text_combined: rick moen ricklinuxmafiacom moved ilug list _entirely_ offlist requested close enough quoting alan horkan horkanatcdie likely would try get comes videodvd show afaik legal non profit private organisation private showing charging members showing opinions legality sent offlist one blokes opinion date sat 01 jun 2002 001829 0700 jts moore replyto jtsmoorepacificnetnet marc merlin daniel isacc walker cc svlugsvlugorg rick moen sluglugsluglugucscedu peter belew eric perlman i3eoffcseucscedu slugwebsluglugucscedu subject revolution os authorized uc santa cruz screening read series emails related unauthorized uc santa cruz screening scheduled june 1 sincerely appreciate ieees good faith effort correct mistake consequently inconvenience people planning attend screening want give ieee sluglug permission screen revolution os 1 pm june 1 would ask members svlug hold attending screening simple reason trying get revolution os booked camera 3 san jose would prefer svlugs members chance see nice 35mm print film distributor unable book film theater bay area promise work svlug quickly set screening members realize may members sluglug unhappy originally requested hold unauthorized screening revolution os several reasons made request none anything wanting jerk one sluglug member commented odd movie open source movement would available open viewings another sluglug member remarked request smacks bill gatess open letter hobbyists bottomline make film open source movement assume automatically means film open sourced seems little bit stretch made movie history vegetarianism would automatically mean im vegetarian simply thought open source free software compelling subjects worth exploring documenting result came admire many aspects open source movement chose focus documentary movements positive history however think punished telling story free software open source intellectual property misappropriated practically feelings open sourcing revolution os abundantly clear see explicit copyright notice end films credits realize making videotape copy personal use tv airing considered fair use believe healthy fair use doctrine however big difference viewing personal copy home friends holding publicly advertised screening university campus freely admit objection unauthorized screenings revolution os echo bill gatess letter personally believe creator piece intellectual property retain choice open source ip open source movement voluntary really piracy one reasons concern unauthorized group screenings film distributor planning weeks begin selling vhs copies film educationalinstitutional use license permitting noncommercial large group screenings hope use money sales fund authoring replication dvd want release dvd soon possible afford take anymore revolution osrelated debt thus importance preserving educationalinstitutional market frequently read comments slashdot mailing lists justify piracy music grounds benefits artists hurts greedy record labels well case revolution os multinational media conglomerate punish made financed film worked fulltime almost three years without salary way get debt chance make another film people seek legal opportunities view revolution os truly appreciate enthusiasm open source community revolution os grateful people want see bare figure way interested persons legally view hope dust unauthorized authorized screening uc santa cruz inconvenienced anyone sincerely jts moore director revolution os irish linux users group social events sociallinuxie httpwwwlinuxiemailmanlistinfosocial unsubscription information list maintainer listmasterlinuxie wed 14 aug 2002 120213 0700 ilugsocial ilug linux film