- SFD-discuss - lists.mailman3.com

Re: [SFD-discuss] Planet SFD - send us your blogs/newsfeeds!

by shirish

Hi all, Here's mine My blog :- http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com Feed URL :- http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com/feed/ (works atleast under FF 3.0) No hackergochi atleast for now :( -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal This email is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ 065C 6D79 A68C E7EA 52B3 8D70 950D 53FB 729A 8B17

Sept. 16, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] Planet SFD - send us your blogs/newsfeeds!

by Lenz Grimmer

Hi Pia, On 09/12/2008 01:55 PM, Pia Waugh wrote: >> My own blog: >> Blog URL: http://www.lenzg.org/ >> Feed URL: http://www.lenzg.org/rss.php?serendipity[tag]=sfd > > Great, thanks! Can you please verify that the feed URL is complete? The "?serendipity[tag]=sfd" part at the end is important. Currently, Planet SFD is aggregating all of my postings, which probably don't always have a relation to SFD :) Thanks! Bye, LenZ -- Lenz Grimmer - MySQL Community Relations Manager - http://de.sun.com/ Sun Microsystems GmbH, Sonnenallee 1, 85551 Kirchheim-Heimstetten, DE Geschaeftsfuehrer: Thomas Schroeder, Wolfang Engels, Dr. Roland Boemer Vorsitz d. Aufsichtsrates: Martin Haering AG Muenchen: HRB161028

Sept. 16, 2008

One Nation: Unity for Software Freedom. Celebrating Software Freedom Day 2008 in the Philippines

by rick

Ref: Rick Bahague, Lead Organizer - SFD Philippine Celebration 2008 Computer Professionals' Union Are you tired of frequent spyware and viruses in your computer? Do you want to get loads of fantastic, feature-packed software for free? Join us in celebrating Software Freedom Day 2008 at the University of Makati where ordinary users, geeks, programmers, NGOs and even internet shops have laid out a coordinated celebration of free and open source software (FOSS) on September 20, 2008. Starting at 8 am in the morning with simultaneous events from Luzon to Mindanao, open source enthusiasts will meet and hold seminars and trainings on the use and promotion of FOSS. There will be a live video stream that will allow viewers to join in the events. Aside from the University of Makati and PUP-Taguig events in Metro Manila, there will also be regional events in Angeles, Mindanao State University and in Isabela City. The event is expected to bring in more than 2000 advocates and enthusiasts all over the country in line with this year's call of "One Nation: Unity for Software Freedom". In Makati, there will be a discussion on what is open source software, its use in everyday computing and the Open Source bill filed by Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casino in Congress. Breakout sessions will be held inparallel in the afternoon on varied topics such as FOSS for education, for NGOs and advocacy organizations, for developers as well as FOSS for internet cafes and small business. In the spirit of free and open software, the latest versions of free operating systems and applications can be copied and burned on a CD onsite. A CD containing free software for proprietary operating systems will also be available. High quality free software are available for your computer in the office, at home and even well polished games for the gaming enthusiast. Free and open source software is the affordable software alternative especially for a third world country like the Philippines. In 2007, over 330 teams all over the world celebrated Software Freedom Day. Last year's activity was attended by more than two hundred enthusiasts in Manila with other regional events. Attendance in this year's event is expected to increase due to the participation of more schools and groups working to make the event successful. The Software Freedom Day 2008 Coordinating Team is composed of the Computer Professional's Union, IT Society-University of Makati, TXTPower, the PHP Users Group Philippines (PHPUGPH), UP Linux Users Group, IOSN, Bayan Muna, and the Imus Internet Cafe Association. Software Freedom Day is a yearly celebration of Software Freedom and why it is important; our purpose is public education about these important issues. Information about the Software Freedom Day event in the Philippines can be found at http://www.sfdphil.org and we invite you to come along to a fun day with giveaways and information. Know a world where software is free and no pirates exist. Discover free and open software.### If you are not able to view the content below, click here<http://www.cp-union.com/> . [image: http://www.cp-union.com/sites/files/internals/poster2-colored.jpg]

Sept. 16, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] Packages not received yet

by Frederic Muller

Dear Norman, I only have one team who registered and click the 'receive schwags' checkbox from Nicaragua and it's not registered under your name. Goodies were only sent for the first 300 registered teams before mid-July. Hope that helps you better understand what happened. Fred Norman Garcia Aguilar wrote: > Here in Nicaragua nothing arrived yet :S > > -- > Norman Garcia Aguilar > http://normangaguilar.blogspot.com > Linux user # 444131 > Ubuntu user # 15806 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss >

Sept. 16, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] [OT] Scarcity and copyright

by shirish

Just an addition to that . One could also have screenings of the big buck bunny (how could I have forgotten that) http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/index.php/download/ Also I know that OLPC had released lot of sound samples :- http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sound_samples Another interesting one would be ccmixter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CcMixter So as far as content is concerned, there is quite a bit which could be made use for awareness and re-mixing purposes. I really hope people do use these resources making SFD a whole richer experience for everyone concerned. -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal This email is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ 065C 6D79 A68C E7EA 52B3 8D70 950D 53FB 729A 8B17

Sept. 16, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] [OT] Scarcity and copyright

by shirish

Replies in-line :- On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Pia Waugh <greebo(a)pipka.org> wrote: > Hi Shirish, Hi Pia, <snipped> > Software Freedom Day certainly isn't just about Free Software :) So far as > I > am concerned it is also about open standards, open knowledge and as you > mention, open culture. True as well . <snipped> What do you propose we can do to better integrate the concepts of open > culture into Software Freedom Day? off-hand, it would be nice if SFD would be able to get the Nine-Inch Nails albums http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_inch_nails which are under CC . You could also get some poems and stories and put it either from archive.org or from gutenberg.net . There could also be a open/free culture hour where people can donate or put their art under either the Gnu FDL (reciprocity) or the slightly more complex CC licenses. There could also be a discussion by people in their events of what these licenses mean and which is good where and how. > > Also, would you like your blog to be included in the SFD planet? Pia, while I've no problems of the same, I do not know :- 1. The process that needs to be done 2. Would SFD gain anything from my blog appearing on the planet. 3. Silly but I haven't managed to get around to having a hackergochi . > Cheers, > Pia > > -- > OLPC Australia > http://olpc.org.au/ > Linux Australia > http://linux.org.au/ > Open Source Industry Australia > http://osia.net.au/ > Software Freedom Day > http://softwarefreedomday.org/ > > "Women hold up half the sky." - Mao Tse Tung > > That's about it from me for now :) -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal This email is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ 065C 6D79 A68C E7EA 52B3 8D70 950D 53FB 729A 8B17

Sept. 16, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] Packages not received yet

by Norman Garcia Aguilar

Here in Nicaragua nothing arrived yet :S -- Norman Garcia Aguilar http://normangaguilar.blogspot.com Linux user # 444131 Ubuntu user # 15806

Sept. 16, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] [OT] Scarcity and copyright

by Pia Waugh

Hi Shirish, <quote who="shirish"> > While its great that we are having a software freedom day, but I > believe that free software is just the beginning of the wakeup call . There > is so much more that needs to be done. There is also the whole of Free > Culture movement as well which has lots of similarities and dis-similarities > to what free software hopes to do. Software Freedom Day certainly isn't just about Free Software :) So far as I am concerned it is also about open standards, open knowledge and as you mention, open culture. > As an individual I believe the free software movement and the free culture > movement have much to gain and I'm sure there would be lot of loose > relationships which are there or may be forming as we speak. > > A recent international incident concerning copyrights irritated and > disturbed me quite a bit . Even after thinking about it for days it just > wouldn't go down, hence put up a blog post about the same . > http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/scarcity-and-copyright/ > > One thing though, I'm no expert in copyright. > > While it may not serve the interests of the free software movement directly > I do believe we get affected by it quite a bit. > > Hoping we can make our voices heard in as many places as we can. What do you propose we can do to better integrate the concepts of open culture into Software Freedom Day? Also, would you like your blog to be included in the SFD planet? Cheers, Pia -- OLPC Australia http://olpc.org.au/ Linux Australia http://linux.org.au/ Open Source Industry Australia http://osia.net.au/ Software Freedom Day http://softwarefreedomday.org/ "Women hold up half the sky." - Mao Tse Tung

Sept. 16, 2008

[OT] Scarcity and copyright

by shirish

Hi all, While its great that we are having a software freedom day, but I believe that free software is just the beginning of the wakeup call . There is so much more that needs to be done. There is also the whole of Free Culture movement as well which has lots of similarities and dis-similarities to what free software hopes to do. As an individual I believe the free software movement and the free culture movement have much to gain and I'm sure there would be lot of loose relationships which are there or may be forming as we speak. A recent international incident concerning copyrights irritated and disturbed me quite a bit . Even after thinking about it for days it just wouldn't go down, hence put up a blog post about the same . http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/scarcity-and-copyright/ One thing though, I'm no expert in copyright. While it may not serve the interests of the free software movement directly I do believe we get affected by it quite a bit. Hoping we can make our voices heard in as many places as we can. -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal This email is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ 065C 6D79 A68C E7EA 52B3 8D70 950D 53FB 729A 8B17

Sept. 16, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] Packages not received yet

by Frederic Muller

hi! With the little information provided it seems your tracking number is EB057231386CN and your package has been delivered on August 29th. You can check by yourself at http://www.ems.com.cn/english-main.jsp If this is not the case I will need your full name and address to verify. Thanks Fred Zé Ricardo wrote: > The same here in Brazil. > > On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Alexjan Carraturo <axjslack(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> 2008/9/15 KING Farrel <kingofpc001(a)yahoo.co.uk>: >> >>> Hello All, >>> >>> We at Sierra eRiders in Sierra Leone have not yet received out SFD packages. >>> I wonder whether they are still on their way and I hope we have not been >>> forgotten. >>> >>> Farrel >>> >>> ---------------------- >>> Sierra eRiders >>> Freetown, Sierra Leone >>> www.sierraeriders.org >>> >>> >>> >> Italy.... nothing arrived yet, and I don't think will arrive before 20 sept. >> >> Strange but it's true. >> >> >> -- >> #################################### >> Alexjan Carraturo >> admin of >> Free Software Users Group Italia >> http://www.fsugitalia.org >> #################################### >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SFD-discuss mailing list >> SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org >> http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss >> >> > > > >

Sept. 16, 2008