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Call for Help on SVG Counter
by Alexandro Colorado 27 Aug '16

27 Aug '16

Hello I put a Call for help on the FB group and page of the SFD, would be nice if I can get it reposted as SFD on FB, twitter and Identi.ca. I am sure much more people will pay attention to the call, if it comes from the official SFD account. Here is the link: https://www.facebook.com/jzarecta/posts/10152100110451978 http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/CountDown Regards. -- Alexandro Colorado Apache OpenOffice Contributor http://www.openoffice.org

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Re: [SFD-discuss] Open Source Software Supercomputer
by Manmohan Brahma 28 Aug '15

28 Aug '15

Hi Fred, I was a part of IBM Supercomputing Team for last 5 Years and very recently moved to Cray :). If few students are interested, I can run a show on HPC live practice using open source software. Thanks and Regards Manmohan On 28-Aug-2015 8:41 pm, "Frederic Muller - DFF" < fred(a)digitalfreedomfoundation.org> wrote: Hi! That sounds like a very good idea. Bangalore has always been a very active area in Free Software development with some ups and downs depending on the years to gather with its communities. You could take a look at the SFD wiki previous years as people have organized events and I am sure they would be happy to join again. Likewise I have been a GNOME Foundation members for some time and met people from Bangalore at IBM and Red Hat who would probably be happy to join as well. So I think it's definitely a great place to get an event and reach out to people who would love to hear more about Free Software and its potentials. Please do go ahead! Fred On 08/28/2015 07:17 PM, Manmohan Brahma wrote: Hi All, My name is Manmohan, I was an SFD activitist few years back and a long term supporter of open source software. I work for Cray Inc. <http://www.cray.com>based out of Bangalore, India. I am planning to have a 2.5 Hour session on Open Source Supercomputing System technology. If any community based out of Bangalore do let me know. Thanks Manmohan _______________________________________________ SFD-discuss mailing listSFD-discuss@sf-day.orghttp://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss _______________________________________________ SFD-discuss mailing list SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss

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Open Source Software Supercomputer
by Manmohan Brahma 28 Aug '15

28 Aug '15

Hi All, My name is Manmohan, I was an SFD activitist few years back and a long term supporter of open source software. I work for Cray Inc. <http://www.cray.com>based out of Bangalore, India. I am planning to have a 2.5 Hour session on Open Source Supercomputing System technology. If any community based out of Bangalore do let me know. Thanks Manmohan

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About Software freedom day merchandise shipping to local teams
by Mehran Rahbardar 23 Aug '15

23 Aug '15

Hi, I'm Mehran, And I'm organizing software freedom day in Mashhad, Iran <http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2015/Iran/Mashhad/MashhadLug> I want to know that this year merchandise will be sent by Digital Freedom Foundation or not? If yes , How can I register for that?

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Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD-discuss Digest, Vol 90, Issue 3
by Maren Hachmann 05 Aug '15

05 Aug '15

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Problem registering Mexican team "Gultij"
by Octavio Alvarez 04 Aug '15

04 Aug '15

Hi again. I need help registering a Mexican team. I'm getting an Internal Server Error on form submission. It could have something to do with the name of México having an accented e. Trying "México/Tijuana/Gultij" as the submitted Wiki URL gives me back an Internal Server Error. Trying "M%C3%A9xico/Tijuana/Gultij" as the submitted Wiki URL says that the Wiki page can't be found. Is this the right place for this matter? Best regards and thank you in advance.

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The CreateYourTeampage needs updating
by Octavio Alvarez 04 Aug '15

04 Aug '15

Hi, Just to let the list know that the page http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/CreateYourTeampage needs updating. It currently refers to the year 2012, instead of more recent years. Bests regards. Octavio.

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Re: [SFD-discuss] [SFD-announce] SFD 2015 registration is on!
by Bob Jonkman 03 Aug '15

03 Aug '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Frederic (or other SFD sysadmin): When I register at http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/cgi-bin/register.py I get an error: > Internal Server Error > > The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and > was unable to complete your request. > > Please contact the server administrator at webmaster@localhost to > inform them of the time this error occurred, and the actions you > performed just before this error. I've tried both with IceWeasel and Chromium, same result on both. I'm trying to register for the Toronto/LibrePlanet team... Posting here because webmaster@localhost is the guy trying to register :) Thanx, - --Bob. http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2015/Canada/Toronto/LibrePlanet Bob Jonkman <bjonkman(a)sobac.com> Phone: +1-519-635-9413 SOBAC Microcomputer Services http://sobac.com/sobac/ Software --- Office & Business Automation --- Consulting GnuPG Fngrprnt:04F7 742B 8F54 C40A E115 26C2 B912 89B0 D2CC E5EA On 01/08/15 07:02 AM, Frederic Muller - DFF wrote: > Dear all, > > With a bit of delay, the *Digital Freedom Foundation* is very happy > to announce that registration of the twelfth edition of Software > Freedom Day <http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/> just opened. While > the wiki has been ready for some times and a few teams started to > create pages registration was another story. In fact our > infrastructure needs updates and we still haven't found way to do > that easily. > > Now as far as Free Software is concerned while we see more projects > adopting Free Software licenses we also feel end-users still > struggle with their proprietary operating systems. At the same time > both hardware and software seems a lot more integrated and in some > fields it seems that you can just print something with your Free 3D > printers, order some kind of Free Hardware controllers online, > flash them, hack them and get a complete and finish product running > (or flying, or...). We're involved here with people who had no > special interest in Free Software or Hardware and discovered it > through pursuing their hobbies, and they just love it! > > On the sponsorship side we have unfortunately lost Canonical > financially but they are still providing the mailing list > infrastructure (snif snif.. they were our first sponsors). Google > and Linode are still supporting us luckily and we are exploring new > ventures (though nothing confirmed at this stage). > > So as usual registration > <http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/cgi-bin/register.py> happens > after you have created your event page on the wiki > <http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/>. We have an exaustive guide > here <http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/StartGuide> for newcomers > and for the others who need help, the SFD-Discuss mailing > <http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss> is probably the > best place to get prompt support. As usual we will come back with > more details things to do or worth mentioning to bring inspiration > and motivation to the celebration on the sfd-discuss mailing > list. > > So get ready to celebrate and happy preparations to all! > > The Digital Freedom Foundation > > > > > _______________________________________________ SFD-announce > mailing list SFD-announce(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-announce > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Ensure confidentiality, authenticity, non-repudiability iEYEARECAAYFAlW9QAsACgkQuRKJsNLM5eq8BwCggNzUk7sZ2KrBGmqvbb1EuMhc 3dIAn2yCBh10dLgjWl9HZfTridWcFxPR =AK9G -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Issue with Confirmation
by Mohit Goyal 03 Aug '15

03 Aug '15

I had registered my team PULUG for SFD 2014 with wiki link http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2014/India/Chandigarh/PULUG But i didnt recieve any confirmation mail....but after 2days i saw that mail in my spam box, and when i tried confirming...it threw me an error..... " The registration file you are trying to access doesn't exist. This could be happening because you already activated your registration (most likely) or because the URL you are accessing is invalid. " But on my event map it PULUG is visible but in wrong city. What should i do now? Regards Mohit Goyal

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The Date Itself
by Bart Lidofsky 03 Aug '15

03 Aug '15

I do realize that Software Freedom Day is an attempt to create a world-wide connection. But I do have a question: Is an event that may be a week off from the actual date, but will get hundreds of attendees, as opposed to an event that will get virtually no attendees, outside the spirit of the date? This is NOT a rhetorical question. A group I belong to went for the latter instead of the former for several years, and has become quite discouraged as a result. There are several major town festivals in my area, but they are a week off one way or the other. I would like to set up a table at a town festival, and am therefore interested in whether it would be just a random Software Freedom demo, or could it be considered a Software Freedom Day event. Bart

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