On Fri, 2010-04-16 at 16:28 -0400, Sean Dague wrote: > On 04/16/2010 03:26 PM, Joseph Apuzzo wrote: > > Since this topic is basically preaching to the converted here I do not > > think we should have a meeting about it. > > But I do encourage people to hold screenings at there local library and > > promote it ( if anyone can come up with a poster for screenings please > > share ). > > I would also suggest to hold a discussion following the screening and > > have information on how to take action on this topic. > > We could use this as our July meeting topic if enough people were > interested. Please thumbs up or down that idea on the list so I know > how people feel about that. > > -Sean > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > May 5 - Crack and LLVM > Jun 2 - Android > Jul 7 - July 2010 Meeting
I think that the legal aspects are worth covering as individuals in the Linux community aren't always clear about what is meant by free. I also think that the historical value of how proprietary software came under the copyright laws rather than under the Patent laws would be interesting. If Windows were a patent rather than a copyrighted work, the patents on muc of it would be expired and other companies would be free to make "generic" versions of the early editions of Windows, possibly versions as late as 98 or Millenium. -- Robert Mark Wallace 60 Delaware Road Newburgh, NY 12550-3802 Telephone: (845) 566-0586 _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium May 5 - Crack and LLVM Jun 2 - Android Jul 7 - July 2010 Meeting
