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Regards
by endurance odion Aug. 18, 2011

Aug. 18, 2011

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

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Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD-discuss Digest, Vol 43, Issue 11
by usboy 775 Sept. 10, 2010

Sept. 10, 2010

10 cd of Ubuntu Desktop Arrived.. Thanks Silvio Passalacqua - Enna Open Source Team (italy)

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CD arrived - need to pay excise duty- confused
by Prinson Sept. 2, 2010

Sept. 2, 2010

Hi all, Did any group in India received the package yet ? Yesterday the courier guy called and told me that package has arrived but need to pay around Rs.850/- also as excise/Customs duty !! Did any one in India recieved such message courier service provider, I am bit confused. Last year I received the package with out any issues like this. The name of the Courier service is TMT Courier Thanks n regards Prinson Ernakulam http://sfd2009.fireflies.in

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Fwd: [FSF] Free Software Supporter -- Issue 29, August 2010
by Quiliro Ordóñez Aug. 31, 2010

Aug. 31, 2010

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Peter Brown <info(a)fsf.org> Date: 2010/8/31 Subject: [FSF] Free Software Supporter -- Issue 29, August 2010 To: info-fsf(a)fsf.org Welcome to the Free Software Supporter, the Free Software Foundation's monthly news digest and action update -- being read by you and 32,540 other activists. Encourage your friends to subscribe and help us build an audience by adding our subscriber widget to your web site. * Subscribe: <http://www.fsf.org/free-software-supporter> * Widget: <http://www.fsf.org/associate/widget> Miss an issue? You can catch up on back issues at <http://www.fsf.org/free-software-supporter>. Multilingual? Send translations of the Supporter to <campaigns(a)fsf.org>. TABLE OF CONTENTS * Software Freedom Day * Women's Caucus internship opportunity * LibrePlanet 2010 audio and video is now ready * ACTA petition delivered with over 4,000 signatures * Help us stamp out DRM in education * Apple's latest DRM patent * USPTO is seeking comment on the Bilski decision * GNU spotlight with Karl Berry * Richard Stallman's speaking schedule and other FSF events * Take action with the FSF! ## Software Freedom Day Software Freedom Day is an annual event to celebrate software freedom and the people behind it around the world. It is also an event to teach people about the importance of software freedom and to encourage them to adopt it. This year, it will take place on the 18th of September, and we urge you to participate in or organize an event in your local area to celebrate it. * <http://softwarefreedomday.org/> * <http://www.fsf.org/events/2010-sfd> ## Women's Caucus internship opportunity The Women's Caucus is seeking an intern to assist with its work to increase the number of women involved in free software. This is a 12-week position for the fall, with some flexibility on the start and end times. * <http://www.fsf.org/news/womens-caucus-internship-opportunity> ## LibrePlanet 2010 audio and video is now ready Our summer campaigns intern, Steve DuBois, has been working on preparing the video and audio recordings of the annual software freedom activism conference, LibrePlanet. All recordings are available in Ogg format and are free to share. * <http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/libreplanet-audio-and-video-is-now-ready > ## ACTA petition delivered with over 4,000 signatures The FSF delivered its petition against ACTA to trade representatives from the US and other countries as they met in Washington D.C. ACTA is a proposed international agreement to punish Internet users who share and to enforce corporations' interests on them at the expense of the public's freedom. * <http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/acta-petition-delivered> * <http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/acta> ## Help us stamp out DRM in education The FSF's anti-DRM campaign, Defective By Design, is preparing a list of schools that require or offer DRM-laden hardware, such as the iPod, iPhone, iPad or Amazon Kindle (or any other device). You can help by identifying these schools. * <http://www.defectivebydesign.org/stamp-out-drm-in-education> ## Apple's latest DRM patent Apple has applied for a software patent on a spying technology that will give them unlimited control over people's devices and the ability to use them for massive surveillance. * <http://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/1313> ## USPTO is seeking comment on the Bilski decision The United States Patent and Trademark Office is accepting comments until 27 September 2010 on their proposed examiner guidelines for interpreting the Supreme Court's recent Bilski decision. 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This month we welcome Jose Marchesi as maintainer of the new package recutils, Mike Gran as maintainer of the new package guile-ncurses, and long-time maintainers Bruno Haible, Jim Meyering, and Simon Josefsson adding the new package vc-changelog to their duties. Several GNU packages are looking for maintainers and other assistance. Please see <http://www.gnu.org/server/takeaction.html#unmaint> if you'd like to help. The general page on how to help GNU is at <http://www.gnu.org/help/help.html>. To submit new packages to GNU, see <http://www.gnu.org/help/evaluation.html>. 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For Italian teams: contatcs - Per i Team Italiani: contatti
by Alexjan Carraturo Aug. 31, 2010

Aug. 31, 2010

Eng version I want to know how many and what are the Italian teams found on this list. Should I track them to send some announcements to the press, while providing direct support in native language. So if there are Italian teams are asked to respond to this thread maybe even leaving any contact preferred (preferably email). In addition there would be some communication to be done ad hoc for some teams, if they were present. Response is not required in dual language. ITa Version Vorrei sapere quanti e quali sono i team italiani presenti su questa lista. Dovrei rintracciarli per mandare alcuni annunci alla stampa, e contemporaneamente offrire supporto diretto in lingua madre. Quindi, se ci sono team italiani sono pregati di rispondere a questo thread magari lasciando anche un eventuale contatto preferito (possibilmente mail). In più ci sarebbero da fare qualche comunicazione "ad hoc" per alcuni team, qualora fossero presenti. Non è richiesta risposta in doppia lingua -- ######################################## Alexjan Carraturo admin of Free Software Users Group Italia http://www.fsugitalia.org Fedora Ambassador: Axjslack openSUSE Ambassador: Axjslack Free Software Foundation Europe Fellow 1623 Software Freedom International board member ########################################

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sharing your slides
by Frederic Muller - SFI Aug. 31, 2010

Aug. 31, 2010

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Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD-discuss Digest, Vol 43, Issue 17
by safrida celingak celinguk Aug. 28, 2010

Aug. 28, 2010

shortcut to my group team website URL : http://sfd.ksl-bl.or.id

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Team URL Shortcut page
by Frederic Muller - SFI Aug. 26, 2010

Aug. 26, 2010

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CD's arrived
by Ivan Shmakov Aug. 23, 2010

Aug. 23, 2010

The 20 CD's have arrived to Barnaul, Altai Krai, last week. Thanks! (We're currently planning to burn some extra CD-R's / DVD+R's with different other free software / OS distributions as well.) -- FSF associate member #7257

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None from Delhi???
by Sridhar Gutam Aug. 20, 2010

Aug. 20, 2010

In the registered Team List.... none from Dehi?? why so??? shall i register one??? Thanks & Regards Sridhar _________________________________________________________________________ Sridhar Gutam, PhD, ARS, PG Dip Patent Laws (NALSAR), IP & Biotechnology (WIPO) Scientist, Unit of Simulation and Informatics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute Pusa Campus, New Delhi 110012 Mobile: +91-9582791355; Email: gutam(a)iari.res.in; Institute web: http://www.iari.res.in Publications: http://en.scientificcommons.org/sridhar_gutam; http://works.bepress.com/sridhar_gutam/ https://sites.google.com/site/arssforum/home

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Any Groups in Delhi
by Sridhar Gutam Aug. 20, 2010

Aug. 20, 2010

Dear All, I wish to know if any activities have been planned by SFD Groups in Delhi?? Thanks & Regards Sridhar _________________________________________________________________________ Sridhar Gutam, PhD, ARS, PG Dip Patent Laws (NALSAR), IP & Biotechnology (WIPO) Scientist, Unit of Simulation and Informatics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute Pusa Campus, New Delhi 110012 Mobile: +91-9582791355; Email: gutam(a)iari.res.in; Institute web: http://www.iari.res.in Publications: http://en.scientificcommons.org/sridhar_gutam; http://works.bepress.com/sridhar_gutam/ https://sites.google.com/site/arssforum/home

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our CD's arrived
by sagbohan2＠yahoo.fr Aug. 19, 2010

Aug. 19, 2010

Dear All It's just to let you know that our package arrived and we were able to get our 50 CDs thank you Very much. We are eager to celebrate the SFD. Cordialement GBENOU S. C. Michaël

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Our Package Arrived Kumbo - Cameroon, Africa!
by Kumbo LUG Aug. 19, 2010

Aug. 19, 2010

Dear all, I wish to let you all know that our package of 150 Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop CDs arrived Kumbo, yesterday! We wish to have many more of this 'promotional' material for this forthcoming day...especially a display box(es), Ubuntu 10.04 Server and / or Kubuntu 10.04 CD-Rom etc Thanks to PROMESE NETHERLANDS B.V. Best regards, Emmanuel F. SEVIDZEM President - Kumbo Linux Users Group Cameroon MD - www.techcefacos.org ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: EngSupport.AHE(a)tnt.com Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:00:25 +0100 Subject: Advanced Shipping Notification for Consignment Number 843216669 To: KULUGCM(a)gmail.com TNT is pleased to advise you that PROMESE NETHERLANDS B.V. has arranged for a shipment to be collected from them on 10-Aug-2010 and delivered to SEVIDZEM. The Shipment has a TNT CONSIGNMENT NOTE NUMBER: 843216669 To be able to check the status of the shipment simply click here >> Track my Shipment and more detailed information on the consignment will be available. If PROMESE NETHERLANDS B.V. has provided a reference, this reference can be used to track the consignment. SHIPMENT TO : SEVIDZEM TECHCEFACOS GROUP FA-AH QUARTER - TOBIN KUMBO CM SHIPMENT FROM : PROMESE NETHERLANDS B.V. ZOETE INVAL 8 BREDA 4815 HK NL PIECES: 1 WEIGHT: 5.000 KG SHIPMENT REFERENCE: U-892010-112 DESCRIPTION: CD ROMS If you would like to find out about the many ways TNT helps you to track your shipment, or if you would like to know more about the services provided by TNT, simply connect to www.tnt.com and select your country at any time. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message and any attachment are confidential and may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, please telephone or email the sender and delete this message and any attachment from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you must not copy this message or attachment or disclose the contents to any other person. Please consider the environmental impact before printing this document and its attachment(s). Print black and white and double-sided where possible. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [SFD-discuss] Shipment of supplies
by Frederic Muller - SFI Aug. 12, 2010

Aug. 12, 2010

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Supplies
by Ian Mark Felongco Aug. 11, 2010

Aug. 11, 2010

How long does a certain supplies will come in a certain area like Philippines??

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Re: [SFD-discuss] Supplies
by snattar1968＠gmail.com Aug. 10, 2010

Aug. 10, 2010

Hi

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100% Free Distros
by Jason Self Aug. 3, 2010

Aug. 3, 2010

In support of Software Freedom Day, I can burn & mail any of the 100% free distros at [1] and send them to local teams (as opposed to promoting Software Freedom Day with a GNU+Linux distro like Ubuntu that doesn't respect freedom.) I am located in the United States, so that's easiest for me, but I'm not necessarily opposed to mailing to other counties. I'm paying for this out of my own pocket so please consider your requests & quantities carefully, as the cost of CDs & shipping can become quite high (i.e., if you can download & burn the .iso yourself please do so.) [1] http://www.gnu.org/distros/

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Swatantra Education DVD
by Thilo Pfennig Aug. 3, 2010

Aug. 3, 2010

Hi, our friend from India Manmohan Brahma has nearly finished a list of software that the DVD they want to produce: http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/Swatantra He likes to ask us all to add, modify or comment on the list. Regards, Thilo -- Software Freedom International http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/ThiloPfennig Software Freedom Day 2010 in preparation!

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Java distribution on Windows
by Thilo Pfennig Aug. 1, 2010

Aug. 1, 2010

Hi, what is your take on the distribution of Java from Orcale on Windows? Is it possible to burn CDs, copy the official release and redistribute it? Or: Can anybody recommend another Windows Java version which works allright? We have read many statements of Oracle and as far as we understand it it looks like they do not want and redistribution. Like http://www.java.com/en/download/license.jsp Any comments that help welcome, Thilo -- Software Freedom International http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/ThiloPfennig Software Freedom Day 2010 in preparation!

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