FSF-web December 2005

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Fwd: [nagarjun@gnowledge.org: [Fsf-friends] GPL-v3]
by Nagarjuna 31 Dec '05

31 Dec '05

Could you please modify appropriately the text and get visitors attention to gpl v-3 drafting process. Nagarjuna ----- Forwarded message from Nagarjuna <nagarjun(a)gnowledge.org> ----- > Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 12:52:19 +0530 > From: Nagarjuna <nagarjun(a)gnowledge.org> > Subject: [Fsf-friends] GPL-v3 > To: Principal Support List of FSF-India <fsf-friends(a)mm.gnu.org.in> > Reply-To: nagarjun(a)gnowledge.org, > Principal Support List of FSF-India <fsf-friends(a)mm.gnu.org.in> > Organization: HBCSE, TIFR > User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051013) > > FSF is entering 2006 with a very important task, drafting GPLv-3. > GPLv-2 was released in 1991, and it is the most widely used free > software license. During the course of time, the computing > environments are transforming, particularly with the entrance of > webservices and embedded devices. In the context of these changes, > it is possible that user's freedom may not be preserved. > > FSF is committed to protect the software freedom even under the > transformed conditions in future. A draft of the GPL-v3 will be > released during the First International Public GPL-v3 launch > conference to be held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology > (MIT) on January 16 and 17, 2006. It is very likely that I will > attend this event and will participate in the deliberations > representing FSF India. > > I invite the free software community in India to actively > participate in shaping the new license. If you would like to share > any specific inputs let us discuss them here in the list. You may > also want to send me your thoughts directly. > > Visit http;//gplv3.fsf.org/ > > wishing you all a success in protecting software freedom. > > Nagarjuna > > _______________________________________________ > Fsf-friends mailing list > Fsf-friends(a)mm.gnu.org.in > http://mm.gnu.org.in/mailman/listinfo/fsf-friends ----- End forwarded message -----

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Re: [FSF India Board] Exhibition at International Film Festival of Kerala
by Nagarjuna 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

V. Sasi Kumar wrote: >The International Film Festival of Kerala is scheduled from December 9th >to 16th. Films will be screened at various venues at Thiruvananthapuram. >The Kerala State Chalachitra Academy has agreed to provide space for >displaying Free Software, with emphasis on those related to the visual >media, and some posters. We are planning to do this in co-operation with >SPACE. We also plan to distribute handouts on FSF and SPACE, and also >some literature related to Freedom/Free Software. We are getting some >CDs ready that could be sold at a nominal price. The Academy is also >interested in conducting some training programmes in media related Free >Software after the festival. > > > please get this published as an event at the site with a brief description. Nagarjuna

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