On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:20 PM, steve <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I think some of these are fairly arbitrary ...
>
> On 03/30/2010 05:50 PM, narendra sisodiya wrote:
>
>> - *OGG : *You are only allowed to use Ogg music/video for demo. Any
>>
>> video with .mp4 Or other format will disqualify your selection.
>>
> This should possibly be revised to allow for any Open media format[1].
>
> - *GNU/Linux : *You are allowed to carry Any Laptop with Any
>> Operating
>>
>> System over it But you can only plug your laptop to projector if you
>> have
>> GNU/Linux OS over it. If you do not carry such laptop then you can
>> ask
>> organiser to arrange one for you.
>>
> Again too restrictive. There are plenty of FOSS Operating Systems out there
> besides GNU/Linux.
>
> Example ? we are basically want to deny for window and mac.
- *Copyright Policy : *Every Speakers are advised to make a account
>> on
>>
>> main FOSSDevConf Server. They must submit their presentation Or
>> videos
>> before the timeline. However your presentation will be made public
>> during
>> workshop. All your presentations and other stuff will be licensed
>> under
>> "CC-By-SA" Or public domain. You have to choose either of two
>> license.
>>
>
> It's ok to mandate a license (as an organizer) but you might want to
> include a few more Open content licenses, like for instance:
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:Main#Content_Licenses
>
Thanks I will prepare a list out of it., Thanks
>
> - *For Organiser*
>>
>> - *Video Recording : *You must provide video recording for all
>> speaker. All Video Recording must be uploaded to our common
>> server using Ogg
>> format
>> - *Images : *All the Images must be uploaded to our common server
>> using PNG format.
>>
>
> See above comment on multimedia formats.
>
> - *Free Lunch* : You must provide free lunch and evening snacks to
>>
>> all.
>> - *No-Coke : *You must not use Cocacola during workshop.
>>
> I think this is random. What have these things got to do with FOSS ?
>
basically coke has trade secret , that is why Open-Cola exist.
>
> - *T-Shirt* : You must provide TShirt to all audience.
>>
> Same as above.
>
> - Tshirt may or may not contain all sponsors but it should not
>>
>> highlight a particular sponsors in misleading ways
>>
> Too general. What do you mean by highlighting ? Also, to take a step back,
> why is this restriction there in the first place ? If for example FSF-India
> becomes the largest sponsor for an event, I would think it fair for them to
> have the largest logo on the event tshirt. I think you might want to
> distinguish between 'rules' and 'guidelines'.
>
Yes, This is valid point, Ok, this point will left on organisers, I have
not think about this !!
>
> - The Design of Tshirt must be uploaded in SVG/PNG format using
>> CC-By-SA license.
>>
> See above comment on content licenses.
>
> - *Gift to Speaker : *You must provide gifts to speakers.
>>
> Random. See comment on rules Vs guidelines.
>
> [...snip...]
> cheers,
> - steve
>
> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_file_format#Examples_of_open_formats
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