2009/1/15 Sanjay B <[email protected]>: > 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.
cc-by license allows you to transcode it to any format you want. cc-by license for the videos is the link to FOSS. If the list policy is to discuss only about software I rest my case. >> 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. If that is the opinion of the entire list (at least one more person seems to agree with my interpretation) I rest my case. > 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 .. I thought cc-by license selection is relevant for the list and on topic, especially with the comment from Lawrence Lessig. > 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. If the moderators think it is off topic, as per earlier suggestion I am proposing to start a new list (I will start one) where foss everywhere in life will be on topic. - Praveen -- പ്രവീണ് അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില് <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) Join The DRM Elimination Crew Now! http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
