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| - | I've been thinking about the words [[Propagat]]ion and [[Convey]] and how they relate to [[Server Side]] issues and also wondering how this is addressed for public broadcast of audio or video. | + | I've been thinking about the words [[Propagat]]e and [[Convey]] and how they relate to Remote Access and Public Display. |
| For instance what happens when a GPL song is played on the radio or a movie is presented in a theatre? Are the consumers guaranteed access to the uncompressed source files? | For instance what happens when a GPL song is played on the radio or a movie is presented in a theatre? Are the consumers guaranteed access to the uncompressed source files? | ||
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| Are we not users of software held closed by Amazon and Google? | Are we not users of software held closed by Amazon and Google? | ||
| - | Also wondering about remote accessability such as telnet, VNC or FreeNX etc. Those users don't receive the software as object code, they only utilize it. | + | How does telnet, VNC or FreeNX, Terminal Services, distributed computing (such as SETI et al) fit into this... |
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| - | How does other distributed computing (such as SETI et al) fit into this... | + | |
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I've been thinking about the words Propagate and Convey and how they relate to Remote Access and Public Display.
For instance what happens when a GPL song is played on the radio or a movie is presented in a theatre? Are the consumers guaranteed access to the uncompressed source files?
similar verbs: share, copy, show, give, share, help, transmit, teach, present, display, host, manage, guard, police, keep, supply, allow, access, communicate, transport, transfer, project, sell, give
Similar concerns:
- What's wrong with this picture? Well, one thing is that one of the fundamental premises of open source is that the licenses are all conditioned on the act of software Distribution, and once you're no longer Distributing an application, none of the licenses mean squat. -- http://infoworld.com/article/03/07/03/HNoreilly_1.html
Are we not users of software held closed by Amazon and Google?
How does telnet, VNC or FreeNX, Terminal Services, distributed computing (such as SETI et al) fit into this...
-- Ownut
