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Re: [SFD-discuss] [SFD-announce] Sponsorship confirmed and testing ahead

by Thilo Pfennig

Well it is up to the user what they will upload. I dont see us removing documents which are not open standards. That would hurt freedom even more. Regards, Thilo

July 3, 2010

Re: [SFD-discuss] [SFD-announce] Sponsorship confirmed and testing ahead

by Lars Nooden

On 07/03/2010 05:50 PM, Thilo Pfennig wrote: > Am 03.07.2010 14:51, schrieb Lars Nooden: >> On 07/01/2010 11:15 PM, Thilo Pfennig wrote: >>> Btw, all attached documents (like ODT, PDF, Word) should now be >>> searchable inside via xapian (http://xapian.org/) >> >> Can we set a goal that the open formats will be used exclusively? > Whats closed about XAPIAN? Documents and document formats address data, not software (e.g. xapian). http://www.apdip.net/publications/fosseprimers/foss-openstds-withcover.pdf http://www.sutor.com/c/essays/osvsos/ When bringing attention to Software Freedom, it helps that open formats are used when promoting software freedom. The message does refer to attached documents, two of which (ODT {sic} and PDF ) are open. In the case of text, ASCII, UTF-8, XHTML, DocBook, ODF, and PDF/A are open formats. When accepting documents for indexing by a SFD project or sub-project, open formats help Freedom, closed formats hurt Freedom. Regards, /Lars

July 3, 2010

Re: [SFD-discuss] [SFD-announce] Sponsorship confirmed and testing ahead

by Thilo Pfennig

Am 03.07.2010 14:51, schrieb Lars Nooden: > On 07/01/2010 11:15 PM, Thilo Pfennig wrote: >> Btw, all attached documents (like ODT, PDF, Word) should now be >> searchable inside via xapian (http://xapian.org/) > > Can we set a goal that the open formats will be used exclusively? > Whats closed about XAPIAN? -- 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

July 3, 2010

Re: [SFD-discuss] [SFD-announce] Sponsorship confirmed and testing ahead

by Lars Nooden

On 07/01/2010 11:15 PM, Thilo Pfennig wrote: > Btw, all attached documents (like ODT, PDF, Word) should now be > searchable inside via xapian (http://xapian.org/) Can we set a goal that the open formats will be used exclusively? /Lars

July 3, 2010

Re: [SFD-discuss] [SFD-announce] Sponsorship confirmed and testing ahead

by Frederic Muller

On 07/02/2010 02:09 AM, Steve Rainwater wrote: > On Fri, 2010-07-02 at 00:23 +0800, Frederic Muller wrote: > >>> I looked up the SFD website today to see if I could sign up a local team >>> but discovered there's not much 2010 info there yet. Then I noticed this >>> discussion on the list and thought I'd join it. >>> >>> >>> >> Dear Steve, >> >> The wiki is already up at wiki.softwarefreedomday.org and you can start >> entering information about your team and the event you're preparing. >> > Thanks, the new wiki looks great. :) > > I created an account and logged but it's not at all clear where or how > to register a team. Are there any instructions? There's a reference to a > "StartGuide" but it just links to an empty page with a Chinese word. > There's a "register" link on the menu but it doesn't seem to work > either. And there don't appear to be any existing locations or teams > that I can find. Am I missing something? > > -Steve > Dear Steve, As I mentioned previously the registration script is still not up (and not all pages have been copied over. The old wiki is still available in read only mode on www.softwarefreedomday.org is you miss some of the information previously available) but you can already create your wiki page following the structure below: YEAR/CONTINENT/COUNTRY/CITY-REGION/TEAM A lot of Countries have been created already. We'll announce as soon as the official registration opens. Thank you for your patience. Fred

July 2, 2010

Re: [SFD-discuss] [SFD-announce] Sponsorship confirmed and testing ahead

by Thilo Pfennig

Btw, all attached documents (like ODT, PDF, Word) should now be searchable inside via xapian (http://xapian.org/) regards, Thilo

July 1, 2010

Re: [SFD-discuss] [SFD-announce] Sponsorship confirmed and testing ahead

by Frederic Muller

On 07/02/2010 12:00 AM, Steve Rainwater wrote: > On Sat, 2010-06-19 at 20:29 +0530, shirish शिरीष wrote: > >> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 00:14, Thilo Pfennig<tp(a)pfennigsolutions.de> wrote: >> >>>> b. Tagging :- This should also make it easy for people to find content. >>>> >>> What do you mean with that? You can add keywords to every page. And the >>> wiki supports categories as well. >>> >>> >> Preferably a tag-cloud but if not that atleast a way for us to figure >> out thing. >> >> Just as an e.g. http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com/tag/rpg/ >> > > I looked up the SFD website today to see if I could sign up a local team > but discovered there's not much 2010 info there yet. Then I noticed this > discussion on the list and thought I'd join it. > > With SFD closing in fast, my preference is to get any wiki online as > soon as possible. I'd be happy with MediaWiki or DokuWiki or really any > wiki software. > > I've never found tag clouds useful and they really seem intended for > blogs rather than wikis. I'm not opposed to a tag cloud but given the > short amount of time until SFD, I'd prefer to get something useful > online now and work on the eye-candy later. > > -Steve > > > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > Dear Steve, The wiki is already up at wiki.softwarefreedomday.org and you can start entering information about your team and the event you're preparing. The static pages describing SFD should be up within a few days as well as the registration script which link to the map and allows to get goodies for early registration. We've been struggling with IT but hopefully this is going to be over very soon. Thanks a lot for your feedback and don't hesitate to ask us if you need more information. Fred

July 1, 2010

Re: [SFD-discuss] [SFD-announce] Sponsorship confirmed and testing ahead

by Steve Rainwater

On Sat, 2010-06-19 at 20:29 +0530, shirish शिरीष wrote: > On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 00:14, Thilo Pfennig <tp(a)pfennigsolutions.de> wrote: > >> b. Tagging :- This should also make it easy for people to find content. > > > > What do you mean with that? You can add keywords to every page. And the > > wiki supports categories as well. > > > > Preferably a tag-cloud but if not that atleast a way for us to figure > out thing. > > Just as an e.g. http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com/tag/rpg/ I looked up the SFD website today to see if I could sign up a local team but discovered there's not much 2010 info there yet. Then I noticed this discussion on the list and thought I'd join it. With SFD closing in fast, my preference is to get any wiki online as soon as possible. I'd be happy with MediaWiki or DokuWiki or really any wiki software. I've never found tag clouds useful and they really seem intended for blogs rather than wikis. I'm not opposed to a tag cloud but given the short amount of time until SFD, I'd prefer to get something useful online now and work on the eye-candy later. -Steve

July 1, 2010

Regards

by endurance odion

Greetings to all, Me and my team here in University of Benin Nigeria are trying to set up a Linux User Group. I would say its not easy and thanks to Canonical who gave us 10 CDs on Ubuntu 9.04 last year which we are gladly making use of and I must say that the operating system is great and most people we preach it to loved it. We are still on the learning phase of Linux and we love to do great things and we believe that by hosting a freedom software day here we do a lot more talking for us, my team and I are working hard for our website and if there is any help any one can render we will be grateful for the assistance.We're also looking for volunteers to help us get direct site were we could download UBUNTU packages and update for off line mode installation that will help a lot because Internet access is one of our limiting factors here and that is why most persons here shy away from UBUNTU Thanks for your time and the great work you guys are all doing I will like to have assistance in the form of advice, download links, pdf materials, books, etc that can help us, please do contact us. Please be rest assured that my team and I will be very grateful for any assistance that you have to offer. That will be all for now and we hope you're starting to get ready for this year SFD. Thank you all. Warm regards, Odion Endurance

July 1, 2010