Disney goes for Linux

Disney goes for Linux

Posted Jun 21, 2002 3:15 UTC (Fri) by tompoe (guest, #9)
Parent article: Disney goes for Linux

Hi: The BPDG is tasked with "writing" the CBDTPA, which outlaws Open Source.
With that in mind, Disney moves to Open Source. Disney is also EXEMPT from the CBDTPA, as are all the studios and News.Corp, and other corporate special interest groups. They're counting on continued Open Source development "around" the law. That is called free labor, eh? If I'm Disney, I'm thinking I have my cake and eat it too. In other words, folks, these corporate you-know-whats are pretty sure this is a winner for them, and the losers will keep on working that Open Source code for them.

The answer, I think, lies with the Creative Commons Project. At http://www.creativecommons.org/ they're putting the infrastructure together that represents a way for browsers to coordinate "flagged" Open Source/public domain style. Open-Content Network is right there as well. We could see a day when people will use browsers dedicated to Open Source, and leave the copyright/commercial sites behind. Think of it as a sort of new layer of the Open Source Movement. Just my thought.
Thanks,
Tom Poe
Reno, NV
http://www.studioforrecording.org/
http://www.ibiblio.org/studioforrecording/

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