Fsf-friends February 2009

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Adoption of FS based subjects in syllabus at CU
by Vikram Vincent 04 Mar '09

04 Mar '09

In a major move, the B.Sc. Computer Science Dept. of CU has introduced Python, PHP, GNU/Linux administration into the syllabus. References to M$ and its office applications in the Computer Fundamentals paper were replaced by OOo. There is also a shift from Turbo-C to GCC and friends. Topics related to Free software and open standards have been introduced into the IT paper of BBM. The Free Software based 'Moodle' - a learning management system(LMS) is being implemented as a policy throughout the University in a phased manner. Debian GNU/Linux is being installed in at least one system per department on a trial basis and both teaching and support staff are being trained. The creation of a Free Software Group is being planned as part of the CS Dept. academic activities. FS based projects will be given to the students for imlementation. These changes come after more than a year's efforts in convincing and training the staff and students on Free Software. -- Vikram Vincent +91 9448810822 http://swatantra.org/

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Fwd: [FSF] ESP: Looking at Microsoft's FAT patents through Bilski glasses
by Nagarjuna G. 27 Feb '09

27 Feb '09

FYI see the forwarded mail on the subject. --

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Debian Chiguru - Alpha CD released
by Omshivaprakash H L 25 Feb '09

25 Feb '09

Original Post: https://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=922951 Project page: http://sf.net/projects/kannada The Kannada Localization project and Tech volunteers group from sampada.net community (http://tech.sampada.net) is happy to announce Debian Chiguru distribution CD release. The team released this CD on 7th February, 2009 during the GNU/Linux Habba version 3 celebrated at NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte. This distribution has add-ons for Kannadigas to read, write and work with Kannada on their computer. Chiguru is based on Debian Lenny. The distribution is to focus on providing an improved distribution for Kannada users in particular, and Indian language users in general. This release can be used either as a live CD, or as an installer CD. GUI installer is available. We have long term goals to develop this distribution to meet specific computing requirements for Kannada users and Karnataka. We encourage users to download, install/run Chiguru and send feedback to the community. This would help us improve it, evolve it into a much useful packaged distribution. Visit Gnu/Linux habba official website: http://habba.in For support requests or to get in touch with the Technical team, write to us: tech-volunteers at sampada.net Cheers, Omshivaprakash, Release coordinator -- -- "A well-directed imagination is the source of great deeds" -- With Best Regards, Omshivaprakash.H.L | ಓಂ ಶಿವಪ್ರಕಾಶ್ ಎಚ್. ಎಲ್ | ॐ शिवप्रकाश् एच्. एल् Website : http://www.techfiz.info Blog : http://platonic.techfiz.info Phone: 91- 9902026518 AIM : fizworks ICQ : 265216744 IRC : #techfiz server: irc.freenode.net channel: #linux-india #ubuntu-in #gnu-india #kannada

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End software patents - phase ii
by Harish Singh 24 Feb '09

24 Feb '09

All, FSF has released a press note to mark new direction and people tasked with the end software patents project. Excerpts follow: By organizing this information and delivering it into the hands of activists and law makers, we can form an immense tool to help existing and future campaigns around the world -- Ciaran O'Riordan, Director End Software Patents... See https://www.fsf.org/news/endsoftwarepatents-phase-II for details. regards, Harish

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Embedded Linux
by Anoop Krishnan G 23 Feb '09

23 Feb '09

Hello, Can any one help me with embedded linux . I want to run LINUX based rtos in PIC microcontroller , specifically DSPIC30F2012-301/SP , can any one help me with this. Freedom Regards and Wishes, Anoop Krishnan G Share files, take polls, and make new friends - all under one roof. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/

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Re: [Fsf-friends] Fsf-friends Digest, Vol 13, Issue 15
by Anoop Krishnan G 23 Feb '09

23 Feb '09

Hello, Can any one help me with embedded linux . I want to run LINUX based rtos in PIC microcontroller , specifically DSPIC30F2012-301/SP , can any one help me with this. Freedom Regards and Wishes, Anoop Krishnan G Did you know? You can CHAT without downloading messenger. Go to http://in.webmessenger.yahoo.com/

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women and free software
by Juan Carlos Gentile Fagundez 22 Feb '09

22 Feb '09

I'm very interested to understand more on the topic "women and free software in India" As I could 'perceive' being in some events in India, the situation is a little bit terrible. Women absolutely separated not to say 'segregated' This gave me the impression that not being talking to a group of activists for freedom since women was outside. Was that just my perception and impression? regards juan -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.hipatia.net - http://aty.hipatia.net - http://guri.c-o-d-e-x.net Italia - tel: +39 3929657778 +39 3384192487 - India - +91 9633621956 jabber: jucar(a)hipatia.net -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fingerprint: 7464 DDDE 9D5D 3B6C CBF9 7699 A021 CE74 EA7A D95A Public key 0xEA7AD95A at http://pgp.mit.edu

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Custom SPIN for DF-Day+
by Mani A 22 Feb '09

22 Feb '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Document Freedom Day is on the 25thof March. Plenty of teams will be taking part in the event (I am coordinating the Kolkata team IlugCalinfo ) Is it possible for somebody to make a custom spin including: 1. Mainly destop oriented packages (updated to stable Fedora10) 2. All Open Office stuff with good collection of templates, Dictonaries 3. Scribus, GIMP, Koffice, Gnumeric, Docbook, Lua, Quanta etc (latest stable) 4. TexLive and IDEs 5. Lots of Advocacy related documentation + Whitepapers, Technical reports, Tutorials etc (for DF-Day): (I can help) 6. Documentation More (please suggest) (a non official spin can be considered for some locales ... for rpmfusion things) I think many teams would be able to make copies and do lot more. Best A. Mani -- A. Mani Member, Cal. Math. Soc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkmfLuQACgkQunMISzvdfU6RTwCfRC92xf81fWxnUSWptO5eagxG Z+kAnRt0hFEqyR47jJq/JUz2E5IoZ3eI =pjJO -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [Fsf-friends] Custom SPIN for DF-Day+
by Mani A 20 Feb '09

20 Feb '09

Sorry. It was meant for a Fedora list A. Mani -- A. Mani Member, Cal. Math. Soc

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Microsoft, Red Hat to interoperate patent-free
by Manilal K M 18 Feb '09

18 Feb '09

For years, Microsoft has insisted that open-source vendors acknowledge that its patent portfolio is a precursor to interoperability discussions. On Monday, Microsoft shed that charade and announced an interoperability alliance with Red Hat for virtualization. Read More here: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10164907-16.html regards -- Manilal K M : മണിലാല്‍ കെ എം. http://libregeek.blogspot.com

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