Whose (intellectual) property is it anyway?

Most people don’t realise that every line of code they write is governed by law, and sits in a very complicated web of Intellectual Property rights (not theirs necessarily). This workshop is an effort to help techies understand the basics of intellectual property, (software) patents and public domain, openness/commons, and lastly, platforms and policy.

This is an interactive workshop and participants will work through actual patents, hypotheticals and group activities to argue (the legal term for debate) their ideas.

I’m working on the material for the workshop and will be happy to share it with the review committee.

• Help FOSS devs develop a mental model of IP so they can make informed choices about the platforms they create and contribute to

• Question the assumptions we inherit about copyright, innovation, and openness.