[IAEP] [support-gang] Fwd: [OLPC-SF] OLPC SF 2011 Community Summit - Poster contest

[Sameer Verma]

On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Kevin Mark <kevin.mark at verizon.net> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 11:11:40AM -0700, Cherry Withers wrote:
>>
>> Rules:
>>
>>   • Posters will be 13  x 19  inches in size.
>>   • Only 1 entry per project.
>>   • All artwork and lettering must be original. Copyrighted images are not
>>     allowed.
>>   • Entries must be submitted electronically in by 9:00 AM Wednesday morning
>>     Pacific Time, October 19th, 2011. Submit entries to:
>>     poster-submission at green-wifi.org
>>   • Posters will be also posted to the OLPC SF website during the summit.
>
> The point "Copyrighted images are not allowed" does not quite seem useful.
> Every image has an author and that person (at least in the US) get a copyright
> on anything they produce. There are images that an individual might own the
> copyright to and images they dont. As well as images that you can use in
> accordance with the license requirements: CC, GPL, PD. So I think that needs a
> bit of revision.
>
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I agree. I think what Bruce intended is that the images shouldn't be
restricted for redistribution, although I'll let him confirm. How
would you word it?

Sameer