Fsf-friends April 2008

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Open Letter to Mammooty
by Praveen A 22 May '08

22 May '08

Microsoft will be signing up Malayalam movie star Mammootty as one of the brand ambassadors for the Computer Literacy programme that is to be organized soon in Kerala, a Southern Indian State well known for its pro-free software policies. Read, Sign and Share the letter at http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Open_Letter_To_Mammooty Also digg the story http://digg.com/microsoft/Mammooty_don_t_join_hands_with_Microsoft -- പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) Join The DRM Elimination Crew Now! http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign

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Dear fsf-friends@gnu.org.in April 89% 0FF
by VIAGRA � Official Site 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

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Indian students in SoC
by Praveen A 26 Apr '08

26 Apr '08

Hi, We know about 7 students from India who got selected for SoC this time. http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/SoC/2008 If you know of any student from India not listed there please update. Regards Praveen -- പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) Join The DRM Elimination Crew Now! http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign

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Interview with Debian Devleoper from IITM Varun Hiremath
by Praveen A 22 Apr '08

22 Apr '08

Which project do you currently contribute to? I am a Debian Developer and I am currently maintaining about 135 packages in Debian. This is my Debian QA page where you will find the list of packages I am currently maintaining in Debian: http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=Varun+Hiremath Apart from Debian I have been contributing to many open source projects: 1) I am author of open source project python-gastables: python modules for compressible gas flow calculations: Homepage: code.google.com/p/python-gastables 2) I am also author of Krickscore - KDE applet for cricket scores. http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Desktop-Environment/KDE/krickscore-25612.sht… Homepage: http://varun.travisbsd.org/krickscore.php 3) I have been contributing to Jajuk - Advanced Juke box project, where I am working as a Developer and Debian package maintainer. Homepage: http://jajuk.info/index.php/Main_Page 4) I am also currently maintaing pidgin-festival ( formerly knows as festival-gaim). I rewrote festival-gaim to make it work with the new pidgin API. Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin-festival/ How does it feels to have two DDs from neighbouring rooms? (Kumar Appaiah stays next to my room) It is a big advantage having him next door because we get to learn a lot from each other. Usually there is a lot of activity going on in Debian, and it becomes very difficult to keep track of things; having another DD next door really helps a lot to catch up with action. Read More about Varun at http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Varun_Hiremath Cheers Praveen -- പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) Join The DRM Elimination Crew Now! http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign

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Re: [Fsf-friends] a list discussing the ICT policy for education
by Raj Mathur 21 Apr '08

21 Apr '08

On Saturday 19 Apr 2008, Nagarjuna G. wrote: > Those of you who would like to take active role in shaping the ICT > policy of India, please join this group and voice your opinions. > This group has members from various organizations, and not > necessarily from free software community. > > http://groups.google.com/group/ict-education-india Why Google? It won't let me join the group unless I have a Google account, and it won't let non-Google-members view archives, etc. I presume increasing Google's market worth isn't one of the objectives of this discussion forum. Regards, -- Raju -- Raj Mathur raju(a)kandalaya.org http://kandalaya.org/ 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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Why Schools Must Embrace ODF and FOSS
by Praveen A 20 Apr '08

20 Apr '08

Schools are being prevented from enjoying a revolution in software provision, and self-sufficiency is being halted by the promotion of dependency, said Ian Lynch, spokesman for the Open Schools Alliance. "Innovation starts with teachers and pupils, but under BSF the school's IT strategy is taken out of its hands," he said. see more news at how Microsoft is trying to lock students at an early stage http://boycottnovell.com/2008/04/19/school-odf-koffice-nlnet/ We (those us us from Kerala) can be proud that we did not let our children to suffer, but be watchful, they are trying hard. See how Microsoft's playmate Infosys is selling our children and our countries future. http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm/browse_thread/thread/5187fd263da0e0… -- പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) Join The DRM Elimination Crew Now! http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign

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New debian project leader Steve McIntyre talks about his plans
by Praveen A 20 Apr '08

20 Apr '08

"I love the knowledge that I'm working on a complete operating system which covers my needs. If it breaks, I have a chance of fixing it, or I can find a friend who will be able to do it for me. If I want to do something new with the system, I'm confident that it will support me. The fact that millions of other people appreciate what I'm doing as well is icing on the cake!" Read the full interview at http://www.itwire.com/content/view/17716/1090/1/0/ -- പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) Join The DRM Elimination Crew Now! http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign

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Re: [Fsf-friends] Futility of going after ISO
by CK Raju, Thrissur 19 Apr '08

19 Apr '08

On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Nagarjuna G. <nagarjun(a)gnowledge.org> wrote: > free software supporters , hackers community and several industries do > support free/open standards. This community is not small. ISO > demonstrated its inability already. We have to therefore make an attempt to > create an alternate body. May be an initiative to create an alternate body > may trigger ISO from restructuring itself and may become better than it is > now. ISO may have become too big and too large which may be preventing it to adapt effectively. But, as you rightly point out, it caters only to a section of society, for purposes that favours their businesses, with least concern for the marginalised - it can never be a government-sort-of-mechanism that way which takes into account the welfare of its poorest citizens. "ISO only launches the development of new standards for which there is clearly a market requirement..." [http://www.iso.org/iso/support/faqs/faqs_standards.htm]. It should be clear to us now, that as an organisation, ISO possesses a deep-rooted cognitive disorder, where negotiations or such efforts would induce little meaning. Its an apolitical organisation worthy enough to be disowned by our community which is a political one, having firm goals. > Of late, free software movement is mostly on the defensive. It will be a > good way to take up proactive steps rather than spend our limited energies > in defending the moves of MS and others. True, ROS team these days says "For every OS, there is an equal and opposite ReactOS." > Meanwhile, we should point out to the community that ISO standard does not > imply free/open standard. Their criteria are purely technical, and clearly > favors the interests of a section of the Industry. We should create a > portal that shows how many of the ISO standards do not clear as free/open > standards to make our point. We may even demand ISO and appeal to remove > 'open' from the OOXML, for that does mislead the users in a big way. Looking at the increasing interest and participation from premier research and educational organisations towards free-software activities, what is needed, could just be a "GPL" clone for standards, which can put the whole domain of standards into an evolutionary process. Please take the lead and do it, Nagarjuna. All the best. CK Raju

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Futility of going after ISO
by CK Raju, Thrissur 19 Apr '08

19 Apr '08

Dear RMS, I think its futile to chase ISO anymore. We would only land up spending our own creative energy which we can't afford to at this pace. " * Market-driven ISO only develops standards for which there is a market requirement. The work is mainly carried out by experts from the industrial, technical and business sectors which have asked for the standards, and which subsequently put them to use." .. in their own words at http://www.iso.org/iso/about/discover-iso_the-iso-brand.htm Why should Free Software Foundation and other like minded organisations allow ISO to take over software standards and make it - only *market-driven* one ? Its not difficult to realise that the *very conditions* that necessitated a Standards Organisation to be promoted, are now prevalent and omnipresent. Why not create another organisation that develops standards for the common world citizens to communicate with freedom ? Shouldn't we ask ourselves now about this, and try to define the *framework* that would set in motion a new organisation which would be able to come out with Free/Open Standards after *defining* them in as unambigous terms as possible ? CK Raju, MES College of Engineering, Kuttippuram Kerala, India

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Kumar Appaiah: 5th Debian Developer from India
by Praveen A 18 Apr '08

18 Apr '08

Kumar Appaiah (ILUGC Member and Final year Dual degree student, EEE Dept, IIT-Madras) is the 5th Debian Developer from India. Other 4 from India are Ganesan Rajagopal, Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan in Bangalore. Kapil Hari Paranjape in Institute of Mathematical Sciences Taramani. Varun Hiremath, student of Aerospace Engg. at IIT Madras. Congratulations Kumar. It is a great boost for the Debian community in India. -- പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) Join The DRM Elimination Crew Now! http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign

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