hi! i received the most eloquent email from one of the fine people on the gimp-user list. it reflects so many of the thoughts i had about http://www.creativecommons.org/ when i first saw it. in gathering resources for TheGIMP, i have run into all sorts of issues that GPL doesn't address anymore. there should be some legal protection and definition. i also wonder if software might not fall under this "agreement" or whatever it is, as i think codewriting is more of an art than many arts are. sorry it wasn't obvious, as i first thought. carol > ----- Forwarded message from tom poe <tompoe@xxxxxxxxxxx> ----- > > From: tom poe <tompoe@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: Carol Spears <cspears@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Re: opensource images of food vegies fruits etc > Date: 21 Apr 2003 12:53:47 -0700 > > Hi, Carol: It's actually pretty exciting from where I sit. > > If you have lawyers from Stanford, Harvard and Berkeley combining their > efforts to come up with registration online, free, and with tagging for > browsers, it sets the stage for really big things ahead. > > For example, there's a push on for experimenting with 2-tiered product > offerings. Companies put out free stuff, and the deluxe models are able > to be purchased, right? So, then you add community-based projects, like > Open Studios. Now, it becomes possible over time, to be able to use the > creativecommons.org registration and tagging, and search for items > there, before running out and purchasing from branded corporate stuff. > > When you register your works with the Creative Commons Project, in > effect, you're setting up for licensing forever. Remember the copyright > fiasco with CTEA? Well, this is the ultimate wish for corporate giants, > only they can't see it as they are determined to stuff the Digital Age > business models back in the toothpaste tube. It's called longer > exclusivity, lower profits, rather than bigger and bigger profits. > > Hope you do both the free software and creative commons registration. > Extra work, but no reason not to. You can discuss it with the attorneys > at creative commons as well. > Thanks, > Tom > > On Mon, 2003-04-21 at 11:17, Carol Spears wrote: > > you know, after i sent the mail off, i remembered this url. i have it > > embedded in the comment of several of the images on my site. i also > > mailed it out to rms to think about. > > > > still waiting for that reply. > > > > actually, i was considering asking the gimp developers to add this to > > their software project even. > > > > carol > > > > On 2003-04-21 at 1050.48 -0700, tom poe typed this: > > > Hi: You should look into the Creative Commons Project. They provide > > > legal assistance, you can register your works in the Public Domain, and > > > still ask that all photos be credited to you, and/or you may want to > > > restrict so that if they use them to make money, they have to contact > > > you. It's the Digital Age thing, you know. > > > Thanks, > > > Tom Poe > > > Open Studios > > > Reno, NV > > > http://www.studioforrecording.org/ > > > > > > On Mon, 2003-04-21 at 10:39, Carol Spears wrote: > > > > hiya. > > > > > > > > i have a ton of fruits and vegetable photos. some are even in focus. > > > > one should prolly not go on a family site > > > > (http://carol.gimp.org/gallery/carol/country_market/produce/march/IMG_0431.html > > > > sweet potatoes, honest) > > > > > > > > help your self to any of those. i just ask that you keep the image > > > > comment in tact. my intentions were to put the plu numbers on them. > > > > > > > > feel free to use any images there. i am taking as many photos as i can, > > > > as i would like image food for the gimps image mosaic plug-in. if i > > > > accidentally get a photo that is in good focus and form and is useable > > > > content for someone, who am i to judge random() and its ways .... > > > > > > > > help yourself. > > > > carol > > > > > > > > (just don't complain about missing pages or broken urls or how slow my > > > > poor server is. i get what i pay for.) > > > > > > > > On 2003-04-21 at 1632.03 +0200, Philippe Rousselot typed this: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > I am helping a friend building a website for his restaurant and I am looking > > > > > for images of food, vegetables, fruits, and other things related to > > > > > restaurants > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Philippe Rousselot, > > > > > > > > > > Pour des raisons de s?curit? informatique toutes pi?ces jointes au format > > > > > Word, Excell et PowerPoint sont imm?diatement d?truites. > > > > > je vous prierais donc de les remplacer par des fichiers au format rtf, csv ou > > > > > pdf > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Gimp-user mailing list > > > > > Gimp-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Gimp-user mailing list > > > > Gimp-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > _______________________________________________ > Gimp-developer mailing list > Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
