[FreeGeek] Panel Discussion on FOSS

[Terry Lowe]

This may be of interest to people:

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An extra talk on Free Open Source Software at the Vancouver PHP
Conference, Open to the Public

Monday February 12 6:30 - 8:30 PM, in combined rooms C150/C180 the
Vancouver PHP Conference will be hosting an additional open discussion
on the future of Free Open Source Software (FOSS). There is no entrance
fee for this presentation; The public is welcome to attend, as this talk
is scheduled for the evening, after the scheduled conference talks.

In no particular order, topics for panel discussion include:

     * Choosing a license
     * GPL3
     * Comon Misperceptions about the GPL
     * Growth in GPL
     * Winning Over New Converts to FOSS
     * Reasons Why Businesses Choose FOSS
     * Current state of FOSS in North America
     * Encouraging the growth of FOSS in Vancouver/N. America

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Full page is here: http://vancouver.php.net/osspanel2007

And the conference is at UBC Robson Square.