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Software Patenting
by Praveen A 06 Oct '08

06 Oct '08

"If formulaic Hindi films were protected by patent laws, we would be able to make only one film," joked Abraham. The system of software patenting wipes out smaller businesses and innovation, he said. "Software, like poetry and literary works, is already protected by copyright. After all, Bill Gates made his fortunes from copyright and not patents. But many software companies are trying to get additional protection." Copyright and patents are both part of intellectual property rights, but copyright restricts the expression of an idea while patents restrict the idea itself, according to Abraham. Under a patenting regime, even before a kid writes one line of code he has to read many patents." Full Coverage http://www.timeoutbengaluru.com/aroundtown/aroundtown_feature_details.asp?c… Another story by Hindu http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/05/stories/2008100559810400.htm Vote for it at FS Daily http://www.fsdaily.com/Legal/Software_patenting_will_harm_industry_consumer -- 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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seeing is believing campaign for linux advocacy in Mumbai
by Kussh Singh 06 Oct '08

06 Oct '08

Pls have a look at http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/User_talk:Kussh1234 --my first attempt on an idea I have only mentioned one place where i have seen ubuntu in action. Additional information can be added by collaboration Kussh -- Costs of everything have decreased with time but man's greed and fear are keeping prices artificially HIGH http://www.ubuntu.com/ linuxprinting.org

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Fwd: Re: Asterisk phone opportunity
by Rony 05 Oct '08

05 Oct '08

Forwarded on behalf of Vickram who is facing sending problems with Yahoo mail....... I tried to post this to the list already, with no luck. Anyway, it has been forwarded from ILUGChennai, so no matter. Does it make sense to include it in the 18th Oct LUG session? Giovanni writes that he will come here that day, if we like. Please mail me (and him) directly if you think this is a good idea. Alternatively, we can meet at Bandra (the Studio where we had the LUG some months back (I can ask Shaina/Ashok/Sanjay), or at HBCSE, Chembur (Nagarjuna, is that ok?), TIFR or IITB (I can try and arrange any of these venues). Actually, there is no reason for everyone interested to have to travel long distances. We can easily do two or three smaller meetings in different parts of town. What do you say? Please try and ensure Giovanni's visit plans are posted to Bengaluru and Hyderabad LUGs today or tomorrow, as he will be going there first, before coming to Mumbai. Many thanks. Vickram http://communicall.wordpress.com http://vvcrishna.wordpress.com ----- Original Message ---- From: "linuxers-request(a)mm.glug-bom.org" <linuxers-request(a)mm.glug-bom.org> To: linuxers(a)mm.glug-bom.org Sent: Friday, 3 October, 2008 12:00:01 Subject: Linuxers Digest, Vol 66, Issue 3 I would be delighted to run sessions in LUGs, and/or short seminars, if interest arises. I'll be based in Chennai, and for sure I would like to spend some time in Auroville. Do you have any contact with the "bunch of wireless, tech and art enthusiasts" (sounds very nice!) there? I'm in India to get a first impression of the FOSS and ICT scene there, so I would like to move around too. If there is opportunity to meet FOSS people or groups, I'm available to come to Mumbai too (actually, I would like to :-) ). BTW, I'm almost to release two opensource channel drivers for Asterisk, one for driving gsm cellphones and one for driving the Skype client. So, I can speak or teach about the channels, about Asterisk development, or about opensource software development at large. I can also teach and speak about the business planning and evaluation of ICT and FOSS ventures, but maybe that's not so interesting to a LUG audience ;-). Following is a short bio and attached is a cv. ----- Giovanni Maruzzelli (born 1964) has 15+ years of experience with open source, industrial grade operations, and ICT startups (both at the investor or investee side). Industry experience includes publishing engines, open source messaging and networking, document indexing and retrieval systems, unified messaging. Giovanni primary skill is producing solutions that are "reality based" and business wise. A member of the worldwide open source community for over twelve years, Giovanni is the proud owner of the Mysql license n.1, and as a speaker, trainer and magazines writer he was instrumental to the introduction of Internet, Unix, Linux and open source to the Italian technical public. In the beginning of the Internet era, Giovanni was one of the founders of Italia Online, the most popular Italian portal and consumer ISP, and architect of its Internet technologies - www.iol.it Then supervisor of Internet operations and architect of the first engine for paid access to www.ilsole24ore.com, the most read financial newspaper in Italy and to its databases (migrated from mainframe). After that, he was CEO of venture capital funded Matrice, developing Telemail unified messaging and multi language phone access to email (Text To Speech), and CTO of incubator funded Open4, an open source managed applications provider. As a partner In3 fund Giovanni has often evaluated the technical and financial soundness of submitted business plans. Then he was for two years in Serbia as Internet and Telecommunication Investment Expert for World Bank - IFC. Giovanni is now consulting and is based in Milan, Italy. His email address: gmaruzz at celliax.org -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

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How to run 32bit executables on 64bit Fedora 9
by Sandesh Singh 05 Oct '08

05 Oct '08

Hi. Does anyone know what it takes to run 32 bit executables on a 64 bit system (Fedora 9, in particular)? I guess it should be nothing more than a package with the right libraries, but I can't find the one if that's the case. -- sss http://sandesh247.googlepages.com

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Announce: ILUG-Bom Oct. 2008 Meet (Correction)
by Dinesh Shah (દિન ેશ શાહ/द िनेश शाह) 04 Oct '08

04 Oct '08

H! All, We are pleased to announce ILUG-Bom Oct 2008 Meet. Date: Sunday, 19th October 2008 Time: 2:00-5:00 PM IST Venue: (Thanks to Aditya) Rhythm & Hues Studios India Pvt. Ltd. Prism Tower, A-Wing, 3rd Floor, Mindspace, Goregaon-Malad Link Road, Goregaon (West) Mumbai - 400062 Topics: 1. Advance QT Programing by Prashant (1 Hour) (Prashant, please post the OL as follow up) 2. Advance JS Programing by Rakesh Pai (1 Hour) (Rakesh, please confirm with OL) 3. A Case Study of GNU/Linux usage in Production House by Aditya and his Team (1 Hour) 4. Status of Namazu? Looking forward to meet fellow LUGers in large numbers. :-) With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System +91-98213-11906 Joey Adams - "Marriage is give and take. You'd better give it to her or she'll take it anyway."

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[jobs] Admins and programmers required
by Abhishek Ambe rkar [अभिषेक] 04 Oct '08

04 Oct '08

Posts : * PHP programmers : minimum 1 year experience * Perl (With CGI) programmers : minimum 6 months experience * GNU/Linux Administrator : minimum 1 year experience Skills : * writing secure and light codes * good R&D skills Qualification : Any Please note that entire developement is done on GNU/Linux platform. Contact: Mr. Anand Sharma anand.ramprashad(a)gmail.com +91-9870339028 Mr. Amit Gharat +91-9920908306 -- With Regards Abhishek Amberkar Born To Be Free... Born To Use GNU/Linux...

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Fwd: [Ilug-cal-discuss] [Commercial] Software Support Engineer - Level 3 opening at Red Hat, Pune
by Pradeepto Bhattacharya 03 Oct '08

03 Oct '08

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Sankarshan (সঙ্কর্ষণ)" <foss.mailinglists(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 1:07 PM Subject: [Ilug-cal-discuss] [Commercial] Software Support Engineer - Level 3 opening at Red Hat, Pune To: ILUG-Cal's principal mailing list <ilug-cal-discuss(a)list.ilug-cal.org> The role expects the Engineer to resolve complex customer problems on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and related Red Hat products. The Engineer is expected to work closely with the Development Engineering Team and the Support Organizations. In this role, the Engineer will analyze upstream development against current reported defects and develop patches to resolve the issues. The role expects the Software Support Engineer to * Develop and recommend corrective workarounds. * Use skills as a seasoned, experienced professional with a full understanding of industry practices and company policies and procedures; resolves a wide range of issues in imaginative as well as practical ways. * Demonstrate considerable judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions. * Interacts with senior internal and upstream communities * Participate in customer facing activities like customer calls and/or customer visits to present the technical details of a technical support issue * Works independently on tasks with minimal guidance on complex issues. Job Requirements : * 5 or more years related experience, BS or MS in engineering field * Excellent understanding of Linux kernel, virtual memory, networking and NFS concepts and protocols. * Upstream Linux Kernel engagement (patches submitted for upstream inclusion) preferred * Familiar with other operating systems including Linux, Solaris, AIX, Tru64 and Microsoft Windows Server desirable * Good understanding of hardware and computer architecture * Senior development level experience with C, be comfortable to write kernel patches * Good communication skills in English CVs to be sent to careers-in at redhat dot com -- http://www.gutenberg.net - Fine literature digitally re-published http://www.plos.org - Public Library of Science http://www.creativecommons.org - Flexible copyright for creative work _______________________________________________ Ilug-cal-discuss mailing list Ilug-cal-discuss(a)list.ilug-cal.org http://list.ilug-cal.org/mailman/listinfo/ilug-cal-discuss -- The KDE Project : http://www.kde.org KDE India : http://www.kde.in Mailing List : http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-india

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Fw: FOSS.IN/2008: The Omelette Post
by Anurag 02 Oct '08

02 Oct '08

Btw, Foss.in/2008 event announcement is out. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/foss-in/message/5229 Anurag -- http://web.gnuer.org/

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Giovanni Maruzzelli, Celliax - possible meet
by Parthan SR 02 Oct '08

02 Oct '08

Forwarded from a mail to ILUG Chennai === BEGIN === I would be delighted to run sessions in LUGs, and/or short seminars, if interest arises. I'll be based in Chennai, and for sure I would like to spend some time in Auroville. Do you have any contact with the "bunch of wireless, tech and art enthusiasts" (sounds very nice!) there? I'm in India to get a first impression of the FOSS and ICT scene there, so I would like to move around too. If there is opportunity to meet FOSS people or groups, I'm available to come to Mumbai too (actually, I would like to :-) ). BTW, I'm almost to release two opensource channel drivers for Asterisk, one for driving gsm cellphones and one for driving the Skype client. So, I can speak or teach about the channels, about Asterisk development, or about opensource software development at large. I can also teach and speak about the business planning and evaluation of ICT and FOSS ventures, but maybe that's not so interesting to a LUG audience ;-). Following is a short bio and attached is a cv. ----- Giovanni Maruzzelli (born 1964) has 15+ years of experience with open source, industrial grade operations, and ICT startups (both at the investor or investee side). Industry experience includes publishing engines, open source messaging and networking, document indexing and retrieval systems, unified messaging. Giovanni primary skill is producing solutions that are "reality based" and business wise. A member of the worldwide open source community for over twelve years, Giovanni is the proud owner of the Mysql license n.1, and as a speaker, trainer and magazines writer he was instrumental to the introduction of Internet, Unix, Linux and open source to the Italian technical public. In the beginning of the Internet era, Giovanni was one of the founders of Italia Online, the most popular Italian portal and consumer ISP, and architect of its Internet technologies - www.iol.it Then supervisor of Internet operations and architect of the first engine for paid access to www.ilsole24ore.com, the most read financial newspaper in Italy and to its databases (migrated from mainframe). After that, he was CEO of venture capital funded Matrice, developing Telemail unified messaging and multi language phone access to email (Text To Speech), and CTO of incubator funded Open4, an open source managed applications provider. As a partner In3 fund Giovanni has often evaluated the technical and financial soundness of submitted business plans. Then he was for two years in Serbia as Internet and Telecommunication Investment Expert for World Bank - IFC. Giovanni is now consulting and is based in Milan, Italy. His email address: gmaruzz at celliax.org === END === -- --- With Regards, Parthan "technofreak" <gpg> 2FF01026 <blog> http://blog.technofreak.in

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Session on Web 2.0 Security
by jeetendra r poojari 01 Oct '08

01 Oct '08

Hi all, Our company is sponsoring a session on Web 2.0 security Interested people can view details at http://wiki. directi.com/ display/tc/ October+11th+ -+Web+2.0+ Security+ -+Defending+ Next+Generation+ Applications And add your name by clicking on Attend event It's a free session. Let me know if you require more details -Jeetu

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