Not only are accessibility corporations the wrong answer most of the time, but as speakup proves, they are usually the more expensive and more cheesy answer. Greg > ----- Original Message ----- >From: Kirk Wood <cpt.kirk at 1tree.net >To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca >Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 17:11:59 -0500 (CDT) >Subject: Re: Linux desktop push could benefit disabled (fwd) >Don't feel bad, apperently the "whole" open source community thinks that >the sky is going to fall over the latest W3 consideration. You see if one >takes time to read it, they will realize that what it does is allow some >macroslop person to not lose all rights to info that is shared while >working at the W3 labs at MIT. Currently if a researcher for a company >goes to MIT for joint work, any input they give will imediately becoem the >property of MIT. This is looking to change that. >The next thing is something to be somewhat concerned with. While I think >it worth your time to voice an opinion to congress people, it will not be >the end of the world. First, there has to be a standard. Second, once the >standard is in place open source can impliment it. The ability of a bright >individual being able to disable said restriction would in no way impact >the product. This would be akin for someone suing macroslop cause someone >found a way to get arround the country limitation on DVDs. >It might become illegal to modify your software to work arround the >standard. It might (probably will) be illegal for you to tell others how >to disable the copyright protection. But it won't make linux in its >entirety illegal. It won't keep someone from using the current >technology. It (again) isn't the end of the world. >We also should not think that a project would be dead (gnome 2) just >because sun dumps it from their plate. Gnome started without sun. It can >continue with it. Sure the help is good. Sure we should be glad for >corperate help. But speakup should be proof enough that corperations are >not the answer to accesibility. In fact, it is proof they are the wrong >answer most of the time. >======= >Kirk Wood >Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net >"When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missle at >a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive." > - President George Bush >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
