- <div class="title"><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__Mike_Gabriel.html">Debian Edu interview: Mike Gabriel</a></div>
- <div class="date"> 2nd June 2012</div>
- <div class="body"><p>Back in 2010, Mike Gabriel showed up on the
-<a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu and Skolelinux</a>
-mailing list. He quickly proved to be a valuable developer, and
-thanks to his tireless effort we now have Kerberos integrated into the
-<a href="http://www.debian.org/News/2012/20120311.html">Debian Edu
-Squeeze</a> version.</p>
-
-<p><strong>Who are you, and how do you spend your days?</strong></p>
-
-<p>My name is Mike Gabriel, I am 38 years old and live near Kiel,
-Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. I live together with a wonderful partner
-(Angela Fuß) and two own children and two bonus children (contributed
-by Angela).</p>
-
-<p>During the day I am part-time employed as a system administrator
-and part-time working as an IT consultant. The consultancy work
-touches free software topics wherever and whenever possible. During
-the nights I am a free software developer. In the gaps I also train in
-becoming an osteopath.</p>
-
-<p>Starting in 2010 we (Andreas Buchholz, Angela Fuß, Mike Gabriel)
-have set up a free software project in the area of Kiel that aims at
-introducing free software into schools. The project's name is
-"IT-Zukunft Schule" (IT future for schools). The project links IT
-skills with communication skills.</p>
-
-<p><strong>How did you get in contact with the Skolelinux/Debian Edu
-project?</strong></p>
-
-<p>While preparing our own customised Linux distribution for
-"IT-Zukunft Schule" we were repeatedly asked if we really wanted to
-reinvent the wheel. What schools really need is already available,
-people said. From this impulse we started evaluating other Linux
-distributions that target being used for school networks.</p>
-
-<p>At the end we short-listed two approaches and compared them: a
-commercial Linux distribution developed by a company in Bremen,
-Germany, and Skolelinux / Debian Edu. Between 12/2010 and 03/2011 we
-went to several events and met people being responsible for marketing
-and development of either of the distributions. Skolelinux / Debian
-Edu was by far much more convincing compared to the other product that
-got short-listed beforehand--across the full spectrum. What was most
-attractive for me personally: the perspective of collaboration within
-the developmental branch of the Debian Edu project itself.</p>
-
-<p>In parallel with this, we talked to many local and not-so-local
-people. People teaching at schools, headmasters, politicians, data
-protection experts, other IT professionals.</p>
-
-<p>We came to two conclusions:</p>
-
-<p>First, a technical conclusion: What schools need is available in
-bits and pieces here and there, and none of the solutions really fit
-by 100%. Any school we have seen has a very individual IT setup
-whereas most of each school's requirements could mapped by a standard
-IT solution. The requirement to this IT solution is flexibility and
-customisability, so that individual adaptations here and there are
-possible. In terms of re-distributing and rolling out such a
-standardised IT system for schools (a system that is still to some
-degree customisable) there is still a lot of work to do here
-locally. Debian Edu / Skolelinux has been our choice as the starting
-point.</p>
-
-<p>Second, a holistic conclusion: What schools need does not exist at
-all (or we missed it so far). There are several technical solutions
-for handling IT at schools that tend to make a good impression. What
-has been missing completely here in Germany, though, is the enrolment
-of people into using IT and teaching with IT. "IT-Zukunft Schule"
-tries to provide an approach for this.</p>
-
-<p>Only some schools have some sort of a media concept which explains,
-defines and gives guidance on how to use IT in class. Most schools in
-Northern Germany do not have an IT service provider, the school's IT
-equipment is managed by one or (if the school is lucky) two (admin)
-teachers, most of the workload these admin teachers get done in there
-spare time.</p>
-
-<p>We were surprised that only a very few admin teachers were
-networked with colleagues from other schools. Basically, every school
-here around has its individual approach of providing IT equipment to
-teachers and students and the exchange of ideas has been quasi
-non-existent until 2010/2011.</p>
-
-<p>Quite some (non-admin) teachers try to avoid using IT technology in
-class as a learning medium completely. Several reasons for this
-avoidance do exist.</p>
-
-<p>We discovered that no-one has ever taken a closer look at this
-social part of IT management in schools, so far. On our quest journey
-for a technical IT solution for schools, we discussed this issue with
-several teachers, headmasters, politicians, other IT professionals and
-they all confirmed: a holistic approach of considering IT management
-at schools, an approach that includes the people in place, will be new
-and probably a gain for all.</p>
-
-<p><strong>What do you see as the advantages of Skolelinux/Debian
-Edu?</strong></p>
-
-<p>There is a list of advantages: international context, openness to
-any kind of contributions, do-ocracy policy, the closeness to Debian,
-the different installation scenarios possible (from stand-alone
-workstation to complex multi-server sites), the transparency within
-project communication, honest communication within the group of
-developers, etc.</p>
-
-<p><strong>What do you see as the disadvantages of Skolelinux/Debian
-Edu?</strong></p>
-
-<p>Every coin has two sides:</p>
-
-<p>Technically: <a href="http://bugs.debian.org/311188">BTS issue
-#311188</a>, tricky upgradability of a Debian Edu main server, network
-client installations on top of a plain vanilla Debian installation
-should become possible sometime in the near future, one could think
-about splitting the very complex package debian-edu-config into
-several portions (to make it easier for new developers to
-contribute).</p>
-
-<p>Another issue I see is that we (as Debian Edu developers) should
-find out more about the network of people who do the marketing for
-Debian Edu / Skolelinux. There is a very active group in Germany
-promoting Skolelinux on the bigger Linux Days within Germany. Are
-there other groups like that in other countries? How can we bring
-these marketing people together (marketing group A with group B and
-all of them with the group of Debian Edu developers)? During the last
-meeting of the German Skolelinux group, I got the impression of people
-there being rather disconnected from the development department of
-Debian Edu / Skolelinux.</p>
-
-<p><strong>Which free software do you use daily?</strong></p>
-
-<p>For my daily business, I do not use commercial software at all.</p>
-
-<p>For normal stuff I use Iceweasel/Firefox, Libreoffice.org. For
-serious text writing I prefer LaTeX. I use gimp, inkscape, scribus for
-more artistic tasks. I run virtual machines in KVM and Virtualbox.</p>
-
-<p>I am one of the upstream developers of X2Go. In 2010 I started the
-development of a Python based X2Go Client, called PyHoca-GUI.
-PyHoca-GUI has brought forth a Python X2Go Client API that currently
-is being integrated in Ubuntu's software center.</p>
-
-<p>For communications I have my own Kolab server running using Horde
-as web-based groupware client. For IRC I love to use irssi, for Jabber
-I have several clients that I use, mostly pidgin, though. I am also
-the Debian maintainer of Coccinella, a Jabber-based interactive
-whiteboard.</p>
-
-<p>My favourite terminal emulator is KDE's Yakuake.</p>
-
-<p><strong>Which strategy do you believe is the right one to use to
-get schools to use free software?</strong></p>
-
-<p>Communicate, communicate, communicate. Enrol people, enrol people,
-enrol people.</p>
+ <div class="title"><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/MPEG_LA_mener_NRK_m__ha_avtale_med_dem_for___kringkaste_og_publisere_H_264_video.html">MPEG-LA mener NRK må ha avtale med dem for å kringkaste og publisere H.264-video</a></div>
+ <div class="date">28th June 2012</div>
+ <div class="body"><p>Etter at NRK
+<a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/NRK_nekter___finne_og_utlevere_eventuell_avtale_med_MPEG_LA.html">nektet
+å spore opp eventuell avtale med MPEG-LA</a> eller andre om bruk av
+MPEG/H.264-video etter at jeg <a
+href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Trenger_en_avtale_med_MPEG_LA_for___publisere_og_kringkaste_H_264_video_.html">ba
+om innsyn i slike avtaler</a>, tenkte jeg at i stedet for å forsøke å
+få NRK til å finne en slik avtale, så burde det være like enkelt å
+spørre MPEG-LA om de hadde avtale med NRK. Spørsmålet ble sendt før
+jeg fikk tips fra Kieran Kunhya om hvor listen over lisensinnehavere
+"in Good Standing" befant seg. MPEG-LA svarte meg i dag, og kan
+fortelle at NRK ikke har noen avtale med dem, så da er i det minste det
+slått fast. Ikke overraskende mener MPEG-LA at det trengs en avtale
+med MPEG-LA for å streame H.264, men deres rammer er jo
+rettstilstanden i USA og ikke Norge. Jeg tar dermed den delen av
+svaret med en klype salt. Jeg er dermed fortsatt ikke klok på om det
+trengs en avtale, og hvis det trengs en avtale her i Norge, heller
+ikke sikker på om NRK har en avtale med noen andre enn MPEG-LA som
+gjør at de ikke trenger avtale direkte med MPEG-LA. Jeg håper NRKs
+jurister har vurdert dette, og at det er mulig å få tilgang til
+vurderingen uansett om de trenger en avtale eller ikke.</p>
+
+<p>Her er epostutvekslingen med MPEG-LA så langt. Håper ikke
+utvekslingen fører til NRK plutselig får en litt uventet pakke fra
+MPEG-LA.</p>
+
+<p><blockquote>
+<p>Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 15:29:37 +0200
+<br>From: Petter Reinholdtsen <pere (at) hungry.com>
+<br>To: licensing-web (at) mpegla.com
+<br>Subject: Do NRK have a license agreement with MPEG-LA?</p>
+
+<p>Hi. I have a small question for you, that I hope it is OK that I
+ask.</p>
+
+<p>Is there any license agreements between MPEG-LA and NRK, <URL:
+<a href="http://www.nrk.no/">http://www.nrk.no/</a> >, the
+Norwegian national broadcasting cooperation? I am not sure if they
+need one, and am just curious if such agreeement exist.</p>
+
+<p>The postal address is</p>
+
+<p><blockquote>
+ NRK
+ <br>Postbox 8500, Majorstuen
+ <br>0340 Oslo
+ <br>Norway
+</blockquote></p>
+
+<p>if it make it easier for you to locate such agreement.</p>
+
+<p>Can you tell me how many entities in Norway have an agreement with
+MPEG-LA, and the name of these entities?</p>
+
+<p>--
+<br>Happy hacking
+<br>Petter Reinholdtsen
+</blockquote></p>
+
+<p>I dag, to dager senere, fikk jeg følgende svar:</p>
+
+<p><blockquote>
+<p>Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:11:17 +0000
+<br>From: Ryan Rodriguez <RRodriguez (at) mpegla.com>
+<br>To: Petter Reinholdtsen <pere (at) hungry.com>
+<br>CC: MD Administration <MDAdministration (at) mpegla.com>
+<br>Subject: RE: Do NRK have a license agreement with MPEG-LA?</p>
+
+<p>Dear Mr. Reinholdtsen,</p>
+
+<p>Thank you for your message and for your interest in MPEG LA. We
+appreciate hearing from you and I will be happy to assist you.</p>
+
+<p>To begin, I will assume that you are referring to AVC/H.264
+technology in your message below, as this technology is commonly used
+in the transmission of video content. In that case, please allow me
+to briefly summarize the coverage provided by our AVC Patent Portfolio
+License.</p>
+
+<P>Our AVC License provides coverage for end products and video
+services that make use of AVC/H.264 technology. Accordingly, the
+party offering such end products and video to End Users concludes the
+AVC License and is responsible for paying the applicable royalties
+associated with the end products/video they offer.</p>
+
+<p>While the Norwegian Broadcast Corporation (NRK) is not currently a
+Licensee to MPEG LA's AVC License (or any other Portfolio License
+offered by MPEG LA), if NRK offers AVC Video to End Users for
+remuneration (for example, Title-by-Title, Subscription, Free
+Television, or Internet Broadcast AVC Video), then NRK will need to
+conclude the AVC License and may be responsible for paying applicable
+royalties associated with the AVC Video it distributes.</p>
+
+<p>Today I will send you a FedEx package containing a copy of our AVC
+License for your review. You should receive the License document
+within the next few days.</p>
+
+<p>Meanwhile, MPEG LA currently has several Norwegian Licensees that
+can be found under the "Licensees" header within the respective
+portion of our website. For example, you may find our list of
+Licensees in Good Standing to our AVC License in the AVC portion of
+our website,
+<a href="http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/AVC/Pages/Licensees.aspx">http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/AVC/Pages/Licensees.aspx</a></p>
+
+<p>I hope the above information is helpful. If you have additional
+questions or need further assistance with the AVC License, please feel
+free to contact me directly. I look forward to hearing from you again
+soon.</p>
+
+<p>Best regards,</p>
+
+<p>Ryan</p>
+
+<p>Ryan M. Rodriguez
+<br>Licensing Associate
+<br>MPEG LA
+<br>5425 Wisconsin Avenue
+<br>Suite 801
+<br>Chevy Chase, MD 20815
+<br>U.S.A.
+<br>Phone: +1 (301) 986-6660 x211
+<br>Fax: +1 (301) 986-8575
+<br>Email: rrodriguez (at) mpegla.com</p>
+
+</blockquote></p>
+
+<p>Meldingen om utsendt FedEx-pakke var så merkelig at jeg
+øyeblikkelig sendte svar tilbake og spurte hva i alle dager han mente,
+da han jo ikke hadde fått noen postadresse som nådde meg.</p>
+
+<p><blockquote>
+
+<p>Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 16:36:15 +0200
+<br>From: Petter Reinholdtsen <pere (at) hungry.com>
+<br>To: Ryan Rodriguez <RRodriguez (at) mpegla.com>
+<br>Cc: MD Administration <MDAdministration (at) mpegla.com>
+<br>Subject: Re: Do NRK have a license agreement with MPEG-LA?</p>
+
+<p>[Ryan Rodriguez]
+<br>> Dear Mr. Reinholdtsen,</p>
+
+<p>Thank you for your quick reply.</p>
+
+<p>> Today I will send you a FedEx package containing a copy of our AVC
+<br>> License for your review. You should receive the License document
+<br>> within the next few days.</p>
+
+<p>The part about sending a FedEx package confused me, though. I did not
+<br>give you my address, nor am I associated with NRK in any way, so I hope
+<br>you did not try to send me a package using the address of NRK. If you
+<br>would send me the Internet address of to the document, it would be more
+<br>useful to me to be able to download it as an electronic document.</p>
+
+<p>> Meanwhile, MPEG LA currently has several Norwegian Licensees that can
+<br>> be found under the "Licensees" header within the respective portion
+<br>> of our website. For example, you may find our list of Licensees in
+<br>> Good Standing to our AVC License in the AVC portion of our website,
+<br>> http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/AVC/Pages/Licensees.aspx</p>
+
+<p>How can I recognize the Norwegian licensees?</p>
+
+<p>--
+<br>Happy hacking
+<br>Petter Reinholdtsen</p>
+</blockquote></p>
+
+<p>Selv om jeg svarte kun noen minutter etter at jeg fikk eposten fra
+MPEG-LA, fikk jeg eposten under som automatisk var beskjed på min
+siste epost. Får håpe noen likevel følger opp "FedEx-pakken". For å
+øke sjansen for at noen revurderer utsending av pakke uten mottaker,
+videresendte jeg min epost til swolf (at) mpegla.com, så får vi se.
+Har ikke hørt noe mer 3 timer senere, så jeg mistenker at ingen leste
+min epost tidsnok.</p>
+
+<p><blockquote>
+
+<p>Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:36:20 +0000
+<br>From: Ryan Rodriguez <RRodriguez (at) mpegla.com>
+<br>To: Petter Reinholdtsen <pere (at) hungry.com>
+<br>Subject: Automatic reply: Do NRK have a license agreement with MPEG-LA?</p>
+
+<p>Thank you for your message.</p>
+
+<p>I will be out of the office until Thursday, July 5 and will respond
+to all messages upon my return. If this is a matter that requires
+immediate attention, please contact Sidney Wolf (swolf (at)
+mpegla.com)</p>
+
+<p>Best regards,</p>
+
+<p>Ryan</p>
+
+<p>Ryan M. Rodriguez
+<br>Licensing Associate
+<br>MPEG LA</p>
+
+</blockquote></p>
+
+<p>Litt klokere, men fortsatt ikke klok på mitt opprinnelige spørsmål,
+som er om en trenger avtale med MPEG-LA for å publisere eller
+kringkaste H.264-video i Norge.</p>