I hate those pesky people who put huge amounts of effort into something
and expect something in return...

On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Jarrod Major wrote:

> 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)
> >
>

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