Re: [SFD-announce] CDs to be dispatched to SFD teams
To be clear, the suggestion is that the CD we send doesn't contain any software: it will likely contain only music and video footage. Thanks everybody for your suggestions - keep them coming. It is very helpful for us to get an idea of what teams are looking for from us. Robert. On 11/06/07, Fabian Rodriguez <magicfab@member.fsf.org> wrote:
Robert Schumann wrote:
The organisers of Software Freedom Day have been discussing making some changes to the supplies we will be making available to SFD teams this year.
[...] However, for various reasons we would like to avoid shipping The Open CD this year. [...] Personally, I tend to agree with whatever you would be able to send. We can arrange for The OpenCD distribution locally, if absolutely necessary. What we are proposing instead is to send teams 1. One CD or DVD containing open source documentaries, interviews, music and any other open resources we can get hold of 2. A single copy of The Open CD, which can be replicated by teams if they wish to distribute this software 3. ...as well as the usual T-shirts and a few other little items!
[...] 1. suggestions for resources to be put on the CD/DVD (which must be under an open license). I'd like to suggest adding the Code breakers documentary to the mix, in Ogg Theora format: http://www.apdip.net/news/fossdoc
We have produced an english transcript available as .SRT subtitle and a spanish translation of it. Other translations are being coordinated if anyone's interested: http://tinyurl.com/2lppw9
2. whether your team would have a problem using a DVD and you'd prefer a CD. In this part of the world (Quebec, Canada), many people are now used to DVDs, and most recent machines come wityh DVD readers. However CDs work for everyone. So I would say if you send a master DVD we could accomodate for reproduction of it.
Cheers,
Fabian Rodriguez, SFD contact at FACIL http://facil.qc.ca/FabianRodriguez
What exactly is the point of the music? I can see videos and such being educational/useful, but are the Sex Pistols going to do their rendition of "God Save Microsoft"? Don't get me wrong, some death metal grunting about FOSS would float my boat, but I fail to see the value in this when it comes to SFD. I could see examples of music created in open source software being useful, but that kind of seems like a niche. Plus, just having the music doesn't tell the individual how hard/easy it was to create the piece in the software. Douglas A. Whitfield IT Student Assistant Mon, Wed, Thurs 9-5 until July 30th Development Office 208 West Franklin Street, CB# 6100 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Office (Server Room): 919-843-3226 Cell: 919-360-0306 Carolina Open Source Initiative Co-President Carolina-opensource@listserv.unc.edu http://softwarefreedomday.org/ http://www.ibiblio.org/cosi _____ From: sfd-discuss-bounces@sf-day.org [mailto:sfd-discuss-bounces@sf-day.org] On Behalf Of Robert Schumann Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 5:05 PM To: Fabian Rodriguez Cc: Team discussions about SFD Subject: [Spam:11.5] [SFD-discuss] Re: [SFD-announce] CDs to be dispatched to SFD teams To be clear, the suggestion is that the CD we send doesn't contain any software: it will likely contain only music and video footage. Thanks everybody for your suggestions - keep them coming. It is very helpful for us to get an idea of what teams are looking for from us. Robert.
Sometimes, people would just like to listen to music - particularly members of the public who are frequently the target audience of SFD events. And if you can tell a member of the public that the music is "open" in the sense that the music can be distributed, sampled and mixed with the artists' blessing, it does bring home in a much more direct manner what software freedom is all about. Plus, we like music :-) (although not necessarily Sex Pistols and death metal, which we will try to avoid) Robert. On 11/06/07, Douglas A. Whitfield <whitdoug@email.unc.edu> wrote:
What exactly is the point of the music? I can see videos and such being educational/useful, but are the Sex Pistols going to do their rendition of "God Save Microsoft"? Don't get me wrong, some death metal grunting about FOSS would float my boat, but I fail to see the value in this when it comes to SFD. I could see examples of music created in open source software being useful, but that kind of seems like a niche. Plus, just having the music doesn't tell the individual how hard/easy it was to create the piece in the software.
Douglas A. Whitfield
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*From:* sfd-discuss-bounces@sf-day.org [mailto: sfd-discuss-bounces@sf-day.org] *On Behalf Of *Robert Schumann *Sent:* Monday, June 11, 2007 5:05 PM *To:* Fabian Rodriguez *Cc:* Team discussions about SFD *Subject:* [Spam:11.5] [SFD-discuss] Re: [SFD-announce] CDs to be dispatched to SFD teams
To be clear, the suggestion is that the CD we send doesn't contain any software: it will likely contain only music and video footage.
Thanks everybody for your suggestions - keep them coming. It is very helpful for us to get an idea of what teams are looking for from us.
Robert.
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