Open Source Software and Copyright: Legal and Business Considerations for Government Use

Monday, July 26, 2010 9:00 AM-4:00 PM
Library of Congress, Madison Building, Mumford Room (6th floor)

Co-sponsored by CENDI, the Law Library of Congress, and the Federal Library and Information Center Committee

Program

Topic Titles link to Presentations (.pdf format)

8:30-9:00	Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00-9:15	Welcome -- Roberta Shaffer, Law Librarian of Congress Announcements -- Christopher Cole, Co-Chair CENDI Copyright Working Group, National Agricultural Library
9:15-10:00	Computer Software Copyright Basics -- Rob Kasunic, US Copyright Office Summary
10:00-10:45	Open Source Software Basics -- *David A. Wheeler*, Institute for Defense Analyses Summary
10:45-11:00	Break
11:00-12:30	U.S. Government Software Acquisitions Policies -- FAR -- Gary Borda, NASA, Office of General Counsel Summary DFARS -- Vicki Allums, Defense Information System Agency, Office of General Counsel Summary
12:30-1:30	Lunch [on your own]
1:30-2:30	Distributing Government Software; Integrating into OSS -- Government Open Source Software Distribution - Hope O'Keeffe, Library of Congress, Office of General Counsel Presentation Summary NASA Open Source Software Release - Gary Borda, NASA, Office of General Counsel Summary
2:30-3:30	Using OSS Software for Government Purposes -- Using OSS Software for Government Purposes - Forge.mil - Tom Morton, Forge.mil Chief Engineer Summary The Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid® Initiative: Open Source Software Licensing Approach - Wendy E. Patterson, Esq. Senior Advisor, Technology Transfer Center National Cancer Institute, NIH/DHHS Summary
3:30-4:00	Vision/Way Ahead Audience Discussion and Q&A Moderator: Daniel Risacher, Associate Director, Enterprise Services and Integration, NII/DoD-CIO Summary

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