Re: [Debconf-video] Unauthorised logos in DC14 videos

Last I heard someone was going to find the thread that I started (which I can't find) where I asked what should go at the front and end of the videos; given no one came up with an an alternative, that would be considered authorization.

As far as I know, no sponsors paid to have their logo on the video given no one knew that was an option until I offered it.

I paid $300 for travel that I was not reimbursed. I let it go as a donation to the cause. If it helps straighten this out, apply it payment for the logo.

Of if the videos need to be removed for whatever reason, I will not complain.

On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 10:43 AM, Martín Ferrari <tincho@debian.org> wrote:

[I am sending this email to Carl, the fundraising and infra team leads,
fundraising and video team mailing lists, and the DebConf chairs.]

I presume you are all aware of this, but in case somebody is not, last
year the chairs learned that in many archived DC14 videos, there were
logos from a company that was not a sponsor of DC14 added at the end of
the video, effectively having as much -if not even more- visibility than
logos from companies that were prominent sponsors of the conference. The
company in question happens to be Carl's company.

This is inadmissible for a range of reasons: this was introduced into
the videos without anybody knowing, it looks very bad if our sponsors
were to find out, and made many people very angry for what they consider
profiting from other people's volunteering. I agree with that sentiment.

This is a breach of the trust put in Carl by the rest of the organising
team and volunteers. We are all sponsors in a way, as we could be
earning money instead of using our free time to make DebConf and Debian
happen, but nobody else gets the chance to promote their personal
projects with the resources of the conference.

I know that Carl was asked to remove these logos, and nothing happened.
I believe that the Fundraising and Infrastructure teams were asked to
intervene, as it is in their best interest not to alienate sponsors or
volunteers, but I think that was not conductive either.

It has recently brought to my attention that the issue was still not
solved, and I consider this situation unacceptable.

So, with my DebConf Chair hat I kindly ask:

1. Carl to remove these logos from any public copies of the DebConf
videos and issue a public apology.

2. The Infrastructure and Fundraising team to verify that this issue is
solved within one week from now, that is, February the 16th.

3. The Infrastructure team to put offline any videos that are not
compliant by that date, and not bring them back online until the logos
are removed. Then recruit volunteers to do the work inside the
infra/video team.

Tincho.

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Martín Ferrari (Tincho)