This is unrelated, but you can download lots of Underworld songs at UnderworldLive.com. You have to register as a member or whatever, but it’s free (at least, I think it was…)
Personally I like all the changes in the initial draft of version 3 of the GPL. The DRM restriction… I don’t know, it seems like it’s going to be controversial among some companies using GPLed software for various stuff.
I got to meet Mark Spencer and Warren Togami. That was pretty cool. Richard Stallman plays with his hair a lot. Apple laptops are very popular among people who contribute to free software.
The conference was pretty cool… I thought RMS and Eben Moglen did a good job explaining the changes, and I think the rest of the Free Software Foundation has done a good job of creating a process for refining the GPLv3 draft (see http://gplv3.fsf.org/).
Boston is pretty cool. There’s some neatly architected buildings. The weather wasn’t too bad. MIT was smaller than I expected (it wasn’t small or anything… just smaller than I expected). Subways make cities feel more city-like. Public transportation is scary (“I didn’t just get on in the wrong direction, did I?!”).
I put some pictures on my Flickr account. Nothing interesting at all, though.
right. should have read this first.
:-)
so, Emily said you went to Boston and Gaim paid for it. How does Gaim have money? (I mean this as a serious question; I never know if my typing comes across as sarcastic or not.)
Gaim didn’t pay for it, the Free Software Foundation did. They are the non-profit organization behind the GPL and the GNU project. Because they fight for the freedom of software across the land, they get donations from lots of people and companies and what not.
Yeah, that just shows how much Emily knows.
I mean, don’t get me wrong, she’s got a nice ass.
Ok, I think I’ve gotten a little off topic here.
Emily is ALWAYS on topic, if you know what I mean *nudge* *nudge*
*wink* *wink*
Look, I didn’t say Gaim DEFINITELY paid for it, I said I thought that was what happened. AND I asked Mark later to confirm, but I didn’t get around to telling you.