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diff --git a/includes/header.html b/includes/header.html index c8c9c97..30ff528 100755 --- a/includes/header.html +++ b/includes/header.html @@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ <a href="/essays/">Essays</a> </li> <li> + <a href="/talks/">Talks</a> + </li> + <li> <a href="/projects/">Projects</a> </li> </ul> diff --git a/talks/index.html b/talks/index.html new file mode 100755 index 0000000..d8d59d6 --- /dev/null +++ b/talks/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +<!--#set var="title" value="Talks" --> +<!--#include virtual="../includes/header.html" --> +<h2>Talks</h2> +<p> + Here you will find information about some of the talks and presentations + I've given. +</p> +<ul> + <li><a href="software-contracts/">Legal Validity of Software Contracts</a></li> +</ul> +<!--#include virtual="../includes/footer.html" --> diff --git a/talks/software-contracts/index.html b/talks/software-contracts/index.html new file mode 100755 index 0000000..3546941 --- /dev/null +++ b/talks/software-contracts/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +<!--#set var="title" value="Legal Validity of Software Contracts" --> +<!--#include virtual="../../includes/header.html" --> +<h2>Legal Validity of Software Contracts</h2> +<p> + This is a presentation that I gave in a law-related course at the New Jersey + Institute of Technology (NJIT) in the Spring of 2012. +</p> +<p> + In the presentation, I define software contracts (a.k.a. "end-user license + agreements", "software license agreements", or simply "licenses") and + explain the history of software copyright law and contracts. I then examine + the disputed legal validity of software contracts in three main areas: + assent to terms (including "shrink wrap" and "click wrap" contracts), + ownership of copies (the "licensed, not sold" argument), and conscionability + and preemption. +</p> +<h4>Slides</h4> +<p> + The following are the slides I prepared for the presentation: +</p> +<ul> + <li><a href="software-contracts.odp">OpenDocument Format</a></li> + <li><a href="software-contracts.pdf">Portable Document Format</a></li> +</ul> +<p> + Included in the OpenDocument version is the script to the presentation + (in LibreOffice, look in the "Notes" tab). +</p> +<p> + Many reader programs render stripes in the slide background of the PDF file. + This is due to + <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cairo/+bug/164233">a bug</a> + <a href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47706">in cairo</a> + which has been fixed in a version newer than that which I used. +</p> +<h4>Copyright</h4> +<p> + Copyright © 2012 Patrick "P. J." M<span class="super">c</span>Dermott + <br> + All works related to this workshop, including this document, the flyer, the + notes, and the session records may be used under the terms of the + <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/">Creative Commons + Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license</a>. +</p> +<!--#include virtual="../../includes/footer.html" --> diff --git a/talks/software-contracts/software-contracts.odp b/talks/software-contracts/software-contracts.odp Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..e924b4b --- /dev/null +++ b/talks/software-contracts/software-contracts.odp diff --git a/talks/software-contracts/software-contracts.pdf b/talks/software-contracts/software-contracts.pdf Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..8b05fe6 --- /dev/null +++ b/talks/software-contracts/software-contracts.pdf |