On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Jay Sulzberger <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 2 Jul 2010, Alex Kozak <[email protected]> wrote: > >> http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20009386-261.html >> >> <http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20009386-261.html>It would be really >> useful to have a database (maybe on a wiki?) of how schools across the >> U.S. >> comply with these new federal rules. >> >> -- >> Alex Kozak >> Program Assistant >> Creative Commons > > FC, in cooperation with FSF and CC, should produce, within two weeks, > a carefully vetted and powerfully persuasive pamphlet on copyright > law, computers, and the Net. Naturally much of the pamphlet will deal > with the ludicrous claims of Microsoft's standard EULA and Apple's > new, ah, it is not a EULA at all, as usually understood, but a raw > declaration of ownership of the hardware and OS. The pamphlet should > emphasize that no student should ever run any Microsoft OS. Nor > should the student use any Apple device, unless the student has gotten > root on the device and is confident that they can keep Apple from > regaining root. The pamphlet should also have a section comparing
I doubt that CC would ever put their stamp on a document saying these things. > free licenses vs restrictive licenses for software, music, novies, > books, etc.. > > We should ask RIAA and MPAA and Microsoft and Apple and the > Copyright Office to join us in producing a bundle of pamphlets > which schools would distribute to all students using computers > and/or the Net. > > oo--JS. > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss
