Fsf-friends September 2010

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Electronic Voting Machines and Free Software (Was Re: Sign an Open Letter to the CJI in Support of Prashant Bhushan)

by Praveen A

2010/9/28 Satish Babu <sb(a)inapp.com>: > This is not about the petition, but I'm wondering if there is a link > between Free Software and EVMs. > > If I remember right, the original debate was if EVMs could be > demonstrated to be tamper-proof. > > EVMs are some kind of computers, and consist of hardware and software > (in this case, firmware). The question of establishing if an EVM is > tamper-proof *can* be resolved if the community has access to the > source code of the firmware. After all, if the community has > sufficient skills to contribute to the Linux kernel, we surely have > the competencies to audit/inspect the source code of the EVM. > > As a community, shouldn't we be therefore calling for public scrutiny > of the source code of the EVM? How do you make sure every EVM actually has the binary compiled from the source code you inspected? How do you know if the storage card is not replaced? There are much more issues than just source code. The biggest concern, is there is no back up, and you cannot verify it independently unlike a paper ballet. -- പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ You have to keep reminding your government that you don't get your rights from them; you give them permission to rule, only so long as they follow the rules: laws and constitution.

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Fwd: [hipatia] video of Lalitha Prasad uploaded

by Juan Carlos Gentile Fagundez

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LibreOffice

by ck raju

If true, LibreOffice would be a nice name, a pretty good hack, a soft answer to corporates who think they can control Free Software and a fine piece of art at work. -- CK Raju

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Sign an Open Letter to the CJI in Support of Prashant Bhushan

by V. Sasi Kumar

I have just read and signed the online petition: "Sign an Open Letter to the CJI in Support of Prashant Bhushan" hosted on the web by PetitionOnline.com, the free online petition service, at: http://www.PetitionOnline.com/CJI/ I personally agree with what this petition says, and I think you might agree, too. Please take a look, and consider signing yourself. Best Sasi -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India http://swatantryam.blogspot.com

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rms video of Kozhikode

by Juan Carlos Gentile Fagundez

Finished uploading the v0 of the RMS video in Kozhikode conference. you can find it at: http://streaming.hipatia.net:8000/video/confedu/rms_v0.ogv you will find also coming the following days all the conferences there as well as other material in http://streaming.hipatia.net best juan -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gutta cavat lapidem --------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.hipatia.net - http://aty.hipatia.net - http://guri.c-o-d-e-x.net marroncito.hipatia.info Italia - tel: +39 3929657778 - India - +91 8129860036 - Uruguay +598 099 945009 jabber: jucar(a)hipatia.net email: jucar at hipatia.net , jucar at roar.music.columbia.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fingerprint: 7464 DDDE 9D5D 3B6C CBF9 7699 A021 CE74 EA7A D95A Public key 0xEA7AD95A at http://pgp.mit.edu

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Re: [Fsf-friends] Sign an Open Letter to the CJI in Support of Prashant Bhushan

by Raj Mathur (राज माथुर)

On Tuesday 28 Sep 2010, Juan Carlos Gentile Fagundez wrote: > [ot] linux-dheli ? do you have a group for the kernel stuff or is a > gnu-linux group? No, it's not kernel only, it deals with the Linux Operating System. And no, it's not a GNU/Linux user group either. We choose to call the OS Linux, and we don't stop people from calling it GNU/Linux on the list or at meetings and events, if they so choose. To clarify in advance, I'm not interested in participating in a discussion on the relative merits/demerits of OS names -- I've already said what I wanted to say on that topic many years ago on this list. Anyway, I have to get back to composing my next e-mail to this list on some issue that I feel strongly about. How does "Indian Free Software Activist Needs Cash to Buy Car to Popularise Software Freedom" sound? I feel really strongly about that one, and I'm sure I can find some friends on this list who would support me (specially the ones who live nearby and hope to hitch rides). Regards, -- Raj -- 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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Give money to Free Software Supporter

by Raj Mathur (राज माथुर)

Raj Mathur is a well-known supporter of software freedom in India. His old Cross pen has reached EOL, and since he's too lazy to go to the authorised Cross repair shop ad get it fixed/replaced, he needs to buy a new one. Cost of a new Cross pen is in the vicinity of Rs 3000. Please donate generously to the cause of Raj Mathur's Cross, with which he will be able to sign more commercial contracts for producing GPL software, thereby increasing the amount of free software in the world and, more specifically, in India. Donations may be made by MO to Raj Mathur. LIMITED TIME OFFER! All donators will receive, ABSOLUTELY FREE OF COST, a GPG-signed thank- you e-mail from RAJ MATHUR HIMSELF! HURRY AND DONATE NOW! OFFER OPEN FOR ONLY A FEW DAYS! -- 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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DocumentFoundation , LibreOffice

by Narendra Sisodiya

penOffice.org Community announces The Document Foundation The community of volunteers developing and promoting OpenOffice.org sets up an independent Foundation to drive the further growth of the project The Internet, September 28, 2010 - The community of volunteers who develop and promote OpenOffice.org, the leading free office software, announce a major change in the projectâs structure. After ten yearsâ successful growth with Sun Microsystems as founding and principle sponsor, the project launches an independent foundation called "The Document Foundation", to fulfil the promise of independence written in the original charter. read more... http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/announce/msg00000.html -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya │ http://narendrasisodiya.com └─────────────────────────┘

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Patents and Innovation Density !!

by ck raju

"...Patents are the conventional measure of innovation. Despite their various weaknesses, patents represent a systematic, quantitative measure of innovation and are used by economists as the single dominant measure of innovation. But, as with other measures, economists tend to measure them on a per capita basis. *Innovation Density: *Our measure of innovation density is patents per square kilometer. The map below shows the density of innovation based on this measure. The median density of innovation is .008 patents per square kilometer. The densest metros have more than .4 patents per square kilometer, while the least dense have fewer than .001...." http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2010/09/the-density-of-innovati… ----------------------- Wonder whether the results would have been any different if the investigator had looked at Patents and European-closet density !! -- CK Raju

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[ANN][X-Post] SciPy 2010 Call for Papers & Participation

by Kadambari Devarajan

========================================== SciPy 2010 Call for Papers & Participation ========================================== The second SciPy India Conference <http://scipy.in> will be held from December 13th to 18th, 2010 at IIIT-Hyderabad <http://www.iiit.ac.in/>. At this conference, novel applications and breakthroughs made in the pursuit of science using Python are presented. Attended by leading figures from both academia and industry, it is an excellent opportunity to experience the cutting edge of scientific software development. The conference is followed by two days of tutorials and a code sprint, during which community experts provide training on several scientific Python packages. We invite you to take part by submitting a talk abstract or register as a participant on the conference website at: http://scipy.in Talk/Paper Submission ===================== We solicit talks and accompanying papers (either formal academic or magazine-style articles) that discuss topics regarding scientific computing using Python, including applications, teaching, development and research. Papers are included in the peer-reviewed conference proceedings, published online. Please note that submissions primarily aimed at the promotion of a commercial product or service will not be considered. Important Dates =============== Monday, Oct. 11: Abstracts Due Saturday, Oct. 30: Schedule announced Tuesday, Nov. 30: Proceedings paper submission due Monday-Tuesday, Dec. 13-14: Conference Wednesday-Friday, Dec. 15-17: Tutorials/Sprints Saturday, Dec. 18: Sprints Organizers ========== * Jarrod Millman, Neuroscience Institute, UC Berkeley, USA (Conference Co-Chair) * Prabhu Ramachandran, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Bombay, India (Conference Co-Chair) * FOSSEE Team

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