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The Date Itself

by Bart Lidofsky

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

Aug. 1, 2015

Re: [SFD-discuss] Issue with Confirmation

by সাজেদুর রহিম জোয়ারদ ার

Hi Fred Peace be upon you. This is Ring from Bangladesh. I had registered my team FOSS Bangladesh just a few minutes ago. But didn't get anything on goodies/supplies like last year, 2014 events. Moreover confirmation message showing that I have not asked about supplies like 2014 and the registration form is not showing that option actually. What to do now? Is this the same as 2014? -- রিং/ring +8801671411437 মহাসচিব/General Secretary এফওএসএস বাংলাদেশ/FOSS Bangladesh

Aug. 1, 2015

Re: [SFD-discuss] [SFD-announce] SFD 2015 registration is on!

by Frederic Muller - DFF

Bonsoir (apologies for the French to the list), Oui tu as édité la "template" française en fait. Je fais les modifs et te recontacte sur hors liste. A plus. Fred On 08/01/2015 07:11 PM, jimmypierre.rouen.france(a)gmail.com wrote: > > 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@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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss

Aug. 1, 2015

Re: [SFD-discuss] [SFD-announce] SFD 2015 registration is on!

by jimmypierre.rouen.france＠gmail.com

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

Aug. 1, 2015

Re: [SFD-discuss] Date and Website for SFD2015?

by Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक न ोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا

Hi Guys, THis is me after many years (some might recall my earlier involvement with this event, at the time of its launch). We'd very much want to do something in Goa, India this year. I've already written to the editors of the *Open Source* magazine in New Delhi, and sought their help in any way. They've responded positively, asking what we expect they could do... Still in discussions. Best wishes, Frederick Noronha Goa, India On 8 July 2015 at 08:14, Frederic Muller - DFF < fred(a)digitalfreedomfoundation.org> wrote: > Hi! > > Yes SFD is on September 19 as it is traditionally the 3rd Saturday of > September. We're in the process of updating the site and have therefore > forgotten to update the current one. Apologies about that. > > I'll do it right away. > > Thank you. > > Fred > > On 07/08/2015 03:34 AM, Bob Jonkman wrote: > > 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. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > SFD-discuss mailing list > > SFD-discuss(a)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 > > -- P +91-832-2409490 M 9822122436 Twitter: @fn Facebook: fredericknoronha Goa,1556 Shared Content at archive.org https://archive.org/details/goa1556

July 8, 2015

Re: [SFD-discuss] Date and Website for SFD2015?

by Frederic Muller - DFF

Hi! Yes SFD is on September 19 as it is traditionally the 3rd Saturday of September. We're in the process of updating the site and have therefore forgotten to update the current one. Apologies about that. I'll do it right away. Thank you. Fred On 07/08/2015 03:34 AM, Bob Jonkman wrote: > 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. > > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss >

July 8, 2015

Date and Website for SFD2015?

by Bob Jonkman

-----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-----

July 7, 2015

Re: [SFD-discuss] [lp-ca-on] LibrePlanet meeting in June?

by Bob Jonkman

-----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-----

June 29, 2015

Re: [SFD-discuss] new TTCS OSSWIN DVD v1.5, a collection of Free and Open Source Software for Windows available for download

by Bob Jonkman

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yay! Thanx for this! - --Bob. On 04/04/15 09:24 AM, Dev Anand Teelucksingh wrote: > 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. > > > > > _______________________________________________ SFD-discuss mailing > list SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > 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 iEYEARECAAYFAlUgUaEACgkQuRKJsNLM5epx0ACgqkMO0/TG03JQg1+hskUF6SU7 OiAAoIvq9LSySkcqiOMzf8HiJh2Cjda9 =FQBY -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

April 4, 2015

new TTCS OSSWIN DVD v1.5, a collection of Free and Open Source Software for Windows available for download

by Dev Anand Teelucksingh

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.

April 4, 2015