Linux.conf.au 2007, day 2
The best talk I've seen (so far) today was FOSS License for Content Developers (plus the panel that followed). It was a bit unsatisfying in that there were no easy answers, but thought-provoking too. Translating software freedoms we're used to to other kinds of works turns out to be quite challenging. What is “the preferred form” (that the GPL requires) of a sound effect in a game that was generated by tweaking a soft synthesiser, then post-processed in a wave editor? It seems that people are hoping that Creative Commons 3.0 licences will provide a tolerable answer for Free but practical (and GPL-compatible) licensing for content.
The gaming miniconf has been extremely popular. I wonder how many other people thought like me that it was just an excuse for a LAN party (and thus uninteresting) until they saw the program? Reminds me a little of a talk I saw at the main programme in 2001 (Martin's talk about rproxy, or perhaps Wichert's talk about Debian packaging? I forget) — standing room only. Rusty just finished his talk about hacking on Wesnoth, and despite the organisers moving it to a room at least twice the size, it was just as packed.