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Legal Implications of Developing for Linux

Date and Time

Wednesday, June 18, 1997 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Location

MIT Building 1-390 - Bechtel Lecture Hall

Presenter

Lar Kaufman - lark walden com

Summary

Abstract

Lar Kaufman discusses the legal implications of developing commercial software for Linux.

About Lar Kaufman

Lar Kaufman is a graduate of Boston University Law School, living in Concord, Massachusetts a few miles from Walden Pond. He has worked as a documentation consultant for many years, and began writing about UNIX in 1983. Since then, he has written on System V, BSD, Mach, OSF/1, and Linux.
His hobbies include interactive media as art/literature, homebuilt and antique aircraft (he's a licensed aircraft mechanic), and natural history. Formerly a BBS operator, in 1987 Lar founded the Fidonet echoes (newsgroups) Biosphere and BioNews.
He is currently working on a project to develop a media lab incorporating adaptive technology for print-disabled use through the law library where he studies. The lab will use a Linux server and provide user services on Windows NT, Macintosh, and Linux systems.

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