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DMCRA - "Hymn" can become legal in the US
by Anand Babu 06 Jul '04

06 Jul '04

The DMCRA, proposed by Reps. Rick Boucher (D-VA) and John Doolittle (R- CA) and co-sponsored by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Joe Barton (R-TX), would re-affirm consumer fair use rights and balance the otherwise one-sided protection afforded copyright owners under current interpretations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). http://www.house.gov/boucher/docs/dmcrahandout.htm http://www.progress.org/2004/patent13.htm http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:H.R.107: EFF is asking consumers to take action on it. If you have friends in the US please ask them to sign http://action.eff.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=2224 -- Anand Babu Free as in Freedom <www.gnu.org>

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Free Software Promotion
by swathantra software 02 Jul '04

02 Jul '04

Hello to all, S2S2( Swathantra Software Solutions & Support)at Kannur had successfully completed a month long Free Software promotion by conducting seminars on "Free Software" and GNU/Linux awareness program among young students and others. The program has been well attended and appreciated by all. We have conducted seminars on " Philosophy & Concepts of Free Software " & shown live demonstration of free software applications using Knoppix 3.4 CD at various places.The activities included the following. 1)Govt. ITI for Girls, Kannur on 4th June 2004 One Full day Orientation Program consisting Seminar + Live Demo 2) NTTF, Nettur, Telichery on 6th June One Full day Program for computer science students 3) Govt Polytechnic College Kannur on 9th June After noon - Seminar plus Demo 4) Members of Kudumbasree , Kasargod Unit, on 12 th June One Day Training on Operation & Use of GNU/Linux system 5) LBS Center for Science & Technology, Kannur on 17th June Half day( Forenoon )- Seminar and Demo 6)Sir Syed institute of IT, Thaliparamba, Kannur on 17th June Afternoon - Seminar plus Demo 7) Appointment with District Collector & District Information Officer Had a fruitful discussion with Kannur district collector about creating awareness on the use of GPL software products in public domain.It is to be noted that the officials had appreciated and are very encouraging to the use of people friendly solutions using non-proprietary softwares. The good things is that Kannur District Collectrate is getting migrated to GNU/Linux applications. Also lots of initiative is being taken by district NIC office to use non -proprietary solutions for e-gov applications and education.If reports(unofficial) are to be believed, PALAKKAD collectrate will be the first to get wired using thin clients running GNU/Linux!!. ----------------------- (-!-) Seminar on Free Software at Sreepuram School could not be materialized due to Transport strike on the day. Many engineering colleges showed interest in conducting seminars on "free software",but due to examination schedules, students were not available in June. (*!*) This year, the Xth standard text book has more contents on Free Software applications. There is one chapter on GIMP included. The general impression is that People have made notice of the power of GPL & the value of FREEDOM in using people friendly GPL products. ___________________________________________________________________________ That's all now ------------------ Sujeevan S2S2, Kannur email- s2s2(a)linux.net website:http://s2s2net.netfirms.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FOR latest CDs contact s2s2(a)linux.net Contact us for setting up thin clients(using LTSP) using your old machines _______________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Linux.Net -->Open Source to everyone Powered by Linare Corporation http://www.linare.com/

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new site of fsf in plone
by Nagarjuna G. 30 Jun '04

30 Jun '04

This is my first visit to this site, may be some of you may not have seen this, https://agia.fsf.org/ -- Nagarjuna G. <nagarjun(a)gnowledge.org> HBCSE, TIFR

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Hi
by fred＠bytesforall.org 28 Jun '04

28 Jun '04

Important data!

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Join Software Freedom Day, Aug 28, 2004
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 25 Jun '04

25 Jun '04

Software Freedom Day About SFD </staticpages/index.php/AboutSFD> Team Pages </wiki/index.php/Team_Pages> Forum </forum/index.php> Wiki </wiki/index.php/Main_Page> How to Help </staticpages/index.php/HowToHelp> FAQ </staticpages/index.php/FAQ> Submit Article </submit.php?type=story> Downloads <http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/filemgmt/index.php> Contact </staticpages/index.php/Contact> Partners TheOpenCD GNSS FSF OSI Welcome to Software Freedom Day Online! *On August 28, 2004, we will celebrate the first annual Software Freedom Day.* On that day, we will make the world aware of the virtues of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), and encourage its widespread use. We will set up stations in public places to give away informational fliers and CDs with selected FOSS, including TheOpenCD <http://theopencd.sunsite.dk/> and a special all-free version of Knoppix <http://www.knoppix.net/>. This is a global grassroots marketing campaign in which we are inviting volunteers from around the world to participate. It will be up to the individual teams to chose how they wish to organize their local PR efforts. We will assist with bulk production of supplies, though the cost of supplies must be distributed. Check our team pages to see if there is already a team near you, <http://softwarefreedomday.org/wiki/index.php/Team_Pages> or use this form <http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/staticpages/index.php/TLSignup> to sign up to start one. We also have a forum <http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/forum/index.php> and mailing lists to help you stay informed. We hope you will join the celebration! <http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/staticpages/index.php/mailinglists> We have set up a wiki <http://softwarefreedomday.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page> that will contain all the team pages so that team members can set up and maintain their own information. Matt has made a team sign-up page <http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/staticpages/index.php/TLSignup> where new team leaders can register their team and provide contact information. We would ask that even established teams take a moment to fill in this form so we have some standard contact information on all the teams. We have now settled on an official approach for the supplies we will provide to teams Software Freedom Day. We have always felt that it is important to have a professional appearance on the items that we give to the public, so we decided early on to help the SFD teams attain such professional quality materials. The exact form this would take has evolved during the planning process, and we can now present this year's for provision of the materials. *"Free Software Flooding" in Macedonia* <http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/users.php?mode=profile&uid=6> <http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/index.php?topic=General>Free/Libre Software Macedonia <http://www.freesoftware.org.mk/> have recently distributed 1000 CDs, half and half TheOpenCD and Knoppix, to help promote FLOSS. Here's the trick, the event was held outside the conference hall, in Skopje, where Microsoft's "Vizija" (Vision) conference was taking place, in short, Wonderful -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ d88888b d8b db Frederick Noronha * Freelance Journalist * Goa India 88' 888o 88 f r e d @ b y t e s f o r a l l . o r g 88ooo 88V8o 88 http://www.bytesforall.org 88~~~ 88 V8o88 Phone 0091.832.2409490 Mobile 09822 122436 88 88 V888 784 Nr Lourdes Convent, Sonarbhat Saligao Goa 403511 YP VP V8P Writing ... with a difference, on issues that matter

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[Fsf-friends] [Fwd]: Sign this petition and support free/GNUsoftware
by Mahesh T. Pai 25 Jun '04

25 Jun '04

Lovers of freedom, unite!!!! ----- Forwarded message from ----- > Hello all > > Please sign this petition and show your support for free/GNU software. > Do not forget that Code is Law .... > > http://www.PetitionOnline.com/amadeuus/ > > TIA. > ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Mahesh T. Pai <<>> http://paivakil.port5.com Distributing free copies of non-free software is like advertising drugs.

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[Fwd: [LIG] OT: Survey on political motivations of GNU/Linux-developers]
by Nagarjuna 24 Jun '04

24 Jun '04

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Re: [Fsf-friends] Free Books Publication
by Vijay Kumar Bagavath Singh 24 Jun '04

24 Jun '04

Vimal Joseph writes: > 6) How to think like a computer scientist > (python version) > http://www.ibiblio.org/obp/thinkCS/ > > 7) GTK+/Gnome Application Development > by Havoc Pennington > http://developer.gnome.org/doc/GGAD/ Just a word of caution. Many free software packages undergo rapid changes, for example Python and GTK+. If we were to print the manuals and tutorials related to these software packages, the printed book will become outdated soon. Yet another thing is that many people will not be willing to buy books for software packages that undergo rapid changes. Vijay -- ______________________________________________ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze

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Re: [Fsf-friends] [Fwd]: Complimentary copies are not free
by Vijay Kumar Bagavath Singh 24 Jun '04

24 Jun '04

Ramanraj writes: > They are not free copies and therefore, let us not call them as free copies. > It is better to say "Distributing complimentary copies of non-free ..." > The OED defines "complimentary" as "given free of charge". Wouldn't it be better to use the term "proprietary software" instead of "non-free software." You wouldn't have the confusion associated with the term "free." (Especially when the two meanings of the word occur in the same sentence.) "Distributing complimentary copies of proprietary software ..." Vijay -- ______________________________________________ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze

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Free Books Publication
by Nagarjuna G. 24 Jun '04

24 Jun '04

Please send me your preferred free book/s that you want to see in the Indian market, preferably with a link to the pdf file, title ASAP. Me and Anand Sharma are going to meet Shroff on friday afternoon. He is very keen to publish our books. Now I want to know the priorities. -- Nagarjuna G. <nagarjun(a)gnowledge.org> HBCSE, TIFR

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