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

SVG SFD Promotion Flyers - Malaysia

by Khairil Yusof

It tries to cover all the freedoms not just software, but also open content and standards. Preview of it here: http://foss.org.my/Members/kaeru/foss-my-flyer.png/view Source files to localise it with your own banners and location. http://foss.org.my/projects/events/sfd/sfd2007/sfd-2007-flyer.zip

Sept. 11, 2007

Re: [SFD-discuss] high res versions of sponsor logos?

by Pia Waugh

Hi Douglas, <quote who="Douglas A. Whitfield"> > 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. Great point, no we don't have them up anywhere atm! Sorry! I'm uploading a few to a page linked from the Artwork page called "sponsor logos". So check that out in about 30 mins :) http://softwarefreedomday.org/Artwork/sponsorlogos Cheers, Pia -- Software Freedom Day 2007 http://softwarefreedomday.org/

Sept. 11, 2007

high res versions of sponsor logos?

by Douglas A. Whitfield

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

Sept. 10, 2007

Re: [SFD-discuss] Mark Shuttleworth Interview for Software Freedom Day

by Paul Schulz

Greetings, This is awesome! On 9/10/07, Cristóbal Palmer <cristobalpalmer(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On 9/10/07, Judy Wilson <judy(a)corozal.com> wrote: <snip/> > Thanks so much for doing this! And for sharing it! This will be > awesome to have for our SFD expo in Chapel Hill, NC. I'd love to have > this looping on a screen that people can walk up to between talks. I am planning of showing it as our opening 'talk' in Mawson Lakes, Adelaide, Australia... with something like the following introduction.. --- Welcome I am about to show a video interview with Mark Shuttleworth, which was done in response to some questions sent to him by the great folk at the Software Freedom International, the organisation behind Software Freedom Day. Mark make a lot of money with his South African company Thawte during the dot-com era using Free and Open Source software. He become the first African in space and is the founder of the Ubuntu project, the current version of which we are giving away today. ... Mark Shuttleworth. ---

Sept. 10, 2007

Re: [SFD-discuss] Mark Shuttleworth Interview for Software Freedom Day

by Cristóbal Palmer

On 9/10/07, Judy Wilson <judy(a)corozal.com> wrote: > It is now available for download at: > > http://www.archive.org/details/Mark_Shuttleworth_SFD <snip /> > Judy of SFI Judy, Thanks so much for doing this! And for sharing it! This will be awesome to have for our SFD expo in Chapel Hill, NC. I'd love to have this looping on a screen that people can walk up to between talks. Cheers, -- Cristóbal M. Palmer celebrating 15 years of sunsite/metalab/ibiblio: http://tinyurl.com/2o8hj4

Sept. 10, 2007

Mark Shuttleworth Interview for Software Freedom Day

by Judy Wilson

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

Sept. 10, 2007

OLPCs for the SFD competition

by Pia Waugh

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/

Sept. 9, 2007

Re: [SFD-discuss] Using global sponsors logos

by Pia Waugh

Hi Subir, <quote who="Subir Pradhanang"> > 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. So long as your clearly distinguish them, it should be fine. Cheers, Pia -- Software Freedom Day 2007 http://softwarefreedomday.org/

Sept. 8, 2007

Using global sponsors logos

by Subir Pradhanang

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

Sept. 8, 2007

SFD email sigs and sponsors

by Pia Waugh

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/

Sept. 7, 2007