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Media contribution
by Dmitry Agafonov 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

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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plans, patents and openeducation disc - Pune
by shirish 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

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

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Any SFD events in or near Dallas, Texas this year?
by R. Steven Rainwater 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

I've checked both the team list and the map but don't seen any events in Dallas, Texas this year. I thought I'd check here just in case someone knows of an event that didn't get listed yet. Maybe all the free software people in Texas will be celebrating International Talk Like Pirate day instead this year? -Steve -- http://www.ncc.com/humans/srainwater/

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Reports
by Mani A 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

Where do I put in the report for SFD'2009? The Kolkata team had its SFD event yesterday (15th). Thanks A. Mani -- A. Mani ASL, CLC, AMS, CMS http://www.logicamani.co.cc

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an A to Y of Free Software in Russian
by Ivan Shmakov 14 Sep '09

14 Sep '09

As part of my preparations to the oncoming Software Freedom Day celebration here, at Altai State University (Barnaul, Altai Krai, Russia), I've prepared a leaflet, which could be called ``an A to Y of Free Software'', to be used as a give-away stuff, primarily targetted at newcomers. The leaflet contains a list of 25 Free Software products (for each of the English alphabet letters, excluding Z), each accompanied by an URL and a short annotation given in Russian, sometimes a bit humorous. The selection of the packages is rather arbitrary. I'd appreciate any comments, especially from the Russian language-speaking Free Software users, as I'm not yet sure about wording, typos, etc. I'd be especially glad to see any variants covering completely distinct sets of Free Software packages. http://waterlily.ip.uusia.org/~ivan/doc-files/a-y-freesoftware-2009/a-y-fre… http://waterlily.ip.uusia.org/~ivan/doc-files/a-y-freesoftware-2009/a-y-fre… -- FSF associate member #7257

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Ubuntu Discs (SFD Supplies) requires Customs clearance (Bangalore, India)
by SANAULLAH 14 Sep '09

14 Sep '09

Hi, The Ubuntu discs which were sent as part of the SFD team supplies require customs clearance in India. They are asking for copy of the order pf confirmation or the details of the contents of the documetns/cd's/dvd's. When contacted the customs office in Bangalore, India they are asking to pay the equivalent amount of the discs to get it cleared. Anyone from India who have faced such a situation and have solved it? Thanks, -- Mohamed Sanaulla Campus Ambassador, Sun Microsystems NITK Surathkal, India http://twitter.com/letmeknowupdate

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SFD - Melbourne Australia
by Cat Scratch 12 Sep '09

12 Sep '09

Hi everyone! The clock ticks down - We've published our program for Software Freedom Day 2009 - and we're really looking forward to a great day! http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/melb Good luck to all in your final preparations! cheers! Donna -- Software Freedom Day 2009 http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/melb A world wide celebration of Free and Open Source Software Melbourne event at Melb PC Chadstone and the community behind it. 11am - 4pm, Saturday 19 September

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open source software for mac
by Cat Scratch 12 Sep '09

12 Sep '09

Hey Everyone! We have made an ISO of FOSS for Macs and put it up on torrent sites... grab it here and help seed it :) http://cafuego.net/2009/08/03/open-source-mac-200908 -- Software Freedom Day 2009 http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/melb A world wide celebration of Free and Open Source Software Melbourne event at Melb PC Chadstone and the community behind it. 11am - 4pm, Saturday 19 September

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video trailer from Tokyo
by Jean Makisig 12 Sep '09

12 Sep '09

hello SFD'ers. we have here our video trailer for SFD 2009 Tokyo. just wanna share it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvLtDn850m8 this is cut in KDENLIVE jean http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/japan/tokyo/tokyofoss

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sfd day in cyprus,nicosia
by Oguz Yarimtepe 12 Sep '09

12 Sep '09

Hi all, I have registered my team to SFD, a few days ago. It seem i was late for early registration to take promotion cds and other stuff. I was wondering whether there are others around Nicosia, following SFD. It seems we are the only group willing to hold a day in Cyprus. I will be happy if there are others, please contact with me. Also i will be really appreciated if we have some flyers, t-shirts and cds for this organization. I know it is too late, but i just wanted to try my chance. -- Oguz Yarimtepe <oguzyarimtepe(a)gmail.com>

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