Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Dan's CD

[Leslie I'Anson]

Thank you Michael, very intelligent.

On 29/03/2010, Michael Dorrington <address@hidden> wrote:
> Lucy wrote:
>> On 17 March 2010 22:01, Luke Taylor <address@hidden> wrote:
> [snip]
>>> should point out that the freedom lovin' band "I am ten Ninja" have
>>> dropped
>>> out due to illness but we still have John Harris and Andrew Robinson.
>>> hurray!!
>>
>> That's a shame, but it still sounds like it's going to be a great evening.
>
> It was a great evening! The speakers were very thought provoking.
>
> I asked Andrew Robinson about the concerns[1] that Pirate Party policies
> would work against free software. He responded by saying that UK Pirate
> Party consulted with RMS and they then tailored their policies to
> satisfy RMS's requirements. The UK Pirate Party have blog post about
> this[2] and their manifesto[3] has this:
> "Our 10 year copyright length will include a renewal after 5 years
> (allowing works that the creator is no longer interested in to fall into
> the public domain after 5 years). An exception will be made for
> software, where a 5 year term will apply to closed source software, and
> a 10 year term to open source, in recognition of the extra rights given
> to the public by open source licences."
>
> Regards,
> Mike.
>
> [1] http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/pirate-party.html
> [2]
> http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/blog/2009/aug/18/rms-talks-pirate-party-uk/
> [3]
> http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/blog/2010/mar/22/pirate-party-uk-launches-its-2010-election-manifes/
>
>
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