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> Since I have been working on a thesis on Open
> Source Film business models, I had to answer the
> question what an Open Source Film actually is. So
> here is my definition, which has been created in
> agreement with Ton Roosendal (Blender Foundation),
> Stefan Kluge (VEB Film Leipzig) and Solomon
> Rothman (moviepals.org).
> 
> 
> An Open Source Movie is a movie where:
> 
> 1)  The license of the movie is approved for Free
> Cultural Works. Specifically this is true for the
> Creative Commons licenses by and by-sa.
> 
> 2)  The materials used in the movie (sources) are
> also available under a license which is approved
> for Free Cultural Works.
> 
> 3)  The movie and its sources are made publicly
> available via an online download or by other means
> that are either free or with a cost that covers
> reasonable reproduction expenses only.
> 
> 4)  The sources should be viewable and editable
> with free/open source software. If this is not the
> case, they must be convertible into such a format
> by using free/open source software. The same
> applies to the movie itself.
> 
> 5) It should be possible to re-create or
> re-assemble the movie using the source materials.
> 
> This definition is also available in the
> Wikipedia:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_film
> 
> 
> Resources:
> 
> - Licenses which are approved for Free Cultural
> Works must meet the criteria of "Defining Free
> Culture Licenses" on freedomdefined.org.
> - For the Creative Commons Licenses in question
> have a look at this article in the Wikipedia.

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