Buzz

Message from Susan in Mt. Washington

Thank you and congraluations. I did see the story about your son!

I will go to Copies on Carson and get a copy of the recreation paper. I agree that everyone who is interested in recreation being part of the city of pittsburgh needs to respond.

The copy will be at the DHHC for reading.

Please know that DHCC will be running a summer program designed for working parents. It will start the week of the June 14th and go until the third week of August. 8 am to 5:30 pm. Professionals will manage the program. We have budgeted for lots of field trips as well as trips to our closed Pgh recreation areas.

Happy traveling
susan
Susan Brandt, Urban Development
One Trimont Lane #1600 A
Pittsburgh PA 15211
412-488-0805 (office)
412-889-5283 (cell)

Lawrence Lessig's Supreme Showdown

By Steven Levy , Wired.com, 10.10 - Oct 2002

European Commission (EC) Report: Recommends governments share and adapt software via the Open Source model.

The 150 page report has posted impressions from Jonathan Corbet, executive editor, LWN.net.

It's a kind of "members only" open source. A step in the right direction, but it's only so open. Seem more like a private code sharing club.

AUSTRALIA LEGALIZES MUSIC PIRACY

The Australian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS) has agreed to allow CD-copying kiosks in exchange for a royalty payment. The deal, the first of its kind, will allow consumers to go to one of the kiosks, to be located in stores or in public places, and pay $5 each to copy a music CD. AMCOS, which represents songwriters and music publishers, agreed to the deal with Little Ripper, a CD-copying company, reportedly for a flat royalty of about six percent. Observers said that this deal, which seems to indicate acceptance among copyright owners that piracy is here to stay, will force the Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) into a similar arrangement. Officially ARIA still says that the kiosks are illegal.
News Interactive, 24 June 2002

Encylopedia of Uncertainty

Cheer: "Wing it, and fling it."

What comes out of this process is uncertain. Frankly, we don't know what to expect. Furthermore, we don't know when to expect it. Additionally, we have much to chew upon already. So, let's get together. Let's wing something onto the table. Let's do the jazz of living and crafting messages. And, then let's do our best to fling the outcome out to the public.

These sessions need minutes, statements, and public disclosed notes. These working documents need to be flung.

CMU Buzz

CMU Cheating Code The Tartan reports about students cheating in computer science courses by copying programming code.

The CMU course is apparently taught as "write the code" instead of "reuse existing code with acceptable copyright terms with proper attribution of sources."

Humm: Collaboration in the real world is strongly welcomed. To copy code is not always grounds for trouble. CLOH.Org encourages class projects to be geared to the contribution of Free Software projects, instead of writing throw-away, made up projects.