in building Europe’s digital sovereignty
Financing Open Source by small companies
We give Open Source projects 1% of the revenue, and you can too!
Open Source Initiative - Changes to License Review Process Learning From the Big Failures To Improve FOSS Advocacy and Adoption
How Are Big Companies Benefiting So Much from FOSS, and Individuals So Little?
Reckoning with new app store changes: Is now our chance?
Recent legal and policy developments around app stores and what they mean for free software
How to get public administrations to use more FOSS EU alternative to app stores AI Discussion The coming EU Standard-Essential Patents regulation The Professional's Guide To Haphazardly Picking Licenses For Standards & Specifications
Practical tips for the reckless licensor
Panel: Hot Topics
Organizers of the Legal & Policy DevRoom discuss the issues of the day

Read the Call for Papers at https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2022q4/003476.html.

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Saturday

  Welcome to the Legal and Policy Issues Devroom Tom Marble, Matthias Kirschner, Bradley M. Kuhn, Karen Sandler, Alexander Sander 10:30 10:35
  A Service as a Software Substitute (SaaSS) is unjust like proprietary software
Thinking carefully about services
Ian Kelling 10:35 11:00
  Windows and Office "tax" refund
Various cases about the refund of pre-installed software, and the right to install any software on any device
Luca Bonissi 11:00 11:25
  Fuzzy Law-gic: FOSS & the Unauthorized Practice of Law Sarajane Whitfield 11:30 11:55
  Is “European open source” a thing?
Debating the role of open source in building Europe’s digital sovereignty
Gaël Blondelle, Alberto P. Martí 12:00 12:50
  Financing Open Source by small companies
We give Open Source projects 1% of the revenue, and you can too!
Marta Rybczynska 13:00 13:25
  Open Source Initiative - Changes to License Review Process Pamela Chestek 13:30 13:55
  Learning From the Big Failures To Improve FOSS Advocacy and Adoption
How Are Big Companies Benefiting So Much from FOSS, and Individuals So Little?
Bradley M. Kuhn 14:00 14:50
  Reckoning with new app store changes: Is now our chance?
Recent legal and policy developments around app stores and what they mean for free software
John Sullivan 15:00 15:25
  How to get public administrations to use more FOSS Claus Wickinghoff 15:30 15:55
  EU alternative to app stores Marcel Kolaja 16:00 16:25
  AI Discussion Karen Sandler 16:30 16:55
  The coming EU Standard-Essential Patents regulation Ciarán O'Riordan, Panos Alevropoulos 17:00 17:25
  The Professional's Guide To Haphazardly Picking Licenses For Standards & Specifications
Practical tips for the reckless licensor
Nathan Willis 17:30 17:55
  Panel: Hot Topics
Organizers of the Legal & Policy DevRoom discuss the issues of the day
Tom Marble, Bradley M. Kuhn, Karen Sandler, Alexander Sander 18:00 18:50