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FOSS documentary on BBC World

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the here's-something-for-your-eye dept.

Zoxed writes ""A two-part documentary, 'The Code Breakers' will be aired on BBC World TV starting on 10 May 2006. Code Breakers investigates how poor countries are using FOSS applications for development, and includes stories and interviews from around the world." The first part is screening tonight on BBC World."

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  1. Re:Code Breakers = Breaking or Broken Code? by Billosaur · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Seem like their documentary title could use some adjusting, code breaking sounds a lot like simply creating a program that just doesn't work (i.e. is broken)

    At first I thought it was a documentary about Bletchley Park, where the Allies broke the German Enigma cipher.

    Perhaps they are refering to the "code" of buying all your software from Microsoft, which certainly could use some breaking if not downright thrashing.

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  2. Re:They said what? by tiocsti · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Some shared source licenses are also open source licenses. Certainly there's nothing wrong with the Microsoft Permissive License or the Microsoft Community License from an opensource perspective. The microsoft reference license, on the other hand, is not quite so free or useful (you can use it to understand, but cant modify it or redistribute it).

    http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/li censingbasics/sharedsourcelicenses.mspx

  3. UK don't get BBC World?... by Manip · · Score: 4, Interesting

    In an ironic twist most people in the UK (home of the BBC) won't get to see this as we don't receive BBC World and it isn't being broadcast on any of the "normal" BBC channels.

    A little ironic don't you think... Kind of like the yanks not getting something created by ABC or Fox but letting the rest of the world have it.

    1. Re:UK don't get BBC World?... by VENONA · · Score: 2, Interesting

      "It started to make me wonder if people outside the USA have a better picture of what's going on (even in our own country) since we are so "sheltered" from information."

      I'm absolutely certain of it. The first three Web sites I hit for international news are:

      http://news.bbc.co.uk/
      http://www.timesonline.co.uk/
      http://news.google.com/

      Tremendously different slant on many issues than staying with US domestic news. Also some very clearcut cases of biased reporting in US media (not just the horrible Fox News). In fact, after a few years of the first two (Google News is comparatively new, of course) I can't *stand* domestic US 'news' services. But then I was never into pot-bellied pigs, either.

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    2. Re:UK don't get BBC World?... by isorox · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Even worse, I try the realplayer link and get "BBC World is not available in the UK".. Sheesh...

      BBC World is a commercial channel, funded and run completely seperatly from the normal BBC news (although staff are shared, BBC World pay for this). The BBC charter doesn't allow it to be broadcast in the UK.

      Of course the competition argue that the license fee subsidises BBC World, which it arguably does.

      You're not missing much, besides it is available in the UK, point you sat dish to an appropiate satelite.