Fsf-friends February 2006

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Re: Fsf-friends Digest, Vol 34, Issue 13
by Mishi Choudhary 13 Feb '06

13 Feb '06

hi B.G thnx for the recommendation,i havent read it so far but i shall grab a copy soon.can you tell me who these coveted free software hackers in india are? i'll be delighted to know them the only one i am aware is MR ramanraj as for now.since you expressed your interest about the onference,can i request you to sparetime and attend the same,i'll forward details once things re aa lil settled and finalized Warm Regards Mishi Choudhary

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Re: Fsf-friends Digest, Vol 34, Issue 13
by Mishi Choudhary 13 Feb '06

13 Feb '06

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The mint with a hole goes to court
by V. Sasi Kumar 13 Feb '06

13 Feb '06

People go to absurd limits to "protect" what they call their "intellectual property", though in reality the aim is only to eliminate competition. It seems Nestle had tried to register the shape of their "mint with a hole" in the UK Patent Office! Fortunately, and perhaps due to some oversight by the attorney who drafted the application, courts rejected it when challenged. See: http://www.jenkins-ip.com/mym/autumn2004/item_14.htm -- V. Sasi Kumar <sasi.fsf(a)gmail.com> Free Software Foundation of India

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Re: [Fsf-friends] conference!
by Raj shekhar 12 Feb '06

12 Feb '06

in infinite wisdom Mishi Choudhary spoke thus on 02/10/06 19:59: > > open mindedness as in ? Lawyers are usually very conservative and slow to change their point of view. > i'll go and give a preview and beforehand briefing to all of them > although computer literacy wont be very high however this could be an > introductory conference since this community cannot be ignored > considering prof moglen and his team of lawyers working for fsf That should prove useful - however, I still suggest you plan out what topics you want to touch upon. Things which will be extremely obvious to any free software programmer will seem like heresy to others. Cheers -- _.-, raj shekhar .--' '-._ http://rajshekhar.net _/`- _ '. http://rajshekhar.net/blog '----'._`.----. \ ` \; WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE ;_\ -- God's Last Message to his Creation

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conference!
by Mishi Choudhary 12 Feb '06

12 Feb '06

hello everyone some of you might remember me from the basic questions and queries i keep shooting your way.i am a lawyer practising at thedelhi high court and supreme court of india and wish to introduce the concept of free and open software to the legal community in northern india.i am aware that most of you learned ppl are based in the southern part of the country which is also the geek hub,the northern india especially the legal community is unaware ofthe same despite the kinda conferences being organised as linux asia which wound up today only.considering the growth of free software ,the day is not far when all developers would need legal advise to avoid any hassles in their creative work.in view of the same i as a member of the delhi bar association wish to organise a conference on the same and request your contribution in terms of ideas,participation anything and everything .kindly give it a thought and consider my proposal Warm Regards Mishi Choudhary

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Re: Fsf-friends Digest, Vol 34, Issue 10
by Mishi Choudhary 11 Feb '06

11 Feb '06

hello rajshekhar yes youre absolutely right in your view about lawyers but dont forget i am a lawyer too though very new to all this but isnt prof moglen and his team already an inspiration.but yes you re right it could be boring for the free software community to hear things like whats a source code and things of the same genre.thnx a ton for this positive response and i'll be greatful if you could suggest what kinda topics we should cover apart from a basic key note address telling them about what we re talking.it will be of tremendous help.april is when i plan to hold this conference and would look forward to all of you guiding me through this with ideas ,suggestions, orders and participation ,i really think this can work out Warm Regards Mishi Choudhary

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Free Software Foundation of India announces Associate Fellowships
by Baishampayan Ghose 11 Feb '06

11 Feb '06

Hello Freedom Lovers! I am very glad to announce that the Free Software Foundation of India (FSF-I) has started offering associate fellowships to organisations and individuals. This with the primary aim of collecting funds for its operations. The money thus collected will be utilised for running expenses of the FSF-I and to achieve the objectives for which it was established. The fellowship also offers some benefits to the fellows such as FSF-I merchandise and discount on its publications. The FSF-I has obtained 80G status under the Income Tax Act under which all donations will get a 50% Income Tax exemption. We invite you to become a fellow of the FSF-I and show your support for the Free Software Movement in India and beyond. More details about the fellowships can be had from http://www.gnu.org.in/fellowship/ or you can mail us directly at fellowship AT gnu.org.in Regards, Baishampayan -- Baishampayan Ghose Free Software Foundation of India b.ghose at gnu.org.in

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by Mishi Choudhary 11 Feb '06

11 Feb '06

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Belenix... the crafted-in-Bangalore (partly) OS
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 10 Feb '06

10 Feb '06

Have you read of Belenix, which DeveloperIQ (January 2006) calls the "latest Open Source software product from India". Description: "Belenix OPenSolaris has been built with the enterprise customer in mind. Closer to FreeBSD than [GNU]Linux, it is the more advanced of the lot. The code base has evolved over decades!" S Ramdas, former editor of DeveloperIQ (whom some of us met at FOSS.in 2005) met with some members of the Belenix team to chat on the project and associated technologies. He spoke to lead developer Moinak Gosh, Sriram Popuri and Venkata Kishore... all of whom work with Sun Microsystems. -- ------------------------------------------------------------- | India Linux Users' Group, Goa | | Join the friendly user group | | Mail list http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa/join | ---------------------------------------------------------- | | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/teach-yourself-linux | | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa-announce | | http://www.iosn.net/country/india/organizations/ilug-goa/ | ------------------------------------------------------------- , , / \ .-. * SOFTWARE ((__-^^-,-^^-__)) (. .) * FREEDOM `-_---' `---_-' / V \ * SHARING `--|o` 'o|--' // \\ \ ` / /( )\ KNOWLEDGE IS POWER ): :( '.^^_^^.' SHARE IT EQUITABLY :o_o: \_/ \_/ "-"

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Metting today 5.30 to discuss Dollar One Encyclopedia
by प्रव ीण् ए (Praveen A) 09 Feb '06

09 Feb '06

Hi, We will have a quick discussion on details of the wikipedia on CD effort ( http://www.techmag.biz/dollar_one_encyclopedia ) today 6.30 pm at Coffee World, 17th Main Road, Koramangala (Near Canara Bank junction). Looking forward to meeting you Cheers Praveen A PS: The discussion happened on the FOSS EDU mailing list can be accessed at http://lists.wikicities.com/pipermail/fci-l/2006-February/000073.html The discussion thread : http://lists.wikicities.com/pipermail/fci-l/2006-February/thread.html -- "GNU is the system, and Linux is the kernel." A proud GNU user http://www.gnu.org Me scribbles at http://www.pravi.co.nr

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