2024-12-14 - 23:08

Dates and Events:

OSADL Articles:

2024-10-02 12:00

Linux is now an RTOS!

PREEMPT_RT is mainline - What's next?


2023-11-12 12:00

Open Source License Obligations Checklists even better now

Import the checklists to other tools, create context diffs and merged lists


2023-03-01 12:00

Embedded Linux distributions

Results of the online "wish list"


2022-01-13 12:00

Phase #3 of OSADL project on OPC UA PubSub over TSN successfully completed

Another important milestone on the way to interoperable Open Source real-time Ethernet has been reached


2021-02-09 12:00

Open Source OPC UA PubSub over TSN project phase #3 launched

Letter of Intent with call for participation is now available



OSADL Special Events

OSADL Special Events

COOL - Compact OSADL Online Lectures



Online event

What is COOL?

COOL - Compact OSADL Online Lectures: Open Source meets Industry

  • COOL is an OSADL webinar series.
  • COOL takes place regularly once a month and covers new and state-of-the-art topics on Open Source software in industry, either on legal or on technical aspects.
  • COOL editions each consist of two lectures covering a special "Open Source meets industry" topic followed by a discussion round. The first "basic" lecture provides basic knowledge with regard to the respective topic and the second "advanced" lecture dives deeper into the topic and highlights special aspects. The discussion round gives all participants the possibility to ask questions and discuss with the respective speakers and the audience.
  • COOL speakers are OSADL experts on the one hand and external specialists on the other hand who kindly agreed to share their expert knowledge on the respective topic.
  • COOL is a virtual event. The lectures are held by live video streams. Speakers will be available for questions and discussion in a video conference which will take part subsequent to the live video streams.
  • COOL in general is designed to provide support how to best and compliantly use Open Source software in industry.

COOL January 2025 edition

Open Source compliance: Technical must-knows for legal experts
Wednesday, January 29, 2025, 2pm to 4pm CET

Agenda COOL January 20245 edition:

2:00pm to 2:45pm CET:

Basic lecture: Basic concepts of creating and running a computer program, OSADL

2:45pm to 3:30pm CET:

Advanced lecture: Software developer tools for legal evaluations, OSADL

3:30pm to 4:00pm CET:

Discussion and possibility to ask questions

Description COOL January 2025 edition:

A major challenge of Open Source license compliance is the interdisciplinary nature of the topic on the intersection of law and technology. It requires software developers to learn about the details of copyright law and licensing, and it requires lawyers and legal advisors to learn about the way software is created and used. While past legal COOL editions provide a lot of material to learn about copyright law for software, this COOL will be the first edition to focus on the prerequisites that lawyers, legal advisors and other decision makers need to evaluate cases and determine a course of action when it comes to Open Source compliance.

The basic lecture will focus on the basic concepts of programming: What is a programming language and are there different types? What is the difference between source code and binary code, and what does a compiler do? What are software libraries and header files, and what are the differences between static and dynamic linking? In addition, the hierarchy of a computer system from hardware via kernel, rootfilesystem, application level to Web applications, and the interactions in between will be discussed.

The advanced lecture will present some of the most important tools that software developers work with and give a practical introduction on how and when to use them. This will include the functionality of patching and the tool quilt, the concept of a version control system with the tool git and an overview of common practice for commit messages and documentation of code changes.

Recommended audience COOL January 2025 edition:

Anyone who wants to understand the technical background required to evaluate legal questions around Open Source compliance such as employees of internal legal departments and external legal advisors consulting on Open Source and licensing.

About the speakers of the COOL January 2025 edition:

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Past COOL webinars

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2024

2023

2022

2021

2020


Please click on the respective COOL edition in order to display the full agenda and more details about the lectures and the respective guest speakers.

Download of COOL overview January - April 2024 as PDF file (v2)
Download of COOL overview September - December 2023 as PDF file (v4)
Download of COOL overview January to May 2023 as PDF file
Download of COOL overview September to December 2022 as PDF file
Download of COOL overview January to May 2022 (new - v7) as PDF file
Download of COOL overview September - December 2021 as PDF file
Download of COOL overview January - May 2021 as PDF file

COOL conference language

The COOL sessions will be in English language.

COOL registration

Please use the online registration form to register for a particular COOL edition: Online registration form.
The access data will be sent to the registered participants shortly before the event.

COOL participation fee

Participation in COOL is free of charge.

COOL feedback

We would appreciate if participants of COOL completed and submitted the following feedback questionnaire in order to better meet their requirements and consider their suggestions in future events: Feedback sheet. Thanks in advance.

COOL presentations

The presentations and video clips of all COOL sessions will be made available after the event. Material of the basic lecture will be publicly available, material of the advanced lecture lecture will be available exclusively for OSADL members or participants with login.

COOL Presentations and video clips (Member or participant login required to display material of the advanced lectures or, in this case, of the second and third lecture)

Privacy policy

When you register for participation in the event you agree that the personal data you enter in the registration form will be processed at OSADL as necessary (see our privacy policy).

You may revoke this agreement at any time by email, mail or phone using the communication data provided at the imprint page, but this will also cancel your registration.

Questions?

Please do not hesitate to contact us in case you have further questions:
Andrea Ruf
officeªosadl.org
Phone.: +49 6221 98504 13