On Thu, 2009-01-15 at 10:51 +0000, Steve wrote: > > > On Thu 15/01/09 4:00 PM , Kenneth Gonsalves [email protected] sent: > > On Thursday 15 Jan 2009 3:29:58 pm Praveen A wrote: > > > 2009/1/14 Kenneth Gonsalves <law...@au-k > > bc.org>:> > and the relevance to this list? > > > > > > First time a major broadcaster is making > > available its works under a> Free license enabling every one to copy, remix, > > and distribute. > > using linux? FOSS? Opensource? > As far as I can tell, they aren't really using opensource tech. - their 'high-res' video content is downloadable in mpeg format and the online streaming version uses a flash streaming embed from blip.tv (although blip.tv now supports Ogg Theora, they are not using it). Even though I find this Al-Jazeera / CC news fascinating since we run a completely FOSS video archive of our own, I honestly don't see what this bit of news has to do with Linux / FOSS.
> I find it remarkable that this list can discuss to no end the merits of using > a license for mailing list posts but question the relevance of this post ! > Um, wouldn't discussing the license of the mailing list be relevant to the mailing list? > Is it not only relevant but also remarkable that media (journalistic media, > nonetheless !!) is being released using the CC license ? I find it remarkable, yes, but there are lots of things in the world that are remarkable - I don't see how its relevant (to this list). I honestly don't agree that the CC license has anything to do really with FOSS or Linux. I think cc-licensing of media is very different from GPL / FOSS licensing of software. You can draw analogies, but analogies can be drawn to lots of things, and I'm not sure they all belong in this mailing list. > I mean in light of the whole bunkum talk of licenses for mailing list posts > and attribution of some comments printed in some > not-all-that-great-in-the-first-place magazine, isn't this post at least a > bit relevant ?! > Well, just because there might have been some (in your opinion) off-topic, perhaps mindless chatter, on the list, doesn't make it a dumping ground for any bit of 'interesting' news that doesn't really have anything to do with the list .. Anyways - thanks for the link, Praveen - I do find the news fascinating and think it could fundamentally change television journalism, but I still don't see what that has to do with FOSS or Linux :) Hope that ends the thread, though flames are welcome. -Sanjay B (http://pad.ma) > gah ! > - steve > > -- > Linux Centric Marketplace: http://www.tuxcompatible.com -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
