September 2007 - SFD-discuss - lists.mailman3.com

high res versions of sponsor logos?
by Douglas A. Whitfield 11 Sep '07

11 Sep '07

Are there high res versions of the global sponsor logos anywhere? We are in the middle of designing our full-page ad in the student newspaper and are realizing we don't have quality images. Thanks! Douglas A. Whitfield Carolina Open Source Initiative Co-President http://www.ibiblio.org/cosi Group SFD site: http://tinyurl.com/2qmreb Cell: 919-360-0306 Software Freedom Day *Friday, September 14th* UNC Student Union, Great Hall

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Mark Shuttleworth Interview for Software Freedom Day
by Judy Wilson 10 Sep '07

10 Sep '07

Last Thursday we received a DVD from Mark Shuttleworth with a 14.5 minute interview using questions that I submitted. My husband, Jan, re-encoded it and reduced it from one gigabyte to 152 megabytes. The questions relate to how he got involved in Open Source, his experience in space, why he decided to start Ubuntu, what the word ubuntu means, and how he feels about the progress of open source and Ubuntu to date. It is now available for download at: http://www.archive.org/details/Mark_Shuttleworth_SFD It took us about 3 hours to upload the file, but your connection may be faster. We think it's an excellent interview. He starts and ends complimenting the work done on Software Freedom Day and wishes us success on this one. It is not "dated" so it will be appropriate for at least a couple of years, or to use as you see fit. It's under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike open source license. If you download it and watch it, please consider going back to that page on archive.org and writing a review. Enjoy! Judy of SFI

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OLPCs for the SFD competition
by Pia Waugh 09 Sep '07

09 Sep '07

Hi all, Only 6 days to go for most of our events!! Just a couple of last things to think about. 1) We have had a third OLPC donated for the 2007 SFD competition from the OLPC project themselves! This means there are 3 chances to win an OLPC! Check out the Competition page. The 2 best events and the best OLPC contribution or plan all win one. Entries close 30th September so you have some time to pull together your entries. http://softwarefreedomday.org/Competition2007 2) Make sure your SFD wiki pages are up to date, and try to get some posters, radio play, announcements out early this week to get more people along to your event. 3) Make sure you take loads of pictures and upload them to the gallery :) We'll be putting up a reporting tool for everyone after the event, so please fill out a basic report because it helps us demonstrate the global success of the day and gain more support for SFD. Happy SFD everyone and good luck with all your events. Thank you _all_ for helping take software freedom to the world and doing your part to create a better future! :) Cheers, Pia -- Software Freedom Day 2007 http://softwarefreedomday.org/

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Using global sponsors logos
by Subir Pradhanang 08 Sep '07

08 Sep '07

Hi all, We are trying to finalize our banners for SFD here in Nepal. We've already put our local sponsors logos in those banners, posters and flyers. My query is whether we can use the global sponsors logos in those banners and posters by distinguishing them from local sponsors. Cheers, Subir

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SFD email sigs and sponsors
by Pia Waugh 07 Sep '07

07 Sep '07

Hi all, we just noticed someone had Dell and Red Hat in their sig as a sponsor of their event, but it wasn't clear whether the companies were sponsoring the global event, or their event. We encourage all teams to get local sponsorship where they can as it encourages local support of FOSS and our community, but please make sure it is clear that local sponsors are supporting local events, so we can differentiate between local sponsors and global sponsors. Thanks everyone! Cheers, Pia -- Software Freedom Day 2007 http://softwarefreedomday.org/

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SFD Balloons
by Russell John 06 Sep '07

06 Sep '07

I received the SFD balloons and stickers today, and my 5 year old cousin posed for me with a balloon in her hand: http://flickr.com/photos/russelljohn/1336826850/ Feel free to use it on the SFD website or anywhere you want to... it's CC licensed. Thanks, Russell SFD Bangladesh Team

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SFD stuff in Montreal!
by Fabian Rodriguez 06 Sep '07

06 Sep '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 Hi, I got Tshirst, stickers and FSF bulletins just in time for Montreal's activities! Thank you! Cheers, Fabian Rodriguez - FSF Member #3877, FACIL founding member http://facil.qc.ca/FabianRodriguezEn Montreal, QC, Canada -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: PGP/Mime available upon request Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG4IFefUcTXFrypNURA+EsAKCaw8g+nG1SDb4U9qkex/GeGhzbTgCgg4lb JxNKvERo1QMD+ZHDEbASi/8= =be8a -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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SFDay in Guinea
by camara 06 Sep '07

06 Sep '07

Hello Yesterday I got the cd-roms of Ubuntu and OpenCD, thank you very mush. I also inform you that the activities of this day unfolding from the 10 to 15 September. Cordially

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Hanoi SFD2007 in media
by David Tremblay 05 Sep '07

05 Sep '07

Not that we want to compete in anyway but maybe some emulation is be good. http://thoibaoviet.com/live/FrontPage06/Khoa-hoc-cong-nghe/News-page?conten… Oh yea, and we just got started -- David Tremblay <david(a)ngowiki.net> IT analyst

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The Open CD image - update
by Pia Waugh 05 Sep '07

05 Sep '07

Hi all, Thanks all for bringing the issue of the faulty Thunderbird application on the SFD The Open CD image to our attention, there is a fixed iso available at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=51874. Of course if you've already downloaded the previous version the only change is the inclusion of a working copy of thunderbird so if you don't want to download the whole thing again then replacing /programs/thunderbird/setup.exe with http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/download.sourceforge.net/pub/sourceforge… will work just as well. If you are going to amend the ISO yourself please ensure that you have up to date and trustworthy antivirus software installed. The Thunderbird application is the only one with an error, and our apologies for this oversight. It was overlooked in the madness to get it to you all in time for printing. Please let people you hand the CDs to know about the issue, and feel free to download the updated ISO which has this issue fixed. Happy SFD planning! Only 10 days to go! And remember to check out this years competitions at http://softwarefreedomday.org/Competition2007. There are two OLPCs for the two winners :) Cheers, Pia -- Software Freedom Day 2007 http://softwarefreedomday.org/

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