FW: Dec 2nd OpenG Group Meeting (Tonight)

[Jim K. <ji...@ji...>]

Hello All,

Tonight's OpenG Group meeting (6:30PM PST) will be held online via =
webcast
(no physical meeting in Mountain View).  Webcast info may be found at
http://openg.org/webcast/ .  At this meeting we will discuss software
licensing and specifically the new NI Software License Agreement.  As of
LabVIEW 7.0 the language of the National Instruments Software License
Agreement has changed. It appears to provide National Instruments with =
much
more protection of their interests, but also to be potentially more
restrictive for end users. We will discuss these changes and talk about =
the
possible implications. There are portions of the new NISLA that =
potentially
affect OpenG, and we are in the process of discussing the intent and
language of the NISLA with National Instruments. This meeting will =
provide
an opportunity to learn about the changes, get an update of ongoing
discussions with NI, and to discuss the NISLA and software licensing, in
general.

You can find meeting information online at http://openg.org/meetings/ .  =


Regards,

-Jim Kring

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December 2nd, 2003 - OpenG User and Developer Group Meeting=20
Come learn about and participate in the open source LabVIEW community =
and
projects. You can participate in OpenG group meeting via webcast =
(webcast
starts at 6:30pm)=20

When: Tuesday 12/01/2003 || 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time
(PST) UTC/GMT -8 hours=20

Where: Online via webcast and conference call

Online Webcast Info:=20
Visit http://OpenG.org/webcast/=20
Or email jk...@op... for information on how to attend the online
webcast.=20

Agenda=20

6:30 p.m. - First-Timers Introductions, Firing up the web cast=20

6:45 p.m. - Announcements
* OpenG Toolkit 2.0=20
* OpenG Package Installer 1.0=20
* Dynamic Palette View

7:15 p.m. - NI Software License Agreement=20
As Open Source Developers, licensing of software products is something =
that
we should all know a little bit about. As of LabVIEW 7.0 the language of =
the
National Instruments Software License Agreement has changed. It appears =
to
provide National Instruments with much more protection of their =
interests,
but=20
also to be potentially more restrictive for end users. We will discuss =
these
changes and talk about the possible implications. There are portions of =
the
new NISLA that potentially affect OpenG, and we are in the process of
discussing the intent and language of the NISLA with National =
Instruments.
This meeting will provide an opportunity to learn about the changes, get =
an
update of ongoing discussions with NI, and to discuss the NISLA and =
software
licensing, in general.=20

9:00 pm Adjourn

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