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RMS has signed the appeal to the VTU. Have you?
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 21 Mar '05

21 Mar '05

http://bangalore.gnu.org.in/?VTU-FLOSS_Campaign [See serial # 80] >From Richard Stallman <rms at gnu.org>: Schools of all levels should insist on Free Software, because proprietary software prohibits learning and builds dependency. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/schools.html _____ _/ ____\____ Frederick Noronha * Freelance Journalist * Goa \ __\/ \ India T +91.832.2409490 M +919822 122436 | | | | \ http://fn.swiki.net http://goabooks.swiki.net |__| |___| / http://www.bytesforall.net http://www.bytesforall.org \/ ----------------------------------------------------- Sign up for low-volume, high-quality news summaries and updates from Goa at http://newsfromgoa.swiki.net * It's free and volunteer-driven.

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Review of Ubuntu hoary
by Praveen A 21 Mar '05

21 Mar '05

Hey all, It features the brand new Gnome 2.10 version with a lot of new features (check http://www.gnome.org for new features of gnome 2.10). It has now a bit torrent client and now totem plays videos (they say so). The new add or remove programmes make installation a snap with just a tick mark. It has the new gimp 2.2, easy configuration of modem .... It has all the things for a newbie, a desktop to recommend and it is superb (based on debian so quality is assured). Try it today or register your copy today. Suggest it confidantaly to your friends. It is a really great desktop GNU box. Love Praveen A -- "There is no system but GNU, and Linux is one of its kernels." A proud GNU user http://www.gnu.org http://www.edathanattukara.com My Weblog at http://www.livejournal.com/users/pravi Visit me at http://www.pravi.tk Rediscover the web ! Get firefox at http://www.getfirefox.com Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

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Patents Bill deferred by a day
by Ramanraj K 21 Mar '05

21 Mar '05

http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/001200503211602.htm

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UNESCO between two Phases of the WSIS
by V. Sasi Kumar 21 Mar '05

21 Mar '05

"An International Conference “UNESCO between two Phases of the World Summit on the Information Society” will be held on May 17-19, 2005 in Saint-Petersburg (Russian Federation) under the auspices of UNESCO. The Conference is organized with a view to clarify the next steps and key decisions of UNESCO with regard to the creation of the global information society." More details are available at: http://confifap.cpic.ru/conf2005/eng/info/ -- V. Sasi Kumar <sasi.cess(a)gmail.com> Centre for Earth Science Studies

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Legal Affairs Wing
by Ramanraj K 21 Mar '05

21 Mar '05

I propose we create a Legal Affairs Wing to discuss, research and solve legal issues involving the use of Free Software. Pressing issues should receive the highest priority, but we cannot afford to lose sight of the fact that GNU Freedom could become the mother of *all* our Freedoms. Law reform and the task of reducing law to code would be the main work of the Legal Affairs Wing. Modern legal systems need to use free software. Often, people imagine legal applications to be "vertical" but on the contrary, nothing could be more "horizontal". Law is the common background for *all* of us. Making the law available as free software code would make free software more ubiquitous in society. Today's editorial in the Hindu, includes an opinion on "Making Government Intelligent" that is available online at : http://www.hindu.com/2005/03/21/stories/2005032101751000.htm . We need to act quickly. Free software is based on the philosophy of love, sharing, and freedom, and the same social colloboration is needed to reduce the law to code to achieve success. Many entities have "business rules" written in antiquated languages based on non-free software, and the lack of availability of equivalent or better free software code is cited as main reason justifying use of non-free software. Our involvment in a constructive way is necessary to bring about an important change. The Legal Affairs Wing (LAW) should have two clear divisions, (1) "FSF LAW", dealing with matters involving issues directly concerning FSF India, such as gpl violations, and very specific issues concerning use of free software, and (2) "GNU LAW" dealing with the law in general. Please make room for GNU LAW - it will change our lives for the better :) Regards, Ramanraj.

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www.ffii.in
by Nagarjuna G. 20 Mar '05

20 Mar '05

André Rebentisch" <arebenti(a)web.de> created http://www.ffii.in/. please visit this site and if any from India is interested to maintain this site, please contact me or buero(a)ffii.org. This is very important development and all the people who want to maintain and promote software freedom should join here. Nagarjuna

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NEWS: Hurd/L4 Developer Marcus Brinkmann Interviewed
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 20 Mar '05

20 Mar '05

http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/19/1411219 Hurd/L4 Developer Marcus Brinkmann Interviewed GNU is Not Unix | Posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday March 19, @09:26AM from the papa-on-brand-new-bag dept. wikinerd writes "A few years ago when the GNU OS was almost complete, the kernel was the last missing piece, and most distributors combined GNU with the Linux kernel. But the GNU developers continued their efforts and unveiled the Hurd in 1990s, which is currently a functioning prototype. After the Mach microkernel was considered insufficient, some developers decided to start a new project porting the Hurd on the more advanced L4 microkernel using cutting-edge operating system design, thus creating the Hurd/L4. Last February one of the main developers, Marcus Brinkmann, completed the process initialization code and showed a screenshot of the first program executed on Hurd/L4 saying 'The dinner is prepared!' Now he has granted an interview about Hurd/L4, explaining the advantages of microkernels, the Hurd/L4 architecture, the project's goals and how he started the Debian port to Hurd." FORWARDED VIA: _____ _/ ____\____ Frederick Noronha * Freelance Journalist * Goa \ __\/ \ India T +91.832.2409490 M +919822 122436 | | | | \ http://fn.swiki.net http://goabooks.swiki.net |__| |___| / http://www.bytesforall.net http://www.bytesforall.org \/ ----------------------------------------------------- Writing with a difference, on issues that really make the difference.

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two links.
by Mahesh T. Pai 19 Mar '05

19 Mar '05

Dear list, At the risk of sounding pompous, below is the link to the slides of the talk I gave at Engg. College, Trichur on February 26th. http://paivakil.port5.com/writings/trichurpresentation.pdf.bz2 They were good enough to publish a short write up on software licensing and Indian copyright law in their souvenir. Here is the link. http://paivakil.port5.com/writings/trichurwriting.pdf.bz2 Verbatim copying and distribution of both are allowed. Have a nice time. -- Mahesh T. Pai <<>> http://paivakil.port5.com If your mail client does not support HTML, click here

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[Announcement] Server Break in Challenge
by Rajkumar S 18 Mar '05

18 Mar '05

Dear Sir Linuxense is conducting a server break-in challenge starting from 9 March 2005 2 AM IST. In this event, Linuxense will make a GNU/Linux server available on the Internet which the contestants try to break in. This challenge will give you a unique opportunity to test your security skills on a professionally set up server without violating any legal barriers. This event will also help you to understand the requirements of a secured server to be deployed on the Internet. At the end of the event Linuxense will share the network packet dump of the event which will help you to learn various techniques used by other contestants and do forensic analysis. Details about the event can be found http://www.linuxense.com/challenge Please feel free to pass this on to other interested institutions/lists/people also. regards, raj

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[Fsf-friends] State Obligation for activities of Transnational Corporations
by Ramanraj K 18 Mar '05

18 Mar '05

The WTO deals elaborately with rights of traders. It is mostly silent about the obligations of the traders. What if a patented product messes up the environment and the patentee has perished into the dust or is untraceable? Who exactly is responsible for the mess? We today find that the ENRON mess is sought to be cleared with funds from LIC and EPF. The mess by DDT and other "US Patents" could hardly be seen as "innovative steps" - they were just innovative in causing new kinds of cancers and seriously injuring the natural food cycle that is not easy to repair. The monopolisation by non-free software companies threatens education and the moral values we have. Janet McLean, Faculty of Law, University of Auckland, New Zealand, delivered the "George P. Smith, II Distinguished Visiting Professorship Lecutre" at Indiana University School of Law, USA on the subject of "The Transnational Corporation in History: Lessons for Today?" which is avilable online at: http://www.law.indiana.edu/ilj/v79/no2/mclean.pdf "If we start with the notion that corporations are created by states or by the operation of law, that they are abstract persons, then we will be more likely to find a space at least to talk about what a corporation's obligations should be." The responsibility and obligations of transnational corporations is yet to be investigated, researched and found out. Then, the WTO is clearly an irresponsible regime, incomplete without answers, and it cannot be shamelessly pushing forward the private interests of a few multinational corporations who could vanish into the thin air at wish. Other links to ponder upon: http://www.healthgap.org/press_releases/05/030104_HGAP_AA_INDIA_IPR.html The plea from Africa, asking India not to proceed with the amendments to the patents law, is heart rending, and we should hold a helping hand, even if it means that bombs may rain over us this monsoon. There is no much of a choice here: many are waiting to "out-source pharmaceutical" research to India - in plain English many poor Indians would end up being used as guniea pigs for "research" - and the wonderful products could be safely "protected" through our legal system itself - what convenience! http://www.expresspharmapulse.com/20050317/happenings05.shtml William (Bill) Haddad addressed the members of the Press on the ills of the current Patent Ordinance and rules. He also had a word of caution for the Government of India, the people of India and the national sector pharma Industry not to bow to the MNC pressure and to learn from the pitfalls of the US Patent laws and the problems faced by the people due to the same.

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