Fsf-friends December 2008

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Re: [Fsf-friends] Use of Windows by some speakers
by Anoop Jacob Thomas 15 Dec '08

15 Dec '08

Well Novell Issue is something very serious. And I dont think that the way the volunteers reacted was bad. And the fact being Novell was a main sponsor of the event and it was hidden. At FSFS something happened from the side of speakers who are employees of SUN and who don't know what is Free Software, there are just techies/employees. Who just work according to SUN's directives for salary. They came for the technology track and those who came for the policy track(who actually knew what free software is) didnt use windows or any proprietary systems. And at the exhibition it was the SBT stall which used vista, and they are also employees of SBT who dont know anything about technology or free software. They came there to collect data/queries from customers. And in the FSUG-Trivandrum stall it was only the theme. And it was done to demonstrate how customizable the whole system is. To make a layman understand that this is not an alien system. And I think positive steps should be taken to correct these mistakes. Strict directives should be given as policy not to use Proprietary Softwares. -- Anoop Jacob Thomas -- Anoop Jacob Thomas

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Talk by Richard Stallman at Christ University
by Vikram Vincent 15 Dec '08

15 Dec '08

Talk by Dr. Richard Stallman, President of Free Software Foundation Topic:"Role of free knowledge and free software in education and research" Date:16th(Tuesday) December 2008 Time:10AM-12:30PM Venue: Main auditorium, Christ University http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman The sessions are open to all. For more details contact me via mail vikram.vincent(a)christuniversity.in or +919448810822

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Free Software, Free Media
by Arun M 15 Dec '08

15 Dec '08

Dear All, Next free software event. Some of us are trying to organise a workshop on free software for film production on 18th as part of IFFK. If everyting goes well, soon we may hear the news of a major film studio in India migrating to free software. Content of the workshop is as below. FREE SOFTWARE - REVOLUTION IN FILM MAKING 1) Impact of digital technology in cinema 2) Inavilability of technology for the low budjet/zero budjet film makers 3) Free software - A comparison 4) Free software - explosion in film making Need volunteers for event promotion, organisations, poster design etc... First task, a small write up for the IFFK newsletter. with warm regards arun.

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where were the 'poster boys'
by haynes davis 14 Dec '08

14 Dec '08

The anger in the use of proprietary software fsfs.in is open now. But I am wondering where were the 'poster boys' who were very active in Kochi conference? Why were 'whole sale' dealers of freedom silent? The people who alleged cpim-hijack were busy organising fsfs.in that they could not see any hijack attempt in Trivandrum. Why did these people want to disrupt and ridicule the kochi conference? Now these people dont have any shame in using the power of cpim and government to promote themselves. The credibility of free software movement is in danger due to these people. fsf-i board does not need freedom in the fsf-i. They dont need power. But i accuse the board of using the free software movement for attaining power. And that too at the expense of cpim. Still these people are not ashamed of promoting cpim-hijack theory. The personal greed for power and pejudice of these people are not doing good to the free software movement. Haynes.

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Re: [Fsf-friends] Events
by A Kannan. (CUSAT) 14 Dec '08

14 Dec '08

Hi Listers I got the attaced mail in Private . So posting it for the sake of Clarity. @ Sasikumar Why you sent me a private mail instead of replying on the list.. I have no reason for liking or disliking you Junior Stallman. I guess I raised some valid points. You are evading the original issue. I have seen your post on lug TVM also . You are trying to save face right from the beginning by calling the guy who wrote the mail as troll. Come on and give us a clear policy statement from FSF India. Excuse me if I exceed the limit. These kind of guys live by making sermons and writing articles which is often cut and paste. Kannan --- On Sun, 12/14/08, V. Sasi Kumar <sasi.fsf(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: V. Sasi Kumar <sasi.fsf(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Fsf-friends] Events To: forukannan(a)yahoo.com Date: Sunday, December 14, 2008, 2:51 AM I did not think that I gave any advice to anyone. If I remember right, I suggested that we could put up the information on the FSF website. If making a suggestion is wrong, please say what you think people should do. I am not Jesus Christ or a priest to deliver any sermon. I am not the practitioner of any religion. If you dislike me for some reason (though I don't understand why, considering I don't know you), please don't bring it to this list. Best regards Sasi On Sun, 2008-12-14 at 00:18 -0800, A Kannan. (CUSAT) wrote: > > Cool. But this is belated wisdom. > I thought fsf was a sponsor/supporting organization for the just > concluded conference. I can see you on > http://fsfs.in/schedule/events/16.en.html > Why didn't you practice this advice. > Very typical behavior that we can expect . > Before you deliver a sermon, at least practice the religion for a > week > Kannan > CUSAT > -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India http://swatantryam.blogspot.com

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Prof. Eben Moglen @ Kannada Bloggers' event on Saturday
by jaykumar hs 14 Dec '08

14 Dec '08

Hi, Prof. Eben Moglen spoke on "Free Software in New Media" at IAT hall, QUeens Road, Bangalore on Saturday, 13th Dec. The audience were mostly Kannada bloggers and techies, about 80 in numbers. HP Nadig, Founder, Sampada.net also addressed the audience. The event was reported in Kannada daily Prajavani. Jaykumar

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Events
by V. Sasi Kumar 14 Dec '08

14 Dec '08

When a Free Software event is planned anywhere, it would be good if a write-up is sent to the list. We can put it up on the gnu.org.in website. If there is a website for the event, just pointing to it would be good enough. After an event, it would be good if someone can write a report and post it so that it can also be put on the website. In the long run, this will help us to see all the events that took place over a period of time and also evaluate our work. Any event that conforms with the ideals of Free Software can be included. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India http://swatantryam.blogspot.com

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Yavarkkumana Menporul Iyakkam/ Arakkattalai..
by Sri Ramadoss M 14 Dec '08

14 Dec '08

Friends, Glad to share with you all that, We are in process of setting up a Movement/ Foundation for taking care of the needs of Tamil Computing together with Free Software & its principles named 'Yavarkkumana Menporul Arakkattalai/ Iyakkam' (can be interpreted as 'Movement/ Foundation for Software Made for Everyone'). Few work has already gone into in terms of Translations, Workshops etc., Yavarkkum is "for everyone". (The word has its root in Puranaanooru & Tirumanthiram, two ancient Tamil works) This has resulted after initial round of Events, Meetings and discussions happened months before at NRCFOSS, Chennai. Srinivasan, Bharathi, Arun and myself holds the responsibility now. We will be working with other communities across the nation on common issues but with special emphasis on TamilNadu & Tamil. Original announcement: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/pipermail/ilugc/2008-December/045070.html -- Regards, Sri Ramadoss M

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RMS and two book releases in bangalore / Eben in blr
by Senthil Sundaram (sensunda) 14 Dec '08

14 Dec '08

Dear All, I think yesterday was a very good day for free software in blr. Multiple events happening at different places. There was a total of two public events by RMS with 2 book releases : FSFS book in kannada and the story of the slum computing center book written by folks from the slum community. I request somebody to write about their NLS experience which I heard was very interesting and the Kannada Bloggers event...which discussed the aspect of new media. There were two talks by Eben - one with Kannada Bloggers with HP Nadig , Kannada Wikipedia and one at the National Law school. All this has a lot of long term oppurtunities for the movement. However what I think is important is the value of the questions . It was very interesting experience when RMS answered the questions of folks from the slum computing center - AC3 - Ambedkar Computing Center . He also released the book 'The Future is Ours' RMS had a very clear understanding of dalit politics and Ambedkar in our context. He explained how free software fits in this context. Will post the questions and anwers separately. thanks senthil

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More from fsfs.in
by cherian aby 14 Dec '08

14 Dec '08

Even die hard fans cannot live with out win :D http://www.flickr.com/photos/33286987@N04/3102771534/ Aby

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