| Mr. Bad on Sat, 21 Apr 2001 01:38:56 +0200 (CEST) |
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| Re: <nettime> Sounds like it could be handy |
>>>>> "BS" == Bruce Sterling <[email protected]> writes:
BS> At present, over 800 out of a planned total of 1001 titles are
BS> available, all from Prelinger Archives. All may be downloaded
BS> and reused for free, with no restrictions other than that the
BS> films cannot be resold or licensed by anyone in their entirety
BS> or as stock footage. Our intention is that these titles
BS> should circulate freely as "open-source" content.
I just got a copy of this announcement, and although I'm happy to see
an effort to make some Free Content available, overall I think it
stinks.
First of all, putting restrictions on further use that don't do
anything to guarantee freedom is NOT what Open Source is about. I
highly recommend that you read the Open Source Institute's Open Source
Definition:
http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.html
Specifically, Open Source software can be sold for money. Why can't I
sell your archived movies? Or show them in a theater? Why? Why? Why?
Second, if most of the movies are in the public domain, why try to put
-any- restrictions on them?
Gar gar gar'ing,
~Mr. Bad
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