FOSS+beer 011: Man-tiques

12 Degree Brewing | GNU General Public License v2 | Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones | UltraVNC

Opened in June 2013 – “an artisanal, Belgian-inspired brewery located in the heart of Old Town Louisville, Colorado.”
Minimal website, but does have menu for food on hand; also minimal info on Facebook page, so we had to go down there to check it out…(for the record, Boups was prepared to record post-mission)
Distribution: none, only available in taproom. No plans to do otherwise – true local neighborhood brewpub
Also have concert film series on projector and big screen
The story behind the name: Belgian brewers measured fermentable sugar content (or gravity) of beers as expressed in “Belgian brewing degrees” – often name beers based on where they fell on scale. Twelve Degree takes name from a pilot batch of quadruple which happened to be a 12 degree beer on the scale (which is very high)
Brewpub is nice, quaint – fits in well with neighbors, which include vinyl store and “man-tiques” store; recommend for a stop on the Boulder County beer tour

GNU General Public License v2 – a complete look (@ 12′ in)

GPLv1 – written in 1989 ; GPLv2 written in 1991 by Richard Stallman – considered (by some calculations) to be most widely used free software license;
considered the free software bible or constitution
“copyleft is a concept; GPLv2 is an implementation” (RMS quote)
Boups (did homework) read GPLv2 and gives us his “first impression” – he thought is was pretty straight forward, trying to protect authors and create a community (you’ll have to listen to hear the rest!!)
Discussed the preamble (is it part of the license?); acceptance and consideration; and patents in section 7
Went through a couple scenarios- what if Boups wrote some software; Acme takes it and wants to modify and close-source it? There are examples of previously open source s/w that have gone closed source
Check out two new compliance guides provided by Software Freedom Law Center and Software Freedom Conservancy which provide a good guide for software best practices (not just open source). Dear Lawyers: learn how to counsel your software developers
We realized we could do a few shows on this license and its companions…

(@ 53′ in)

Google’s ODF support launches ahead of schedule. Going back to Tech Tip from Episode 002 about Libre Office

Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones

Jilayne got Bose QuietComfort® 25 Acoustic Noise Cancelling® headphones for Xmas – for plane travel, they are addictive. Period.

UltraVNC (@ 1:11 in)

License: GPLv2 (of couse)
It’s a VNC corss-platform implementation: Virtual Network Computing – ability to view and control a computer from somewhere else.
Super useful if you are providing tech support. Can tunnel through other protocols, but probably not super useful to help Grandma with her computer.
Can also use it to transfer files from one computer to another (in your house or otherwise)
Useful for supporting a small team on same corporate network at remote locations and want to team-edit a document, etc. or need to change or configure a computer or install software or you have lots of computers and household w/kids

12 Degree Brewing

Velour Fog: The pilot beer for which the brewery was named. Quadrupel. 11% ABV
- JL: yum!! warm and smooth
- Mark: the word left off was, “boozy” – loved it, 5 stars
- Boups: nice, like it, it’s a high-alcohol beer, but likes the Midnight Fog better, b/c a bit bigger beer, a bit darker.
12-13-14: Collaboration with Odd 13 Brewing in Lafayette, which we reviewed in Episode 003. Available in some local stores also. Strong Belgian sour, with pale color. 8% ABV
- JL: a bit more acidic (in comparison)
- Mark: a “beginner’s sour”
- Boups: meh
Walter’s White: Belgian white, brewed with coriander and orange peel. 5.7% ABV
- JL: yummy-yum-yum. light and easy to drink, with a bit of a Belgian twist (taste of coriander??)
- Mark: so drinkable, nice amount of coriander, saison-ish, a bit of a warm weather beer
- Boups: you could make a candy, i love it.