[svlug] Fedora or Ubuntu for novis

[Alan DuBoff]

On Mon, 22 Sep 2008, Rick Moen wrote:

> http://www.eff.org/press/mentions/2008/9/18
> http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2008/09/17
> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10039238-38.html

Thanks, I'll go over this stuff. I see the top one is just from 
a few days ago...my daughter's birthday...(also the day Jimi 
Hendrix died, 25 years before my daughter was born).

> The _biggest_ thing needed is reduction of the utterly absurd and
> ever-lengthening copyright term -- currently life-plus-70 for works
> created by humans; 120 years after creation or 95 years after
> publication for works of corporate authorship (whichever's earlier).
> But every time "Steamboat Willie" approaches its expiration, Disney
> brings out the big guns and gets Congress to tack on another 20 years.
> So, things keep getting worse, there, going full-bore in the wrong
> direction.

I have heard of this problem before. Honestly this type of 
politics sucks.

> I applaud your wanting to improve access to the public domain for
> authors, but suspect in the current climate, that's not just akin to
> King Canute ordering the waves to retreat; it's like him attempting that
> on Galveston Beach during Hurricane Ike.

I'm certain your right.

It's kinda like working for a large corporation, banging your 
head against the wall with legal to open source their 
software...even after it's possible to get some opened, about 
1/3rd of the people you speak to ask if the company still 
exists, about 1/3rd tell you what a POS the company is, and the 
rest don't say too much so your really not sure if it was worth 
your time.:-/

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Alan DuBoff - Software Orchestration