Meeting 2007-12-05
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- Date: Wednesday, December 5, 2007
- Time: 8:30PM
- Place: Squires Yorktown
Attendance
Plan on attending:
Goodies
Game
News
CC has been dismissed in the Virgin lawsuit
EMI may cut RIAA funding
It seems that the new owners of EMI don't feel that the RIAA is doing a good job. Now why could that be?
Ars Technica Article Slashdot summary
DJB releases all code under public domain
qmail, primegen, etc.
Creative Commons, Wikimedia and the Free Software Foundation just agreed to make the current Wikipedia license (the GFDL) compatible with Creative Commons (CC BY-SA)
It's about time...now what about the GPL and CC by-sa content? --Conley 00:24, 2 December 2007 (JST)
- A step in the right direction, but how about fixing all these other license incompatibility issues in the free content world? --Matt 08:51, 2 December 2007 (JST)
MPAA forced to remove "University Toolkit" after claims it violated the GNU GPL
MPAA release a 'University Toolkit" based off Xubuntu to assist universities in the fight against piracy. The MPAA failed to provide the source or a written offer for the source... After a few failed attempts to contact the MPAA regarding the issue, Matthew Garrett (Ubuntu developer) sent a takedown notice to the hosting-ISP. The ISP removed the violating material.
blog entry about take down /. article
Oh man, I just read about this...too funny.--Conley 00:47, 5 December 2007 (JST)
Steve Jobs wants Hollywood to sell DVDs with "iTunes copies"
New York Times article Techdirt blog post Slashdot summary
- This is just more proof of the evils of DRM - in this case extorting money from customers in exchange for "legal" ripping. --Matt 08:14, 6 December 2007 (JST)
FC Sock Assassin
Check out the rules and the standings.
FC board elections
A-frame
Did Conley, Ashton, and Sarah do this?
- No. --Matt 08:47, 2 December 2007 (JST)
Stuff for next semester
Advertising
Algebra One Word Problems: A club gains one new person when they have one member advertising in a tree. To get ten new members, how many people need to advertise in trees?
- Uggh. I hate word problems. --Matt 08:47, 2 December 2007 (JST)
FC RPG
Ive got some friends who are interested in doing this so i was hoping that we could do this topic first so they can get on their way. We need to decide on what system to use and who the DM is going to be.--198.82.120.149 14:59, 5 December 2007 (JST)
- Sure --Conley 23:36, 5 December 2007 (JST)
Free music night
Free movies
Tablet requirement
College affordability act
Free the CT
Show and tell
Several people: Free film from last week
We watched Roshomon. What did those who watched think?
Discussion
Possible topics:
- Maybe some that we skipped from last week? --Matt 09:20, 30 November 2007 (JST)
Open floor
- Something's wrong with the clock again. At the time I'm typing this it is 5:54 PM. --Matt 07:54, 6 December 2007 (JST)
Free Film
Check out a list of free films.
Suggestions:
- I have found that the root account works with dual screen, although it will only clone at the moment. If all goes well I might not have to use Windows after all. --Matt 08:46, 2 December 2007 (JST)
- Dual Screen is fixed. I got it working at about 1:15 AM today. --Matt 07:52, 6 December 2007 (JST)
- While you are at it, you could show off one of the deleted scenes. You could also check out the interview with one of the directors, all under CC licenses. Bytemaster 14:41, 9 January 2008 (JST)
- I have found that the root account works with dual screen, although it will only clone at the moment. If all goes well I might not have to use Windows after all. --Matt 08:46, 2 December 2007 (JST)
