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Library of Congress, Madison Building, Mumford Room
(6th Floor)
Washington, DC
Monday, July 26, 2010 — 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
CENDI, the Law Library of
Congress and the Federal Library and Information Center Committee (FLICC) are
joining together to hold a workshop on Open Source Software (OSS) in the
Federal government environment. It will be hosted by FLICC at the Library of
Congress. Federal agencies are increasingly supporting the use and acquisition
of open source software as an alternative to proprietary software in their
information technology programs. The workshop will focus on legal,
business and copyright issues related to the development and use of such
software. Speakers will include legal experts and operations level
practitioners who are dealing with these issues on a daily basis. Topics to be
addressed include the development of OSS, policy and business models, the
distribution and use within the government, and issues that should be addressed
by agencies as they move into this new, collaborative development environment.
This workshop will be of
interest to IT managers, policy makers, legal and general counsel staff,
procurement officials and government contractors and others interested in open
source development policy.
The workshop is based on the
latest product of the CENDI Copyright Group, “Frequently Asked Questions about Copyright and Computer
Software: Issues Affecting the U.S. Government with Special Emphasis on Open
Source Software,” which was released in November 2009. This follows
on CENDI’s very popular “Frequently
Asked Questions about Copyright.”
For more information
or to register, visit the CENDI conference site at http://cendievents.infointl.com/oss%5Fworkshop%5F0710/.
(FLICC cannot accept registrations for this event.)
Registration Fee:
$50 Payable
via government credit card, Paypal, or FEDLINK FT Account.
Cancellation/Substitution
In the event of cancellation, full refund of the registration fee is possible
if requested up to two weeks before the event. Cancellations after July 12 will
not result in a refund; however, substitutions or transfer of your registration
to another individual is possible up to the morning of the event.