This talk will introduce the basic knowledge of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) licensing, including the concept of FOSS, characteristic of FOSS licenses, common FOSS licenses, and the things develpers should notice when using FOSS.
This talk will introduce the basic knowledge of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) licensing, including the concept of FOSS, characteristic of FOSS licenses, common FOSS licenses, and the things develpers should notice when using FOSS.
About Florence T.M. Ko
Florence T.M. Ko (葛冬梅) is the co-founder of Taiwan Open Source Legal Nrtwork (OSLN Taiwan) and a freelancer with specilty in Free and Open Source Software Licensing (FOSS Licensing). She often introduces the international resources of FOSS Licensing into Taiwan, and organised many important events related to FOSS Licensing in the past. Besides, she is also highly interested in public licensing, such as Creative Commons and Open Data. During 2005-2015, Florence worked at OpenFoundry in Academia Sinica, Taiwan. For many years, she was the editor and writer of “Legal Column” on OSSF newsletter, which is the official publication of OpenFoundry. For more details about Florenc’s resume please see: http://tw.linkedin.com/in/florencetmko