Discussion September 2002

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1st Free Software Trophies competition
by Olivier Berger 08 Oct '02

08 Oct '02

[resent since it did not pass trough for some unknown reason] Hi. I'd like to let you know (remind you, for those who had come to the Libre Software Meeting, maybe ?) that we're organising, with Soissons Technopole, the 1st edition of the LIBRE SOFTWARE TROPHIES (Les Trophées du Libre), an international Free Software Competition. Details on http://www.tropheesdulibre.org/main.php?lang=en The competition is free and open to any Free Software author, and closes februray 15th 2003. The winner of each category will win a trophy, and a server (and a trip to France, the trip being offered also to the 2 other finalists in each category). The goal is to promote Free Software in various fields for the end users, trough an international competition, and would be a great way to make your projects recognised (employers, sponsors, etc.). Categories : * Games : Arcade, MMORPGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games), strategy, thought processes, ... * Applications for Public Agencies : Interoperability of data among administrations, GIS, e-government, Intranet, ... * Company Management : ERP, CRM, merchandising management, bookkeeping, GroupWare, Workflow, ... * Educational : E-learning, e-publication, specific distribution, ... * General Public : Office, multimedia, desktop, personal accounting, stock market, ... * Accessibility : Writing and voice recognition, free software use facilitation, ... As you can see, it's a pretty wide range of applications, so you have all chances to find yours ;) APRIL and FSF Europe (Chapter France) are among the partners of the competition (along with MandrakeSoft, Bull, Sun, France Telecom R&D, and other local companies or organisations). I was told that St Ignucius might be there to honour the winers ;) Don't hesitate to enter the competition (registration really easy), and spread the word to your fellow programmers. If you need more info, please let me know, and I'll send it to the organizers. Best regards, P.S.: address any remarks about translations and other details of the website to info(a)tropheesdulibre.org... as we're mostly only french-speaking folks things may sound weird to you ;) -- Olivier BERGER (OpenPGP: 1024D/B4C5F37F) - Secrétaire de l'association APRIL APRIL (http://www.april.org) - Vive python (http://www.python.org) Pétition contre les brevets logiciels : http://petition.eurolinux.org

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Fwd: [ox] Invitation / Einladung 2. Oekonux-Konferenz
by Stefan Meretz 25 Sep '02

25 Sep '02

---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Hi! Find included the German and English version of the invitation to our conference. Distribute widely. On the web it can be found on http://www.oekonux-konferenz.de/einladung/einladung.html or http://www.oekonux-konferenz.org/invitation/invitation.html Please note that you can help us by registering for the conference. Mit Freien Grüßen Stefan - --- 8< --- 8< --- 8< --- 8< --- 8< --- 8< --- 8< --- 8< --- 8< --- 8< Wertfrei und Spass dabei! ========================= Von der Freien Software zur Freien Gesellschaft? ================================================ 2. Oekonux-Konferenz Einladung Freie Software ist ein dem nur in Arbeit und Geld denkenden Menschen unverständliches Phänomen. Da schaffen tausende Freiwillige hochkomplexe Software, ohne die beispielsweise das Internet nicht denkbar wäre - und die allermeisten bekommen dafür kein Geld. Dennoch haben die Entwicklerinnen und Entwickler etwas von ihrer Tätigkeit: Sie gehen darin auf, es entspricht ihrer Persönlichkeit, genau dieses zu tun - kurz: Es ist ihr Leben. Zu dieser Möglichkeit der individuellen und kollektiven Selbstentfaltung tritt die globale Vernetzung und Selbstorganisation hinzu, die durch die Entwicklung der Computer-Technik ermöglicht wird. Auf der Grundlage der neuen Technologie "Internet" bildet sich in der Freien Software keimförmig eine neue Form Notwendiges zu produzieren, und die neuen technischen Möglichkeiten werden kreativ genutzt, um zwanglos neue soziale Formen zu erproben. Das Projekt Oekonux [http://www.oekonux.de/] untersucht die ökonomischen, politischen und sozialen Formen Freier Software. Ähnlich wie bei der Entwicklung Freier Software finden sich unterschiedliche Menschen aus unterschiedlichen Gründen und mit unterschiedlichen Herangehensweisen in diesem Projekt zusammen, um gemeinsam etwas Neues zu schaffen. Eine Frage, die viele interessiert, ist, ob die Prinzipien der Entwicklung Freier Software als Grundlage für eine neue Gesellschaft dienen könnten. Die 2. Oekonux-Konferenz [http://www.oekonux-konferenz.de/] greift die Vielfalt des Projekts auf. Sie möchte mehr darüber wissen, wie das Beispiel Freier Software in anderen Bereichen wahrgenommen und umgesetzt wird. Denn es wird bereits an vielen Stellen erprobt: o Bildung und Schule o Wissens- und Informationstransfer und -archivierung o Technik und Kunst Weiterhin werden im Programm [http://www.oekonux-konferenz.de/programm/] der Konferenz vorkommen: o Auseinandersetzung mit dem Buch "Empire" o Untersuchungen zur Freien Software selbst o Beiträge aus der Theoriebildung des Projekts Oekonux Wir hoffen und erwarten, dass sich kritische Stimmen und der Enthusiasmus der Hacker in offener Atmosphäre kreativ bündeln. Wir hoffen und erwarten, dass das breite Spektrum der von deutschen und internationalen Gästen eingebrachten Beiträgen zu neuen Einsichten und Erkenntnisse bei allen Teilnehmern und Teilnehmerinnen führt. Wir hoffen und erwarten, dass die 2. Oekonux-Konferenz ein ähnlich großartiges Erlebnis wird wie die 1. Oekonux-Konferenz [http://erste.oekonux-konferenz.de/]. 2. Oekonux-Konferenz 1.-3. November 2002 Technische Universität Berlin Anmeldung erbeten http://www.oekonux-konferenz.de/anmeldung.html - --- 8< --- 8< --- 8< --- 8< --- 8< --- 8< --- 8< --- 8< --- 8< --- 8< Free of value and just for fun! =============================== - From Free Software to Free Society? =================================== 2. Oekonux Conference Invitation Free Software is a mystery to someone who thinks only in terms of labor and money. Thousands of volunteers build highly complex software, without which for instance the Internet would not even be imaginable - and the majority of them receive no money. Nonetheless the developers benefit from their doing: They are completely absorbed by it, it fits their personality to do precisely that - in short: It is their life. This opportunity for individual and collective self-unfolding is accompanied by global networking and self-organization, which evolves from the development of computer technology. Based on the new technology "Internet" a new form to produce what is necessary arises Free Software being a germ form. And with a great deal of creativity the new technical possibilities are employed to experiment with new forms of social interaction freely and easily. The Project Oekonux [http://www.oekonux.org/] does research on the economical, political and social forms of Free Software. Similar to the development of Free Software, here too different people with different reasons and different approaches get together in this project to build something new. One question, a lot of people are interested in, is, whether the principles of the development of Free Software can serve as a basis for a new society. The 2. Oekonux conference [http://www.oekonux-konferenz.org/] takes up the diversity of the project. It aims at learning something about how the example of Free Software is perceived and realized in other fields. And it already is being experimented with in many fields: o Education and school o Knowledge and information transfer and archiving o Technics and arts In addition the program [http://www.oekonux-konferenz.org/program/] of the conference will contain: o A discussion of the book "Empire" o Studies on Free Software itself o Contributions from the theory built in Project Oekonux We hope and expect that in an open atmosphere critical voices as much as the enthusiasm of the hackers will merge into a creative process. We hope and expect, that the wide range of presentations contributed by German and international guests will lead to new insights and broader understanding for all participants. We hope and expect, that the 2. Oekonux conference will be as great an experience as the 1. Oekonux conference [http://erste.oekonux-konferenz.de/] was. 2. Oekonux Conference 1.-3. November 2002 Technische Universität Berlin Please register http://www.oekonux-konferenz.org/registration.html -- Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft ver.di Internetredaktion Potsdamer Platz 10, 10785 Berlin -- mailto:stefan.meretz@verdi.de maintaining: http://www.verdi.de private stuff: http://www.meretz.de --

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RFC: New business modell for free software development
by service＠metamodul.com 16 Sep '02

16 Sep '02

Hi folks, under http://www.metamodul.com/gpsa.html you will find a new business modell for the free software development. Sorry , but right now only in german. Things todo: * Translation into english and other languages. * Create a workable contract text. last but not least: * Discussion about the GPSA - General Public Support Agreement With kind regards Hajo Ehlers

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New York Remembrance 911
by Irmingard Anna 12 Sep '02

12 Sep '02

REMEMBER NEW YORK 911 http://beam.to/remembrance911 If compelled please leave a message in the guestbook

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Volunteers needed -- FSF Europe at LinuxWorld Conference & Expo 2002
by V.Dormeyer＠t-online.de 10 Sep '02

10 Sep '02

Hello everyone, LinuxWorld Conference & Expo from October 29th to 31st in Frankfurt (Germany) is one of the most important tradeshows around "Free Software" in Germany. To be present with the "FSF Europe" we are going to organize a booth in the ".org" section of "LinuxWorld Conference & Expo 2002". To man the booth, we are looking for additional volunteers who like to represent the "FSF Europe" during the tradeshow. The tradeshow itself will take three days and it would be good to have at least two people every day to represent the "FSF Europe". It would be ideal to have incl. me three people a day to man the booth. If you are interested in helping us to man the booth please contact me and tell me when do you like to help (the day/days/hours you wish to participate). Thanks and regards, Volker -- Volker Dormeyer # v.dormeyer(a)t-online.de

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MP3 Issue
by Martyn Ranyard 03 Sep '02

03 Sep '02

As reported in slashdot recently ( http://slashdot.org/articles/02/08/27/1626241.shtml?tid=155 ) and being discussed all over the place, I am writing to all three kind-of-appropriate lists hoping to get an educated guess on the following points : Thompson and Fraunhoffer have a patent (at least in the US) that covers the MP3 algorithm. Is it enforcable outside the US? Fraunhoffer are a German company - does Germany allow Software and Algorithm patents? Is anyone talking to them about Free Software and how it is unreasonable to expect Free Software creators to pay the royalty-free cost and an admin nightmare to pay the per-unit cost? Are they getting anywhere? PS, fsfe-law and discussion(a)fsfeurope.org - I am not subscribed to these lists, so please cc me in, or the FSFE-UK list. - Martyn Ranyard Free Software Advocate jabber - joran(a)amessage.de icq - 122500800 irc - Joran on oftc msn - ranyardm(a)hotmail.com e - ranyardm(a)lineone.net

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GPL violation : help needed
by Jerome Alet 01 Sep '02

01 Sep '02

Hi, About the GNU GPL violation I revealed on this list some days ago : I've asked the University of California San Diego to stop infringing my copyrights on the JAXML Python module which I distribute under the GNU GPL, and which they use in their ENV software published under a non-free license. After several emails exchanged, they are still studying the problem but their initial plan is to not do anything. If you want to help, you can send them a *POLITE* email asking them to stop violating the GPL and my copyrights, explaining why this is bad in your opinion. More info, links and email addresses are on : http://www.librelogiciel.com/ If you send them a message, please also send me a CC. I've not setup a pre-filled web form because I think a few original messages are better than hundredths of the same one. Thanks in advance for your support, and please again BE POLITE. PS : Does any of you know if this is legal or not for me to publish the different email messages exchanged ? Currently they are not published on my site. Jerome Alet

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