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<i class="glyphicon glyphicon-road"></i>: <span class="lptrack lptrack1">Licensing</span>
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-<div class="abstract"><div class="webform-long-answer">Software licenses that give people freedom are facing scrutiny<br />\r
-from a variety of interests and organizations. This session seeks to<br />\r
-articulate the core values of software freedom: how the tenets of FSF's<br />\r
-Four Freedoms and the Open Source Definition's criteria enable networks<br />\r
-of collaboration and co-creation. Current issues from a variety of<br />\r
-interested parties are considered, not on their value as a movement,<br />\r
-but rather their impact on the freedoms to run, study, modify, and<br />\r
-redistribute works. Alternative approaches to licensing that can<br />\r
-address concerns of communities will also be offered.</div></div>
+<div class="abstract"><div class="webform-long-answer">Software licenses that give people freedom are facing scrutiny from a variety of interests and organizations. This session seeks to articulate the core values of software freedom: how the tenets of FSF's Four Freedoms and the Open Source Definition's criteria enable networks of collaboration and co-creation. Current issues from a variety of interested parties are considered, not on their value as a movement, but rather their impact on the freedoms to run, study, modify, and redistribute works. Alternative approaches to licensing that can address concerns of communities will also be offered.</div></div>
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<h2>Patrick Masson</h2></div>
-<div class="webform-long-answer">Patrick Masson joined the Open Source Initiative as General Manager in<br />\r
-November of 2013 after working in higher education technology for over<br />\r
-twenty years, including roles as Director of the UCLA Media Lab, CIO<br />\r
-within The State University of New York, and most recently, CTO at<br />\r
-UMassOnline. Patrick is an Adjunct Professor at the University at<br />\r
-Albany, teaching Open Source Principles and Practices within the<br />\r
-College of Engineering and Applied Sciences' Department of Informatics.<br />\r
-Patrick has worked to promote the awareness and adoption of open<br />\r
-source, particularly within education, throughout his career. He served<br />\r
-on the Jasig Foundation's Board of Directors, and is currently on the<br />\r
-Apereo Foundation's Advisory Council as well as Brandeis University's<br />\r
-Graduate Professional Studies Advisory Board. He is the co-founder of<br />\r
-the Educause Constituency Group on Openness. Patrick was also elected<br />\r
-to his local Board of Education in 2014.</div>
+<div class="webform-long-answer">Patrick Masson joined the Open Source Initiative as General Manager in November of 2013 after working in higher education technology for over twenty years, including roles as Director of the UCLA Media Lab, CIO within The State University of New York, and most recently, CTO at UMassOnline. Patrick is an Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany, teaching Open Source Principles and Practices within the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences' Department of Informatics. Patrick has worked to promote the awareness and adoption of open source, particularly within education, throughout his career. He served on the Jasig Foundation's Board of Directors, and is currently on the Apereo Foundation's Advisory Council as well as Brandeis University's Graduate Professional Studies Advisory Board. He is the co-founder of the Educause Constituency Group on Openness. Patrick was also elected to his local Board of Education in 2014.</div>
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