מפגש פיתוח - עם עו"ד ג'פרי קאופמן

Please note, the date and location have been changed!

During this meetup we will be hosting Jeffrey R. Kaufman*, one of Red Hat's lawyers specializing in Open Source intellectual property.

Agenda:

18:00 Gathering & Networking

18:30 Open Source Fundamentals & Contemporary Issues - Jeffrey R. Kaufman

• Securing your IP when developing with Open Source

• The basics of copyleft and non-copyleft licenses

• Reach of the GPL

• RHEL development & the use of the GPL and LGPL code

• Advantages of using an upstream development model

• GPL in the world of Containers

19:15 An Exploration of Fair Use - In Light of Oracle v. Google - Jeffrey R. Kaufman

The current state of litigation between Oracle and Google provides a fascinating perspective on fair use in the context of U.S. software copyright law. During this session, the audience will be put in the jury box to obtain an important and unique perspective on why the trial returned a unanimous verdict in favor of Google, essentially concluding that the copyright fair use doctrine allowed Google to use JAVA SE APIs in its implementation of Android. Extensive synthesis of jury instructions, CAFC, and district court documents were used in the preparation of this talk. A brief background on the case will also be provided.

20:00 Open source hack night

As usual, we will have time for free-form open source hacking. Everyone is welcome to work on their favorite projects, find projects to work on, meet fellow open source folks and plan for related events.

• Jeffrey R. Kaufman is an Open Source IP Attorney for Red Hat, Inc., the world’s leading provider of open source software solutions. Jeffrey also serves as an adjunct professor at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law. Previous to Red Hat, Jeffrey served as Sr. Legal Counsel at Qualcomm Incorporated providing commercial licensing and open source counsel to Qualcomm CDMA Technologies. Jeffrey holds multiple patents in RFID, barcoding, image processing, and printing technologies.