Fsf-friends July 2004

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DMCRA - "Hymn" can become legal in the US
by Anand Babu 06 Jul '04

06 Jul '04

The DMCRA, proposed by Reps. Rick Boucher (D-VA) and John Doolittle (R- CA) and co-sponsored by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Joe Barton (R-TX), would re-affirm consumer fair use rights and balance the otherwise one-sided protection afforded copyright owners under current interpretations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). http://www.house.gov/boucher/docs/dmcrahandout.htm http://www.progress.org/2004/patent13.htm http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:H.R.107: EFF is asking consumers to take action on it. If you have friends in the US please ask them to sign http://action.eff.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=2224 -- Anand Babu Free as in Freedom <www.gnu.org>

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Free Software Promotion
by swathantra software 02 Jul '04

02 Jul '04

Hello to all, S2S2( Swathantra Software Solutions & Support)at Kannur had successfully completed a month long Free Software promotion by conducting seminars on "Free Software" and GNU/Linux awareness program among young students and others. The program has been well attended and appreciated by all. We have conducted seminars on " Philosophy & Concepts of Free Software " & shown live demonstration of free software applications using Knoppix 3.4 CD at various places.The activities included the following. 1)Govt. ITI for Girls, Kannur on 4th June 2004 One Full day Orientation Program consisting Seminar + Live Demo 2) NTTF, Nettur, Telichery on 6th June One Full day Program for computer science students 3) Govt Polytechnic College Kannur on 9th June After noon - Seminar plus Demo 4) Members of Kudumbasree , Kasargod Unit, on 12 th June One Day Training on Operation & Use of GNU/Linux system 5) LBS Center for Science & Technology, Kannur on 17th June Half day( Forenoon )- Seminar and Demo 6)Sir Syed institute of IT, Thaliparamba, Kannur on 17th June Afternoon - Seminar plus Demo 7) Appointment with District Collector & District Information Officer Had a fruitful discussion with Kannur district collector about creating awareness on the use of GPL software products in public domain.It is to be noted that the officials had appreciated and are very encouraging to the use of people friendly solutions using non-proprietary softwares. The good things is that Kannur District Collectrate is getting migrated to GNU/Linux applications. Also lots of initiative is being taken by district NIC office to use non -proprietary solutions for e-gov applications and education.If reports(unofficial) are to be believed, PALAKKAD collectrate will be the first to get wired using thin clients running GNU/Linux!!. ----------------------- (-!-) Seminar on Free Software at Sreepuram School could not be materialized due to Transport strike on the day. Many engineering colleges showed interest in conducting seminars on "free software",but due to examination schedules, students were not available in June. (*!*) This year, the Xth standard text book has more contents on Free Software applications. There is one chapter on GIMP included. The general impression is that People have made notice of the power of GPL & the value of FREEDOM in using people friendly GPL products. ___________________________________________________________________________ That's all now ------------------ Sujeevan S2S2, Kannur email- s2s2(a)linux.net website:http://s2s2net.netfirms.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FOR latest CDs contact s2s2(a)linux.net Contact us for setting up thin clients(using LTSP) using your old machines _______________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Linux.Net -->Open Source to everyone Powered by Linare Corporation http://www.linare.com/

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