FSUG-Bangalore December 2008

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Event in Christ College
by sujith h 07 Dec '08

07 Dec '08

Hi all, As all of us are aware about the event organized by the christ university for the RMS visit, where FSUG Bangalore is also an organizer. But the Christ University event is not yet updated. Since the date is getting closer, I request Vikram to put updates in the list. Sujith H -- സുജിത് ഹരിദാസന് Bangalore http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign <Blog> http://sujith-h.livejournal.com

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DCOS Agreement on Procurement in Support of Interoperability and Open Standards emerges at 3rd IGF, Hyderabad
by Anivar Aravind 07 Dec '08

07 Dec '08

6 December 2008 At the close of the final day of the 3rd Internet Governance Forum in Hyderabad, India, the Dynamic Coalition on Open Standards (DCOS) released an agreement entitled the "Dynamic Coalition on Open Standards (DCOS) Agreement on Procurement in Support of Interoperability and Open Standards." Under the procurement agreement, governments, publicly funded and non-profit institutions agree to promote interoperability and accessibility through the use of open standards. Anivar --------- Dynamic Coalition on Open Standards (DCOS) Agreement on Procurement in Support of Interoperability and Open Standards 3rd Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Hyderabad, India 6 December 2008 Preamble The Contracting Parties, *Recalling* the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Declaration of Principles which states that "[i]nternational standards aim to create an environment where consumers can access services worldwide regardless of underlying technology," *Recognizing* that standards are increasingly global concerns, involving goods and services that move in international trade across borders, *Aware* that current competition and legal remedies may not be enough to solve the inherent tensions that routinely arise in the realm of patents and standards, *Desirous* of encouraging procurement policies that require evaluation of multiple, competing products based on open ICT standards in order to ensure a level playing field for vendors, governments and consumers, *Cognizant* of the need for procurement policies for software programs that are predicated upon an open standard, Open Standards ============= Given the multiplicity of interpretations of the term open standards, for the purpose of this document we endorse as an acceptable definition the position contained in the European Union's draft European Interoperability Framework: 1) The open standard is adopted and will be maintained by a not-for-profit organisation, and its ongoing development occurs on the basis of an open decision-making procedure available to all interested parties (consensus or majority decision etc.). 2) The open standard has been published and the standard specification document is available either freely or at a nominal charge. It must be permissible to all to copy, distribute and use it for no fee or at a nominal fee. 3) The intellectual property - i.e. patents possibly present - of (parts of) the open standard is made irrevocably available on a royalty free basis. 4) There are no constraints on the re-use of the standard. (IDABC EIF v2 draft (http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/7728)) As noted in the European Interoperability Framework cited above, open standards or technical specifications must allow all interested parties to implement the standards and to compete on quality and price. The goal is to have a competitive and innovative industry, not to protect market shares by raising obstacles to newcomers. Thus, open standards or technical specifications must be possible to implement in software distributed under the most commonly used open source licences, with no limitations arising from patents associated with the standard in question. In addition to the above requirements, it is recommended that there should be multiple independent implementations of the standard. *Governments, publicly funded and non-profit institutions* agree to implement the following policies. Governments, publicly funded and non-profit institutions Hereby agree to the following measures in order to promote interoperability and accessibility through the use of open standards. 1. To create a policy statement on interoperability and open standards, to be available to employees and the public. 2. By 2010, procurement of all software should be vendor neutral and implement open standards 3. By 2010, tender specifications for hardware (including peripherals and mobile devices) should require that manufacturers provide the driver and interface information necessary to work with a reasonable range of proprietary and free operating system platforms. 4. By 2010, all public facing web pages should conform to W3C standards for structure, presentation and accessibility. 5. By 2010, tenders for the supply of web based services (for example, online reservations) must specify the requirements of point 4. 6. By 2010, agencies should implement policies regarding the storage and archiving of government data and records to ensure that data is stored in open data and document formats. Signed by the following parties: -------------------------------------------- Aslam Raffee, Government IT Officers' Council, OSS Working Group,Republic of South Africa Association for Progressive Communications (APC) Bob Jolliffe, Freedom To Innovate, South Africa Centre for Internet and Society, India Eddan Katz, Electronic Frontier Foundation Hamid Rabiee, Sharif University of Technology, Iran Knowledge Ecology International Moving Republic, India Shuttleworth Foundation, South Africa Swathanthra Malayalam Computing, India Endorsed by the following parties: ------------------------------------------------- Bangladesh Friendship Education Society, Bangladesh Indian Social Action Forum (INSAF), India Foundation for Media Alternatives, Philippines OpenForum Europe -- Anivar Aravind http://anivar.movingrepublic.org 7/1, 1st Floor, 1st Cross , Ankappa block J.C Nagar, Bangalore -560006 Ph +91 9449009908 / +91 80 23435606 Any responsible politician should be encouraging a home grown Free Software industry because it creates the basis for future jobs. Learning Windows is like learning to eat every meal at McDonalds.

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GNU Labs at MES College of Engineering, Kerala kicks off
by Praveen A 06 Dec '08

06 Dec '08

Hi, The activities of GNU Labs, a free software-based volunteer project, began at the MES College of Engineering, Kuttippuram, on Friday with a day-long workshop. http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/06/stories/2008120652210300.htm GNU Labs encourages the idea of sharing knowledge, supporting the ideals of the Free Software Foundation. It aims at improving the existing work of free software by helping students to complete their curricular project works. More about GNU Labs http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/GNU_Labs If anyone is interested to start a GNU Lab in their college can use the wiki discussion page. A website for GNU Labs is under construction. 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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Report on FSUG Thrissur's "Window to Freedom"
by Pramode C.E 06 Dec '08

06 Dec '08

Please check out: http://pramode.net/2008/12/05/a-window-to-freedom-report-on-dec-4th-free-so… -- Pramode C.E http://blog.fosstronics.com ----------------------------

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Freedom Toaster at Hackerdom.in
by Hackerdom 06 Dec '08

06 Dec '08

Hi All, India's first Freedom Toaster<http://www.zyxware.com/articles/2008/09/01/zyxware-announces-launch-of-indi…> finds a spot at Insignia 3.0- Hackerdom as one of our major attractions. The Freedom Toaster is currently resident at Trivandrum,Kerala. -- Hacker from Hackerdom.in http://hackerdom.in

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Down with Microsoft… in India (Updated) on Boycott Novell
by Praveen A 06 Dec '08

06 Dec '08

http://boycottnovell.com/2008/12/05/down-with-microsoft-children-protest/ -- 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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Thanks for no blame games
by Balaji Kutty 05 Dec '08

05 Dec '08

Hi all, Nice to realize that more than 24 hrs had passed without any blame games in the alias. We have started seeing some constructive emails on work now. In future, if we have some issues to resolve, I suggest one of the following ways to try out. 1. Send email to the individual or set of individuals. 2. Talk over phone. 3. Call for a meeting at coffee table and discuss in person. 4. Take your good friend to dinner and talk it out. And there are many more ways to improve the relationship rather than spoiling it out in emails. Thanks again for the cooperation. -balaji

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The ABC of FLOSSware
by Anivar Aravind 05 Dec '08

05 Dec '08

http://openeducation.org.au/wiki/index.php/The_ABC_of_FLOSSware Also came across this Free Software for education catalogue http://cc.com.au/osv/education_FOSS_catalog.pdf Anivar -- Any responsible politician should be encouraging a home grown Free Software industry because it creates the basis for future jobs. Learning Windows is like learning to eat every meal at McDonalds.

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request to raise some funds for RMS stay
by renuka prasad 05 Dec '08

05 Dec '08

HI all i request all of you to kindly contribute /raise some funds by you/ from some of your know ones for RMS stay in bangalore Here are few contributions already done On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 2:17 PM, sudha Mooki <sudha.mooki(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I will be attending the event at RVCE on 13th Dec, 2008. I will hand over > the amount (Rs. 2000/-) to the host or fsug members present there. > > Sudha M > Anonymous contributor 1000 Rs

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some pictures - say no to m$-vtu
by Senthil Sundaram (sensunda) 05 Dec '08

05 Dec '08

http://picasaweb.google.com/nidhin.sasi/NOToMicrosoftVTUDeal#

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