DEBATE: Does FOSS need sustainability?
- Track: Legal and Policy Issues devroom
- Room: UA2.220 (Guillissen)
- Day: Saturday
- Start: 16:00
- End: 16:50
Several prominent FOSS projects have changed their FOSS licenses to alternate licenses that make software available, but with additional restrictions intended to help financially sustain FOSS development and combat "strip mining" by software-as-a-service providers. Additionally, recently several related organizations have jumped into the the role of helping sustain open source by providing (for a fee) funding conduits, fundraising services, or other mechanisms to route money to maintainers.
Affirmative position: FOSS benefits from sustainability efforts
- First Affirmative Constructive (1AC) = 7 minutes a. Cross-examination of First Affirmative by Second Negative = 3 minutes
- First Negative Constructive (1NC) = 7 minutes a. Cross-examination of First Negative by First Affirmative = 3 minutes
- Second Affirmative Constructive (2AC) = 7 minutes a. Cross-examination of Second Affirmative by First Negative = 3 minutes
- Second Negative Constructive (2NC) = 7 minutes a. Cross-examination of Second Negative by Second Affirmative = 3 minutes
- First Negative Rebuttal (1NR) = 3 minutes
- First Affirmative Rebuttal (1AR) = 3 minutes
- Second Negative Rebuttal (2NR) = 3 minutes
- Second Affirmative Rebuttal (2AR) = 3 minutes
Speakers
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Marc Jones |
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Philippe Ombredanne |
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Luis Villa |
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Mehdi Medjaoui |