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Licensing Executives Society - Seattle Chapter Speaker Series

GPL Version 3.0- A First Look:
The new version of the General Public License

Speaker:
Professor Bob Gomulkiewicz
University of Washington Law School

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
(presentation 12:00 - 1:00)

*Please note the location for this meeting*
Perkins Coie LLP
1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4800
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: 206-369-6135

The GNU General Public License (GPL) is often called the free software movement’s constitution.  For the first time in 25 years, the Free Software Foundation revised the GPL.  How did the GPL change?  It’s new but is it improved?  Should you use it?  What impact will the revised GPL have on free and open source software?

Professor Gomulkiewicz directs the UW Law School’s graduate program in Intellectual Property Law and Policy. Prior to joining the faculty, he was an Associate General Counsel at Microsoft where he led the group of lawyers providing legal counsel for development of Microsoft's major systems software, desktop applications, and developer tools software (including Windows and Office). He also served as chair of the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA) working group of the Business Software Alliance. He joined Microsoft from the law firm of Preston, Gates & Ellis.  Professor Gomulkiewicz is co-author of the treatise Intellectual Property, Software, and Information Licensing: Law & Practice (BNA Books 2006), and has published articles on open source software, mass market licensing, UCITA, and legal protection for software. He is also the author of the Simple Public License (SimPL) which is an Open Source Initiative-approved plain language rendering of GPL 2.0.

**Please extend a special invitation to your licensing colleagues to attend this meeting.  The educational component and the networking will be very worthwhile to attendees of all experience levels.**
One CLE Credit is pending approval for this program, sponsored by the Washington Law School Foundation, University of Washington School of Law. 

Many thanks to Perkins Coie for hosting this event and sponsoring the lunch and parking. Please pre-register to secure your place for this lecture and luncheon.

Registration:
Registration prior to February 11, 2008  at noon: $15 – students /$20 - LES Members / $30 Non-Members
Registration after February 11, 2008 at noon: $20 – students / $25 - LES Members / $35 Non-Members

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Driving Directions for Perkins Coie's Seattle Office:
1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4800, Seattle, WA 98101-3099
Phone: (206) 359-8000; Fax: (206) 359-9000

I-5 Northbound (from Sea-Tac Airport): (these directions don't apply to express lanes)

• Start out going southeast on S Exit Dr. toward Terminal/Parking/Rental Car Return.
  
• Turn left onto International Blvd. Take the WA-518 east ramp toward I-405/Renton/I-5.
  
• Merge onto WA-518 east.
  
• Take the I-5 north exit on the left toward Seattle. Merge onto I-5 north.
  
• Exit onto Seneca Street, which is a left-lane exit (Exit 165). Merge onto Seneca Street.
  
• After crossing 3rd Avenue, our parking garage entrance is located on Seneca Street (immediately on the right).

I-5 Southbound

• Exit onto Union Street (Exit 165). Head west on Union Street for approximately four blocks (toward the water).
  
• At 3rd Avenue, take a left. Go two blocks to Seneca Street and take a right.
  
• Take an immediate right into our parking garage (on the north side of Seneca Street) if desired.

Contact Simmone Misra at smisra@microsoft.com or Gail Drykstra at gdykstra@u.washington.edu if you have any questions.