[Cialug] Speaker at next meeting

[David Champion]

Josh More wrote:
> We actually have a speaker at the next meeting, and while he is not a
> member of the Jeep Club (sorry Ken), he is a cage fighter.
>
> He's also an excellent patent attorney with knowledge of intellectual
> property rights and assorted legal issues that touch on open source. 
> His name is Brett Trout, and he will be giving a presentation about
> website issues.  After that, he'll hang around as we discuss other legal
> issues (such as Creative Commons, GPLv3 and similar).
>
> I'll likely rehash this as a reminder before the next meeting, but I
> thought I'd drop a note so people who do not ordinarily attend can make
> the necessary plans.
>
> Boring information is here:  http://www.bretttrout.com/
> Fun information is here:  http://blog.bretttrout.com/
>   

Here's a topic that it may be interesting to have Mr. Trout discuss - 
Trend Micro sues Barracuda :

http://www.linux.com/feature/125807

When we had our meeting with him, I asked about software patents, and he 
said we'd have to wait and see how things played out when something 
actually went to court. Looks like we've got a few cases now.

This is of interest to some of us that may use Barracuda products, and 
any of us that use F/OSS.

-dc