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Please sign the 'Say No to Copyright Filtering in Broadband Stimulus' letter.
by Vivek Varghese Cherian 12 Feb '09

12 Feb '09

Dear Friends, Please do sign the 'Say No to Copyright Filtering in Broadband Stimulus' letter at the URL http://www.publicknowledge.org/alertfax/1983 Regards, -- Vivek Varghese Cherian Website : http://vivekvc.freeshell.org Blog: http://vivekvc.wordpress.com IRC: Vivek and ViveKVC on both Freenode and OFTC GPG Key fingerprint: 0F53 447E A8D1 C4F7 C14E F117 A040 E935 7DFA D159

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Re: [Fsf-friends] [Fsf-kerala] Free Software in Higher Secondary
by V. Sasi Kumar 12 Feb '09

12 Feb '09

On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 11:58 +0700, Anoop Alias wrote: > maybe with the Pre-college school syllabus ; we must do something with > the the college sysllabus also .. Yes, we certainly need to. We have been able to get the High Schools to migrate. Now let us try to do that in the Higher Secondary schools. And then take on higher education. In a few years, everyone coming out of any institution should be familiar with Free Software tools. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India http://swatantryam.blogspot.com

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Re: [Fsf-friends] [Fsf-kerala] Free Software in Higher Secondary
by V. Sasi Kumar 12 Feb '09

12 Feb '09

I will be away from the Net for a couple of days. Meanwhile, it would be good if someone can draft a letter to the Education Minister asking for removal of specific references to proprietary software in the Higher Secondary syllabus. I think we can first try to get that done and then try for introducing applications that will be of help in higher education (such as Octave, GNU R, xmaxima, gnuplot, etc. for the science stream) or later in life (like software for the audio visual media, image editing, etc.). It looks like we will have to do some amount of thorough planning for this. We will not only have to identify what software would be good and also people to train teachers in them. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India http://swatantryam.blogspot.com

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Re: [Fsf-friends] [Fsf-kerala] Free Software in Higher Secondary
by Sasi Kumar 11 Feb '09

11 Feb '09

I think this is an important thing that we have to take up. Can we send letters from FSUGs? I will also arrange to send a letter from FSF India. Let us take this up seriously. We need to suggest alternatives too. I understand that they teach Tally for Commerce students. We may not have a Free substitute for it. So, perhaps, we can suggest alternatives. Maybe we can suggest that things like video and sound editing be taught to students of humanities. Please come up with suggestions. Best Sasi 2009/2/10 Renni P Mathunny <rennipm(a)gmail.com>: > Hello everyone, > > I hope most of you are aware about the use of proprietary software in higher > secondary classes following Kerala Government syllabus. (CBSE is no > exception, they also suggest using proprietary software.) > > It is very sad that the students, who have learned free software in high > school classes are forced to learn/use proprietary software in higher > secondary. > > Can we begin a campaign for revising the Computer Science and Computer > Application Syllabus of Higher Secondary classes – atleast to replace the > proprietary softwares with equivalent Free Software tools? There is no doubt > that the whole syllabus is to be revised. Outdated/obsolete tools/languages > like Visual Basic 6.0 and ASP are still taught in Higher Secondary. > > The software/tools to be learned by students in higher secondary courses, > are listed below. There are three different streams in Computer/IT -- > Computer Science for Science stream, Computer Applications for Commerce > stream and Computer Application for Humanities stream. All of them are > included in the following list. > > 1. C++ (Turbo C++ is usually used as the IDE) > 2. SQL (MS-Access / Oracle / MS-SQL Server) > 3. Visual Basic (Visual Basic 6.0) > 4. HTML / DHTML / Scripting Languages (VBScript / JavaScript / Perl / CGI / > ASP / JSP) > 5. MS-Office > 6. DTP (Adobe Page Maker) > 7. Text Editors > > The syllabus did not mention anything about using Free software. But it > suggests the different proprietary softwares that can be used. > > Regards, > Renni > > _______________________________________________ > Fsf-kerala mailing list > Fsf-kerala(a)mm.gnu.org.in > http://mm.gnu.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fsf-kerala > > -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please see: http://swatantryam.blogspot.com/

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Re: [Fsf-friends] [Fsf-kerala] Free Software in Higher Secondary
by Sasi Kumar 11 Feb '09

11 Feb '09

2009/2/10 Renni P Mathunny <rennipm(a)gmail.com>: > See the attached file -- list of alternatives. > > But I am not aware about an alternative to Tally for Commerce students. > Creating an alternative for Tally is also a very improtant task, becuase now > a days auditors (FCA/ACA) are forcing even government firms to buy/install > Tally, becuase they are familiar with it. GNU Cash may evolve as an > alternative. Thank you, Renni for the document. I would also suggest that, when we write, we can also suggest changes in the syllabus that would introduce sensible alternative applications/software. For instance, I thought it would be interesting and useful to teach some tools like audacity, cinelerra and advanced image editing to, say, students of Humanities, Octave, gnuplot and xmaxima (and maybe Python) to students of Physics and Maths, and so on. Please give your suggestions. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please see: http://swatantryam.blogspot.com/

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Phantom OS License Issues
by Mani A 08 Feb '09

08 Feb '09

There is a nice discussion on Phantom OS (similar in principle to S/38 ) at /. http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/02/06/1917233 You will find this more interesting: ______________ How is it licenced? It's not called a license anymore. Licenses are a thing of the past! It's called a "contractual object". And they're not written by lawyers, but "documentary artisans". _______________ Best A. Mani -- A. Mani Member, Cal. Math. Soc

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Fwd: [ILUG-Cochin.org] Swathanthra Software Sangamam
by Praveen A 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sameer Mohamed Thahir <sameer.thahir(a)gmail.com> Date: 2009/2/4 Subject: [ILUG-Cochin.org] Swathanthra Software Sangamam To: "This List discusses GNU/Linux & GNU, GPL Software" <mailinglist(a)ilug-cochin.org> Hello All, All of you are aware of the ILUG Cochin's initiatives to bring the teachers closer to the Free Software Community. Although things are moving at snails pace, our last two meetings have helped us interact with few teachers and set our goals for our campaign. This campaign has 3 primary objectives : - Enlighten teachers about the true concept of Free Software and how it can create a new generation of students with core social values and technical abilities. - Provide Support to teachers for the Free Software Implementation in Schools, the aim is make teachers self reliant. - Help Students to explore the possibilities of Free Software outside the academics. We take our campaign one step forward by organizing an event in assosciation with the Vocational Higher Secondary School Irimpanam http://vhssirimpanam.org/ "Swathanthra Software Sangamam" - One Day Programme for students and teachers - Session on " The significance of the Free Software Movement " by Jay Jacob. - Blender Workshop by Zadeek - Inkscape Workshop by Sreenadh - Interaction between Teachers and ILUG Cochin Community. Date : 10/02/2009 Time : 10:00 - 16:00 Location: VHSS Irimpanam, Near Thripunithura. This programme marks a very important chapter in the activities of ILUG Cochin. All are cordially invited to this event. Members of the ILUG Cochin community need to make this event a grand success. Thank You Regards Sameer Mohamed Thahir _______________________________________________ Mailinglist mailing list Mailinglist(a)ilug-cochin.org http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org -- പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) Join The DRM Elimination Crew Now! http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign

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[Fwd: [Tugindia] Free software event: Gnunify 09]
by V. Sasi Kumar 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

-------- Forwarded Message -------- From: Manjusha Joshi <manjusha.joshi(a)gmail.com> Reply-To: TUGIndia Mailing List <tugindia(a)tug.org> To: TUGIndia Mailing List <tugindia(a)tug.org> Subject: [Tugindia] Free software event: Gnunify 09 Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 17:26:26 +0530 Announcement: ===================================== Dear All, There is Free software event *Gnunify* on 13-14 February, 2009 in Pune at Symbiosis College. In Gnunify- this year there are special sessions for teachers from BCS and BE. Though, the program is free, registration from the website is required and there are limited seats for teachers track. The address of the site: gnunify.in In the main track any one from beginner, developer, professional can participate. Sessions are uploaded on Gnunify website. Regards, -Manjusha Joshi _______________________________________________ Home: http://www.tug.org.in/ TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq unsubscribe: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/tugindia -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India http://swatantryam.blogspot.com

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FossConf'09
by aswin jayaraman 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

Hi, In association with Indian Linux User Group of Chennai and National Resource Centre for Free/Open Source software, Thiagarajar College of Engineering,Madurai is hosting a 3 day National level conference on Free/Open Source software on feb 27, feb-28, and March-1.The objective of the conference is to create an awareness among students and common people about the importance of using Free/Open source Software. The conference will host talks by eminent foss speakers,demo stalls emphasizing the importance of free software technologies, projects and research presentations on foss and foss based contests. The registrations for the conference either as speakers or as student delagates presenting projects and demo stalls is open.You can register at http://fossconf.in The entry is free and all are invited for the conference. Regards, FossConf Team ----------------------------------------- This email was sent using TCEMail Service. Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai - 625015 (India)

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Gnu/Linux Habba v3 @ Nitte
by Omshivaprakash H L 03 Feb '09

03 Feb '09

Hi All, Sampada Community is happy to announce Gnu/Linux Habba v3. This time we are @ NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte (60km's from Mangalore) on 7th February. The event aims to: * Create awareness and share information about Free and Open Source Software. * Clarify doubts regarding availability, philosophy, usage related issues, to the extent possible. * Explore GNU/Linux and its tools with education as an aspect. * Distribute GNU/Linux distributions for people to try it out. (Free CDs, no cost involved) * Help people install GNU/Linux on their machines (laptops @ venue). * Help people configure and optimize GNU/Linux installations for using Kannada. * Answer queries pertaining to usage of Kannada on the GNU/Linux platform, to the best of our knowledge. * Help people to avoid proprietary lock-ins. GNU/Linux Habba was started in Bangalore with its first edition in April 2008 by volunteers of Sampada Community (http://sampada.net) to not only spread the word about free software, but also to introduce GNU/Linux to the non-technical computer users. The first edition organized at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore received tremendous response with more than 377 registrations running up to the event. Many participants installed GNU/Linux on their Desktops/Laptops and learnt how to use Kannada on it. From NGOs to Public sector officials keen to learn more about GNU/Linux - many people participated in the event. Following the success of the first edition, the group of volunteers behind the event decided to extend the festival to other cities in Karnataka, starting with Mysore. The second edition of GNU/Linux Habba (http://habba.in) was held on 21st September, 2008 at Physics Department, University of Mysore. Following the overwhelming response to the event, we have decided to enable users to work with Gnu/Linux at Mangalore. Date :- 7, February 2009 Venue :-Sambhram, NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte Event Portal :– http://habba.in Sampada Community :– http://sampada.net Twitter :- http://twitter.com/techsampada IRC :- #kannada on irc.freenode.net E-mail :- mangalore(a)habba.in, tech-volunteers(a)sampada.net Wiki :- http://dev.sampada.net/GNU_Linux_Install_Fest -- -- "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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