Fsf-friends March 2008

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Re: [Fsf-friends] Kerala schools to go completely FOSS
by shirish 16 Mar '08

16 Mar '08

> Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 11:50:55 +0530 > From: "Vimal Joseph" <vimalekm(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Fsf-friends] [X-POST] Kerala schools to go completely > FOSS > To: raju(a)linux-delhi.org > Cc: linux-india-general(a)lists.sourceforge.net, The Linux-Delhi mailing > list <ilugd(a)lists.linux-delhi.org>, fsf-friends(a)mm.gnu.org.in > Message-ID: > <81428c130803052220p3e8b108bvb685ede2076e24d4(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 8:12 PM, Raj Mathur <raju(a)linux-delhi.org> wrote: > > Congratulations to our friends in Kerala are in order, I think: > > > > Kerala shuts windows, schools to use only Linux > > > > http://www.indianexpress.com/story/280323.html > > > > I'd like to get my hands on a copy of the courseware... is it freely > > available? > > The latest books are not available online but you can send a request > to IT@School Project > > Executive Director > IT@School Project > SCERT Building > Poojappura > Thiruvananthapuram-12 > Kerala > Tel: 0471-2348274, 2343261 > Fax: 0471-2343261 Hi Vimal, First of all thank you for providing the info. Are u by any chance in Thiruvananthapuram? It would be nice if the Executive Director also had an e-mail address. I do understand its not a good idea to give somebody's e-mail address without his permission on an open mail list. (i.e. if he/she has one) . Either way it would be nice to see what these guys are serving as content/courseware. -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal This email is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ 065C 6D79 A68C E7EA 52B3 8D70 950D 53FB 729A 8B17

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Software logos issue?
by shirish 16 Mar '08

16 Mar '08

Hi all, I work with companies & non-profits who want to take up/use free & open source software within their institution as well as promote its usage in the world using outreach programs. For doing this I've been trying to compile a list of logos which could be used in banners as well as elsewhere for either letting people know these alternatives exist or/and to show which alternatives already exist. While compiling/downloading the logos I came across range of issues. Some of the issues are as under :- 1. The logos are all scattered over different places, couldn't there be a repository from where people could download these logos? 2. Most of the logos range from having no license information, having some restrictive license information to having some free content license. Having such a barrage of differing licenses, there are bound to some incompatible licenses, in such how does one use them in an outreach program? 3. An extension of the above, how do non-profits who generally have no skill-sets in understanding licensing as well as other issues supposed to cope with the matter? 4. Some of the logos are not clear or are or bad quality. Some don't have .svg filetype which could be used for printing either on paper, cloth, flex or whichever material & scales up easily. So can we as a community come up with some solution to the above issues & make it easier for people who want to show off some of the work done by the global community & feel to be part of the community? Feel free to comment, suggest and/or flame on the topic :) -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal This email is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ 065C 6D79 A68C E7EA 52B3 8D70 950D 53FB 729A 8B17

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Hot News : Hack into Windows : Boileau publishes his tool
by Omshiva prakash 08 Mar '08

08 Mar '08

A security consultant based in New Zealand has released a tool that can unlock Windows computers in seconds without the need for a password. Boileau, a consultant with Immunity Inc., said he did not release the tool publicly in 2006 because "Microsoft was a little cagey about exactly whether Firewire memory access was a real security issue or not and we didn't want to cause any real trouble". But now that a couple of years have passed and the issue has not resolved, Boileau decided to release the tool on his website. To use the tool, hackers must connect a Linux-based computer to a Firewire port on the target machine. The machine is then tricked into allowing the attacking computer to have read and write access to its memory. With full access to the memory, the tool can then modify Windows' password protection code, which is stored there, and render it ineffective. below is the link http://storm.net.nz/projects/16 -- -- "A well-directed imagination is the source of great deeds" -- With Best Regards, Omshivaprakash.H.L WebPage : http://platonic.techfiz.info Phone: 91- 9902026518 / 9343726518

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Getting away with the booty...
by CK Raju, Thrissur 08 Mar '08

08 Mar '08

"06.03.2008 - This summer, after 30 years at the helm of Microsoft, Bill Gates (pictured) will finally take retirement. But can he let go and can Microsoft afford to let him go?........." Story at http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/news.nv?storyid=single10457 ------------ The great Bill manages to run away with his share of the booty... CK Raju Thrissur

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[X-POST] Kerala schools to go completely FOSS
by Raj Mathur 06 Mar '08

06 Mar '08

Congratulations to our friends in Kerala are in order, I think: Kerala shuts windows, schools to use only Linux http://www.indianexpress.com/story/280323.html I'd like to get my hands on a copy of the courseware... is it freely available? Regards, -- Raju -- Raj Mathur raju(a)kandalaya.org http://kandalaya.org/ Freedom in Technology & Software || February 2008 || http://freed.in/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F PsyTrance & Chill: http://schizoid.in/ || It is the mind that moves

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Kerala Schools and Free Software
by Vimal Joseph 05 Mar '08

05 Mar '08

Here are the news clips about the IT Practical Exams 2008. http://www.education.kerala.gov.in/ITexam_help/itschool_gov_in/newsindailie… -- Free Software, Free Society സ്വതന്ത്ര സോഫ്റ്റ്വെയര്‍, സ്വതന്ത്ര സമൂഹം <http://fsfs.hipatia.net>

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OOXML BRM
by Mani A 04 Mar '08

04 Mar '08

"The OOXML Ballot Resolution Meeting (BRM) in Geneva ended in tears. World XML expert Tim Bray (pictured) immediately recorded his thoughts on the meeting, and his verdict was withering: despite some good that perhaps came of it ("With a very few exceptions, everyone really tried hard to work together and make the document better," he writes), he described the BRM process as "complete, utter, unadulterated bullshit." "..... .... "In practice this means that the heavy politics starts Monday morning. National bodies that are smart will make their decision between 8:30 and 9:00 AM on March 3rd and immediately go on long vacations in Tasmania or Nunavut." Read the whole report at http://java.sys-con.com/read/509779.htm -------------------------------- Best A. Mani -- A. Mani Member, Cal. Math. Soc

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