August 2008 - SFD-discuss - lists.mailman3.com

Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD-promotion virus by "uncorkers" team?

by Janet Hawtin

It is not useful to do anything which is destructive or intrusive. Infringing the user's space with ones own technology or intent is in contradiction to the idea of software freedom. Not useful. Janet

Aug. 2, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD-promotion virus by "uncorkers" team?

by Janet Hawtin

On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 12:24 PM, DK <wplug(a)curlynoodle.com> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 8:10 PM, draicone(a)gmail.com <draicone(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Quoting from http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/uncorkers: >> I understand the organizer intends well, but this seems totally against the >> spirit of Software Freedom Day. Were we to start hijacking home pages to the >> SFD site, we also run the risk of it being DNS blocked (by ISPs, AV/AS >> companies or any other party). Any plan like this could be a PR nightmare >> for SFD, and I'm sure we don't want to be labelled as hackers in the common >> definition of the term. > > I agree that SFD should be labeled as "hackers". Mainstream media and > advertising uses the term "hacker" to describe a person engaged in > criminal behavior. As such, the vast majority of the public have no > conception of an "ethical hacker"; its just an oxymoron to most. > > Please consider another tactic for promoting FOSS, keeping in mind one > goal is to appeal to the general public. > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss >

Aug. 2, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD-promotion virus by "uncorkers" team?

by DK

On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 8:10 PM, draicone(a)gmail.com <draicone(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Quoting from http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/uncorkers: > I understand the organizer intends well, but this seems totally against the > spirit of Software Freedom Day. Were we to start hijacking home pages to the > SFD site, we also run the risk of it being DNS blocked (by ISPs, AV/AS > companies or any other party). Any plan like this could be a PR nightmare > for SFD, and I'm sure we don't want to be labelled as hackers in the common > definition of the term. I agree that SFD should be labeled as "hackers". Mainstream media and advertising uses the term "hacker" to describe a person engaged in criminal behavior. As such, the vast majority of the public have no conception of an "ethical hacker"; its just an oxymoron to most. Please consider another tactic for promoting FOSS, keeping in mind one goal is to appeal to the general public.

Aug. 2, 2008

SFD-promotion virus by "uncorkers" team?

by draicone＠gmail.com

Quoting from http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/uncorkers:* * ** *Uncorkers is a group of highly ethical hackers who are die hard fans of Free/Open Source softwares, we like to spread FOSS in a world wide scale - ethically hacking most of the computes running windows to seduce the users to use open source software, we think, would do good to every FOSS and a fan's feelings... * *Our plan for this year's sfday is to make a self copying logic bomb see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic_Bomb for info. which would make ethical and minor changes to host windows computers like changing the wallpaper to software freedom day logo with URI to info, Home page of browser set to softwarefreedomday.org and a page specially made by uncorkers for the occasion search page set to creative commons search or google search for free content... * I understand the organizer intends well, but this seems totally against the spirit of Software Freedom Day. Were we to start hijacking home pages to the SFD site, we also run the risk of it being DNS blocked (by ISPs, AV/AS companies or any other party). Any plan like this could be a PR nightmare for SFD, and I'm sure we don't want to be labelled as hackers in the common definition of the term.

Aug. 2, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] "Promotional educational material" stickers on the pack for duty issues

by Robert Schumann

Hi all, At the moment, T-shirt sales are being held up because of an administrative problem. Sorry about this - we will make an announcement when the online shop is up and running. T-shirts are likely to cost around USD10 each (but don't quote me on that). Robert. On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 5:15 PM, Norman Garcia Aguilar < norman.garcia(a)ubuntu.org.ni> wrote: > > > On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 1:23 AM, Frederic Muller <fred(a)beijinglug.org>wrote: > >> Answer provided off the list as well. We're only shipping 3 (free) >> t-shirts per team. >> > > And if a team wants more t-shirts? What is the cost of the t-shirts? > > > >> Fred >> > > > -- > Norman Garcia Aguilar > http://normangaguilar.blogspot.com > Linux user # 444131 > Ubuntu user # 15806 > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > >

Aug. 1, 2008

PromoDVD OpenSUSE 11 Party

by Peter Eisinger

Hi, nice new: Order Promo DVD copies OpenSUSE 11.0 The openSUSE Promo DVD is a special 32-bit edition used as giveaway on fairs or as covermount on magazines. It includes GNOME and KDE4 live systems but also an installation part. Order: http://software.opensuse.org/promodvd -- Regards, Peter Eisinger http://PreguntasLinux.Org Comunidad de Software Libre Foro GNU/Linux/FLOSS/*NIX Support Installfest FLISoL SFD http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/global/preguntaslinux JRSL 2008 (20/22 de Agosto) http://jornadasregionales.org SFD 2008 (20 de Septiembre) http://softwarefreedomday.org FLISOL 2009 (25 de Abril) http://flisol.net

Aug. 1, 2008