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Welcome to SFD 2009
by Robert Schumann 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

Hi SFDers, Welcome to Software Freedom Day 2009 - best wishes from all of us at SFD central for a successful SFD event. While you're out there spreading the word, remember to stay positive and focus on the benefits of software freedom and your rights in a digital world - not on the negatives of other approaches. Good luck, and we will be in touch after SFD to let you know how you can shape the future of SFD by letting us know how your event went. Best regards, Robert President, Software Freedom International

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SFD in identi.ca, also SFD in Montreal + Quebec City
by Fabian Rodriguez 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

Hello fellow SFDers. Please don't forget to get the word out about SFD and your respective activities on your social networks. If you're posting to identi.ca, please join the following group: http://identi.ca/group/sfd Then you can post to it by using "!sfd ". I just posted information relevant to Montreal & Quebec City. Happy SFD! Cheers, Fabian Rodriguez http://wiki.ubuntu.com/MagicFab

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SFD in Kiel, Germany today
by Thilo Pfennig 18 Sep '09

18 Sep '09

Hi, we will also be holding our SFD today. I am excited about our second run after last years premier. Many things got better in preparations expect we are far from perfection. There is still room for improvement. We will be focussing on Ubuntu and OpenOffice.org mainly because it makes everything more simple. I am exited what will happen tomorrow. How many people will come and how things will work out. Regards, Thilo Kiel, Germany http://sfdsh.de/ -- Thilo Pfennig - PfennigSolutions IT-Beratung- Wiki-Systeme Sandkrug 28 - 24143 Kiel (Germany) http://www.pfennigsolutions.de/ XING: https://www.xing.com/profile/Thilo_Pfennig - LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tpfennig

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Fwd: Software Freedom Day in Delhi
by narendra sisodiya 18 Sep '09

18 Sep '09

Hi All, I have removed windows logo key on the eve of Software Freedom Day - Here is the blog post - http://techfandu.blogspot.com/2009/09/removed-windows-key-from-keyboard.html -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya ( नरेन्द्र सिसोदिया ) │ Web : http://narendra.techfandu.org │ Twitter : http://tinyurl.com/dz7e4a └─────────────────────────┘

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SA
by andre 18 Sep '09

18 Sep '09

We had some press exposure in many publications in South Africa Pia is also quoted in some :) eg: http://www.itweb.co.za/ Have fun tomorrow everyone! :) andre

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SFD 2009 at Sona College of Technology , Salem , TN . India Report
by David S 18 Sep '09

18 Sep '09

*SOFTWARE FREEDOM DAY, SEP 19**th * *2009* *SONA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY* *Department of Information Technology* *What is Software Freedom Day?* Software Freedom Day (SFD) is a worldwide celebration of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). The reason behind the SOFTWARE FREEDOM DAY celebration is to promote the use and awareness of FOSS among Academic community and Industries. We have invited about 58 schools in and around the Salem city to take part in this celebration. We have also set up 20 stalls to demonstrate about various open source softwares. *Events:* - Short films explaining the technology and benefits behind the use of open source softwares. - Short film contest for students - About the advantages of open source developed using open source softwares. - Demonstration for the installation of various GNU/Linux distributions. *Agenda:* Seminar on Introduction to GCC Compiler and Debbuger *Speaker :* Mr.Sanjeev Saini, Project Engineer, AU-KBC Research Center, Anna University Chennai www.sonatech.ac.in/crdfoss

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SFD 2009 at Sona College of Technology , Salem , TN . India
by David S 18 Sep '09

18 Sep '09

Hey , we r ready to face the big day . More details : www.sonatech.ac.in/crdfoss -- S.David Samuel Azariya, R&D Lead/Lecturer, CRD-FOSS.IT-Dept. Sona College of Technology, Salem-636 005. david(a)sonatech.ac.in

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Re: [SFD-discuss] Media contribution
by Eugene Ranjo 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

Hi guys, The Big Day is coming! Artwork for button pin http://softwarefreedomday.org/Artwork/2009?action=AttachFile&do=view&target… Thanks, On 9/17/09, sfd-discuss-request(a)sf-day.org <sfd-discuss-request(a)sf-day.org> wrote: > Send SFD-discuss mailing list submissions to > sfd-discuss(a)sf-day.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > sfd-discuss-request(a)sf-day.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > sfd-discuss-owner(a)sf-day.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of SFD-discuss digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. plans, patents and openeducation disc - Pune (shirish) > 2. Re: plans, patents and openeducation disc - Pune > (Frederic Muller) > 3. Media contribution (Dmitry Agafonov) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:30:11 +0530 > From: shirish <shirishag75(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [SFD-discuss] plans, patents and openeducation disc - Pune > To: Open discussions about SFD <sfd-discuss(a)sf-day.org> > Message-ID: > <511f47f50909170000q7bf1115fw4f5cff75ce17a6e6(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hi all, > This is gonna be a longish post so please excuse. > > 1. Our plans have been put at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4424942/ > > Various talks related to free software and software freedom day will > be held at various locations in Pune. Here are the details: > > Lokayat Hall: The hall is at Law College Road, > near Nal Stop. The details of program are as follows > > -> Free Software and SFD - Abhijit M from Lokayat > -> Power of Firefox - Amit K from PLUG > -> A video film on relevant topic > > Date: Saturday, 19 September 2009 > Time: 5 - 8 PM > > On the same day we will have some programs in colleges as well. Their > details are as follows > > -> Program at COEP > A talk on free software and SFD by Amit K > A short video film > > -> Program at Modern Engg College ( Yet to be confirmed but it will > happen most likely) > A talk on free software and SFD by Rishikesh Y > Business models in FOSS / Some other topic on technical aspect of FOSS - > Shirish A > Presentation on desktop env comparison of GNU Linux and Students - > Some student of Modern Engg College > > -> Program at MMCC Engg College ( Yet to be confirmed ) > A talk on Free Software and SFD by Sudhanwa J > A talk on Localization/Indianization of GNU Linux > > -> Program at Sihagad Tech Instt ( Yet to be confirmed ) > A talk on Free Software and SFD by Vaibhav G > A talk on perl scripting by Amit K > Website: http://plug.org.in > > > Now one of the things is that most of the colleges seems to have made > a holiday on 19th for something or the other. If this is so we would > have to reschedule things a bit later, would inform the list as and > when things happen. > > The second part is somehow this week there had been 2-3 talks on > patents and patent-related stuff in my city > 1 already over 2 still going to happen :- > > http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4417676/ > > and > > http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4417672/ > > this is a bit upsetting for me personally, as there are no good > pre-made literature for fighting this FUD. Maybe somebody has ideas. > > The other part of the issue is there are two sorts of communities now > developing in Pune. > > While one is more experienced and wiser as they have been when > GNU/Linux had its share of growing pains and resources were limited > > There is a younger, more radical yet inexperienced and doesn't yet > understand the implications of entering into a patent-copyright > debate. > > Part of the problem is perhaps also the use of proxy war by > patent-users (meaning playing in minds of people by literature and > hand-waving rather than in court) to the copyright or copyleft stance > of people . > > Other issues such as file-sharing, privacy, culture also enter the > fair once you start engaging on those lines. > > The moot or most basic question is should software freedom day be > limited to just speaking and showing Free software and talking about > or use the larger canvass of free culture as well ? > > I felt the same question last year as well . > > Lastly, on a more practical note, the Openeducation Disc could do > perhaps with having a release number put up on it. I just went to the > site and saw there is OpenEducationDisc 09.07 > http://www.theopendisc.com/education/ now is this the version in the > discs given to us. > > > Looking forwad for feedback. > > -- > Regards, > Shirish Agarwal > My quotes in this email licensed under CC 3.0 > http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ > http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com > 065C 6D79 A68C E7EA 52B3 8D70 950D 53FB 729A 8B17 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:56:12 +0800 > From: Frederic Muller <fred(a)beijinglug.org> > Subject: Re: [SFD-discuss] plans, patents and openeducation disc - > Pune > To: Open discussions about SFD <sfd-discuss(a)sf-day.org> > Message-ID: <4AB1EB9C.6070500(a)beijinglug.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > shirish wrote: >> The moot or most basic question is should software freedom day be >> limited to just speaking and showing Free software and talking about >> or use the larger canvass of free culture as well ? >> > Softwarefreedomday is about letting know the worldwide public about > FOSS. I don't think you need to oppose the 2 ideas you're mentioning as > they don't oppose themselves. But you don't want to confuse your > audience neither and send the wrong message (whatever that is). In > short, make it simple and they might start to use FOSS. Make it > complicated and you've probably lost your chances. I'm sure you already > know the answer to your own question. >> I felt the same question last year as well . >> >> Lastly, on a more practical note, the Openeducation Disc could do >> perhaps with having a release number put up on it. I just went to the >> site and saw there is OpenEducationDisc 09.07 >> http://www.theopendisc.com/education/ now is this the version in the >> discs given to us. >> >> > It's actually based on 09.07 with VLC removed so not exactly the same. > We also added some Linux ISO files so it's really not in line with the > 09.07. I might even maybe have replaced the Firefox version to a newer > one (or maybe not, can't remember). > > In fact it's the "SFD edition" and you have the 2009 SFD logo on it to > remind you which one it is. > Similarly giving away the latest version of everything is not as > paramount as having someone trying the software (and he probably > couldn't care less whether it's Firefox 3.0, 3.5.1 or 3.5.3 when trying > out...). > I believe that just like any Linux installfest a lot more goes into > installing, than just clicking on the 'Next' button. >> Looking forwad for feedback. >> >> > Great to know your event preparation is moving forward, we also have a > few universities moving the date for several logistic reasons (no > student back, H1N1, etc.) > > Fred > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:49:37 +0400 > From: Dmitry Agafonov <agafonovdmitry(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [SFD-discuss] Media contribution > To: sfd-discuss(a)sf-day.org > Message-ID: > <2941043d0909170349h37317a8dqf9d080aa22cd2ec3(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi, SFD Teams! > > We made some media files during preparation to SFD-2009, so I'm sharing... > > Badges and Logo (Russian) already at Artwork page: > http://softwarefreedomday.org/Artwork/2009#head-f299c35b724a46bacbaa8979aa5… > > Video: > > SFD-2009 teaser (English) > - view: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1OyLodmX6Q > - download HQ ogg: > http://agafonov.pp.ru/wiki/_media/freesoftwareday2009/sfd2009.ogg > - Blender source: http://agafonov.pp.ru/wiki/_media/sfd1.blend.zip > > Linux AD / What does it mean to be free? (LF video winner, full Russian > translation) > - view: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srUonSGRnfs > - download HQ ogg: > http://agafonov.pp.ru/wiki/_media/freesoftwareday2009/linuxadamitaytweeto_r… > > ... to be continued ... > > -- > Dmitry Agafonov >

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700MB iso
by Sameer Verma 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

Does anyone have a 700MB ISO of the OpenDisc or has created something similar? The project has moved to 1.3GB DVDs but we'd like to give out CDs. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Center for Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ http://is.sfsu.edu/

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Photos and Pics 2009
by andre 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

The gallery and after event pages for 2009 here: http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/gallery/2009 :) andre

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