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[This should be interesting... if you're in Delhi on 17th September
it'd be great to meet up there -- Raju]

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Subject: CODE FILM
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 15:35:49 +0530

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Dear Raju,

We have arranged for a film screening (actually it's a world 
premier!) of CODE. The director will be here to discuss the film and 
the process of making the film. I will be great if lots of people 
from Linux Delhi to screening and discuss the film. I have seen a 
rough version of the film and its has lots of interesting moments and 
interviews.

Hope to see you at the screening.
Cheers
Jeebesh
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=46or Circulation

Sarai New Media Initiative welcome you to the premier screening of 
the film CODE directed by Hannu Puttonen on the 10th anniversary of 
Linus Torvalds uploading of the Linux kernel on  the net.

=46ilm : CODE
Screening: Sarai, CSDS, 29, Rajpur Road, Delhi 54
Day: 17th September, Monday
Time: 6.30 PM

The director will be present to introduce and discuss the film.

The Code
=46inland  2001
55 min

The Code is a documentary about the open source and free software 
movement, as well as about the Linux code development process. 
Started a by a 21-year-old Finnish computer science student in 1991, 
Linux became the biggest co-operation project within the Internet, as 
well in the world history in general. The film features some of the 
key members of the community, like Linus Torvalds, Richard Stallman, 
Eric Raymond, Alan Cox, Jon 'maddog' Hall, Miguel de Icaza and Robert 
Young. Linux continues the long tradition of hacker (meant here in 
its original, positive sense) culture of sharing code. Its story and 
value structure make up a symbolic tale during the age of 
post-industrial capitalism. The director says:

"I guess you have to be a hacker in order to understand the specific 
mindset. To rebel against the idea, that the underlying source code 
for a computer operating system should be withheld. In the end, the 
concept of free software concerns not only the code: it is about 
freedom, sharing, and community - about creation, beauty, and 'having 
fun'. Besides this, examples of superior technology have been created 
within free software projects. This 'open source' attitude doesn=B4t 
mix smoothly with the concept of free market economy. It is also a 
threat to traditional concepts of copyright and intellectual 
property. Companies like Microsoft, that base their business on 
closed source code, have tactically moulded free software into an 
image of a monster of almost mccarthyian
proportions. All this made up one of the strangest success stories of 
the 1990=B4s and the early stages of the new millennium, epitomized by 
the community=B4s gifted leader and invaluable icon, who planted the 
seed for a movement whose ramifications continue to spread."

Yours,
	Hannu Puttonen

	Film Credits:

Script and directing: Hannu Puttonen
Production: Kaarle Aho / Making Movies Oy
Cinematography: Arto Kaivanto
Editing: Kimmo Kohtam=E4ki
Animation: Otso Pakarinen
Special film effects and additional camera work: Seppo Renvall
Sound recordist: Pirkko Tiitinen
Music: Pertti Gr=F6nholm, Brandi Ifgray & Tuomo Puranen
Distributor & Print source: Making Movies (Finland)
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<div>Dear Raju,</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>We have arranged for a film screening (actually it's a world
premier!) of CODE. The director will be here to discuss the film and
the process of making the film. I will be great if lots of people from
Linux Delhi to screening and discuss the film. I have seen a rough
version of the film and its has lots of interesting moments and
interviews.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Hope to see you at the screening.</div>
<div>Cheers</div>
<div>Jeebesh</div>
<div>---------------------</div>
<div><b>For Circulation</b></div>
<blockquote><br></blockquote>
<blockquote>Sarai New Media Initiative welcome you to the premier
screening of the film CODE directed by Hannu Puttonen on the 10th
anniversary of Linus Torvalds uploading of the Linux kernel on&nbsp;
the net.</blockquote>
<blockquote><br></blockquote>
<blockquote>Film<b> : CODE</b></blockquote>
<blockquote>Screening<b>: Sarai, CSDS, 29, Rajpur Road, Delhi
54</b></blockquote>
<blockquote>Day<b>: 17th September, Monday</b></blockquote>
<blockquote>Time<b>: 6.30 PM</b></blockquote>
<blockquote><b><br></b></blockquote>
<blockquote><b>The director will be present to introduce and discuss
the film.</b></blockquote>
<blockquote><b><br></b></blockquote>
<blockquote><b>The Code</b><br>
=46inland&nbsp; 2001<br>
55 min<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote><b>The Code is a documentary about the open source and
free software movement, as well as about the Linux code development
process</b>. Started a by a 21-year-old Finnish computer science
student in 1991, Linux became the biggest co-operation project within
the Internet, as well in the world history in general. The film
features some of the key members of the community, like Linus
Torvalds, Richard Stallman, Eric Raymond, Alan Cox, Jon 'maddog' Hall,
Miguel de Icaza and Robert Young. Linux continues the long tradition
of hacker (meant here in its original, positive sense) culture of
sharing code. Its story and value structure make up a symbolic tale
during the age of post-industrial capitalism. The director
says:</blockquote>
<blockquote><br></blockquote>
<blockquote>&quot;I guess you have to be a hacker in order to
understand the specific mindset. To rebel against the idea, that the
underlying source code for a computer operating system should be
withheld. In the end, the concept of free software concerns not only
the code: it is about freedom, sharing, and community - about
creation, beauty, and 'having fun'. Besides this, examples of superior
technology have been created within free software projects. This 'open
source' attitude doesn=B4t mix smoothly with the concept of free
market economy. It is also a threat to traditional concepts of
copyright and intellectual property. Companies like Microsoft, that
base their business on closed source code, have tactically moulded
free software into an image of a monster of almost mccarthyian<br>
proportions. All this made up one of the strangest success stories of
the 1990=B4s and the early stages of the new millennium, epitomized by
the community=B4s gifted leader and invaluable icon, who planted the
seed for a movement whose ramifications continue to spread.&quot;<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>Yours,</blockquote>
<div><x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </x-tab>Hannu
Puttonen</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </x-tab><b>Film
Credits:</b></div>
<blockquote><b><br></b></blockquote>
<blockquote><b>Script and directing: Hannu Puttonen</b></blockquote>
<blockquote>Production: Kaarle Aho / Making Movies Oy<br>
Cinematography: Arto Kaivanto<br>
Editing: Kimmo Kohtam=E4ki<br>
Animation: Otso Pakarinen<br>
Special film effects and additional camera work: Seppo Renvall<br>
Sound recordist: Pirkko Tiitinen<br>
Music: Pertti Gr=F6nholm, Brandi Ifgray &amp; Tuomo
Puranen</blockquote>
<div>Distributor &amp; Print source: Making Movies (Finland)</div>
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