I just noticed that SFD 2009 is scheduled to occur on International Talk Like a Pirate Day (19 Sep). Is that intentional, perhaps to raise the topic of software piracy or something? Or was it just a coincidence? I'm betting the SFD t-shirts and artwork this year have some sort of pirate theme! :) -Steve
2009/6/19 R. Steven Rainwater <srainwater@ncc.com>:
I just noticed that SFD 2009 is scheduled to occur on International Talk Like a Pirate Day (19 Sep). Is that intentional, perhaps to raise the topic of software piracy or something? Or was it just a coincidence? I'm betting the SFD t-shirts and artwork this year have some sort of pirate theme! :)
Clearly any free software event is going to clash with _something_. It's unfortunate that SFD it clashes with TLAP day in my opinion. There is a completely inappropriate connection between real-world pirates (currently Somalian coast etc) and their copyright-breaching namesakes. I don't see that a Free software event would want to be remotely connected with either of those no-go areas. As far as I'm concerned TLAP day is one of those internet memes that should have died long ago with hampster dance and rickrolls, and shouldn't be connected with a serious event such as SFD. Cheers, Al.
El vie, 19-06-2009 a las 21:29 +0100, Alan Pope escribió:
2009/6/19 R. Steven Rainwater <srainwater@ncc.com>:
I just noticed that SFD 2009 is scheduled to occur on International Talk Like a Pirate Day (19 Sep). Is that intentional, perhaps to raise the topic of software piracy or something? Or was it just a coincidence? I'm betting the SFD t-shirts and artwork this year have some sort of pirate theme! :)
Clearly any free software event is going to clash with _something_. It's unfortunate that SFD it clashes with TLAP day in my opinion. There is a completely inappropriate connection between real-world pirates (currently Somalian coast etc) and their copyright-breaching namesakes. I don't see that a Free software event would want to be remotely connected with either of those no-go areas.
I agree!
As far as I'm concerned TLAP day is one of those internet memes that should have died long ago with hampster dance and rickrolls, and shouldn't be connected with a serious event such as SFD.
Cheers, Al.
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Clearly any free software event is going to clash with _something_. It's unfortunate that SFD it clashes with TLAP day in my opinion. There is a completely inappropriate connection between real-world pirates (currently Somalian coast etc) and their copyright-breaching namesakes. I don't see that a Free software event would want to be remotely connected with either of those no-go areas.
I disagree. I do not mind being associated with either kind of pirate; http://www.huffingtonpost.com/johann-hari/you-are-being-lied-to-abo_b_155147... http://www.piratpartiet.se/international/english -- Disclaimer: By sending an email to any of my addresses you are agreeing that: 1. I am by definition, "the intended recipient" 2. All information in the email is mine to do with as I see fit and make such financial profit, political mileage, or good joke as it lends itself to. 3. I may take the contents as representing the views of your company. 4. This overrides any disclaimer or statement of confidentiality that may be included on your message.
Dnia piątek, 19 czerwca 2009 o 22:29:38 Alan Pope napisał(a):
2009/6/19 R. Steven Rainwater <srainwater@ncc.com>:
I just noticed that SFD 2009 is scheduled to occur on International Talk Like a Pirate Day (19 Sep). Is that intentional, perhaps to raise the topic of software piracy or something? Or was it just a coincidence? I'm betting the SFD t-shirts and artwork this year have some sort of pirate theme! :)
Clearly any free software event is going to clash with _something_. It's unfortunate that SFD it clashes with TLAP day in my opinion. There is a completely inappropriate connection between real-world pirates (currently Somalian coast etc) and their copyright-breaching namesakes. I don't see that a Free software event would want to be remotely connected with either of those no-go areas.
As far as I'm concerned TLAP day is one of those internet memes that should have died long ago with hampster dance and rickrolls, and shouldn't be connected with a serious event such as SFD.
I beg to differ. I, for one, tend to take the whole Free Software movement as a great practical joke of sorts - all those "copylefts", "all rights reversed" and "oh wtf has happened to all our business models?" are just great fun to tak part in. Don't get me wrong - I personally use and develop FLOSS; I evangelise the Living Sith out of my collegues and cow-orkers; and I do thing FLOSS is *the way to go*. But I consider the stiffness/seriousness of many a corporations a big part of the problem we have with copyrights and proprietary software. Let's be joyful and happy, and able to joke about ourselves and the world. It makes contacts easier, work more fun and a better image for Free Software. It's too serious a matter to be too serious about it! ;) Cheers Mike aka rysiek
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 16:07, R. Steven Rainwater <srainwater@ncc.com>wrote:
I just noticed that SFD 2009 is scheduled to occur on International Talk Like a Pirate Day (19 Sep). Is that intentional, perhaps to raise the topic of software piracy or something? Or was it just a coincidence? I'm betting the SFD t-shirts and artwork this year have some sort of pirate theme! :)
-Steve
Clearly, then, we should all remember to promote this Free Software project: http://www.r-project.org/ Arrrrrr! ;-) (And let's not forget about the "sea" programming language, but mentioning "sea plus plus" won't be necessary.) -- Ubuntu Linux DC LoCo Washington, DC http://dc.ubuntu-us.org/
Hi all, <quote who="Kevin Cole">
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 16:07, R. Steven Rainwater <srainwater@ncc.com>wrote:
I just noticed that SFD 2009 is scheduled to occur on International Talk Like a Pirate Day (19 Sep). Is that intentional, perhaps to raise the topic of software piracy or something? Or was it just a coincidence? I'm betting the SFD t-shirts and artwork this year have some sort of pirate theme! :)
Perhaps we should look to the Pirate Party for advice? http://www.piratpartiet.se/international/english They got 7% of the vote in Sweden :) Cheers, Pia -- OLPC Friends http://olpcfriends.org/ Linux Australia http://linux.org.au/ Open Source Industry Australia http://osia.net.au/ Software Freedom Day http://softwarefreedomday.org/ "Watching television is like taking black spray paint to your third eye." - Bill Hicks
2009/6/20 Pia Waugh <greebo@pipka.org>
Hi all,
<quote who="Kevin Cole">
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 16:07, R. Steven Rainwater <srainwater@ncc.com wrote:
I just noticed that SFD 2009 is scheduled to occur on International Talk Like a Pirate Day (19 Sep). Is that intentional, perhaps to raise the topic of software piracy or something? Or was it just a coincidence? I'm betting the SFD t-shirts and artwork this year have some sort of pirate theme! :)
Perhaps we should look to the Pirate Party for advice?
http://www.piratpartiet.se/international/english
They got 7% of the vote in Sweden :)
Exactly my point; the pirate party oppose strong copyright, copyright extensions, DRM, and laws such as the DMCA. Most Free software supporters would agree with this. They are also against patents, particularly pharmaceutical, business method and software patents, but they'd like to abolish all patents and make a sound argument for doing so. They also support greater privacy and less surveillance. There's nothing there that I disagree with. -- Disclaimer: By sending an email to any of my addresses you are agreeing that: 1. I am by definition, "the intended recipient" 2. All information in the email is mine to do with as I see fit and make such financial profit, political mileage, or good joke as it lends itself to. 3. I may take the contents as representing the views of your company. 4. This overrides any disclaimer or statement of confidentiality that may be included on your message.
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