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Re: [SFD-discuss] Software Freedom Day 2007 Competition!

by David Thomas

Robert Schumann wrote: > > On 8/25/07, *David Thomas* <dthomas(a)cableone.net > <mailto:dthomas@cableone.net>> wrote: > > I went to the website and it say I can not view the page, even when I > was logged in? > > > Sorry, that was my fault. Now fixed. > > Robert. > > > And we in New Mexico can't wait were really happy to be a part of > this. > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org <mailto:SFD-discuss@sf-day.org> > http://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 > Thanks

Aug. 25, 2007

Re: [SFD-discuss] Software Freedom Day 2007 Competition!

by Robert Schumann

On 8/25/07, David Thomas <dthomas(a)cableone.net> wrote: > > I went to the website and it say I can not view the page, even when I > was logged in? Sorry, that was my fault. Now fixed. Robert. And we in New Mexico can't wait were really happy to be a part of this. > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss >

Aug. 25, 2007

Re: [SFD-discuss] Software Freedom Day 2007 Competition!

by David Thomas

Pia Waugh wrote: > Hi all, > > We are very pleased to announce that there is another competition for SFD > this year. The two prize categories are: > > 1) The best SFD event for 2007 > 2) The best OLPC contribution or plan for contribution > > The two prizes are, you guessed it, One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) computer > systems generously donated by Google! The due date for your entries is the > 30th September, so make sure you get started on planning your entries. In > particular make sure your SFD events are fantastic and that you take plenty > of photos and such :) > > Details of the competition are below including rules and such. > > http://softwarefreedomday.org/Competition2007 > > Good luck everyone with your planning. It looks like it'll be a fantastic > and truly global event this year! :) > > Cheers, > Pia > > I went to the website and it say I can not view the page, even when I was logged in? And we in New Mexico can't wait were really happy to be a part of this.

Aug. 25, 2007

Re: [SFD-discuss] Apologies and update for teams

by Lars Noodén

It's good to hear the servers are back up and running. Pia Waugh wrote: > ... Details below on what happened: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/loco-contacts/2007-August/001506.html > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/loco-contacts/2007-August/001510.html I'm a little shocked to hear that they were running cleartext passwords (e.g. FTP) and allowing arbitrary CGIs to be run. It's a releive to know know that SSH is now being used, it's been available since the 1990's. In the announcement, a distinction is not made between 'upgrading' and 'patching'. It should not matter if the servers were still running Breezy as long as they were patched. Patching != upgrading, and upgrading can bring its own set of problems, including security and stability. One of the key advantages of Free Software, as I have seen it, is that one has the option of keeping a stable set up and not being forced into arbitrary upgrades. Debian, on which *buntu is based is a good example and one can choose to patch the existing software. The more users a service has, the more important this is. Back to lurking, Regards, -Lars

Aug. 25, 2007

Software Freedom Day 2007 Competition!

by Pia Waugh

Hi all, We are very pleased to announce that there is another competition for SFD this year. The two prize categories are: 1) The best SFD event for 2007 2) The best OLPC contribution or plan for contribution The two prizes are, you guessed it, One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) computer systems generously donated by Google! The due date for your entries is the 30th September, so make sure you get started on planning your entries. In particular make sure your SFD events are fantastic and that you take plenty of photos and such :) Details of the competition are below including rules and such. http://softwarefreedomday.org/Competition2007 Good luck everyone with your planning. It looks like it'll be a fantastic and truly global event this year! :) Cheers, Pia -- Software Freedom Day 2007 http://softwarefreedomday.org/

Aug. 25, 2007

Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD in Tunisia on 9th

by Pia Waugh

Hi Wassim, <quote who="Derguech Wassim"> > Due to the month of Ramadan which is a religious month, we planned to > celebrate SFD'07 on 9th of september in stead of 15th! > > You can see our local website on www.sfdtunisia.org Great to hear! Happy Ramadan and have a great SFD event on the 9th. If teams ever need to move their events around for specific reasons, please be assured that this is ok. Just let us know and make sure the different date is clear on your team page so people visiting your web page don't get confused. Cheers, Pia -- Software Freedom Day 2007 http://softwarefreedomday.org/

Aug. 25, 2007

SFD in Tunisia on 9th

by Derguech Wassim

Hi all, Due to the month of Ramadan which is a religious month, we planned to celebrate SFD'07 on 9th of september in stead of 15th! You can see our local website on www.sfdtunisia.org Regards, wassim -- Derguech Wassim -DERWAS- ENSI www.dfsa.org.tn dfsa.freehostia.com www.sfdtunisia.org MSN: dfsa_derwas(a)hotmail.com Yahoo: dfsa_derwas(a)yahoo.fr GSM: (+33) 06 15 87 67 24

Aug. 25, 2007

Apologies and update for teams

by Pia Waugh

Hi all, Firstly thank you to you all for your patience and understanding while we had some technical issues. For those that didn't know, the Software Freedom Day website was down for almost 4 days, and it has taken till now for various reasons to get the mailing lists back up. Details below on what happened: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/loco-contacts/2007-August/001506.html https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/loco-contacts/2007-August/001510.html I am glad to say that though the initial work of Canonical sysadmins, and then through the tireless work of several of the Software Freedom International board members, we now have the website, mailing lists and registration back up and running! All other Software Freedom Day preparations were unaffected by the server issues. All teams that registered prior to the 30th July have already had much of their free team schwag posted, and will be receiving 3 seperate packages: 1) SFD tshirts (already shipped to most teams) 2) SFD stickers and balloons (being shipped in the next 2 days) 3) Ubuntu and The Open CD packs (already shipped) Please note that due to some issues in production, we are only able to ship 5 of The Open CDs to each team this year (not including additional CDs purchased), however we will ensure more are available next year. Please feel free to replicate the CDs being sent and to distribute any other FOSS that is locally relevant and beneficial to your events. We are pleased to say there are already 283 registered teams celebrating Software Freedom Day this year, and we expect plenty more to register in the coming weeks to be included as official events. Hopefully we'll hit at the very least the 300 mark, so please let any teams you know that haven't registered to get their socks on! Please ensure your event pages are up to date because over the coming weeks people will be looking for your events and wanting to see at the very least what you'll be doing, when and where so they can visit your events! Good luck with your SFD planning, and thank you all for helping take software freedom to the world! Through all our efforts we can really help ensure a more open, sustainable and trustworthy digital future! Cheers, Pia -- Software Freedom Day 2007 http://softwarefreedomday.org/

Aug. 25, 2007

Re: [SFD-discuss] CDs/other stuff coming from different places?

by Pia Waugh

Hi Douglas, <quote who="Douglas A. Whitfield"> > I know there was discussion about ubuntu/OpenCDs a while back. We got > our shirts and stickers today, but no CDs. I'm assuming those are > coming from Canonical (Montreal, perhaps?). Anyway, just want to make > sure our CDs are coming! The CDs will be coming seperately, as will be the stickers and balloons. I'll be sending out an update email for all teams in the next hour or two with all information about where everything is up to! Cheers, Pia -- Linux Australia http://linux.org.au/ "We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free." - Bill Hicks

Aug. 25, 2007

CDs/other stuff coming from different places?

by Douglas A. Whitfield

I know there was discussion about ubuntu/OpenCDs a while back. We got our shirts and stickers today, but no CDs. I'm assuming those are coming from Canonical (Montreal, perhaps?). Anyway, just want to make sure our CDs are coming! Thanks! Douglas A. Whitfield Carolina Open Source Initiative Co-President http://www.ibiblio.org/cosi Cell: 919-360-0306 AIM: DouglasAWh http://www.softwarefreedomday.org *UNC SFD Platinum Sponsors: Dell* UNC SFD Gold Sponsors: OpenNMS, MindTouch, Siena Tech

Aug. 24, 2007