M$ has been doing well in the gaming OS sector and with XBOX too. So
they have this nice closed source marketing strategy :
http://www.physorg.com/news103199030.html
Best
A. Mani
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Great article on the major changes in and features of GPLv3 with
explanations in plain English. Apologies for the cross-post.
http://lawandlifesiliconvalley.blogspot.com/
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Tom spot Callaway <tcallawa(a)redhat.com>
Date: 10-Jul-2007 02:33
Subject: Please Read: Need help in replacing music in Fedora package
To: fedora-devel-list(a)redhat.com
Cc: lwn(a)lwn.net, fedora-list(a)redhat.com, fedora-ambassadors-list(a)redhat.com
Hello interweb. I need help. (This is going out to a few places, as to
hopefully have it picked up)
One of my Fedora packages (rocksndiamonds) has a slight problem. Turns
out that some of its audio files are straight copies of music which was
used without permission.
Full details are here:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=245435
Rather than pull the game out of Fedora entirely, (it is pretty fun, and
the music is the only real blocker) I'd like to replace the music with
freely distributable music. So, this could be your big chance!
Are you a musician? Is someone you know a musician? Would you be willing
to give us some music under a Creative Commons license (Attribution or
Attribution-ShareAlike only)?
The music we need replacement for is:
"Alchemy" by Ian Boddy, from "Drive" (emailed Ian)
"Czardasz" by Robert Pieculewicz, from "Czardasz" (emailed Robert, now
known as "Steve Allen")
"The Chase" by Propaganda, from "A Secret Wish" (could not find contact
info for Propaganda)
"Twilight Painter" by Tangerine Dream, from "Heartbreakers" (emailed
Eastgate Music & Media LTD, Management for Tangerine Dream)
"21st Century Common Man" by Tangerine Dream, from "Tyger" (emailed
Eastgate Music & Media LTD, Management for Tangerine Dream)
"Voyager" by The Alan Parsons Project, from "Pyramid" (emailed
permissions(a)the-alan-parsons-project.com)
"Network 23" by Tangerine Dream, from "Exit" (emailed Eastgate Music &
Media LTD, Management for Tangerine Dream)
I've emailed the contact points for the artists (when I could find
them), but I do not expect that they will be willing to permit the sound
sample use.
We don't need whole songs, just short sound samples that will endlessly
loop while the game plays. The clips do not need to be long, the longest
one in the above list is 14 seconds. The format needed is .wav.
If you're willing to help, please email me (tcallawa(a)redhat.com).
Without replacing this music, we'll have to remove this game from the
Fedora package collection.
Thanks in advance,
~spot
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----- Praveen A <pravi.a(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.fsdaily.com/Adoption/Does_Microsoft_have_nowhere_to_run/
>
Interesting
but some deja-vu
The free culture of a la-MIT-BSD/ Academia -> Commercial *nix/ and wind0Z too
GNU GPLv2 -> TiVo and many others
But thanks to GNU GPLv3 this wont be a one way sloppy relationship anymore.
So the blank wall: hey MS can go for the xbox 360 vista, and then later upgrade it to xbox 360 aero FX or something, and then we install GNU/ Linux on it :-D
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microsoft is now on the similar kind of lobbying with BIS (Beuro of
Indian Standards) to make OOXML as a standard. I feel FSF must campaign
on this.
Anivar
Say NO to the Microsoft Office format as an ISO standard
http://www.noooxml.org/petition
1. There is already a standard ISO26300 named Open Document Format
(ODF): a dual standard adds costs, uncertainty and confusion to
industry, government and citizens;
2. There is no provable implementation of the OOXML specification:
Microsoft Office 2007 produces a special version of OOXML, not a file
format which complies with the OOXML specification;
3. There is missing information from the specification document, for
example how to do a autoSpaceLikeWord95 or useWord97LineBreakRules;
4. More than 10% of the examples mentioned in the proposed standard
do not validate as XML;
5. There is no guarantee that anybody can write a software that
fully or partially implements the OOXML specification without being
liable to patent damages or patent license fees by Microsoft;
6. This standard proposal conflicts with other ISO standards, such
as ISO 8601 (Representation of dates and times), ISO 639 (Codes for the
Representation of Names and Languages) or ISO/IEC 10118-3 (cryptographic
hash);
7. There is a bug in the spreadsheet file format which forbids to
enter any date before the year 1900: such bugs affects the OOXML
specification as well as software versions such as Microsoft Excel 2000,
XP, 2003 or 2007.
8. This standard proposal has not been created by bringing together
the experience and expertise of all interested parties (such as the
producers, sellers, buyers, users and regulators), but by Microsoft alone.
Kind Attn: Author/Reporter - Kushan Mitra
An article on Software Patent and a report covering
Eben Moglen's speech in India is printed on Page 58 of
Business Today, issue dated: July 15, 2007.
The article refers to Prof. Eben Moglen as one who is
associated with "Open Source", rather than "Free
Software"
Apart from this, the GNU GPL is not mentioned clearly
and loosely referred to as General *Purpose* License,
instead of GNU General Public License
(www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html)
It is requested that authors reporting about events
such as these kindly refer to appropriate websites and
the press section of them to write about Free Software.
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Sure, you can find some of the best techies via the Free Software/Open
Source networks. And you can find links to some such networks at
http://wikiwikiweb.de/LugsList -- with a focus on South Asia, but a
few links beyond too.
FN
On 04/07/07, Emily Tucker <emily(a)emilytucker.com> wrote:
> Hi Frederick,
>
> Yes-- we're definitely open to finding technical resources in country!
>
> Given the high demand for technical talent in India, however, it's actually been quite hard to find someone with the required skillsets for this position. We've been looking in Nairobi as well, but again, haven't come across many suitable candidates. Thanks for forwarding these positions to the mailing lists above-- they look like they might be great resources for us.
>
> If you have any ideas or leads, please send them my way.
>
> Thanks!
> Emily.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: fredericknoronha(a)gmail.com
> > [mailto:fredericknoronha@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Frederick
> > Noronha [???????? ???????]
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 12:26 PM
> > To: Emily Tucker; fsf-friends(a)mm.gnu.org.in;
> > africasource2-l(a)lists.tacticaltech.org; kenyalinux(a)yahoogroups.com
> > Cc: interider(a)npogroups.org
> > Subject: Re: [InteRider] Job opportunities on Mifos Open
> > Source Project
> >
> > Given the growing tech skills in Bangalore and Kenya,
> > wouldn't it make sense to look for suitable candidates in the
> > region itself? BTW, even Bangladesh has an impressively-sized
> > GNU/Linux movement. FN
> >
> > On 03/07/07, Emily Tucker <emily(a)emilytucker.com> wrote:
> > > Hi e-Riders,
> > >
> > > I've been lurking on this list for many years now and have enjoyed
> > > watching the community grow. After almost 4 years, now, I
> > suppose I
> > > should probably introduce myself. :-)
> > >
> > > I'm a technical program manager at Grameen Foundation-- we support
> > > microfinance organizations (MFIs) around the world by providing
> > > funding, training, and technical support. I work
> > specifically on the
> > > Mifos project (http://mifos.sourceforge.net) which is an
> > Open Source
> > > MIS system Microfinance organizations can use to manage
> > their operations.
> > >
> > > We have several positions open on the Mifos team. Two are
> > full-time
> > > positions based in Seattle (although there's the option of working
> > > remotely from the Bay Area):
> > > http://www.grameenfoundation.org/jobs/mifos_program_mgr_prod_dev/
> > > http://www.grameenfoundation.org/jobs/tpm_mifos/
> > >
> > > But the two opportunities I think would might be of particular
> > > interest to this group are 6 month in-country consulting
> > gigs-- one in
> > > Bangalore, India and the other in Nairobi, Kenya--
> > providing technical
> > > support to our MFI clients that are deploying Mifos and documenting
> > > lessons learned and posting them back to the community:
> > >
> > http://www.grameenfoundation.org/get_involved/career_opportunities/con
> > > su lting_opportunities/mifos_tech_consult_india/
> > >
> > >
> > http://www.grameenfoundation.org/jobs/consulting_opportunities/mifos_t
> > > ec
> > > h_consult_kenya/
> > >
> > > These are all dream opportunities for the right person.
> > Please feel
> > > free to pass along these positions to those in your
> > network. If you
> > > have any questions, you can contact me directly.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Emily.
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