Legal and licensing issues are a vital part of the Free Software ecosystem. While many Free Software developers may have a good idea of the legal and licensing requirements that turn their project into Free Software, there are many more attending FOSDEM who may lack the knowledge or have misconceptions about the legal issues in Free Software.

This session hopes to provide an introduction and background to the legal concepts that underpin the freedoms in Free Software, and how the law is an important tool in ensuring our digital freedoms, so that participants can better appreciate the legal and licensing issues to be discussed by speakers in the Legal and Policy Devroom.