Episode Ep 12 March 23, 2025 2 hr 26 min

The Intersection of Software & Law

Regulation is coming for your software! Prepare yourself with this episode. Luis Villa, our guest, joins Kris, Ian, and Angelica, to discuss the laws and regulations that will change the way that you build and deploy software. We discuss the EU's Cyber Resilience Act, the difficulty in interpreting the law and staying within its bounds, how these new laws differ from what we're used to, artificial intelligence, and so much more.

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Table of Contents:

Prologue (01:14)
- Panel introductions (01:26)
- Introducing Luis Villa (02:34)
Chapter 1: The Regulation Coming For Us (06:00)
- What's new in technology law? (06:00)
- What is the cyber resilience act? (09:34)
- Software engineers need to care about these laws (12:08)
- Uncertainty is a feature, not a bug (15:59)
- The law is discovered over time (19:31)
- You gotta be in Brussels (21:17)
- Violating the GPL (23:52)
- Open Source has power (24:37)
- How far can regulation reach? (28:55)
- The need to think globally (36:47)
- Unintended consequences of regulation (41:54)
- Rebuilding Silicon Valley in Europe (47:39)
- Difficulties in regulating open source (50:01)
- Regulation shouldn't be adversarial (53:01)
- Knowing what's in our software (57:38)
- Buying over regulating (01:10:37)
Chapter 2: AI, Copyright, & Knowledge Graphs (01:20:51)
- AI and copyright (01:20:51)
- The law has no compiler (01:31:09)
- Law lacks an open knowledge graph (01:36:33)
Chapter 3: Trademarks & Licenses (01:42:23)
- Deno vs Oracle (01:42:23)
- Business open source license (01:56:56)
- Writing code with employer's devices (02:14:35)
Appendix UNPOP: Unpopular Opinions (Rebuttal Edition) (02:20:35)
- Kris' Unpop Rebuttal (02:20:35)
Epilogue (02:24:19)
- Outro (02:24:19)