tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post856739763794912286..comments2024-03-04T06:09:18.295+00:00Comments on open...: A Tale of Two ConferencesGlyn Moodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-48549092546373188302010-11-09T19:14:52.664+00:002010-11-09T19:14:52.664+00:00very kind...very kind...Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-43532625996515595312010-11-09T19:03:27.079+00:002010-11-09T19:03:27.079+00:00You rock!You rock!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-88720298692342259412010-11-09T16:31:41.871+00:002010-11-09T16:31:41.871+00:00@jaromil: many thanks for that feedback; let's...@jaromil: many thanks for that feedback; let's hope we can all work together to change the terms of this debate to something fairer and more rational...Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-60482538271612060972010-11-09T16:25:16.493+00:002010-11-09T16:25:16.493+00:00Thanks for your keynote at FSCONS, it was truly in...Thanks for your keynote at FSCONS, it was truly inspiring and providing very useful references; be sure people were listening and it was all worth the effort.jaromilhttp://jaromil.dyne.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-51478141408133207572010-11-08T21:53:49.229+00:002010-11-08T21:53:49.229+00:00@Fleastiff: this was pretty much the view of those...@Fleastiff: this was pretty much the view of those involved in the traditional commons. But I don't think it's true that the protocols are tainted in this way: they were mostly drawn up by engineers independently of their companies (the main ones at least.)<br /><br />What *is* true is that our shiny computers and smartphones do use lots of resources - rare metals and above all energy. In that sense they are part of the problem.Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-88667421714435647962010-11-08T21:52:04.035+00:002010-11-08T21:52:04.035+00:00@PV: but even for those not completely unable to a...@PV: but even for those not completely unable to accept change it's difficult to get an entrée....Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-48823537304357041952010-11-08T19:50:57.723+00:002010-11-08T19:50:57.723+00:00I am not certain about the Digital Commons being u...I am not certain about the Digital Commons being used to check the powers of those who would encroach upon the Physical Commons.<br /><br />I am reminded of the university students who in the sixties sought to circulate petitions regarding a boycott of some corporate entity they then viewed as warmongering. It was pointed out to them that the pen, the ink and the paper which they had purchased in an attempt to lessen the corporations profits all contributed to the profits of that entity's subsidiaries.<br /><br />Have you considered that a similar situation might exist in that access to the Internet, Internet traffic protocols, are largely determined by entities and interlocking corporate directorships that are generally related to the corporations which would seek to debase the physical commons. Even the digital commons itself, or at least the means to transmit the data relating to the digital commons, are of vital interest to various corporate entities linked to those thought likely to encroach upon the physical commons?FleaStiffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09837830811566745662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-68281084214096701032010-11-08T19:20:23.433+00:002010-11-08T19:20:23.433+00:00I say "on the fence" because I know that...I say "on the fence" because I know that organizations opposed to the idea of the commons (e.g. RIAA, MPAA) are never actually going to agree to discuss anything like mature adults. Mike Masnick of TechDirt has tried repeatedly to get an audience with them, but they've always refused for *undisclosed reasons* (i.e. they know their position is indefensible yet they still instinctively and viciously defend it).<br />--<br />a Linux Mint user since 2009 May 1PVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03204919785416600206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-3854938272563206972010-11-08T17:45:06.981+00:002010-11-08T17:45:06.981+00:00@PV: absolutely; in fact, I am sitting by the phon...@PV: absolutely; in fact, I am sitting by the phone even as I write, waiting for the phone call....(still)Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-27489417224244123372010-11-08T17:43:17.579+00:002010-11-08T17:43:17.579+00:00I enjoyed reading through both sets of slides, but...I enjoyed reading through both sets of slides, but though you do mention this yourself, what's the point of preaching to the choir? Wouldn't it be more productive to give these presentations to organizations on the fence about these issues?<br />--<br />a Linux Mint user since 2009 May 1PVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03204919785416600206noreply@blogger.com