You know .... whatever - it was put to youtube - it doesn't say - hey I will not make it available any other way.
But yeah, that's all good stuff...very FSF..good for you. On Tue, 2011-03-01 at 09:39 -0500, Fabián Rodríguez wrote: > On 02/27/2011 11:51 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > Howdy All, > > > > Just uploaded some yesterdays videos - not edited, these are just short > > comments from show attendees. > > > > http://www.youtube.com > [...] > > TLDR; Please don't push videos to YouTube only, at least also upload to > archive.org for accessibility and free formats availability. Put a clear > license on any material. > > Hi Drew, all, > > I'm my opinion YouTube's ToS are incompatible with several core values > of software freedom and the LibreOffice project specifically: > http://www.youtube.com/t/terms > > In the spirit of coherence with the LibreOffice project (ie. free, open > formats) and accessibility of such files, can we *not* upload them > *exclusively* to YouTube ? To me this is very much the equivalent of > publishing software under a non-free license, without its source code. I > see there's already one message in this thread asking how to get offline > versions of such videos. > > I've raised this concern before, and wrote a guide on how to upload > videos to archive.org: > http://www.wikihow.com/Upload-Videos-to-Archive.Org-and-Make-Them-Available-in-Free%2C-Open-Formats > > I must emphasize I can't force anyone not to upload to YouTube only, but > by doing so you're sending a confusing message - that you and TDF and/or > any of the marketing team members, specially when doing so at an event, > agree to YouTube's ToS. It's also not ideal for anyone wanting to remix > / reuse such videos. > > With such limited resources any and all material we produce should > ideally have a clear license, include source files on a server where ToS > permit its free, unlimited, unrestricted use. > > I don't mean to come across harsh, and I believe 99% of the time there's > only good intentions when sharing via YouTube but we need to get smarter > at this ;) > > Cheers, > > -- > LibreOffice questions ? Des questions sur LibreOffice ? Preguntas acerca > de LibreOffice ? Ask LibreOffice: http://libreoffice.shapado.com/ > ~ > Fabián Rodríguez > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/User:MagicFab > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/us/marketing/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
