Well Shawn unfortunately, we still live in a world where creative rights are governed by corporate identities. It's all part of the copyright and broadcasting rules of any film work. The film is backed or published by a larger company and they set the rules not Mr. Moore.
It would be nice if it were more flexible. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shawn Grover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 9:43 AM Subject: RE: (clug-talk) Revolution OS > I find it a little odd that a group which supports open source, when dealing > with a movie/documentary that discusses open source, would have propritary > type licensing applied to it, limiting the usage of the video. I understand > the video itself is not open source, but it is ironic that you must own a > valid license for a video on the origins of open source. > > My thoughts. > > Shawn > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jarrod Major [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 9:05 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Revolution OS > > > Hey Jesse, > > The Executive plans on purchasing the DVD as soon as we get work from the > Supplier. I have an email into J.T.S. Moore requesting this information as > soon as it becomes available. > > As I have mentioned in previous emails, he will allow LUG's to show the > movie for their respective groups as long as it is a 'purchased' copy. That > is why we haven't had a 'movie night' yet with all the copies floating > around thanks to HP. > > Also, to reiterate what Mr. Moore said about our request to show Revolution > OS at Convergence 2003: we may only show the trailer for the movie at our > booth. Any broadcast of the movie in part or in its entirety will be in > direct contravention of the usage of this video. > > Bottom line is that it is a priority for CLUG to acquire one copy of this > DVD for the group. We will show it at a future meeting. We will also have > the DVD available for members to borrow. We haven't worked out the finer > details but that is it in a nutshell. > > Jarrod > (sorry no GPG, no laptop today) >
