On Fri, 2 Jul 2010, Conley Owens <[email protected]> wrote:
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.
Perhaps you are right. Then FC, FSF, and CC will have to produce
their own pamphlets.
But our side must produce a pamphlet. Or we lose this engagement
by default.
oo--JS.
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.
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