Fsf-friends April 2004

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Something more Generic and Distributed ... Naming!!
by Tarun Gaur 21 Apr '04

21 Apr '04

Thanx Imran, Yep LDAP is more specific. Infact I am looking at some ideas related to distributed secure naming architecture that could be applied in and out of virtual world. If anyone knows of any such work somewhere, it will be of great help. Regards, tarun _________________________________________________________________ Strike the right balance! News, gossip n fundas! http://www.msn.co.in/women/ Get it all at MSN Women!

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Re: Yep ... Sure Sajith !
by Tarun Gaur 20 Apr '04

20 Apr '04

Yeh I concur again. you are right. I will pull some socks up in hyderabad to ensure that we kick some work out here. Infact I was enquiring from Nagarjun for some people involved in FSF from Hyderabad or else we will kick a chapter out here. regards, tarun _________________________________________________________________ Strike the right balance! News, gossip n fundas! http://www.msn.co.in/women/ Get it all at MSN Women!

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Yep ... Sure Sajith !
by Tarun Gaur 20 Apr '04

20 Apr '04

Yep thanx Sajith for reminding. I totally agree with you. Actually i have been out of touch with it for some time now. Dont you worry, you will for sure see a lot of activity in hyderabad soon. Infact please suggest and lets do it all togather. You and me in the list make it two. But posting it there makes sense if we encourage others to frequest those lists. regards, tarun >From: Sajith T S <sajith(a)symonds.net> >Reply-To: Sajith T S <sajith(a)symonds.net> >To: Tarun Gaur <gaur_tarun(a)hotmail.com> >CC: imran(a)imran.info, fsf-friends(a)mm.gnu.org.in >Subject: Re: [Fsf-friends] Something more Generic and Distributed ... >Naming!! >Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 20:32:48 +0530 > >Tarun Gaur wrote: > >>Yep LDAP is more specific. Infact I am looking at some ideas related to >>distributed secure naming architecture that could be applied in and out of >>virtual world. If anyone knows of any such work somewhere, it will be of >>great help. > >Incidentally, fsf-prog(a)gnu.org.in and fsf-dev(a)gnu.org.in mailing lists >are long dead and stink like anything. (What a shame. On all of us.) Why >not take discussions like these there? > >Let's think about what can be done to rejuvenate those lists. After all, >this happens to be the Free /Software/ Foundation. Software development >also needs some attention :) > >Sajith. _________________________________________________________________ Contact brides & grooms FREE! http://www.shaadi.com/ptnr.php?ptnr=hmltag Only on www.shaadi.com. Register now!

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Re: [LIG] [OT] Sarovar, Fairplay, Apple
by Raj Mathur 20 Apr '04

20 Apr '04

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >>>>> "sdg" == Sayamindu Dasgupta <sayamindu(a)clai.net> writes: sdg> Hey, Looks like Apple has unleashed it's lawyers upon sdg> sarovar.org for hosting fairplay. sdg> http://sarovar.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=474 No, I don't agree with the project being taken down. Enough arm-twisting by corporates who want to protect their ``Intellectual Property'' by killing innovation and the individual hacker (not cracker!). If the project is taken down it will create a bad precedent in India, which will eventually lead to DMCA, PATRIOT and similar restrictions being placed on Indian developers without anyone having raised his/her voice against it. Sarovar, CVR, etc, please fight this case. And to put my money where my mouth is, I'm putting in Rs. 1000 to help you get a lawyer. I'm also forwarding this message to more lists and requesting people to come up and help defray your legal costs. Please set up some sort legal fund and fight! Regards, - -- Raju sdg> I don't seem to understand what Apple really wants - on one sdg> hand it leaves open gaping holes in its DRM scheme[1] - and sdg> on the other hand, it goes after programmes designed to sdg> decode it's protected AAC file into MP3s. Seriously - you sdg> don't need Fairplay to convert the AAC files into MP3s/Oggs. sdg> -sdg- sdg> [1] sdg> http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=104270&cid=8881865 - -- Raj Mathur raju(a)kandalaya.org http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F It is the mind that moves -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8 <http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/> iD8DBQFAgKjZyWjQ78xo0X8RAhK6AJ9J50wbLplXjBveDW4Y4obdrCB4OACeM9JI 2k8RZn6i27yqyiis/+37Gc8= =ldKp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Hyderabad Chapter
by Tarun Gaur 20 Apr '04

20 Apr '04

Hi Friends, Could someone please help me get in touch with the hyderabad chapter of FSF. It will be great getting in touch with some FSFites. regards, tarun _________________________________________________________________ Apply to 50,000 jobs now. http://go.msnserver.com/IN/46921.asp Post your CV on naukri.com today.

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playfair will come online again!
by Anand Babu 20 Apr '04

20 Apr '04

I am now appointed as official Project Maintainer for "PlayFair". It is extremely important to defend my Freedom to innovate, research and write code. I want to register a domain-name and host a server in Bangalore. Can some one point me to a good service provider? -- Anand Babu Free as in Freedom <www.gnu.org>

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Global Naming .... Leads ??
by Tarun Gaur 20 Apr '04

20 Apr '04

Hi friends, Sorry to the oldies for being away from the revolution for quite some time and hi to the new members. Hail Open Source and FSF. I am looking for a Global Naming Architecture that could extend well beyond the digital world. Any Ideas, guesses, citations, something else ... Please help. regards, tarun ================================================= The most damaging phrase in the language is: 'It's always been done that way.' - Grace Murray Hopper _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail on your mobile. Messenger on your mobile. http://www.msn.co.in/mobile/ Stay connected to what matters.

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Naming Architecture .... Any Leads?
by Tarun Gaur 20 Apr '04

20 Apr '04

Hi Friends, Sorry to the oldies for being away from the revolution for quite some time and hi to the new members. Hail Open Source and FSF. I am looking for a Global Naming Architecture that could extend well beyond the digital world. Any Ideas, guesses, citations, something else ... Please help. regards, tarun ================================================= The most damaging phrase in the language is: 'It's always been done that way.' - Grace Murray Hopper _________________________________________________________________ Strike the right balance! News, gossip n fundas! http://www.msn.co.in/women/ Get it all at MSN Women!

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by Tarun Gaur 20 Apr '04

20 Apr '04

Hi Friends, Sorry to the oldies for being away from the revolution for quite some time and hi to the new members. Hail Open Source and FSF. I am looking for a Global Naming Architecture that could extend well beyond the digital world. Any Ideas, guesses, citations, something else ... Please help. regards, tarun ================================================= The most damaging phrase in the language is: 'It's always been done that way.' - Grace Murray Hopper _________________________________________________________________ Contact brides & grooms FREE! http://www.shaadi.com/ptnr.php?ptnr=hmltag Only on www.shaadi.com. Register now!

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Call the bluff
by Ramanraj K 20 Apr '04

20 Apr '04

Mahesh T. Pai wrote: >(adding RMS and the board to the CC list) > >Arun M said on Sat, Apr 17, 2004 at 02:44:52PM +0530,: > > > How can FSF India go about fighting this issue legally.... > >This throws up a crucial issue about the role FSF has in India.... > >We need to reach out and down among the masses ... > >The people at sarovar.org were not willing to contest the dispute >because Apple had threatened to drag in their ISP, sponsor and the >company maintaining the website. > >These threats will apply also to us too, if we decide to host the >project. > > > -----Forwarded Message----- > > > So I request FSF India to take this challenge head on and mirror > > PlayFair in India, their by taking this case to court on behalf of > > free software enthusiasts. > >So far as the FSF-India is concerened, being a non-profit company... > >My opinion is based strictly on practical grounds - FSF India should >stay clear of this issue. > > > FSF India may avoid getting involved in this matter, without prejudice to any of its rights, and what follows is only for general information, so that members of this list are enlightened about these rights: Under the relevant portions of Section 52 of the Copyright Act, the following acts shall _not_ be infringement of copyright: (aa) the making or adaptation of a computer programme by the lawful possessor of a copy of such computer programme from such copy- (i) in order to utilise the computer programme for the purpose for which it was supplied; or (ii) to make back-up copies purely as a temporary protection against loss, destruction or damage in order only to utilise the computer programme for the purpose for which it was supplied; (ab)the doing of any act necessary to obtain information essential for operating inter-operability of an independently created computer programme with other programmes by a lawful possessor of a computer programme provided that such information is not otherwise readily available; (ac)the observation, study or test of functioning of the computer programme in order to determine the ideas and principles which underline any elements of the programme while performing such necessary acts necessary for the functions for which the computer programme was supplied; (ad)the making of copies or adaption of the computer programme from a personally legally obtained copy for non-commercial personal use; All these acts are specifically permitted by law. The program in question undoubtedly provided for inter-operabilty with Gnu, Gnu/Linux or FreeBSD systems. The so called copyright infringement is baseless. The law itself has provided the remedy against groundless threats too: Section 60. Remedy in the case of groundless threat of legal proceedings.- Where any person claiming to be the owner of copyright in any work, by circulars, advertisements or otherwise, threatens any other person with any legal proceedings or liability in respect of an alleged infringement of the copyright, any person aggrieved thereby may, notwithstanding anything contained in section 34 of the Specific Relief Act, 1963 (47 of 1963), institute a declaratory suit that the alleged infringement of any legal rights of the person making such threats and may in any such suit- (a) obtain an injunction against the continuance of such threats; and (b) recover such damages, if any, as he has sustained by reason of such threats. So please be aware of your rights. Though it is lawful and rightful to write such code, trivial programs are not that inspiring or exciting - there are so many other useful things waiting to be done.

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