- <div class="title"><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__Nigel_Barker.html">Debian Edu interview: Nigel Barker</a></div>
- <div class="date"> 9th March 2012</div>
- <div class="body"><p>Inspired by <a href="http://raphaelhertzog.com/tag/interview/">the
-interview series</a> conducted by Raphael, I started a Norwegian
-interview series with people involved in the Debian Edu / Skolelinux
-community. This was so popular that I believe it is time to move to a
-more international audience.</p>
-
-<p>While <a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu and
-Skolelinux</a> originated in France and Norway, and have most users in
-Europe, there are users all around the globe. One of those far away
-from me is Nigel Barker, a long time Debian Edu system administrator
-and contributor. It is thanks to him that Debian Edu is adjusted to
-work out of the box in Japan. I got him to answer a few questions,
-and am happy to share the response with you. :)
-
-
-<p><strong>Who are you, and how do you spend your days?</strong></p>
-
-<p>My name is Nigel Barker, and I am British. I am married to Yumiko,
-and we have three lovely children, aged 15, 14 and 4(!) I am the IT
-Coordinator at Hiroshima International School, Japan. I am also a
-teacher, and in fact I spend most of my day teaching Mathematics,
-Science, IT, and Chemistry. I was originally a Chemistry teacher, but
-I have always had an interest in computers. Another teacher teaches
-primary school IT, but apart from that I am the only computer person,
-so that means I am the network manager, technician and webmaster,
-also, and I help people with their computer problems. I teach python
-to beginners in an after-school club. I am way too busy, so I really
-appreciate the simplicity of Skolelinux.</p>
-
-<p><strong>How did you get in contact with the Skolelinux/Debian Edu
-project?</strong></p>
-
-<p>In around 2004 or 5 I discovered the ltsp project, and set up a
-server in the IT lab. I wanted some way to connect it to our central
-samba server, which I was also quite poor at configuring. I discovered
-Edubuntu when it came out, but it didn't really improve my setup. I
-did various desperate searches for things like "school Linux server"
-and ended up in a document called "Drift" something or other. Reading
-there it became clear that Skolelinux was going to solve all my
-problems in one go. I was very excited, but apprehensive, because my
-previous attempts to install Debian had ended in failure (I used
-Mandrake for everything - ltsp, samba, apache, mail, ns...). I
-downloaded a beta version, had some problems, so subscribed to the
-Debian Edu list for help. I have remained subscribed ever since, and
-my school has run a Skolelinux network since Sarge.</p>
-
-<p><strong>What do you see as the advantages of Skolelinux/Debian
-Edu?</strong></p>
-
-<p>For me the integrated setup. This is not just the server, or the
-workstation, or the ltsp. Its all of them, and its all configured
-ready to go. I read somewhere in the early documentation that it is
-designed to be setup and managed by the Maths or Science teacher, who
-doesn't necessarily know much about computers, in a small Norwegian
-school. That describes me perfectly if you replace Norway with
-Japan.</p>
-
-<p><strong>What do you see as the disadvantages of Skolelinux/Debian
-Edu?</strong></p>
-
-<p>The desktop is fairly plain. If you compare it with Edubuntu, who
-have fun themes for children, or with distributions such as Mint, who
-make the desktop beautiful. They create a good impression on people
-who don't need to understand how to use any of it, but who might be
-important to the school. School administrators or directors, for
-instance, or parents. Even kids. Debian itself usually has ugly
-default theme settings. It was my dream a few years back that some
-kind of integration would allow Edubuntu to do the desktop stuff and
-Debian Edu the servers, but now I realise how impossible that is. A
-second disadvantage is that if something goes wrong, or you need to
-customise something, then suddenly the level of expertise required
-multiplies. For example, backup wasn't working properly in Lenny. It
-took me ages to learn how to set up my own server to do rsync backups.
-I am afraid of anything to do with ldap, but perhaps Gosa will
-help.</p>
-
-<p><strong>Which free software do you use daily?</strong></p>
-
-<p>Nowadays I only use Debian on my personal computers. I have one for
-studio work (I play guitar and write songs), running AV Linux
-(customised Debian) a netbook running Squeeze, and a bigger laptop
-still running Skolelinux Lenny workstation. I have a Tjener in my
-house, that's very useful for the family photos and music. At school
-the students only use Skolelinux. (Some teachers and the office still
-have windows). So that means we only use free software all day every
-day. Open office, The GIMP, Firefox/Iceweasel, VLC and Audacity are
-installed on every computer in school, irrespective of OS. We also
-have Koha on Debian for the library, and Apache, Moodle, b2evolution
-and Etomite on Debian for the www. The firewall is Untangle.</p>
-
-<p><strong>Which strategy do you believe is the right one to use to
-get schools to use free software?</strong></p>
-
-<p>Current trends are in our favour. Open source is big in industry,
-and ordinary people have heard of it. The spread of Android and the
-popularity of Apple have helped to weaken the impression that you have
-to have Microsoft on everything. People complain to me much less about
-file formats and Word than they did 5 years ago. The Edu aspect is
-also a selling point. This is all customised for schools. Where is the
-Windows-edu, or the Mac-edu? But of course the main attraction is
-budget.The trick is to convince people that the quality is not
-compromised when you stop paying and use free software instead. That
-is one reason why I say the desktop experience is a weakness. People
-are not impressed when their USB drive doesn't work, or their browser
-doesn't play flash, for example.</p>
+ <div class="title"><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Piratpartiet_p__opphavs_retrett_.html">Piratpartiet på opphavs-retrett?</a></div>
+ <div class="date">19th December 2012</div>
+ <div class="body"><p>Jeg ble overrasket over å se at Piratpartiet i
+<a href="http://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/Piratpartiet-stiller-til-Stortingsvalget-7073298.html">Aftenposten</a>
+er referert på følgende:</p>
+
+<blockquote>
+Når det gjelder retten til opphavsrett for kulturproduktene, mener
+Piratpartiet av levetid + 14 år er tilfredsstillende.
+</blockquote>
+
+<p>Det betyr en vernetid langt ut over det kommersielle livet til de
+aller fleste opphavsrettsbeskyttede verker, og er i strid med slik i
+hvert fall jeg har tolket punkt 5 i
+<a href="http://people.opera.com/howcome/2012/piratpartiet/kjerneprogram.html">kjerneprogrammet
+til Piratpartiet</a>:</p>
+
+<blockquote>
+<p><strong>5: Åndsverk og patenter: tilbake til start</strong></p>
+
+<table border="1">
+<tr><th>forslag:</th><td>14 års opphavsrett og ingen
+programvarepatenter</td></tr>
+
+<tr><th>grunn:</th><td>Den første loven om opphavsrett spesifiserte 14
+års vernetid. Senere har mediabransjens lobbyister stadig presset
+loven mot lengre vern, nå er det 70 år etter forfatters død. Dette
+gjør at mange verk glemmes og går tapt, noe som er skadelig for norsk
+språk og kultur. Vi til tilbake til start: 14 års
+vernetid. Patentloven sier klart at dataprogrammer ikke kan
+patenteres. Likevel klarer patentadvokater å lure gjennom
+programvarepatenter. Slike patenter gjør dingsene våre dyrere og kan i
+enkelte tilfelle stoppe dem helt.</th></tr>
+</table>
+</blockquote>
+
+<p>Den opprinnelige opphavsretten var på 14 år totalt, ikke 14 år
+etter opphavspersonens død. Jeg tenkte først dette kanskje var
+feilsitering fra Aftenposten, men jeg finner samme påstand i en <a
+href="http://piratpartietnorge.org/om-gramo-og-piratpolitikken/">bloggpost
+fra Geir Aaslid</a> på Piratpartietes offisielle nettsider. Der
+skriver han følgende:</p>
+
+<blockquote>
+Hva vi gjør med opphavsretten er mer komplisert fordi den omfavner så
+mange bransjer, med ulike behov. Enhver reform er en forbedring men
+det er nærliggende å anta at en opphavsrett på levetid + 14 år er
+fullt ut tilfredstillende for musikk, film, litteratur og spill.
+</blockquote>
+
+<p>Det virker dermed på meg som om Piratpartiet allerede har gjort
+retrett fra sin beundringsverdige holdning om at det holdt med 14 års
+total vernetid, til sin nye som tar utgangspunkt i levetiden til
+opphavspersonen. Jeg håper det baserer seg på en misforståelse hos
+piratlederen som blir korrigert tilbake til 14 års total vernetid før
+partiet stiller til valg.</p>
+
+<p>Hvis du lurer på hvilke problemer lang vernetid bringer med seg,
+anbefaler jeg å lese boken <a href="http://free-culture.cc/">Free
+Culture</a> av Lawrence Lessig. Jeg og en liten gruppe andre er igang
+med å
+<a href="https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/free-culture-lessig">oversette
+boken til bokmål</a> og tar gjerne imot hjelp med oversettelse og
+korrekturlesing.</p>
+
+<p><strong>Oppdatering 2012-12-20</strong>: Oppdaget at
+<a href="http://piratpartietnorge.org/om-gramo-og-piratpolitikken/">bloggposten
+til Geir Aaslid</a> er endret siden i går, og nå inneholder følgende
+avsnitt i stedet for det jeg siterte over:</p>
+
+<blockquote>
+Hva vi gjør med opphavsretten er mer komplisert fordi den omfavner så
+mange bransjer, med ulike behov. Enhver reform er en forbedring men
+det er nærliggende å anta at en opphavsrett lik levetiden, evt + 14 år
+er fullt ut tilfredstillende for mange skapere av musikk, film,
+litteratur og spill. Det er for det meste de store forlagene som er
+imot enhver reform.
+</blockquote>
+
+<p>I tillegg har det dukket opp en setning nederst "Dette dokumentet
+er et utkast til svar på et angrep på Piratpartiet fra Gramo. Det
+endrer seg derfor over tid og den endelige versjonen er det som blir
+publisert på Hardware.no", som tyder på at originalformuleringen ikke
+var veloverveid og sitatet i Aftenposten kanskje var basert på en
+misforståelse.</p>
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