Ubuntu/FLOSS at CopyCamp.ca

Corey Burger corey.burger at gmail.com
Mon Sep 4 17:59:59 UTC 2006


On 9/4/06, Russell McOrmond <russell at flora.ca> wrote:
>
> Michael Lacey wrote:
> > I think that's a completely different subject, as we are just trying to
> > spread the word about Ubuntu and OSS. Although there could be a relation
> > between using OSS music/video formats that contain no DRM as opposed to
> > the infested MP3/WMV/MOV/AAC etc files.
>
>    Were you replying to my message?
>
>    CopyCamp is about bringing creators together, which includes software
> creators.  Clearly this is quite tied with FLOSS, with Ubuntu being one
> of the best "check it out" distros for people who aren't software people
> to realize that this is real stuff and not just theory.
>
>    My discussion topics relate to my specific background, and are not
> representative of the overall conversations that will be happening.
>
>
>    Audio/Video file formats would be off-topic as this isn't a technical
> conference, while discussing how to fund creativity without charging a
> marginal cost for the creativity itself (IE: all of FLOSS) would be very
> much on-topic.
>
>    This is an audience of people who will want to learn more about
> FLOSS, as it is one of the major themes of the conference in one form or
> another.
>

Russell,

Do you need some Ubuntu CDs for this? If so, order them, mention what
they are for and then ping me.

Cheers,

Corey




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