June 2009 - SFD-discuss - lists.mailman3.com

Greetings from Tokyo

by Jean Makisig

hello sfd people, im jong and based in Tokyo. we will be celebrating SFD2009 for the first time in Japan. our SFD celebration will be a joint collaboration with Asian Media Activist network also known as Champon Media Network. SFD 2009 Tokyo call-out: http://japan.indymedia.org/feature/display/2229/index.php Champon Media Network: http://mediachampon.net/en transmission by Jong Pirates

June 28, 2009

Team registration problem

by Evgeny Sinelnikov

Hello, I have a question about team registration. I tried to register Saratov Linux User Group (http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/europe/russia/saratov) two times. All times I get a message about confirm with two days, but letters not comes to my box. My email to info@ ignored too. What do I wrong? -- Sin (Sinelnikov Evgeny)

June 22, 2009

How to raise money to support your group

by Luis Gustavo Lira

Hi, I am curious whether any of the groups subscribed to the list are successfully using Ads or other kind of advertising on their blogs/sites to raise money to support their ongoing efforts. If anyone has experience with approaching corporations or foundations for money to sustain projects in exchange for ads on their site. Another way to think about it is whether projects can make money offering services. I'm doing some research on sustainability and fundraising. We are using adsence and amazon on our blogs however our founds sources are the traditional, usually International NGOs with local chapters in Peru: Ashoka, Lemelson, NESsT, Tecnoserve, etc. http://scitechbizdev.blogspot.com/ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ¡Obtén la mejor experiencia en la web! Descarga gratis el nuevo Internet Explorer 8. http://downloads.yahoo.com/ieak8/?l=e1

June 20, 2009

Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD is on Talk Like a Pirate Day?

by Bruce Kingsbury

2009/6/20 Pia Waugh <greebo(a)pipka.org> > Hi all, > > <quote who="Kevin Cole"> > > > On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 16:07, R. Steven Rainwater <srainwater(a)ncc.com > >wrote: > > > > > I just noticed that SFD 2009 is scheduled to occur on International > Talk > > > Like a Pirate Day (19 Sep). Is that intentional, perhaps to raise the > > > topic of software piracy or something? Or was it just a coincidence? > I'm > > > betting the SFD t-shirts and artwork this year have some sort of pirate > > > theme! :) > > Perhaps we should look to the Pirate Party for advice? > > http://www.piratpartiet.se/international/english > > They got 7% of the vote in Sweden :) > Exactly my point; the pirate party oppose strong copyright, copyright extensions, DRM, and laws such as the DMCA. Most Free software supporters would agree with this. They are also against patents, particularly pharmaceutical, business method and software patents, but they'd like to abolish all patents and make a sound argument for doing so. They also support greater privacy and less surveillance. There's nothing there that I disagree with. -- Disclaimer: By sending an email to any of my addresses you are agreeing that: 1. I am by definition, "the intended recipient" 2. All information in the email is mine to do with as I see fit and make such financial profit, political mileage, or good joke as it lends itself to. 3. I may take the contents as representing the views of your company. 4. This overrides any disclaimer or statement of confidentiality that may be included on your message.

June 19, 2009

Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD is on Talk Like a Pirate Day?

by Pia Waugh

Hi all, <quote who="Kevin Cole"> > On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 16:07, R. Steven Rainwater <srainwater(a)ncc.com>wrote: > > > I just noticed that SFD 2009 is scheduled to occur on International Talk > > Like a Pirate Day (19 Sep). Is that intentional, perhaps to raise the > > topic of software piracy or something? Or was it just a coincidence? I'm > > betting the SFD t-shirts and artwork this year have some sort of pirate > > theme! :) Perhaps we should look to the Pirate Party for advice? http://www.piratpartiet.se/international/english They got 7% of the vote in Sweden :) Cheers, Pia -- OLPC Friends http://olpcfriends.org/ Linux Australia http://linux.org.au/ Open Source Industry Australia http://osia.net.au/ Software Freedom Day http://softwarefreedomday.org/ "Watching television is like taking black spray paint to your third eye." - Bill Hicks

June 19, 2009

Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD is on Talk Like a Pirate Day?

by Michał 'rysiek' Woźniak

Dnia piątek, 19 czerwca 2009 o 22:29:38 Alan Pope napisał(a): > 2009/6/19 R. Steven Rainwater <srainwater(a)ncc.com>: > > I just noticed that SFD 2009 is scheduled to occur on International Talk > > Like a Pirate Day (19 Sep). Is that intentional, perhaps to raise the > > topic of software piracy or something? Or was it just a coincidence? I'm > > betting the SFD t-shirts and artwork this year have some sort of pirate > > theme! :) > > Clearly any free software event is going to clash with _something_. > It's unfortunate that SFD it clashes with TLAP day in my opinion. > There is a completely inappropriate connection between real-world > pirates (currently Somalian coast etc) and their copyright-breaching > namesakes. I don't see that a Free software event would want to be > remotely connected with either of those no-go areas. > > As far as I'm concerned TLAP day is one of those internet memes that > should have died long ago with hampster dance and rickrolls, and > shouldn't be connected with a serious event such as SFD. I beg to differ. I, for one, tend to take the whole Free Software movement as a great practical joke of sorts - all those "copylefts", "all rights reversed" and "oh wtf has happened to all our business models?" are just great fun to tak part in. Don't get me wrong - I personally use and develop FLOSS; I evangelise the Living Sith out of my collegues and cow-orkers; and I do thing FLOSS is *the way to go*. But I consider the stiffness/seriousness of many a corporations a big part of the problem we have with copyrights and proprietary software. Let's be joyful and happy, and able to joke about ourselves and the world. It makes contacts easier, work more fun and a better image for Free Software. It's too serious a matter to be too serious about it! ;) Cheers Mike aka rysiek

June 19, 2009

Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD is on Talk Like a Pirate Day?

by Kevin Cole

On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 16:07, R. Steven Rainwater <srainwater(a)ncc.com>wrote: > I just noticed that SFD 2009 is scheduled to occur on International Talk > Like a Pirate Day (19 Sep). Is that intentional, perhaps to raise the > topic of software piracy or something? Or was it just a coincidence? I'm > betting the SFD t-shirts and artwork this year have some sort of pirate > theme! :) > > -Steve Clearly, then, we should all remember to promote this Free Software project: http://www.r-project.org/ Arrrrrr! ;-) (And let's not forget about the "sea" programming language, but mentioning "sea plus plus" won't be necessary.) -- Ubuntu Linux DC LoCo Washington, DC http://dc.ubuntu-us.org/

June 19, 2009

Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD is on Talk Like a Pirate Day?

by Bruce Kingsbury

> Clearly any free software event is going to clash with _something_. > It's unfortunate that SFD it clashes with TLAP day in my opinion. > There is a completely inappropriate connection between real-world > pirates (currently Somalian coast etc) and their copyright-breaching > namesakes. I don't see that a Free software event would want to be > remotely connected with either of those no-go areas. > I disagree. I do not mind being associated with either kind of pirate; http://www.huffingtonpost.com/johann-hari/you-are-being-lied-to-abo_b_15514… http://www.piratpartiet.se/international/english -- Disclaimer: By sending an email to any of my addresses you are agreeing that: 1. I am by definition, "the intended recipient" 2. All information in the email is mine to do with as I see fit and make such financial profit, political mileage, or good joke as it lends itself to. 3. I may take the contents as representing the views of your company. 4. This overrides any disclaimer or statement of confidentiality that may be included on your message.

June 19, 2009

Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD is on Talk Like a Pirate Day?

by Oscar Valenzuela B.

El vie, 19-06-2009 a las 21:29 +0100, Alan Pope escribió: > 2009/6/19 R. Steven Rainwater <srainwater(a)ncc.com>: > > I just noticed that SFD 2009 is scheduled to occur on International Talk > > Like a Pirate Day (19 Sep). Is that intentional, perhaps to raise the > > topic of software piracy or something? Or was it just a coincidence? I'm > > betting the SFD t-shirts and artwork this year have some sort of pirate > > theme! :) > > > > Clearly any free software event is going to clash with _something_. > It's unfortunate that SFD it clashes with TLAP day in my opinion. > There is a completely inappropriate connection between real-world > pirates (currently Somalian coast etc) and their copyright-breaching > namesakes. I don't see that a Free software event would want to be > remotely connected with either of those no-go areas. I agree! > > As far as I'm concerned TLAP day is one of those internet memes that > should have died long ago with hampster dance and rickrolls, and > shouldn't be connected with a serious event such as SFD. > > Cheers, > Al. > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > -- Saludos Cordiales. Oscar Valenzuela B. (http://ovalenzuela.gnuchile.cl) Presidente Fundación (ovalenzuela(a)gnuchile.cl) Fundación de Desarrollo Tecnológico Libre FSF LATIN AMERICAN BOARD MEMBER Comunidad Chilena GNU (www.gnuchile.cl) -------------------------------------------------- Por favor ayudanos a proteger tu libertad!. Unase hoy y haga la diferencia, cada miembro cuenta! Realice una donación a la Fundación GNUCHILE.

June 19, 2009

Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD is on Talk Like a Pirate Day?

by Alan Pope

2009/6/19 R. Steven Rainwater <srainwater(a)ncc.com>: > I just noticed that SFD 2009 is scheduled to occur on International Talk > Like a Pirate Day (19 Sep). Is that intentional, perhaps to raise the > topic of software piracy or something? Or was it just a coincidence? I'm > betting the SFD t-shirts and artwork this year have some sort of pirate > theme! :) > Clearly any free software event is going to clash with _something_. It's unfortunate that SFD it clashes with TLAP day in my opinion. There is a completely inappropriate connection between real-world pirates (currently Somalian coast etc) and their copyright-breaching namesakes. I don't see that a Free software event would want to be remotely connected with either of those no-go areas. As far as I'm concerned TLAP day is one of those internet memes that should have died long ago with hampster dance and rickrolls, and shouldn't be connected with a serious event such as SFD. Cheers, Al.

June 19, 2009