Fsf-friends October 2002

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Free software movement in Cochin University of Science and Technology
by bharat chandran 03 Oct '02

03 Oct '02

Sir, An Open Forum of Free Software Movement was held in the Dept of Polymer Science,Cochin University of Science and Technology,Cochin,Kerala,India on 25th September at 2 P.M. for promoting Free Software Movement in CUSAT.The following decisions were taken (i) To form a core group of people interested in Free Software (ii) To form an egroup for Free Software Movement in CUSAT. ('FSCUSAT'(CUSAT Free Software Movement > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fscusat/) is now available) (iii) To start loading Linux in the systems of interested users (iv) To arrange a workshop on Free Software towards the end of October.(For atleast two representatives from each Department) (v) A committee was formed with two convernors 1. Mr. G.Santhosh Kumar (Lect. ,Dept of Computer Science) 2. Mr. Bharat Chandran.R.S (Student, Dept of Instrumentation) Regards, Bharat Chandran NB:- Please tell me how to be a member of FSF india.Also tell me how our members in Cochin University will be able to a member in FSF India __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com

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Good News!
by Nagarjuna G. 02 Oct '02

02 Oct '02

A very good news. I am just coming from a meeting with Mr. M.S. Sridhar (of Cyberscape Multimedia Limited) and Prof. Jitender Shaw (VJTI, Mumbai). Sridhar is releasing the Indian Language TTF fonts (more than hundred) under GPL today the the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. He has fonts for all the languages. The press release and release note will be posted by evening. I wanted to break the news to all of you. We have been trying to have this meeting happen, but it happened today. The fonts will be putup on FSF-India's website for download, as well as their companies web site. The details will be announced soon. I will put it up on the FSF site as soon as I get the CD. We can also put them up at indic-computing site at sourceforge. Now the task is to make use of the set of TTF fonts and solve the immediate problem of encoding and rendering with TTF fonts in all the Indian Languages and release the GNU/Linux distro with GNOME applications enabled by January 26. The next task is to convert these fonts to Open Type fonts as soon as possible. Mr. Sridhar is only anticipating from the free software community the technical know how so that their company will also start developing applications under GNU/Linux OS, and also help us solve the problem of converting TTF to OTF. I hope this news will add momentum to the efforts of localization. I wish to thank on behalf of the free software community Sridhar and also Jitender Shaw for initiating this process and making this happen. I think this gesture of Sridhar will be a slap on the face of CDAC and other both Govt and private companies who are refusing to share such resources. Nagarjuna

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02 Oct '02

Hello, Register your protest against the inclusion of a products from a Multinational Company in the IT@school syllabus by sending mail to the following. The Executive Director IT @ SCHOOL Project SCERT Buildings Poojapura Thiruvananthapuram-12 email: itschool(a)asianetindia.com Also ask your friends, especially school/college teachers, who are familiar with GNU/Linux to do the same. regards ajith

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Ten ways to promote communication within a GNU/LUG
by Frederick Noronha 02 Oct '02

02 Oct '02

Thanks to Shyam Kumar.s <shyamkumars(a)yahoo.com> for his feedback and constructive criticism on an earlier version of this posting. Responsibility for errors, or conceptual flaws continues to be mine. Send in your feedback to fred at bytesforall dot org. FN COMMENT: Ten ways to promote communication within a GNU/LUG... * Build a network of GNU/LUG speakers, who are capable to speak and evangelise on the power of GNU/Linux. It's important to list who's available to speak on what subject, so that the interests of newbies are catered to. Technical issues are imporant; but issues like the philisophy of Free Software needs to be adequately understood. The power of sharing and helping one another also can be emphasised. * List readily available GNU/Linux software, where available, and under what terms it can be shared freely and without artificial restrictions. * List GNU/LUG members and contact details. Group communications through GNU/LUG mailing-lists build a self-learning environment for all, but sometimes one-to-one correspondence may be more apt in order to (i) avoid mailing-list overload (ii) address issues which might not be of wider group interest. * Expanding numbers is important. It helps GNU/LUGs attain critical mass. At the same time, it's equally important to take care of one another's learning needs, and the requirement of building a caring, sharing environment. Sharing and community building could prove more valuable than mere technical excellence, as the latter could lead to stagnation and elitism along its trajectory. * Report regularly on GNU/LUG meetings. This build bridges to those not present. * Plan for GNU/LUG meetings in advance. Meetings with outlined agendas and scheduled talks could attract more people than vague, no-agenda meetings. Meetings should also take care of newbie interests, including talks and subjects that would help to build interest among those who are not so well-versed with GNU/Linux. * If nothing else works, trying to build more mini-GNU/LUGs in your area.

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Indian Language Fonts
by M.S.Sridhar 02 Oct '02

02 Oct '02

Release Notes: M/S Cyberscape Multimedia Limited, Mumbai, developers of Akruti Software for Indian Languages, are here by releasing a set of TTF fonts for nine Indian scripts (Devanagari, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, Oriya, and Gurumukhi) under GNU General Public License (GPL). The fonts will be made available through Free Software Foundation of India and will be uploaded at the web site of FSF-India (www.gnu.org.in), indic-computing(a)sourceforge.net and also at the Akruti site (http://www.akruti.com). For any further information or assistance please contact mssridhar(a)vsnl.com.

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Fsf-friends October 2002