Thu, 18 Jan 2007
Five things - the meme that would not die.
I've been tagged by Dave Cross so
here are some things that you probably don't know about me but I'm not too
worried about sharing. Although they ain't very juicy.
- I simultaneously broke both my wrists while playing football in secondary school - it involved a concrete pitch and a diving goal keeper. In addition to hurting like hell for what seemed like forever it was also the last time I actually played football. Being unable to use my hands for weeks is an experience I never want to repeat.
- My um... interest(?), in blond haired, blue eyed girls can be tracked back to a girl named Naomi. Who's also one of my very few regrets.
- Up until the age of 21 I was an only child. I now have two much younger half-siblings. I've also been exposed to the hellish wasteland that is childrens television, which seems to be half disturbingly cute characters and half dad bait.
- This one's known by some people I worked with at OT - in the company hiring procedure they did a personality test. I scored none out of ten on trusting people. I consider this a feature.
- I hate travelling with a fiery passion but I love tech conferences.
I'll play pass the meme with Will, The Rev, Simon Stewart, Mr Goodwin and Bob Walker (who needs to blog more anyway). That'll cover a couple of continents.
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Posted: 2007/01/18 23:56 | /geekstuff | Permanent link to this entry | This entry + same date
The OzDMCA: what it means for FOSS - Kimberlee Weatherall
My first session of the day (I was lucky enough to spend a big chunk of the
real first one talking to Richard Weideman, the Education Programme Manager
at Canonical) was recommended to me by all the local people I know at the
conference - and it was as good as they said.
Unlike most people who speak on these topics at Linux / OpenSource / Free Software conferences, Kimberlee Weatherall IS a lawyer (IP) and was actively involved in the amendments to the Australian laws. The often awkward topic was presented damn clearly, with an audience pleasing touch of humour, and was both an excellent talk and depressing as hell. Short version: in order to gain a free trade agreement (FTA) with America, Australia was required to change some of its laws, especially those concerning copyright.
I'm not going to go in to details, I wouldn't do the speaker justice, but it's well worth reading the slides (the Rusty test alone is worth the time) and watching the video once it's up; especially if you're from one of the countries that'll be signing up for a FTA in the future. This was one of the best sessions I've seen here.
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