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Information about Document Freedom Day 2012

by Marcos Marado

Hi there, Please forgive me on this slightly off-topic message, but it is my understanding that most people interested in Software Freedom would also be on Document Freedom, and maybe teams participating on SFD would also be interested in participating on DFD. Document Freedom Day (DFD) <http://documentfreedom.org> is a global day for document liberation. It is a worldwide event celebrating Open Standards and raising general awareness about the need for their adoption. DFD is actively redefining perceptions of Open Standards in media, public administration and educational institutions. Thanks to generous donations, in the last year we were able to: - Organise 42 events in 14 different countries around the world, ranging from Brazil and Mexico, to Greece and Portugal, - Coordinate an important talk at the European Parliament with multiple speakers, and - Raise the profile of pioneering users of Open Standards, such as German news website 'tagesschau.de', by awarding certificates and prizes in view of the press. The winner of the DFD 2011 Germany prize went to a popular news website which provides its 1.4m daily visitors with current affairs videos in the Free video format Ogg Theora. The award was presented in Berlin, resulting in coverage in 8 national and international media outlets. The city of Munich received the European prize, for the use of Open Standards in its LiMux project. In 2012 we will celebrate Document Freedom Day for the fourth time. We shall again organise more than 42 events, include countries that were previously not involved, and strenghten engagement with the public sector. To make these plans a reality, we need your support as a partner of Document Freedom Day 2012! Talk with your friends/regional groups, and think about activities and events that you could organise to promote Open Standards. We would be happy to help you with ideas, prize-giving, and finding sponsors. With your help we will be able to organise more events in 2012, and together we can raise awareness for Open Standards around the world. At the moment we are coordinating our activities with international partners and sponsors. Please do not hesitate to contact us for more detailed information about partnership opportunities for Document Freedom Day 2012. Please let us know until 6. February if you want to organise your own activity or event, and/or if you want to be listed on our supporter page as a supporting organisation. Your participation makes a difference! Best regards, -- Marcos Marado ANSOL - http://ansol.org

Jan. 26, 2012

Re: [SFD-discuss] Free Culture Disk

by Subhankar Mishra

Hey hi , This is just a different query , how does the transfer of OSUM Lead happen ? Thanks, Subhankar On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 9:05 PM, Marcos Marado <mindboosternoori(a)gmail.com>wrote: > Hi there, > > On Thursday 19 January 2012 03:53:15 Frederic Muller - SFI wrote: > > Yes so it seems: I was reading sourceforge terms of use and couldn't > > find any specific number neither. > > > > I suppose we need a few download/uploads to master the DVD and then we > > should probably offer a peer to peer access for everyone who wants to > > download the 'stable' version (as we did in 2011). We could also have > > the stable versions hosted on archive.org as Fabian volunteered to help > > out with those. > > > > So now I guess we just need to pick a service. I'd be happy to hear from > > the people who have helped in 2011 and not be the only one choosing. > > Did you check http://savannah.gnu.org/ ? Seems the best place in terms of > what > we are intending to promote, I don't know if there are size constraints > tho. > > Best regards, > -- > Marcos Marado > ANSOL > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss >

Jan. 19, 2012

Re: [SFD-discuss] Free Culture Disk

by Marcos Marado

Hi there, On Thursday 19 January 2012 03:53:15 Frederic Muller - SFI wrote: > Yes so it seems: I was reading sourceforge terms of use and couldn't > find any specific number neither. > > I suppose we need a few download/uploads to master the DVD and then we > should probably offer a peer to peer access for everyone who wants to > download the 'stable' version (as we did in 2011). We could also have > the stable versions hosted on archive.org as Fabian volunteered to help > out with those. > > So now I guess we just need to pick a service. I'd be happy to hear from > the people who have helped in 2011 and not be the only one choosing. Did you check http://savannah.gnu.org/ ? Seems the best place in terms of what we are intending to promote, I don't know if there are size constraints tho. Best regards, -- Marcos Marado ANSOL

Jan. 19, 2012

Re: [SFD-discuss] Free Culture Disk

by Frederic Muller - SFI

Yes so it seems: I was reading sourceforge terms of use and couldn't find any specific number neither. I suppose we need a few download/uploads to master the DVD and then we should probably offer a peer to peer access for everyone who wants to download the 'stable' version (as we did in 2011). We could also have the stable versions hosted on archive.org as Fabian volunteered to help out with those. So now I guess we just need to pick a service. I'd be happy to hear from the people who have helped in 2011 and not be the only one choosing. Thanks. Fred On 01/19/2012 11:35 AM, julien forgeat wrote: > Hi Fred > > My understanding of these services policies is that they do not > explicitly prohibit large file hosting but will at least throttle > accounts that show bandwidth usage higher than what they consider > reasonable. > > I have not checked all the terms of service but here is as a > reference, the clause from github > >> If your bandwidth usage significantly exceeds the average bandwidth usage (as determined solely by GitHub) of other GitHub customers, we reserve the right to immediately disable your account or throttle your file hosting until you can reduce your bandwidth consumption. > > I don't know how many release of the large DVD files are needed to > build the free culture disk but if this number is not too high, I > would point at bit torrent to leverage the difficult (free bandwidth; > large files) couple. > > Julien

Jan. 19, 2012

Re: [SFD-discuss] Free Culture Disk

by julien forgeat

Hi Fred My understanding of these services policies is that they do not explicitly prohibit large file hosting but will at least throttle accounts that show bandwidth usage higher than what they consider reasonable. I have not checked all the terms of service but here is as a reference, the clause from github >If your bandwidth usage significantly exceeds the average bandwidth usage (as determined solely by GitHub) of other GitHub customers, we reserve the right to immediately disable your account or throttle your file hosting until you can reduce your bandwidth consumption. I don't know how many release of the large DVD files are needed to build the free culture disk but if this number is not too high, I would point at bit torrent to leverage the difficult (free bandwidth; large files) couple. Julien On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 11:05 AM, Frederic Muller - SFI <fred(a)softwarefreedomday.org> wrote: > > > On 01/19/2012 08:05 AM, Julian H. Stacey wrote: >>>> http://libreplanet.org/wiki/User:MagicFab >>> >>> It's unfortunately blocked where I live... :/ >> >> Hi Fred >> That might not be a great fire wall of China type block, >> it might be just the source site was re-configuring when you tried ? >> >>> From Munich German at Thu Jan 19 01:03:27 CET 2012 I see: >> ---------- >> SOPA and PIPA threaten free software. >> today we fight back. >> Dear Free Software Supporter, >> Today, for 24 hours, all of the FSF websites, ..... >> >> Cheers, >> Julian > > It's been blocked for ages. Are there file size limits on repositories > like sourceforge or google code for example? (I could check that myself...) > > Fred > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss

Jan. 19, 2012

Re: [SFD-discuss] Free Culture Disk

by Frederic Muller - SFI

On 01/19/2012 08:05 AM, Julian H. Stacey wrote: >>> http://libreplanet.org/wiki/User:MagicFab >> >> It's unfortunately blocked where I live... :/ > > Hi Fred > That might not be a great fire wall of China type block, > it might be just the source site was re-configuring when you tried ? > >> From Munich German at Thu Jan 19 01:03:27 CET 2012 I see: > ---------- > SOPA and PIPA threaten free software. > today we fight back. > Dear Free Software Supporter, > Today, for 24 hours, all of the FSF websites, ..... > > Cheers, > Julian It's been blocked for ages. Are there file size limits on repositories like sourceforge or google code for example? (I could check that myself...) Fred

Jan. 19, 2012

Re: [SFD-discuss] Free Culture Disk

by Julian H. Stacey

> > http://libreplanet.org/wiki/User:MagicFab > > It's unfortunately blocked where I live... :/ Hi Fred That might not be a great fire wall of China type block, it might be just the source site was re-configuring when you tried ? >From Munich German at Thu Jan 19 01:03:27 CET 2012 I see: ---------- SOPA and PIPA threaten free software. today we fight back. Dear Free Software Supporter, Today, for 24 hours, all of the FSF websites, ..... Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com Reply below not above, cumulative like a play script, & indent with "> ". Format: Plain text. Not HTML, multipart/alternative, base64, quoted-printable.

Jan. 19, 2012

Re: [SFD-discuss] Free Culture Disk

by Julian H. Stacey

Hi, Frederic Muller - SFI wrote: > Dear all, > > I'd like to get started on preparing the free culture disk and fixing > the few issues we had last year (file formats, better content, > hosting/repository). > > While I believe the people helping to make it happen are still available > to help, I was wondering which platform/site would be the best to host, > manage and distribute the project? Our requirements are simple: > - free bandwidth > - discussion channels (list or web based) > - easily accessible from all over the world (if possible) > - large size file storage (DVD size) > - version control system > > So suggestions and experience on the matter definitely welcome. Suggestion make it a DVD that can also select & play like a normal commercial DVD connected to a TV. I found ours would only view on a computer. So though I'd also brought one of those car players with 2 screens ((the kind that strap on car seats to keep kids in the back occupied normally) It wouldnt play. & the people demoing various Linux & BSD didnt want to sacrifice their PCs just to play it. (We had originally hoped to play stuff on an umanned desk between Linux stand & BSD stand). We could have even piped it from that device into a projector in a spare lecture theater we had available (Id have been prepared to risk my player device unattended) - but none of us were about to leave our laptops unattended in a remote room. Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com Reply below not above, cumulative like a play script, & indent with "> ". Format: Plain text. Not HTML, multipart/alternative, base64, quoted-printable.

Jan. 19, 2012

Re: [SFD-discuss] Free Culture Disk

by Frederic Muller - SFI

On 01/19/2012 06:30 AM, Fabian Rodriguez wrote: > On 12-01-18 05:22 PM, Frederic Muller - SFI wrote: >> Dear all, >> >> I'd like to get started on preparing the free culture disk and fixing >> the few issues we had last year (file formats, better content, >> hosting/repository). >> >> While I believe the people helping to make it happen are still available >> to help, I was wondering which platform/site would be the best to host, >> manage and distribute the project? Our requirements are simple: >> - free bandwidth >> - discussion channels (list or web based) >> - easily accessible from all over the world (if possible) >> - large size file storage (DVD size) >> - version control system >> >> So suggestions and experience on the matter definitely welcome. >> > Archive.org comes to mind although it's non-trivial to upload and input > all the metadata for each file. If a source, complete license and > description/authors etc. are all provided I'll volunteer to do it. > > Fabián R. > http://libreplanet.org/wiki/User:MagicFab > It's unfortunately blocked where I live... :/ Fred

Jan. 18, 2012

Re: [SFD-discuss] Free Culture Disk

by Fabian Rodriguez

On 12-01-18 05:22 PM, Frederic Muller - SFI wrote: > Dear all, > > I'd like to get started on preparing the free culture disk and fixing > the few issues we had last year (file formats, better content, > hosting/repository). > > While I believe the people helping to make it happen are still available > to help, I was wondering which platform/site would be the best to host, > manage and distribute the project? Our requirements are simple: > - free bandwidth > - discussion channels (list or web based) > - easily accessible from all over the world (if possible) > - large size file storage (DVD size) > - version control system > > So suggestions and experience on the matter definitely welcome. > Archive.org comes to mind although it's non-trivial to upload and input all the metadata for each file. If a source, complete license and description/authors etc. are all provided I'll volunteer to do it. Fabián R. http://libreplanet.org/wiki/User:MagicFab -- -- Fabián Rodríguez

Jan. 18, 2012