Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Free Software : RMS Video

2008-05-11 Thread Lucy
On 11/05/2008, Thomas Ibbotson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tim Dobson wrote: == RMS Video: == The video of last week's Manchester Free Software, (in collaboration with the BCS and IET) talk by Richard Stallman has been released, thanks to Andrew John Hughes.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Free Software : RMS Video

2008-05-11 Thread Andrew Oakley
Lucy wrote: How to make money from free software is an interesting and difficult topic I really don't think that's true - for me, it's a straightforward and simple topic that has provided over 12 years of stable employment. As a programmer or project manager, I've written or helped write

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Free Software : RMS Video

2008-05-11 Thread Lucy
On 11/05/2008, Andrew Oakley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lucy wrote: How to make money from free software is an interesting and difficult topic I really don't think that's true - for me, it's a straightforward and simple topic that has provided over 12 years of stable employment. As a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Free Software : RMS Video

2008-05-11 Thread alan c
Matthew Wild wrote: On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 2:56 AM, Thomas Ibbotson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However, I am also in favour of credit being given where it's due, and allowing creators/inventors to profit from their work. If someone has put in the time and effort to create or improve something

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Free Software : RMS Video

2008-05-11 Thread James Hooker
Hosting companies are perfect example of this... apache, sendmail, mysql, php, GNU/Linux, community support are all free yet hosting companies profit from Free software. As for developers... if you have made a name for yourself, the chances are a company will employ you to administer

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Free Software : RMS Video

2008-05-10 Thread Thomas Ibbotson
Tim Dobson wrote: == RMS Video: == The video of last week's Manchester Free Software, (in collaboration with the BCS and IET) talk by Richard Stallman has been released, thanks to Andrew John Hughes. You can find a torrent and http mirrors for the video on the Manchester

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Free Software : RMS Video

2008-05-07 Thread Alan Pope
On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 18:03 +0100, Tim Dobson wrote: Where possible, please use the torrent. :) Which bizzarely contains multiple copies of the video. I am motivated to _not_ use torrent in this situation for this reason. The torrent is considerably larger than one single video. Cheers, Al.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Free Software : RMS Video

2008-05-07 Thread alan c
Tim Dobson wrote: == RMS Video: == The video of last week's Manchester Free Software, (in collaboration with the BCS and IET) talk by Richard Stallman has been released, thanks to Andrew John Hughes. You can find a torrent and http mirrors for the video on the Manchester

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Free Software : RMS Video

2008-05-07 Thread Colin McCarthy
On 5/7/08, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 18:03 +0100, Tim Dobson wrote: Where possible, please use the torrent. :) Which bizzarely contains multiple copies of the video. I am motivated to _not_ use torrent in this situation for this reason. The torrent is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Free Software : RMS Video

2008-05-07 Thread Tim Dobson
2008/5/7 Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Which bizzarely contains multiple copies of the video. I am motivated to _not_ use torrent in this situation for this reason. The torrent is considerably larger than one single video. The torrent contains: 20080501-rms.ogg 20080501-rms_med.ogg

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Free Software : RMS Video

2008-05-07 Thread Alan Pope
On Wed, 2008-05-07 at 13:03 +0100, Tim Dobson wrote: The torrent contains: 20080501-rms.ogg 20080501-rms_med.ogg 20080501-rms_low.ogg 20080501-rms.spx Most torrent clients allow you to choose which files you want. Sorry if this wasn't clear Unfortunately the default one in Ubuntu

[ubuntu-uk] Manchester Free Software : RMS Video

2008-05-06 Thread Tim Dobson
== RMS Video: == The video of last week's Manchester Free Software, (in collaboration with the BCS and IET) talk by Richard Stallman has been released, thanks to Andrew John Hughes. You can find a torrent and http mirrors for the video on the Manchester Free Software Website.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Free Software : RMS Video

2008-05-06 Thread Jai Harrison
Thanks Tim On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 6:03 PM, Tim Dobson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: == RMS Video: == The video of last week's Manchester Free Software, (in collaboration with the BCS and IET) talk by Richard Stallman has been released, thanks to Andrew John Hughes. You