Sven Hoexter wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 12:03:42PM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote:
> > Joachim Breitner wrote:
> > > Am Fre, 2003-06-06 um 07.26 schrieb Josef Spillner:
>
> Hi,
>
> > > > I have asked around and quite a few games people are interested in a
> > > > discussion about the topic, about 45 or 90 minutes.
> > > > Would this be appropriate for a workshop slot?
> > > > (Using "Freie Spiel- und Lernsoftware und der Jugendschutz" or a
> > > > similar
> > > > topic.)
> > > Well, if it should be a discussion, you should find someone that is pro
> > > the new Jugendschutzgesetz, or the whole discussion will not be too
> > > interesting. But I have no idea where to find such a person :-)
> >
> > In general I like the idea.
> I don't like it. IMHO those "regulations" or "protections" are nothing more
Err.. I don't think he meant 'I like the idea of this Jungendsch(m)utzgesetz',
but that that he liked the idea of having a panel discussion about
this one.
> > You should try to find somebody from the FSK/USK
> > to attend and/or some politician (see the last but 1-3 c't magazines that
> > listed some). A panel discussion does only make sense if both sides are
> > represented (pro and contra).
> Well having people from the USK there in a discussion would be nice but I
> guess that they don't know very much about OpenSource so this might be a
> chance to open the mind of a few persons bevor we go into a discussion
> without a base. As long as they don't understand what opensource is and
> where excatly our problem is the discussion would be worthless.
This is usually solved by briefing the panel members before the
discussion, maybe even preparing a sheet of paper that contains the
basics about it. Additionally it is useful to start the discussion by
an intro from a third party describing the new law and the nature of
Free Software, so both panel members and attendees are informed.
However, still a panel discussion is quite useless if all panel
members are contra foo (or pro foo FWIW). That won't create a
discussion but some kind of chant.
Regards,
Joey
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