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Free Drupal Module Development Training at FSMK Bangalore on Oct 2nd 2012
by VIGNESH PRABHU 28 Sep '12

28 Sep '12

Hello All, Tridz is organizing a Drupal module development workshop on Oct 2nd, 2012. This workshop aims at imparting Drupal Module Development Skills to those who are interested in Drupal Module development but finds it hard to type in their first lines of code. *We will be covering the following:* - "Hello World" of Drupal Module Development. - Building a settings page for your custom module. - Saving the settings and retrieving them as needed. - See a couple of hooks in action. - Case Study / Code Walkthrough: Building Drupal-Integration Module for an Indian SMS Gateway. About the Speaker *Tanay Sai *, is a Drupal developer building Drupal websites since 5 years. Tanay currently works for a leading Travel Website. Follow the link for more detail and registration.<http://tridz.com/drupal-training-bangalore.html> -- Regards, Vignesh Software Engineer http://2paisasbyviggy.wordpress.com/ http://fsmk.org

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Fwd: [Fsmk-discuss] Debian Birthday Party - Bangalore
by Praveen A 16 Aug '12

16 Aug '12

If HSR layout is far for you, organize a party near your place :) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Hrishi" <hrishi.kb(a)gmail.com> Date: Aug 16, 2012 2:27 AM Subject: [Fsmk-discuss] Debian Birthday Party - Bangalore To: Hear ye, Hear ye Calling all, calling one Join us for some birthday fun! Debian's 18th 5th Birthday Party! When : August 16 2012, 7.00 PM Where : Cafe Coffee Day, HSR Layout, Bangalore More info : Contact Praveen Arimbrathodiyil : +91-9561-Seven Four Five -712 All are invited !! * "The Debian Project was officially founded by Ian Murdock on August 16th, 1993. At that time, the whole concept of a 'distribution' of Linux was new. Ian intended Debian to be a distribution which would be made openly, in the spirit of Linux and GNU." [1] * Across the world today, Debian Developers, Maintainers, Contributors and Users celebrate our birthday with small conferences, with virtual parties, and even with parties in real life. [2] [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/ch-intro.en.html [2] http://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110816 -- --- Regards, Hrishi | Stultus _______________________________________________ fsmk-discuss mailing list fsmk-discuss(a)lists.fsmk.in http://lists.fsmk.in/listinfo.cgi/fsmk-discuss-fsmk.in

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Anonymous Protest against Internet censorship
by V. Sasi Kumar 10 Jun '12

10 Jun '12

Dear Friends, Good coverage in the Hindu today on the protests: See: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3509777.ece?homepage=true Best, Sasi -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India http://swatantryam.blogspot.com

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A Social Web meetup this Wednesday 6 pm
by Praveen A 08 Jun '12

08 Jun '12

[sending without attachment] Social Networking (most of the time people refer to facebook and twitter) has become an important medium for people to organize and protest. But it is foolish to trust a few companies like facebook, twitter and google to protect the medium. We have to build something that does not depend on a few companies and which gives users the power over their data. Eben explains how powerful this medium has become. Quoting from Eben's excellent speech "Why Political Liberty Depends on Software Freedom More Than Ever" Software is what the 21st century is made of. What steel was to the economy of the 20th century, what steel was to the power of the 20th century, what steel was to the politics of the 20th century, software is now. It is the crucial building block, the component out of which everything else is made, and, when I speak of everything else, I mean of course freedom, as well as tyranny, as well as business as usual, as well as spying on everybody for free all the time. In other words, the very composition of social life, the way it works or doesn’t work for us, the way it works or doesn’t work for those who own, the way it works or doesn’t work for those who oppress, all now depends on software. At the other end of this hastening process, when we started our little conspiracy, you and me and everyone else, you remember how it worked, right? I mean, it was a simple idea. Make freedom, put freedom in everything, turn freedom on. Right? That was how the conspiracy was designed, that’s how the thing is supposed to work. We did pretty well with it and about half-way through stage one, my dear friend Larry Lessig figured out what was going on for us and he wrote his first, quite astonishing, book “Code”, in which he said that code was going to do the work of law in the 21st century. That was a crucial idea out of which much else got born, including Creative Commons and a bunch of other useful things. The really important point now is that code does the work of law and the work of the state. And code does the work of revolution against the state. And code does all the work that the state does trying to retain its power in revolutionary situations. But code also organizes the people in the street. We’re having enormous demonstration around the world right now of the power of code, in both directions." For the full speech see Transcript http://www.softwarefreedom.org/events/2011/fosdem/moglen-fosdem-keynote.html Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BSLBvwyUEs You might have seen Vignesh's mail from about the protest against Internet censorship. That is the short term goal, fight the imminent danger to our freedoms. While diaspora, friendica and libertree are efforts in the long term how we want to preserve our freedoms. See https://joindiaspora.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/images/scaled_full_5aff7affa9… (I saw it in my diaspora stream). So Social Web (Web, because it is a network of federated networks) efforts like diaspora and Freedom Box are the long term efforts in this fight for freedom in the internet. We need to do both. Protest will get us people's attention and we may be able to stop some bad things, but at the end we should not lose sight of where our real goals are, when we will be deciding the agenda. When the government cannot ban a social network by banning one website. Since disapora is the internet itself they will have to shut down the whole internet. That is what we are building with The Social Web. For those who are new to the social web idea, it is democratisation of the social networks, decentralisation of power to control the social network from facebooks to twitters to you and me. What diaspora/friendica/libertree provides is a way for us to install our own social networks. Think of it like wordpress software and blogger.com or livejournal.com Its Free Software community's answer to facbooks, twitters and google pluses. Read their wikipedia entries to learn more https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendica https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaspora_%28software%29 http://libertreeproject.org/ Meeting is suggested at 6 pm Wednesday (Since I'm in Bangalore on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday I thought of calling for a meeting on Wednesday. Those who are in Bangalore please organize more meet ups in different places in convenient times). Tell us if you are coming by visiting this link http://www.meetup.com/Diaspora/Bangalore-IN/372282/ Please also suggest some central place for this meet up. -- 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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Protest for Internet freedom by FSMK - Jun 9th - 5:00 p.m Mysore Bank Circle, Bangalore
by VIGNESH PRABHU 08 Jun '12

08 Jun '12

Hi, There is an attack on Internet Freedom from many quarters – the Ministry of IT, various state governments and the police and now certain major Internet Service Providers (ISP's) such as Reliance Communications, Airtel and MTNL. Major sites such as Vimeo, pastebin and various Torrent sites commonly used for exchange of large files are being blocked by these ISP's, even though no instructions have been issued by the Government. We have already seen the effect of the IT Rules in which a huge number of requests are now being directed to intermediaries such as Google, Facebook, etc for taking down statements critical of the Government and political figures. Cases are being instituted by the Police under the IT Act against circulating of cartoons, calling it a cyber crime. All this shows that our democratic freedoms guaranteed under the constitution are currently under attack. Equally worrying is the tendency of courts to issue blanket orders* -- called John Doe orders -*- to protect the Intellectual Property of certain media companies. Reliance Communications, an ISP is acting in the interest of Reliance as a Media company to block a large number of Torrent sites. FSMK(http://www.fsmk.org) is protesting for the internet freedom especially to add more emphasis against the John Doe orders, to bring attention to the Chennai court ruling in case of the petition by Copyright Labs and arbitrary block by Reliance and other ISPs. So please join us in protesting against the various attacks on the freedom of internet. *Date & Venue*: 5:00 pm, June 9th, Saturday at Mysore Bank Circle, Bangalore *More info*: >>To understand more about "John Doe" orders, please go through the following link, http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/nation/a-ludicrous-ban >>You can find the details to the previous protest by FSMK against internet censorship here, http://www.fsmk.org/node/100 >>Protest at other cities associated with FSMK, (1)* *In *Hyderabad, Swecha* will organize at* PEOPLES PLAZA, NACKLES ROAD<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=People%27s+Plaza,+Necklace+Road,+Hyderabad,+A…> * from 4-00p.m to 8-00p.m (2) In *Chennai, FSFTN* will organize at *BESANT NAGAR BEACH, CHENNAI*<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Besant+Nagar+Beach,+in+chennai&hl=en&ll=13.00…>from 4-00pm to 6-00 pm. >>About other protesting groups June 9th a call has been given by various other groups as well. Many of them are asking are we supporting them? We are supporting the issues related to internet freedom. We are not currently organizing a joint protest with any other group. We have been working on this issue in the past and were one of the organizations to ensure a debate in Parliament on this issue. Lot of young people are being drawn to these issues as they are valid. FSMK would also like to underline the validity of these issues. -- Regards, Jayakumar 9620464215 Secretary, FSMK http://www.fsmk.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHCE GLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nhce_glug(a)googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/nhce_glug?hl=en-GB PROUD TO BE A NEW HORIZONITE AND GNU-LINUX USER -- Regards, Vignesh Software Engineer http://2paisasbyviggy.wordpress.com/ http://fsmk.org

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[OffTopic] Watch Transit of Venus with FSMK on June 6th from 6:30 am to 10:00 am at Lalbagh Hilltop
by VIGNESH PRABHU 01 Jun '12

01 Jun '12

Hi friends, FSMK invites you to join us on watching Transit of Venus on June 6th from 6:30 am to 10:00 am at Lalbagh Hilltop. This is a public event and everyone is welcome to join us and enjoy this life time opportunity. The next transit of venus will happen only after 105 years. As a run-up event, FSMK is also conducting the screening of the documentary, Transit of Venus and Day sky watching, on Sunday 3:00 pm on June 3rd. This will be followed by a discussion on various experiments that can be conducted during the transit and Dr. Sanjeev, ISRO scientist will guide us through the experiments. Please do join us with your friends and family and enjoy this beautiful event of our solar system. FSMK is conducting the event with the motto "Learn Astronomy, Say no to Astrology." You can find the pamphlet for the program here, http://www.fsmk.org/sites/default/files/venus-transit-pamphlet.png Also please note that watching the sun directly with naked eye is harmful for your eyes. We have obtained goggles using which you can safely watch the transit. If you are not able to join us on 6th, you can come to FSMK office on 3rd June at 3:00 pm during the documentary screening and buy the goggles. Goggles cost Rs. 10 only and they have been prepared by Navnirmiti and certified for safely viewing the sun. Please do visit, http://www.fsmk.org/node/102 for getting more info related to the event. More info about Transit of Venus: What is the Transit of Venus(ToV): On the 6th June 2012, the planet venus will pass across the face of the Sun and this is called a Venus Transit. It is among that rarest of planetary alignments and only 7 of them have happened since the invention of the telescope. They happen after more than a century in a pair with 8 years in between them. The years of previous ones have been 1631 and 1639, then 1761 and 1769, followed by 1874 and 1882 and then finally 2004 which was the opener to a pair which will see the second event in 2012. Why ToV is an important event? The ToV is important because at the time of the ToV any school child can measure how far is the sun. Many great astronomers and scientists, including Isaac Newton, longed to see this event in their life time but could not. We are fortunate to have this event occurring in our life time. Its the last chance to see a rare astronomical event of this kind in this century. The next transit will happen and can be seen only after 105 years. Can we see the ToV? Yes, anyone and everyone can see it easily with a little preparation! You view it and encourage others to see it too! You can even to important experiments which are the first steps do knowing how big is the universe. -- Regards, Vignesh Software Engineer http://2paisasbyviggy.wordpress.com/ http://fsmk.org

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Fwd: [Fsmk-discuss] Condolence meeting
by haynes davis 02 May '12

02 May '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: naveen mudunuru <naveenmudunuru(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, May 2, 2012 at 12:40 PM Friends, Lets gther and condole the untimely demise of our dearest brother Rasinesh E Kuniyil <https://www.facebook.com/rasinesh>, FSMK executive Member. His demise not only impacted our movement but is also a personal loss as well. Please ensure your presence at the commemoration to be held at FSMK office, near Wilson garden on May 6th Sunday at 4:00p.m. He may have left us, but his ideas lend strength to our shoulders and we vouch 2 keep his memories alive. -- regards naveen Be Free, Speak Free, Work Free. Advocate "FREE SOFTWARE", FREE as in FREE SPEECH, not as in FREE BEER _______________________________________________ fsmk-discuss mailing list fsmk-discuss(a)lists.fsmk.in http://lists.fsmk.in/listinfo.cgi/fsmk-discuss-fsmk.in

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[Fwd: Save the date: International Day Against DRM — May 4, 2012]
by V. Sasi Kumar 14 Apr '12

14 Apr '12

-------- Forwarded Message -------- From: DefectiveByDesign.org <info(a)defectivebydesign.org> Reply-to: "DefectiveByDesign.org" <info(a)defectivebydesign.org> To: Sasi Kumar <sasi.fsf(a)gmail.com> Subject: Save the date: International Day Against DRM — May 4, 2012 Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 01:02:14 -0400 Defective by Design While DRM has largely been defeated in downloaded music, it is a growing problem in the area of ebooks, where people have had their books restricted so they can't freely loan, re-sell or donate them, read them without being tracked, or move them to a new device without re-purchasing all of them. They've even had their ebooks deleted by companies without their permission. It continues to be a major issue in the area of movies and video too. Join us in working to eliminate DRM! Please visit dayagainstdrm.org for more information. On May 4th, the Defective by Design DRM Elimination Crew will of course be running an event in Boston. But for this day to send a strong message against DRM, we need people all over the world to join us and hold their own events! As well as attending or running events, you can join other activists in blogging about DRM, putting up banners on your Web sites and blogs, talking about DRM on your social networks and more. See below for an evolving list of all the different ways you can help raise awareness. Please mark your calendars, and join the Day Against DRM mailing list for frequent updates between now and May 4th. Please visit dayagainstdrm.org for more information. Matt, Josh, John and Richard The DRM Elimination Crew -- Follow us on identi.ca at http://identi.ca/dbd | Subscribe to our blogs via RSS at http://www.defectivebydesign.org/rss.xml | Donate to support the campaign at http://www.defectivebydesign.org/donate/1 Defective by Design is a campaign of the Free Software Foundation: 51 Franklin Street Fifth Floor Boston, MA 02110-1335 United States You can unsubscribe from this mailing list by visiting the link http://crm.fsf.org/civicrm/mailing/unsubscribe?reset=1&jid=126017&qid=19204…. To stop all email from the Free Software Foundation, including Defective by Design, and the Free Software Supporter newsletter, click this link: http://crm.fsf.org/civicrm/mailing/optout?reset=1&jid=126017&qid=1920450&h=…. -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India http://swatantryam.blogspot.com

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Parliament - Say no to Internet Censorship
by VIGNESH PRABHU 12 Apr '12

12 Apr '12

Parliament - Say no to Internet Censorship The Government notified on April 13, 2011 the Information Technology (Intermediaries guidelines) Rules, 2011 prescribing guidelines to be observed by the intermediaries. The rules were issued in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (zg) of subsection (2) of section 87 read with sub-section (2) of section 79 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (Act 21 of 2000). The provisions of the new rules are unconstitutional as they affect the right to freedom of speech and expression as well as right to privacy of citizens, are arbitrary being violative of Art. 14 of the Constitution of India and are ultra vires of the parent act. SFLC.in [1] has come out with an ebook, Legal analysis of IT(Intermediaries guidelines)Rules 2011 [2] explaining the impact of the guidelines which the government has come up with. FSMK[3] with support of other organizations is planning a national level campaign against this law which will be discussed in parliament on the second half of the budget session which starts from April 24th. Hence we have chosen 21st April for the nation wide campaign against the law. Content regarding the campaign and the issue is being updated, [4]. Please let me know if the organizations that you are associated with can support us for this campaign. We are maintaining a list of all organization who are supporting us [5]. Also please support this campaign by sharing the link of the website[4] and also by signing the petition [6]. If you are in Bangalore, please join us on 5:00 pm on 21st April at Town Hall. We are also looking for any creative posters/ideas related to this topic which will help us in spreading the word. Please feel free to share such content with us so that we can update it in the website. [1] - http://softwarefreedom.in/ [2] - [pdf] http://softwarefreedom.in/attachments/article/125/LegalAnalysis_ItIntermedi… [3] - http://fsmk.org [4] - http://friendsofinternet.wikispaces.com/ [5] - http://friendsofinternet.wikispaces.com/List+of+friends+of+internet [6] - http://www.change.org/petitions/mps-of-india-support-the-annulment-motion-t… -- Regards, Vignesh http://fsmk.org

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[OT] [Jobs] Openings at HashCube
by Deepan Chakravarthy 11 Apr '12

11 Apr '12

Hi All, We have 4 openings at HashCube for Software Engineers. HashCube is a social gaming company based in Bangalore. HashCube owns the most popular Sudoku app on Facebook with more than 1.5 million users. We work on PHP, JavaScript, MySql, Linux, Memcache, AWS etc. You can find more details about the openings at http://hashcube.com/careers.php We offer competitive salaries. Freshers are also encouraged to apply. How to apply: http://hashcube.com/careers.php Regards Deepan +91 9945702482 http://www.hashcube.com http://twitter.com/codeshepherd

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