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The Date Itself
by Bart Lidofsky Aug. 3, 2015

Aug. 3, 2015

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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Re: [SFD-discuss] [SFD-announce] SFD 2015 registration is on!
by jimmypierre.rouen.france＠gmail.com Aug. 1, 2015

Aug. 1, 2015

Hey Fred, Je ne suis pas bon avec les WIKI. Comment vas-tu ? J’ai créé mon groupe après je nage ! Au plaisir, Jimmy From: sfd-announce-bounces(a)sf-day.org [mailto:sfd-announce-bounces@sf-day.org] On Behalf Of Frederic Muller - DFF Sent: 01 August 2015 13:02 To: SFD announcements Subject: [SFD-announce] SFD 2015 registration is on! 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

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Date and Website for SFD2015?
by Bob Jonkman July 8, 2015

July 8, 2015

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all: We've started planning for Software Freedom Day in both Toronto and Kitchener-Waterloo. Our assumption is that SFD will be on 19 September 2015. It's somewhat important to pin it down; we're looking for venues and are putting out calls for presentations. Can someone (Frederic? Pockey?) update the main page on http://softwarefreedomday.org to have the correct date? I see Frederic has already updated the wiki for 2015, but there's no actual date yet... http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/ For what it's worth, in Kitchener-Waterloo the date for Software Freedom Day is always full of other events like Medieval Fair, Maker Expo, Open Doors, Tiger Moths Fly-in, &c. So in KW we'll probably hold SFD a week later, on 26 September (and then I'll be able to attend in both Toronto *and* KW :-) ). Thanx, - --Bob. - -- Bob Jonkman <bjonkman(a)sobac.com> Phone: +1-519-669-0388 SOBAC Microcomputer Services http://sobac.com/sobac/ http://bob.jonkman.ca/blogs/ http://sn.jonkman.ca/bobjonkman/ Software --- Office & Business Automation --- Consulting GnuPG Fngrprnt:04F7 742B 8F54 C40A E115 26C2 B912 89B0 D2CC E5EA -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Ensure confidentiality, authenticity, non-repudiability iEYEARECAAYFAlWcN8sACgkQuRKJsNLM5epnRACg8zov9itR3aDhwICS+A1S3v8C xCwAn0Byb8jsKzFhQn4gJ+KBRWaKx5eM =MJCF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [SFD-discuss] [lp-ca-on] LibrePlanet meeting in June?
by Bob Jonkman June 29, 2015

June 29, 2015

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Software Freedom Folks: Tomorrow, Monday, 29 June 2015 at 7:00pm the LibrePlanet Ontario[1] folks are meeting at the Hero Burger Restaurant, 796 Mount Pleasant Road in Toronto[2]. I've proposed an informal GnuPG keysigning, as well as initiating discussions on celebrating Software Freedom Day. If there are any other Software Freedom people in the area please come join us! - --Bob. [1] Web: https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:LibrePlanet_Ontario [2] Map: http://osm.org/go/ZX6Ey3mVZ?m= - -- Bob Jonkman <bjonkman(a)sobac.com> Phone: +1-519-669-0388 SOBAC Microcomputer Services http://sobac.com/sobac/ http://bob.jonkman.ca/blogs/ http://sn.jonkman.ca/bobjonkman/ Software --- Office & Business Automation --- Consulting GnuPG Fngrprnt:04F7 742B 8F54 C40A E115 26C2 B912 89B0 D2CC E5EA -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Ensure confidentiality, authenticity, non-repudiability iEYEARECAAYFAlWQ0CMACgkQuRKJsNLM5eqPOgCfeff1TapRpaPQu37n4h/OXFue qzkAnA7Lqb6l3o4uPR5n5eC5L8yB3ed4 =JU2j -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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new TTCS OSSWIN DVD v1.5, a collection of Free and Open Source Software for Windows available for download
by Dev Anand Teelucksingh April 4, 2015

April 4, 2015

The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society is pleased to announce the release of the TTCS OSSWIN DVD v1.5, a collection of the latest version of Free and Open Source Software for Microsoft Windows (XP/Vista/7/8) and available for download. The collection features a web based interface for browsing programs organised into several categories: Desktop Applications, Educational, Games, Graphics, Internet, Server, Sound and Video and Utilities. There were several changes for version 1.5, with 6 new programs added: Money Manager EX, Graph, Fenix, Audacious, Virtualbox, VeraCrypt and 3 programs removed: Gribsi, Graphcalc, Musikcube and updates for many programs. See the changelog at http://www.ttcsweb.org/osswin-dvd/changelog.htm for more details. This release also includes several installers created for Neverball, VirtualDub and Audacious to allow for easier installation (and uninstallation) for Windows users. Visit the TTCS OSSWIN DVD page at http://www.ttcsweb.org/osswin-dvd/ for more details and to download the DVD as an ISO file for burning onto a DVD or extracting to your harddrive or USB storage device.

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Dynamic Table Free Educational Software
by Paulo Francisco Slomp March 11, 2015

March 11, 2015

Hello Dynamic Table Free Educational Software: http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Dynamic_Table_Free_Educational_Software. Could you announce the table in educational communities (mailing lists, educational sites and other channels)? Thanks. -- _______________________________ Paulo Francisco Slomp http://ufrgs.br/psicoeduc Acionado com Software Livre http://ufrgs.br/soft-livre-edu

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Re: [SFD-discuss] [SFD-announce] Education Freedom Day on March 21st 2015!
by Jimmy PIERRE March 9, 2015

March 9, 2015

Hi Fred, My best wishes for 2015! Tell me, I would like to have a go at EFD on 21/03. Have you got anything in French by any chance please? Best, Jimmy nui.fr On 20 January 2015 at 04:30, Frederic Muller - DFF < fred(a)digitalfreedomfoundation.org> wrote: > Dear all, > > For its second edition Education Freedom Day is coming back full speed on > a better date for the people from the south of the planet and the people in > China (at least). We have indeed listen to the scheduling problems and have > moved the event to the third Saturday of March. > > As usual for all our Freedom celebrations the process is similar, you get > together and decide to organize an event, then create a page in our wiki[1] > and register your team[2]. As the date approaches you get to put more > information in your wiki page (or on your organization website which is > linked from the wiki) such as the date and time, the location and what > people can expect to see. > > Education Freedom Day is really the opportunity to review all the > available Free Educational Resources available, how they have improved > since last year and what you should start planning to implement to deploy > in the coming months. > > We try to list the major materials we hear about (a few of them at least) > in our wiki [3] which goes from specific tuition to complete solutions > making sure those are really Free as in Freedom. Some involve software, > some don't (except for the materials to follow). You can of course help us > to complete the list by editing the wiki. > > Artworks and promotional banners[4], countdown[5] are available for use > and reuse. All can be found on the wiki (we've added the links below. > > We wish you the best possible time to prepare and spend EFD and will blog > on DFF website[6] as we get closer to the event, about the various things > we feel could be interesting. Should you be up to sharing your experience > don't hesitate to email the EFD mailing list, and why not be invited to > blog on our website! > > Thanks a lot and happy EFD! > > Fred > > Digital Freedom Foundation > ----------------------------------- > [1] - http://wiki.educationfreedomday.org > [2] - http://www.educationfreedomday.org/cgi-bin/register.py > [3] - http://wiki.educationfreedomday.org/Resources > [4] - http://wiki.educationfreedomday.org/Promote > [5] - http://wiki.educationfreedomday.org/CountDown > [6] - http://www.digitalfreedomfoundation.org/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-announce mailing list > SFD-announce(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-announce > >

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TTCS OSSWIN DVD v1.40, a collection of FOSS for Windows available for download
by Dev Anand Teelucksingh Feb. 10, 2015

Feb. 10, 2015

Dear All, Just to let you know that the TTCS OSSWIN DVD v1.40, a collection of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) for Windows put together by the Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society is available for download at http://www.ttcsweb.org/osswin-dvd/ This compilation of nearly 100 FOSS for Windows (XP and higher) has detailed information about each program: what the program does, its key features, useful related websites, view a screenshot, find links to the program's website and to download/install the program from the TTCS OSSWIN DVD from the web browser. See the TTCS OSSWIN DVD page at http://www.ttcsweb.org/osswin-dvd/ for more details, including a complete listing of programs included on the DVD, download links and checksum information to verify the download. Kind Regards, Dev Anand Teelucksingh

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UNSUB
by Mark Luffman Feb. 10, 2015

Feb. 10, 2015

*____________________________* Mark Luffman luffman(a)gmail.com On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 10:43 AM, <sfd-discuss-request(a)sf-day.org> wrote: > Send SFD-discuss mailing list submissions to > sfd-discuss(a)sf-day.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > sfd-discuss-request(a)sf-day.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > sfd-discuss-owner(a)sf-day.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of SFD-discuss digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Adding new country on EFD wiki - was (Re: Education > Freedom Day on March 21st 2015!) (Nino Nanitashvili) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 21:43:17 +0400 > From: Nino Nanitashvili <nino.nanitashvili(a)gmail.com> > To: Open discussions about SFD <sfd-discuss(a)sf-day.org> > Subject: Re: [SFD-discuss] Adding new country on EFD wiki - was (Re: > Education Freedom Day on March 21st 2015!) > Message-ID: > <CAHENKVo0xRhcv-zjKHkjm7yqv=-VW+UT6khRE8= > rvY9aa-+YiA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hey Thanks for the reply, > I'm receiving this error when i try to add Georgia, through the link you've > provided :( > > [image: Inline image 1] > > On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 11:52 AM, Frederic Muller - DFF < > fred(a)digitalfreedomfoundation.org> wrote: > > > Sure! > > > > Usually this happens when users are not logged into the wiki. Else you > > need to go to http://wiki.educationfreedomday.org/2015/ and enter > Georgia > > in the box at the bottom of the page. > > > > If still experiencing problems, just let me know. I'll be on IRC during > > the upcoming hour so you can also ping me there. > > > > Fred > > > > On 01/22/2015 02:42 PM, Nino Nanitashvili wrote: > > > > Hi Fred, > > Glad to hear about the initiative, I had hard times in Adding new country > > of Georgia, could u give a help please? > > Thanks, > > Nino > > On 22 Jan 2015 05:51, "Frederic Muller - DFF" < > > fred(a)digitalfreedomfoundation.org> wrote: > > > >> Hi! > >> > >> Thanks for the wishes! > >> > >> What kind of documents are you looking for? We should be able to help. > >> > >> Fred > >> > >> > >> On 01/21/2015 08:42 PM, Jimmy PIERRE wrote: > >> > >> Hi Fred, > >> > >> My best wishes for 2015! > >> > >> Tell me, I would like to have a go at EFD on 21/03. > >> > >> Have you got anything in French by any chance please? > >> > >> Best, > >> Jimmy > >> nui.fr > >> > >> On 20 January 2015 at 04:30, Frederic Muller - DFF < > >> fred(a)digitalfreedomfoundation.org> wrote: > >> > >>> Dear all, > >>> > >>> For its second edition Education Freedom Day is coming back full speed > >>> on a better date for the people from the south of the planet and the > people > >>> in China (at least). We have indeed listen to the scheduling problems > and > >>> have moved the event to the third Saturday of March. > >>> > >>> As usual for all our Freedom celebrations the process is similar, you > >>> get together and decide to organize an event, then create a page in our > >>> wiki[1] and register your team[2]. As the date approaches you get to > put > >>> more information in your wiki page (or on your organization website > which > >>> is linked from the wiki) such as the date and time, the location and > what > >>> people can expect to see. > >>> > >>> Education Freedom Day is really the opportunity to review all the > >>> available Free Educational Resources available, how they have improved > >>> since last year and what you should start planning to implement to > deploy > >>> in the coming months. > >>> > >>> We try to list the major materials we hear about (a few of them at > >>> least) in our wiki [3] which goes from specific tuition to complete > >>> solutions making sure those are really Free as in Freedom. Some involve > >>> software, some don't (except for the materials to follow). You can of > >>> course help us to complete the list by editing the wiki. > >>> > >>> Artworks and promotional banners[4], countdown[5] are available for use > >>> and reuse. All can be found on the wiki (we've added the links below. > >>> > >>> We wish you the best possible time to prepare and spend EFD and will > >>> blog on DFF website[6] as we get closer to the event, about the various > >>> things we feel could be interesting. Should you be up to sharing your > >>> experience don't hesitate to email the EFD mailing list, and why not be > >>> invited to blog on our website! > >>> > >>> Thanks a lot and happy EFD! > >>> > >>> Fred > >>> > >>> Digital Freedom Foundation > >>> ----------------------------------- > >>> [1] - http://wiki.educationfreedomday.org > >>> [2] - http://www.educationfreedomday.org/cgi-bin/register.py > >>> [3] - http://wiki.educationfreedomday.org/Resources > >>> [4] - http://wiki.educationfreedomday.org/Promote > >>> [5] - http://wiki.educationfreedomday.org/CountDown > >>> [6] - http://www.digitalfreedomfoundation.org/ > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> SFD-announce mailing list > >>> SFD-announce(a)sf-day.org > >>> http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-announce > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > > > -- > Nino Nanitashvili > > Manager > GDG Tbilisi > E-mail: nino.nanitashvili(a)gmail.com > Cell: +995599520043, > Google + <https://plus.google.com/u/0/106672659252619762166/posts>, > Facebook > Page <http://www.facebook.com/gdgtbilisi?fref=ts> > > [image: GDG Tbilisi] <http://www.gdgtbilisi.blogspot.com> >

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[OT] identi.ca connectivity problem
by Frederic Muller - DFF Jan. 26, 2015

Jan. 26, 2015

Hi! We have been unable to connect to identi.ca for a few weeks, we just get denied when logging in with a super clear error message saying "An error occurred." . We tried to recover the password in case that was the problem but never get any email and we couldn't find a place to report the issue neither (nor an idea of what the problem could be). So I was wondering if someone had more information which we could use to recover our account. Thanks a lot. Fred

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