FSUG-Bangalore October 2006

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Reminder: Debian Conclave at BMSCE,29th oct 2006
by പ്രവീണ്‍‌|Praveen 28 Oct '06

28 Oct '06

Hi, See ya all at BMS. Cheers Praveen ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: netra_b86 <netra_b86(a)yahoo.com> Date: २००६ अक्तूबर २८ १४:०४ Subject: [bmslug] Debian Conclave at BMSCE,29th oct 2006 Greetings !! The venue for the Debian Conclave scheduled on 29th october 2006 is Class Room 201 , Computer Science Department,Electronics Block,BMSCE. More info on this <http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Debian/Conf/06/Conclave> page Cheers, Netra. __._,_.___ -- "Value your freedom, or you will lose it, teaches history. `Don't bother us with politics', respond those who don't want to learn." -- Richard Stallman Me scribbles at http://www.pravi.co.nr

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[OT]Seach engine for Bangalore
by Thejesh GN 27 Oct '06

27 Oct '06

The local search in India is not great. Building one such for Bangalore would be great idea but it requires a lot of investment. But how about building a using Google Co-Op. Few days back Google released Google Co-Op. This is where you can build the search engine by community involvement. The search engine is built using the URLs submitted by the community. In our case just keep adding the URLs related to only Bangalore. Another interesting factor is labeling. This gives the functionality of labeling the URLs and making the search more relevant. I have already started a Bangalore Search Engine. And in search of volunteers who can submit the URLs to the engine to make it better, All you need is gmail id to do it. If you don't have a gmail id then pass on the URL so that I can add it. Sending the labels (or tags) will be an extra information. Even if you are a blogger and if you blog about Bangalore then send your blog URL. We have a label called Blogs. So lets begin the a localized engine For a quick search on Bangalore you can bookmark http://www.eventsbangalore.net/seach-bangalore/ To contribute : http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=017559419168545695386%3Ad7cydjkgozc Suggestions are welcome. -- Thanks, Thejesh GN http://www.techmag.biz --------------------------------------------------------------- For all Bangalore events visit http://www.eventsbangalore.net --------------------------------------------------------------- -- Thanks, Thejesh GN http://www.techmag.biz --------------------------------------------------------------- For all Bangalore events visit http://www.eventsbangalore.net ---------------------------------------------------------------

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quote
by Vikram Vincent 23 Oct '06

23 Oct '06

"And somewhere there are engineers Helping others fly faster than sound. But, where are the engineers Helping those who must live on the ground?" -- Regards Vikram Vincent +919448810822 http://groups.google.com/group/bangalore_alive/ http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=19591248

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Ask Bono To Stand With Us Against DRM
by പ്രവീണ്‍‌|Praveen 20 Oct '06

20 Oct '06

Hi, Defective by Design ( http://wwwdefectivebydesign.org ) is running a campaign encouraging Bono to take a stand on DRM will send a powerful message. Its your chance to be a prt of this campaign by signing the petition. We have reached about 5000 signatures and we are looking at 10000. So pass it on to your friends as well. <quote> Dear Bono, You have dedicated a major part of your life's work to fighting for good causes, bringing pressure to bear on the powerful and political elite to effect positive change. In the same way that you have called for action from world leaders, we now call upon you to look at the facts surrounding Digital Restrictions Management (DRM), and join us in demanding an end to handcuffs on technology and culture. </quote> Read the full petition and sign http://defectivebydesign.org/petition/bonopetition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bono Regards Praveen -- "Value your freedom, or you will lose it, teaches history. `Don't bother us with politics', respond those who don't want to learn." -- Richard Stallman Me scribbles at http://www.pravi.co.nr

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Debian Developers Conference planning maeet aka Debian Concalve on 29th
by പ്രവീണ്‍‌|Praveen 19 Oct '06

19 Oct '06

Hi, Everyone is welcome to participate in Debian Conclave -- a secret meeting of Debian fans to chart out a plan for world domination :-) See http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Debian/Conf/06/Conclave for more inforamtion and how to participate. Cheers Praveen -- "Value your freedom, or you will lose it, teaches history. `Don't bother us with politics', respond those who don't want to learn." -- Richard Stallman Me scribbles at http://www.pravi.co.nr

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Fwd: [Fsf-ap] Richard Stallman's Talk at Hyderabad
by Vikram Vincent 18 Oct '06

18 Oct '06

Title: Software and Freedom Speaker: Richard M. Stallman Location: Tagore Auditorium, Osmania University, Hyderabad. Time: 4 p.m., 20th October, 2006 "Free software is a fundamental requirement for a democratic and free society in which we are surrounded by and dependent upon technical devices." -- Eben Moglen. Richard M. Stallman is the founder of the Free Software Foundation and the GNU project, which has contributed the most significant part of the GNU/Linux operating system. He is a scientist, a philosopher, a music-lover and musician, and a most passionate programmer. Amonst numerous notable creations and achievements, he has written the GCC compiler, the GDB debugger and the Emacs editor, and has been awarded four honorary Ph.Ds from universities around the world. Stallman argues that software users should have the freedom to "share with their neighbor" and to be able to study and make changes to the software that they use and this forms the basis for the Free Software movement. He is coming to Hyderabad to talk about the relationship between software and freedom. All individuals passionate about software and freedom, who believe that technological development is most effective when we collaborate with each other must attend this talk at 4 PM on the 20th of October to be held at Tagore Auditorium, Osmania University, Hyderabad. Links: 1) Free Software Foundation of India, Andhra Pradesh Chapter: http://www.swecha.org/ 2) Free Software Foundation of India: http://fsf.org.in -- Sunil Mohan _______________________________________________ Fsf-ap mailing list Fsf-ap(a)mm.gnu.org.in http://mm.gnu.org.in/mailman/listinfo/fsf-ap -- Regards Vikram Vincent +919448810822 http://groups.google.com/group/bangalore_alive/ http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=19591248

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Re: [Fsf-friends] Need help (sorry for cross posting)
by Krishna Pagadala 14 Oct '06

14 Oct '06

Tivo is an example. But it can reasonably be construed as an example where the content companies are forcing Tivo to do so. I want examples where nobody is forcing such behaviour, but they still take away freedom. Such examples I hope will convince more people that GPLv3 is right in prohibiting them. The thin client example is a very good one for these purposes, anybody know who makes them? Link to a website selling the product? Who are schools that actually bought the product? Can somebody (from Bangalore?) volunteer to find out this information. Thanks Krishna Ajay Pal Singh Atwal <ajaypal(a)bbsbec.org> wrote: Maybe someone more knowledgeable can tell you more about it, but tivo is one example of such a device. Maybe you can read this as well http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1915643,00.asp ----- Krishna Pagadala wrote: > Hi All, > The following is an excerpt from the recent GPLv3 Conference in > Bangalore. > > "The simplest case it, I buy a thin client, lets say, and it's got > firmware on an IDE flash, I cannot take it out and put it in another > commodity hardware because they lock it down. And they don't do > simple things like, the kernel only has drivers for your hardware. > They TPM it, they put in a two dollar TPM chip on the board and they > lock down Free Software to their particular hardware." > http://fsfeurope.org/projects/gplv3/bangalore-rms-transcript#freedom-and-th… > > Does anybody know more about this? Does anybody know the person who > asked this question? Can people please find out and let me know? > > Thanks > Krishna > > > > ===================================== > Misinterpreting Copyright by Richard Stallman > "Die Gedanken Sind Frei": Free Software and the Struggle for Free > Thought by Eben Moglen mp3 ogg > Free Knowledge blog > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > .. > > --------------------------------- > Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We'll help. Yahoo! > Small Business. > _______________________________________________ > Fsf-friends mailing list > Fsf-friends(a)mm.gnu.org.in > http://mm.gnu.org.in/mailman/listinfo/fsf-friends -- Sincerely Ajay Pal Singh Atwal Dept of CSE & IT BBSBEC, Fatehgarh Sahib Punjab, INDIA -------------------------------- http://www.bbsbec.ac.in http://www.ajaypal.com -------------------------------- ajaypal[at]bbsbec.org, ajaypal[at]acm.org _______________________________________________ Fsf-friends mailing list Fsf-friends(a)mm.gnu.org.in http://mm.gnu.org.in/mailman/listinfo/fsf-friends ===================================== Misinterpreting Copyright by Richard Stallman "Die Gedanken Sind Frei": Free Software and the Struggle for Free Thought by Eben Moglen mp3 ogg Free Knowledge blog . --------------------------------- Stay in the know. Pulse on the new Yahoo.com. Check it out.

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RMS' visit to NIT Hamirpur
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 13 Oct '06

13 Oct '06

Dr. Richard Matthew Stallman (http://stallman.org/) will be giving a public lecture in National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh on the 25th of October, 2006. The proposed topic for the talk is "Free Software, Free Society". This would take place immediately after Dr. Stallman is done with his talk in the Air Jaldi Summit (http://summit.airjaldi.com) in Dharamsala. There is no entry fee for attending the lecture. Everyone is invited. Anybody willing or able to make the trip are encouraged to drop in. RSVP: debarshi.ray(a)gmail.com arjunbs(a)nitham.ac.in Cheers, Debarshi -- Microsoft does have a Y2K problem... it's called GNU/Linux!

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Fwd: Need help (sorry for cross posting)
by Krishna Pagadala 13 Oct '06

13 Oct '06

Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 15:04:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Krishna Pagadala <krishnaact(a)yahoo.com> To: fsf-friends(a)mm.gnu.org.in, gplv3-conference(a)mm.gnu.org.in, fsug-bangalore(a)mm.gnu.org.in Subject: Need help (sorry for cross posting) Hi All, The following is an excerpt from the recent GPLv3 Conference in Bangalore. "The simplest case it, I buy a thin client, lets say, and it's got firmware on an IDE flash, I cannot take it out and put it in another commodity hardware because they lock it down. And they don't do simple things like, the kernel only has drivers for your hardware. They TPM it, they put in a two dollar TPM chip on the board and they lock down Free Software to their particular hardware." http://fsfeurope.org/projects/gplv3/bangalore-rms-transcript#freedom-and-th… Does anybody know more about this? Does anybody know the person who asked this question? Can people please find out and let me know? Thanks Krishna ===================================== Misinterpreting Copyright by Richard Stallman "Die Gedanken Sind Frei": Free Software and the Struggle for Free Thought by Eben Moglen mp3 ogg Free Knowledge blog . --------------------------------- Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We'll help. Yahoo! Small Business. ===================================== Misinterpreting Copyright by Richard Stallman "Die Gedanken Sind Frei": Free Software and the Struggle for Free Thought by Eben Moglen mp3 ogg Free Knowledge blog . --------------------------------- Stay in the know. Pulse on the new Yahoo.com. Check it out.

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Fwd: [FSF India Board] Stay in Bangalore
by Nagarjuna G. 07 Oct '06

07 Oct '06

FYI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Richard Stallman <rms(a)gnu.org> Date: Oct 7, 2006 6:37 AM Subject: [FSF India Board] Stay in Bangalore To: fsf-board(a)gnu.org.in I have a place to stay in Bangalore: From: Deepak B Jacob <dbjacob(a)gmail.com> The address is: Jacob's Inn 3090; 6th A Main Double Road (near ESI Hospital) Indiranagar Bangalore 560008 Ph:25251591 The only thing I need now is a useful speaking opportunity. -- Nagarjuna G. http://www.gnowledge.org/ http://www.hbcse.tifr.res.in/Data/Objects/n/nagarjun/viewObject

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