Toward Ethical Use of LLM-gen-AI to advance FOSS
MCLD 3002 | Sun 09 Aug 2 p.m.–2:45 p.m.
Presented by
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Bradley M. Kühn
@bkuhn@copyleft.org
https://ebb.org/bkuhn
Bradley M. Kühn is the Policy Fellow and
Hacker-in-Residence at
Software Freedom Conservancy
("SFC") and Co-Editor-in-Chief of the copyleft-next
license. Kühn began his work in the software
freedom movement as a volunteer in 1992 — as an early adopter of
Linux-based systems and contributor to various FOSS projects, including
Perl.
Kühn worked during the 1990s as a system administrator and software
developer for various companies, and also spent one year teaching high
school Advanced Placement Computer Science. As FSF's Executive Director
from 2001–2005, Kühn led FSF's GPL enforcement, launched its Associate
Member program, and invented the copyleft network services clause found
in the Affero GPL. Kühn was SFC's primary volunteer from 2006–2010, and
became its first staff person in 2011. Kühn's work at SFC focuses on
enforcement of copyleft and the GPL
Agreements, FOSS
licensing policy, and non-profit infrastructural solutions for FOSS.
Kühn holds a summa cum laude B.S. in Computer Science from Loyola
University in
Maryland, and an
M.S. in Computer Science from the University of
Cincinnati. Kühn's Master's
thesis discussed methods for
dynamic interoperability of FOSS programming languages. Kühn received
the 2012 Open Source Award, and the 2021 Award for the Advancement of
Free Software --- both in recognition for his lifelong policy work on
copyleft licensing and its enforcement.
Kühn writes about his work on SFC\'s
blog and as
\@bkuhn@copyleft.org on the Fediverse (via
Mastodon){rel="me"}.
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Denver is a software right-to-repair activist who is currently Director of Compliance at Software Freedom Conservancy, where he enforces software right-to-repair licenses such as the GPL, and is also a director of the worker co-operative that runs JMP.chat, a FOSS phone number (texting/calling) service. Denver writes free software in his spare time: his patches have been accepted into Wine, Linux, and wdiff. He gives presentations about digital civil rights and how to ensure FOSS remains sustainable as a community and financially, having spoken at conferences such as FOSSY, SCALE, the Canadian Repair Convention, WineConf, FOSDEM, Linux Plumbers Conference, SFSCON, CopyleftConf, Radical Networks, DebConf, Git Merge, CopyCamp Toronto, FOSSLC's Summercamp, and the Open Video Conference.
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Karen Sandler
@karen@floss.social
@o0karen0o
Karen M. Sandler is an attorney and the executive director of Software Freedom Conservancy, a 501c3 nonprofit organization focused on ethical technology. As a patient deeply concerned with the technology in her own body, Karen is known as a cyborg lawyer for her advocacy for free software as a life-or-death issue, particularly in relation to the software on medical devices. She co-organizes Outreachy, the award-winning outreach program for people who face under-representation, systemic bias, or discrimination in tech. She is an adjunct Lecturer-In-Law of Columbia Law School and a visiting scholar at University of California Santa Cruz.
Prior to joining Software Freedom Conservancy, Karen was the executive director of the GNOME Foundation. Before that, she was the general counsel of the Software Freedom Law Center. She began her career as a lawyer at Clifford Chance and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
Karen received her law degree from Columbia Law School where she was a James Kent Scholar and co-founder of the Columbia Science and Technology Law Review. She also holds a bachelor of science in engineering from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.
Sandler has won awards for her work on behalf of software freedom, including the O’Reilly Open Source Award in 2011. She received an honorary doctorate from KU Leuven in 2023.
Bradley M. Kühn
@bkuhn@copyleft.org
https://ebb.org/bkuhn
Bradley M. Kühn is the Policy Fellow and Hacker-in-Residence at Software Freedom Conservancy ("SFC") and Co-Editor-in-Chief of the copyleft-next license. Kühn began his work in the software freedom movement as a volunteer in 1992 — as an early adopter of Linux-based systems and contributor to various FOSS projects, including Perl.
Kühn worked during the 1990s as a system administrator and software developer for various companies, and also spent one year teaching high school Advanced Placement Computer Science. As FSF's Executive Director from 2001–2005, Kühn led FSF's GPL enforcement, launched its Associate Member program, and invented the copyleft network services clause found in the Affero GPL. Kühn was SFC's primary volunteer from 2006–2010, and became its first staff person in 2011. Kühn's work at SFC focuses on enforcement of copyleft and the GPL Agreements, FOSS licensing policy, and non-profit infrastructural solutions for FOSS. Kühn holds a summa cum laude B.S. in Computer Science from Loyola University in Maryland, and an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Cincinnati. Kühn's Master's thesis discussed methods for dynamic interoperability of FOSS programming languages. Kühn received the 2012 Open Source Award, and the 2021 Award for the Advancement of Free Software --- both in recognition for his lifelong policy work on copyleft licensing and its enforcement.
Kühn writes about his work on SFC\'s blog and as \@bkuhn@copyleft.org on the Fediverse (via Mastodon){rel="me"}.
Denver is a software right-to-repair activist who is currently Director of Compliance at Software Freedom Conservancy, where he enforces software right-to-repair licenses such as the GPL, and is also a director of the worker co-operative that runs JMP.chat, a FOSS phone number (texting/calling) service. Denver writes free software in his spare time: his patches have been accepted into Wine, Linux, and wdiff. He gives presentations about digital civil rights and how to ensure FOSS remains sustainable as a community and financially, having spoken at conferences such as FOSSY, SCALE, the Canadian Repair Convention, WineConf, FOSDEM, Linux Plumbers Conference, SFSCON, CopyleftConf, Radical Networks, DebConf, Git Merge, CopyCamp Toronto, FOSSLC's Summercamp, and the Open Video Conference.
Karen Sandler
@karen@floss.social
@o0karen0o
Karen M. Sandler is an attorney and the executive director of Software Freedom Conservancy, a 501c3 nonprofit organization focused on ethical technology. As a patient deeply concerned with the technology in her own body, Karen is known as a cyborg lawyer for her advocacy for free software as a life-or-death issue, particularly in relation to the software on medical devices. She co-organizes Outreachy, the award-winning outreach program for people who face under-representation, systemic bias, or discrimination in tech. She is an adjunct Lecturer-In-Law of Columbia Law School and a visiting scholar at University of California Santa Cruz.
Prior to joining Software Freedom Conservancy, Karen was the executive director of the GNOME Foundation. Before that, she was the general counsel of the Software Freedom Law Center. She began her career as a lawyer at Clifford Chance and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
Karen received her law degree from Columbia Law School where she was a James Kent Scholar and co-founder of the Columbia Science and Technology Law Review. She also holds a bachelor of science in engineering from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.
Sandler has won awards for her work on behalf of software freedom, including the O’Reilly Open Source Award in 2011. She received an honorary doctorate from KU Leuven in 2023.
Abstract
This panel will consider the fundamental question of use of (probably proprietary) use of LLM-backed generative AI systems to assist in the production, improvement, and refinement of FOSS.
Many on the panel were involved in the drafting of SFC's Recommendations When Using LLM-backed generative AI systems for FOSS contributions, and they welcome inquisitive and lively discussion and rigorous questions from the audience.
This panel will consider the fundamental question of use of (probably proprietary) use of LLM-backed generative AI systems to assist in the production, improvement, and refinement of FOSS.
Many on the panel were involved in the drafting of SFC's Recommendations When Using LLM-backed generative AI systems for FOSS contributions, and they welcome inquisitive and lively discussion and rigorous questions from the audience.