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<p class=MsoNormal>Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I wrote an article to introduce the Practising Law Institute
(PLI) continuing education program on "Open Source and Free Software
2009." Several of our open source attorney friends are among the
presenters and they will also be publishing articles for this program. I've
taken the liberty of previewing some of the topics that they will be addressing
in their presentations, although I expect each of them to take a unique slant
on things.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Here is my article: <a
href="http://www.rosenlaw.com/PLI2009.pdf">www.rosenlaw.com/PLI2009.pdf</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<h1><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
font-weight:normal'>The full PLI program title is "Open Source and Free
Software 2009: Benefits, Risks and Challenges in Today's Economic
Environment." <o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;font-weight:normal'><span
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
font-weight:normal'>The New York version of this program, coordinated by Lori
Lesser and Stuart Levi, is on 11/18/2009. See <a
href="http://www.pli.edu/product/seminar_detail.asp?id=49004">http://www.pli.edu/product/seminar_detail.asp?id=49004</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
font-weight:normal'>The San Francisco version of this program, also live on the
web, which I will coordinate, is on 12/9/2009. See <a
href="http://www.pli.edu/product/seminar_detail.asp?id=49005">http://www.pli.edu/product/seminar_detail.asp?id=49005</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class=MsoNormal>Please register and join us if you can.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I apologize for cross-posting but there are so many valuable
open source lists nowadays! :--)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>/Larry<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>Lawrence Rosen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>Rosenlaw & Einschlag, a
technology law firm (<a href="http://www.rosenlaw.com">www.rosenlaw.com</a>) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>3001 King Ranch Road, Ukiah,
CA 95482<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>Office:
707-485-1242 Cell: 707-478-8932<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>Apache Software Foundation,
member and counsel (<a href="http://www.apache.org">www.apache.org</a>) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>Open Web Foundation, board
member (<a href="http://www.openwebfoundation.org">www.openwebfoundation.org</a>)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>Stanford University,
Instructor in Law<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>Author, <i>Open Source
Licensing: Software Freedom and Intellectual Property Law</i> (Prentice Hall
2004)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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