Teardown 2025 - Craig Topham - Free Software Licensing 101

This free software licensing 101 talk is intended to cover as many details as possible involving the subject of free software licensing. The talk is broad in scope and is geared toward the beginner and intermediate audience.

About the Speaker
Craig came to work for the Free Software Foundation as a copyright and licensing associate at the end of 2018. Some of Craig’s FSF duties include: handling copyright assignments, GPL compliance for FSF-copyrighted works, and helping with the Respect Your Freedom program. Besides the desire to see free software thrive, Craig also envisions a world where everyone’s inner light shines bright.

About Teardown
Teardown is a yearly event hosted by Crowd Supply that draws hackers, makers, and engineers from across the US (and the world) to meet together in Portland, Oregon. Teardown is about the practice of hardware: prototyping, manufacturing, testing, disassembling, and circumventing, all while having fun. Teardown attendees can expect lively talks, demos, art installations, hands-on workshops, fiendish puzzles, and lots of good food. Check it out! https://www.crowdsupply.com/teardown

About Crowd Supply
Crowd Supply is the crowdfunding platform of choice for engineers, hackers, designers, and idealists. We help them with the funding and support they need to deliver respectful, thoughtfully crafted, open source hardware to their delighted backers. Come see what our creators are making: https://www.crowdsupply.com!

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