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) > > >
