Dear Friends,
Can we have a online session some time soon ?
Registration and Press Release are ready now we should start sending out mail to various groups. Can we start it now ? Arky can you send final version of press release with link to registration form ?
Regards, arun.
--- Arun M arun@gnu.org.in wrote:
Registration and Press Release are ready now we should start sending out mail to various groups. Can we start it now ?
Arky can you send final version of press release with link to registration form ?
Hi List,
Perhaps the press release need few more contact phone numbers. Please kindly go through it one more time before circulating.
Cheers
--arky
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bangalore to Host the Fourth International Conference on GPLv3
India will host the Fourth International GPLv3 Conference in Bangalore, this August 23-24, 2006. A part of the world-wide drive to create awareness about the upcoming version three of the GNU General Public License (GPLv3), the two-day conference is expected to draw delegates from across the communities - legal, bureaucrat and academia. While the first day will see Richard M Stallman and Eben Moglen, the original architects of the GPLv3 license, communicating latest updates on the GPLv3 final draft, the second day holds panel discussions on localisation, awareness and adoption of GPLv3 and threat of Digital Restrictions Management (DRM).
The event to be held at the Indian Institute of Management - Bangalore is a sequence to the Third International GPLv3 Conference that took place in Barcelona, Spain. Similar events have already been held in the USA and Brazil. The international GPLv3 conferences are part of a year-long public consultation process to update the GNU General Public License (GPL).
The version 3 of the GPL, essentially, takes into account changes in terms of legal and technical environment, in which software licenses operate, and the need to increase protection against new threats such as software patents and Digital Restrictions Management (DRM). The worldwide awareness drive for GPLv3, is to ensure that, all users of software distributed under its terms, have the freedom to examine, share, and modify that software.
For registration kindly visit GPLv3 conference website http://gplv3.gnu.org.in
For Details, kindly contact:
Arun M (FSF-I) arun@gnu.org.in
Prof Rahul De' (IIM-B) rahul@iimb.ernet.in
Abhas Abhinav (FSUG-Bangalore) abhas@deeproot.co.in
Venue: IIM-B
Date: 23, 24 August, 2006
Contact numbers:
Abhas Abhinav (FSUG-Bangalore) #080-41124785
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I think this is fine. Lets start sending it.
It would be nice if Jhinuk can do a story on newspaper as a curtain raiser.
regards arun. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bangalore to Host the Fourth International Conference on GPLv3
India will host the Fourth International GPLv3 Conference in Bangalore, this August 23-24, 2006. A part of the world-wide drive to create awareness
Hi Arun,
--- Arun M arun@gnu.org.in wrote:
I think this is fine. Lets start sending it.
Great !!
It would be nice if Jhinuk can do a story on newspaper as a curtain raiser.
It seems Jhinuk's computer is not working, so am replying on her behalf.
Jhinuk is currently working for Times of India, Accent section. She promised to provide the contacts of correspondents who work for 'Sillicon Notes', the business/technology section of Times of India. I'll have to follow up this lead.
Any personal contacts of these media persons would be of great help.
Anand Sarkar Anand Parthasarathy
Arun, Is it possible to do interview of RMS or Moglen so that it can be featured in MetroPlus(The Hindu), Bangalore Times(TOI), City Beats(Deccan). The target audience are Bangalore citizen's who won't generally read business/technology magazines.
Cheers
--arky
Arun, Is it possible to do interview of RMS or Moglen so that it can be featured in MetroPlus(The Hindu), Bangalore Times(TOI), City Beats(Deccan). The target audience are Bangalore citizen's who won't generally read business/technology magazines.
I think that is possible. We also needs to Inform LFY
Hi List, --- Arun M arun@gnu.org.in wrote:
Dear Friends,
Can we have a online session some time soon ?
Registration and Press Release are ready now we should start sending out mail to various groups.
Here are excerpts from discussion Jhinuk and I had this morning on media activities relating to GPLv3 Conference press release.
* The press release can be circulated among the various mailing-list asking people to pass it on to their friends in mass media.
* Get in touch with business/technology correspondents of IBN-Live (or similar media channels) and provide information about the conference.
* Get in touch with Bangalore Press Club and explore the possibilities of promoting the event apart from organized a full-scale 'Meet the Press'.
* Find contacts in News Agencies like PTI, AP, Reuters
* If possible, hire a PR agency for the event. Or at least find a resource person in this field to help us.
Cheers
--arky
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