FSUG-Bangalore September 2006

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October 3rd Declared "Day Against DRM"
by പ്രവീണ്‍‌|Praveen 28 Sep '06

28 Sep '06

* * *"If consumers even know there's a DRM, what it is, and how it works, we've already failed" - Disney Executive.* *Defeating DRM is all about awareness*. The direct actions that we have taken are all about this. Whether it means protesting outside Apple Stores in Hazmat suits or getting HUGE press coverage for announcing the Bono petition (sign it now <http://defectivebydesign.org/petition/bonopetition>). Action gets attention, and creates space for debate. And as our friends at Disney recognize, if there is a debate, we will have won. Clear your schedule for a world wide day of action against DRM. *On Tuesday October 3rd we will all be taking action to raise the stakes and attempt to increase awareness to the threats of DRM - in a very significant way.* Add the action that you will take!<http://defectivebydesign.org/actions/plan_your_october_3rd_action>(real world or virtual) and ask others to join you. Or join the actions already planned<http://defectivebydesign.org/en/actions/oct3list>and get connected to others in your town. Submit your ideas <http://defectivebydesign.org/node/add/content-idea> for October 3rd and we will be ready to make it happen. Tell us<http://defectivebydesign.org/node/add/content-idea>how you think we can, together, raise awareness to defeat DRM. We will award prizes for the best ideas and actions<http://defectivebydesign.org/actions/plan_your_october_3rd_action>. Yes, that's right, to add a little more fun to the events (and we just love to get competitive here at DbD) we will award prizes for things like Best Idea, Best Action, Best Team Action, Best Photo, Best Blog, Best Video, Most People Contacted, Thing that makes us laugh.... and others. Submit your action today<http://defectivebydesign.org/actions/plan_your_october_3rd_action> ! *Based upon your actions on October 3rd<http://defectivebydesign.org/actions/plan_your_october_3rd_action>we will fulfill Big Media's worst nightmare: public awareness about the dangers of DRM.* Take a look at some of the idea's that have been submitted already!<http://defectivebydesign.org/ideas/day_against_drm> Is your idea too sensitive to tell everyone? Would it ruin the fun if everyone heard your idea now? Send us those suggestions<http://defectivebydesign.org/contact> . Digg this story!<http://digg.com/tech_news/October_3rd_Declared_Day_Against_DRM> http://defectivebydesign.org/en/blog/announce_day_against_drm -- "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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Software Freedom Day 06 a grand success
by പ്രവീണ്‍‌|Praveen 19 Sep '06

19 Sep '06

Hi, We had a woderful Software Freedom Day in Bangalore and I would like to thank all who helped in making this event a grand success. Also cheers to Hiran, Pavithran and all others who helped make this event a great success not just in bangalore but all over India. "This year they had shortlisted some colleges in Bangalore and our dear > BMSCE was a part of it.But it so happened that the coordinators for our > College backed out from conducting the event in our college thinking that > the response will be bad.And many thanks to Ram , an active member of > FOSS.in, me and my friends Sharadha,Shilpa, Nandini and Ganga took up the > initiative and oragnised the entire thingie in good 6 hours yesterday.Somephone calls and the event was finalised ." > "Yesterday whole night me and my friends were hoping that people will turn > up and make the event a huge success. And it happened !!!" -- Nethravathi B http://netravathib.blogspot.com/2006/09/16th-september-2006-software-freedo… "We reached BMS at around 9:15 AM to see the Audi filled with Praveen, Dilip > and myself only. Ahem… It was 9:30 and lo behold!!! The AUDI was jam packed > with people not having place to sit and extra chairs been roped in. Great!!! > 350 people packed in a 300 capacity audi!! " -- Anjhan aka tuxmaniac http://www.tuxmaniac.com/blog/?p=12 " About 60 people stayed back and we splitted into 4 groups and addressed > their doubts and asked about their interest areas. Me and Dilip took charge > of one group and we had a very interesting discussion. Other three groups > were handled bu Aanjhan, Srikanth and Dinesh. We had to leave the hall only > because they had to close the hall and we left the campus becuase it was > already 1 30 and all of us were started feeling hungry." -- Praveen A [me :-)] http://www.pravi.co.nr/2006/09/16/software-freedom-day/ "Audience participation was good and there were some interesting questions. > ESR's `Cathedral and the Bazaar' came into the discussion and was soon being > twisted out of shape (sample: whether you would like to enter a Cathedral or > a Baazar? Cathedral is more solid, peaceful - but it alienates you; Baazar > is more `inclusive', you become part of it)!" -- Pramod CE http://pramode-ce.livejournal.com/42465.html See more at http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/SFD Also add more info there if you have got. 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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Software Freedom Day celebrations at BMS
by പ്രവീണ്‍‌|Praveen 15 Sep '06

15 Sep '06

Hi, BMS College of Engineering is celebrating Software Freedom Day on 16th September (on the same day teams around the world celbrate Software Freedom and teach public about the virtues of Free and Open Source Software). The event comprises of Talks, Demos and discussions. We have two interesting Demos lined up AIGLX and Linux on ipod. More information is available at http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Bangalore/BMSCE We are looking for volunteers for the event so please contact Sharadha M - sharadha -dot- bmsce at- gmail -dot- com or Netravathi B - netra -dot- b86 -at- gmail -dot- com if you would like to help out with the event. Also talk to your friends about it NOW! and bring them for the event. Collges near to BMS can also welcome to join in. See http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/SFD/Bangalore/06 for information about other activities planned on the day. Looking forward to your participation. Cheers Praveen A Bangalore Software Freedom Day Team co-ordinator Software freedom Day main site: http://softwarefreedomday.org/ Software Freedom Day Community on orkut: http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=19449187 Free Software Users Group Bangalore: http://bangalore.gnu.org.in -- "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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Final meet up before SFD
by പ്രവീണ്‍‌|Praveen 14 Sep '06

14 Sep '06

Hi, Lets meet tomorrow 6pm at St. Josph's so that we don't have any confusion as to who is doing what, who is going where kind of problems. Please attend the meeting if you are planning to participate in the event. The final list: * BMS * BIT * DSCE and * St Joseph's 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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Updates on SFD 2006
by Ramprasad B 13 Sep '06

13 Sep '06

Hi, Today, i.e on 13 September 2006, praveen, abhas and team, and myself met to discuss about the status of SFD 2006 celebrations. We have come up with the following resolutions - * Focus on the following 2 colleges as of now - - Bangalore Institute of Technology (BIT), Bangalore. - Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering (DSCE), Bangalore. - need to get response from other colleges too. * We have to yet get confirmation from these colleges, which will be finalised by end of 14 September 2006. * We are planning the following at the respective colleges as - - In BIT, to set up a stall or conduct a workshop / seminar. This is will be taken care by MSRIT guys. - In DSCE, to conduct a seminar and demo of some applications / devices that run with GNU/Linux system. * We need some more volunteers to participate in seminar / workshop / manning the stall. Please visit the wiki for more info / to add some updates - http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/SFD/Bangalore/06 - Ramprasad B __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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[OT] Kurtas: 6 of them
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 10 Sep '06

10 Sep '06

Hi, I had asked for 6 of the kurtas that were made for the GPLv3 conference to be sent to me at my address (given to Abha Abhinav and Shivanand off-list). I would like to know in whose favour should I get the draft made? I am planning to send a draft worth Rs 1800. Hope that will cover the courier charges too. Thanks, Debarshi -- It matters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose. - Darrin Weinberg

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Lets meet tomorrow 5.30 at St Joseph's
by പ്രവീണ്‍‌|Praveen 08 Sep '06

08 Sep '06

Hi, Location: St. Joseph college, Langford Road, Shanthinagar Agenda: Finalise the plans for Software Freedom Day * MSRIT is ready to host the event. Lets look at other colleges as well. * We have to plan for the volunteers meet on 9th. * I am going home tomorrow and will be back only on 12th so others has to share some of the responsibilities. * Also sign up as a volunteer at http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/SFD/Bangalore/06/Volunteers if you have not done it already. Also get more people to volunteer. See ya there. 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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Now I have a complete GNU System on my PC
by പ്രവീണ്‍‌|Praveen 07 Sep '06

07 Sep '06

Hi, I setup a GNU system snapshot and noted down the steps here. http://www.pravi.co.nr/2006/09/07/now-i-have-a-complete-gnu-system-on-my-pc/ We are looking for more hackers to finish the GNU system. 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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Kerala logs Microsoft out of schools
by Vikram Vincent 04 Sep '06

04 Sep '06

04 September 2006 00:14 *From*: Gyanendra Kumar<http://www.orkut.com/Profile.aspx?uid=8790643287070715870>[ignore this person <javascript:doAction('ignoreSender')>] *To*: fsf *Subject*: Kerala logs Microsoft out of schools http://inhome.rediff.com/money/2006/sep/02microsoft.htm Kerala logs Microsoft out of schools George Iype in Kochi September 02, 2006 The Communist Party of India (Marxists)-led government in Kerala headed by Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan is not just against American cola majors -- Coca-Cola and PepsiCo -- alone. Nearly three weeks after the Achuthanandan government banned the sale and manufacture of Coca-Cola and PepsiCo products in Kerala, Microsoft has been logged out of the state-run schools. Here on, nearly 1.5 million students in the 2,650 government and government-aided high schools in the state will no longer use the Windows platform for computer education. Instead, they have switched over to the free GNU/Linux software. "We have decided that we will use only free software for computer education in Kerala schools. We have implemented the Linux platform in high schools; it will be implemented in other schools step by step," Kerala Education Minister M A Baby told rediff.com. He said an estimated 56,000 teachers in high schools are getting trained on the Linux platform. Asked if it is a deliberate decision to log out Microsoft from the state-run schools, the minister said, the plan is not targetted at any IT company. "Our policy is to migrate computer education to free software platforms. We want to make Kerala the FOSS (Free and Open Software Systems) destination in India. That is all," he added. But officials said two factors have influenced the Communist government to go in for the Linux platform by abandoning the Microsoft product. First, Chief Minister Achuthanandan has been a votary of free software. While in Opposition till May this year, Achuthanandan had sternly opposed the then Congress government's decision to join hands with Microsoft to launch the IT@School programme. Second, free software guru Richard Stallman is virtually the consultant to the Kerala government's IT initiatives. Two weeks, back Stallman visited the state and convinced the government to switch over to free software systems in the educational institutions to begin with. Stallman, in fact, gave a presentation as to how free software has been an exciting education and computing model in a Spanish province. Officials say political parties in Kerala have been using the Microsoft versus Linux issue to settle scores. "The Congress government had launched an IT literacy project with the support of Intel and Microsoft. Now the Communist government has abandoned it, and wants to migrate everything to free software platforms," an official at the Kerala IT Mission Secretariat pointed out. While in Opposition, Achuthanandan had strongly opposed the project saying the agreement between the Kerala government and the Microsoft for training teachers under the IT@School project was fraught with danger. "Microsoft boss Bill Gates wants to push his operating system using the services of software developers who had adopted it and this was made clear by several experts in the field. The government should, therefore, be very careful when dealing with Microsoft," Achuthanandan had then written to the government headed by Congress chief minister A K Antony. Political issues apart, the Linux PC dealers are excited about the government decision to promote Linux platforms in schools. "We are getting lots of enquiries and orders for pre-loaded Linux operating system. The hardware sales have gone up because of this," P K Harikrishnan, president, Kerala Computer Manufacturers' and Dealers' Association said. -- Regards Vikram Vincent +919448810822 http://groups.google.com/group/bangalore_alive/ http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=19591248

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Software Freedom Day competition
by പ്രവീണ ്‍‌ (P raveen) എ (A) 03 Sep '06

03 Sep '06

Hi, It would be lot of fun if we wins the IBM POWER5 servers. See more details http://softwarefreedomday.org/Competition2006 We can definitely compete for the following categories 1. Individual<http://softwarefreedomday.org/Competition2006#head-df20f7ada7bb49a89ab066b7…> 1. Best event photo<http://softwarefreedomday.org/Competition2006#head-f209939ebe58504e864c6177…> 2. Best localised version of the official SFD logo<http://softwarefreedomday.org/Competition2006#head-0b6886aeaa38d3aa67d5a45a…> 3. Best global version of the official SFD logo<http://softwarefreedomday.org/Competition2006#head-3e820368209de651e89c673a…> 4. Best SFD blog coverage<http://softwarefreedomday.org/Competition2006#head-3287b02aefe1a3f7751ddebd…> 5. Highest ranking Government official at SFD event (photo required)<http://softwarefreedomday.org/Competition2006#head-17d2e4d75eeac1bf97ebeb12…> 2. Team<http://softwarefreedomday.org/Competition2006#head-cdca930a837d1fb07da60f4f…> 1. Best SFD event publicity<http://softwarefreedomday.org/Competition2006#head-2b09c775b0329838e7c28e88…> 2. Best SFD documentary<http://softwarefreedomday.org/Competition2006#head-633bc74b78cebf75c4a7007d…> 3. Best plan for FOSS deployment project on new server for community benefit<http://softwarefreedomday.org/Competition2006#head-c8f21cc172b03b31265aacd8…> 4. Best SFD event<http://softwarefreedomday.org/Competition2006#head-49e8334c8acacff7a43c02a9…> Looking forward to your ideas. 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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