DEBATE: Should FOSS licenses be enforced at all? What means are acceptable if so?
Channel: FOSDEM
Date: 2020-09-09

by Pamela Chestek, Giovanni Battista Gallus, Marc Jones and McCoy Smith

At: FOSDEM 2020
https://video.fosdem.org/2020/UA2.220/debate_enforce_licenses.webm

In a perfect world, lawyers (and the entire legal system) should not be necessary. And in a perfect FOSS world, everyone respects each and every provision of every license. The reality is, however, very different, and enforcement may be a necessary evil. This need does not mean we have to open the gates to be flooded by "copyleft trolls", but to establish a sound enforcement policy, in order to unleash the lawyers only for the most blatant and repeated violations
Affirmative position: FOSS licenses should not be enforced.


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❮li❯First Affirmative Constructive (1AC) = 7 minutes
a. Cross-examination of First Affirmative by Second Negative = 3 minutes❮/li❯
❮li❯First Negative Constructive (1NC)  = 7 minutes
a. Cross-examination of First Negative by First Affirmative = 3 minutes❮/li❯
❮li❯Second Affirmative Constructive (2AC)  = 7 minutes
a. Cross-examination of Second Affirmative by First Negative = 3 minutes❮/li❯
❮li❯Second Negative Constructive (2NC)  = 7 minutes
a. Cross-examination of Second Negative by Second Affirmative = 3 minutes❮/li❯
❮li❯First Negative Rebuttal (1NR)  = 3 minutes❮/li❯
❮li❯First Affirmative Rebuttal (1AR)  = 3 minutes❮/li❯
❮li❯Second Negative Rebuttal (2NR)  = 3 minutes❮/li❯
❮li❯Second Affirmative Rebuttal (2AR)  = 3 minutes❮/li❯
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Room: UA2.220 (Guillissen)
Scheduled start: 2020-02-01 10:00:00