[LAU] quick follow-on to the RPM2010 thread

Been a chaotic day of poly-tasking so as I switched my brain-state momentarily back to Rosea's question and my last reply I realized I wanted to state the essence of the issue, if for no other reason than to re-focus on it in my own mind, and to simply hear myself say it. I know the world doesn't need me to issue any kind of statement on the matter of OS/software Freedom but the underlying philosophical commitment of the original Packet-In collaboration for RPM08 was the purest application of the concept and the practice. EVERYthing about what we did was Free, and for all the classical reasons. We used all free OS and software tools and offered our work under CC by SA also as unencumbered and Free. We wanted to be able to "give" everything to anyone interested in revisiting our work, retracing our footsteps, remixing and extending what we created - building up and out from where we left off. Nobody said it better than Newton in his comment about seeing further by standing upon the shoulders of giants. LOL, we are NOT the giants in that metaphor...well, actually we are but modesty, if not reality, compels me to reject any such characterization. I mean, this is the essence of what was always the academic way, and the scientific way, and the philosophical way...before the Age of Intellectual Property, Copyrights, and Patents. Knowledge built upon freely shared prior knowledge, and tools inspiring the creation of greater tools. We hoped others might build upon our music and anticipated the delight at hearing a remix, or someone substituting their soaring vocals or guitar for my humble efforts. It never happened, but I can't think of a greater "reward" for what we did should it ever. So, think of it as a kit that you can Freely give to anyone who is interested, and who can in turn Freely pass it on, inside which are ALL the parts needed to first do everything we did but more importantly to start at that point and do something we never imagined. Frank