Discussion May 2005

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Re: FSFE "Accessible Data Formats" page?
by Immanuel Witschi 31 May '05

31 May '05

Hi JG thanks for your input. usually this kind of subjects are discussed on the discussion list (discussion(a)fsfeurope.org) . Nevertheless I think this is a good idea. It could as well be a link-list to such pages we recommend, since I'm shure that such lists exist already somewhere (you know probably better than I). As I saw the FSF in the US has a kind of a collection of software listed. - So Document-Formats are still missing. Let's see what others mean... cheers Immanuel On Sun, 2005-05-29 at 19:14 +0100, J. Grant wrote: > Hi, I wonder if FSFE would be interested in listing certified open, > accessible data formats? > > I think it would be good to have a definitive approved list people could > refer to, formats such as Vorbis, Theora and OpenOffice.org could be > listed etc. > > Equally proprietary formats could be listed and justification could be > provided for not using them instead of open accessible formats. > > With this we can provide links to Free Software which supports these > accessible data formats as well. > > What does everyone think? > (Is this the correct list to discuss on?) > > Kind regards > JG > > _______________________________________________ > Web mailing list > Web(a)fsfeurope.org > https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/web >

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need help to publicise June 2nd Free Software event and demo
by Ciaran O'Riordan 27 May '05

27 May '05

Hi all, There's a "Free Software Vs. Software Patents" conference on June 2nd in Brussels with Richard Stallman and Alan Cox as the keynote speakers - but not many have registered for the event. Can people pass on this information to their national mailing lists? (particularly if you can pass this information on in French/German/Dutch to the national mailing lists of nearby countries where people can come without having to book a flight.) Registration form: http://www.greens-efa.org/en/agenda/detail.php?id=1726 Event details: http://greens-efa.org/pdf/agenda/Freesoftwareandsoftwarepatents/index.php There will also be a demonstration afterwards, and a Freedom Party by FSFE - and on June 1st is FFII's software patents conference, so this should be a great day. A good turn-out from the free software community would show our MEPs that software freedom matters. thanks for any help. -- Ciarán O'Riordan, http://www.compsoc.com/~coriordan/ http://fsfe.org/Members/ciaran (My email address has changed from @member.fsf.org to @fsfe.org)

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June 1&2 Brussels: 4 events, now with Freedom Party
by Ciaran O'Riordan 25 May '05

25 May '05

The details are still being worked out, but we've decided to leak the news early since this is short notice. [Please leak further where appropriate.] To promote the fellowship program, FSFE will be hosting a Freedom Party on the evening of Thursday June 2nd. The time will be 15h00 or so. The location is undecided -- but it will be somewhere very near to where the anti-swpat demonstration ends (see below). So now there's: June 1st: * FFII + 4 conservative MEPs organising a whole day anti-swpat conference in the EP http://swpat.ffii.org/events/2005/bxl0601/ June 2nd: * The Greens/European Free Alliance organising a half day "Free Software Vs. Software Patents" conference in the EP (09h00 -> 13h00) http://www.greens-efa.org/en/agenda/detail.php?id=1726 * AEL.be and Openstandaarden.be organising a street march against software patents (Meet ~13h00, march 13h30 -> 14h30) http://noepatents.eu.org/index.php/NO_Software_Patents * FSFE Freedom Party - where the march ends, when the march ends, we'll have a party. Details will appear on the fellowship site http://fsfe.org and I'll post again here when everything's finalised. -- Ciarán O'Riordan, http://www.compsoc.com/~coriordan/ http://fsfe.org/Members/ciaran (My email address has changed from @member.fsf.org to @fsfe.org)

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GFDL and WordNet Licence
by NSK 18 May '05

18 May '05

Hello, Can a piece of work covered by the WordNet Licence [1] be used in a GFDL-licensed work? [1] http://wordnet.princeton.edu/license Thanks -- NSK http://portal.wikinerds.org

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Commercial use of font with GPL licence
by Phillip Glaros 11 May '05

11 May '05

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mailing list request
by adi 11 May '05

11 May '05

Hello! I have set up a Free Software Group in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and we will like to have a mailing list for it. We thought that it will be easy to set up a mailing list server and that will be no problem with the hosting company, but it seems that we were wrong. Can we obtain a mailing list from Free Software Foundation Europe? Or what should we do to obtain a mailing list. I thing that we will need 2 mailing lists, one will be for the general public and one for a project called "Free Software Laboratory" which is an attempt to bring Free Software in schools. We will like to have a mailing list to a Free Software site because it is very hard for us to explain to regular people the difference between Free Software and "Linux", will like to emphasize this. Many people knows only about Linux and nothing about Free Software. Many thanks, Adi -- /******************************************** * YOU ARE MOST PROBABLY USING GNU/LINUX * ********************************************/

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FSF Europe Newsletter
by FSF Europe 05 May '05

05 May '05

1. Ciaran O'Riordan working full-time for FSFE 2. IFSO becoming associate organisation 3. WIPO IIM on "Development Agenda" 4. FSFE office in Hamburg 5. Fellowship SmartCards being sent out 6. Freedom party in Milano 7. Teaching the World Bank 8. FSF Latin America on its way 9. Nordic University Computer Club Conference in Sweden 10. Alessandro Rubini speaks at University in Lecce 11. Web pages translated to 14 languages 1. Ciaran O'Riordan working full-time for FSFE Thanks to the success of FSFE's Fellowship campaign, Ciaran O'Riordan, long-time Irish Free Software advocate, is now working full-time for Free Software Foundation Europe in Brussels. Among other things he is working with FSFE's associate organisation FFII on the software patent issue and the other FSFE activities at European Union level. FSFE hopes that with the increasing number of Fellows it will be possible to make this a permanent activity. 2. IFSO becoming associate organisation The FSFE is happy to welcome Irish Free Software Organisation (IFSO) as its latest associate organisation. IFSO was founded on 5 January 2004, the 20th anniversary of the GNU project, and works to protect Free Software developers and users from harmful changes in legislation as well as promoting awareness of Free Software in Ireland. 3. WIPO IIM on "Development Agenda" Last month, the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) met in Geneva for its Intersessional-Intergovernmental-Meeting (IIM) on the establishment of a "Development Agenda for WIPO." That title refers to the idea of establishing a critical review process for WIPO policies in terms of their beneficial and harmful effects with specific regard to developing country needs. As this is the kind of reform the WIWO declaration [1] is pushing for, Georg Greve and Karsten Gerloff participated in the IIM. Georg Greve also staid for the Permanent Committee on Cooperation for Development related to Intellectual Property (PCIPD) and both statements are available online [2][3]. More information is available in Karstens Blog [4]. [1] http://www.fsfeurope.org/documents/wiwo.en.html [2] http://www.fsfeurope.org/projects/wipo/statement-20050413.en.html [3] http://www.fsfeurope.org/projects/wipo/statement-20050415.en.html [4] http://www.fsfe.org/Members/gerloff/blog/ 4. FSFE office in Hamburg To handle the growing organisational needs, especially regarding the Fellowship, the FSFE rented a small office in Hamburg, Germany, where Georg Greve and Karsten Gerloff are located when they are not travelling. 5. Fellowship SmartCards being sent out After weeks of preparation, the first batch of 250 Fellowship SmartCards has been sent. For security reasons, a unique random admin pin is generated for each card, and sent via snail mail from a separate location, independently from the card. Each Fellow will receive two envelopes from two different senders, one containing the card, and the other containing the admin pin. https://www.fsfe.org/card/ 6. Freedom party in Milano The Fellowship of FSFE is a huge success and the team is proud of it. With Georg Greve available in Milan, FSFE hosted a small aperitif with some journalists and few of the first Fellows in town. It has been a nice evening with very relaxed chats and exchange of opinions with old and new friends. The Italian Chapter of FSFE is preparing a new, bigger event during the upcoming GNU/Linux World Expo still in Milan. If you want to host a Fellowship party please get in contact with the Italian team. 7. Teaching the World Bank After the good experience of last year, the World Bank again invited FSFE's president Georg Greve to teach about "Free Software in World Bank financed projects" at an internal course for World Bank employees held at the International Training Center (ITC) of the International Labor Organisation (ILO) in Torino, Italy. 8. FSF Latin America on its way After some months of discussions including FSFE president Georg Greve, a team of Free Software advocates in Latin America have published their declaration of intent to join the global network of Free Software Foundations. http://www.fsfla.org/doi-en.html 9. Nordic University Computer Club Conference in Sweden Jonas Öberg participated in the Nordic University Computer Club Conference in Uppsala, Sweden, which gathered participants from Norway, Sweden and Finland. Jonas gave a lecture on the philosophy and law of Free Software, which was followed by several interesting discussions with the participants. 10. Alessandro Rubini speaks at University in Lecce Alessandro Rubini has been invited in Lecce, where there is a strong GLUG and the University is launching "Sistemi Operativi 3", a course on kernel internals, the third course in the Engineering Faculty completely about Free Software. There he had a talk about "Developing Free Software in the Technological Market", and has been interviewed, together with Prof. Tommasi who organized the events, at the local TV station. 11. Web pages translated to 14 languages After some new volunteers from Eastern Europe joined the translation team, the FSFE homepage is now available in no less than 14 languages! However, the Czech, Greek, and Portuguese translations have not been updated for quite a while, and the translations to other languages are incomplete and need maintenance. So any help with translations to virtually any language is always highly welcome. http://www.fsfeurope.org/contribute/translators.en.html You can find a list of all FSF Europe newsletters on http://www.fsfeurope.org/news/newsletter.en.html

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Fellowship: Call to Action
by Karsten Gerloff 04 May '05

04 May '05

Hi all, sorry, this should have been in English in the first place. Here goes. He can't get the Fellowship off his mind. Matthias Kirschner, active in building the Fellowship of FSFE <http://www.fsfe.org> since day one, is sitting at home staring at a white wall, letting his mind wander. Suddenly, an idea flashes into his head - and he needs your help for it. See here what's on his mind: <http://www.fsfe.org/Members/mk/callforaction/document_view> Greetings Karsten -- Join the Fellowship and protect your Freedom! <www.fsfe.org> Weblog: <www.fsfe.org/Members/gerloff/blog/> ===

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Fellowship: Call to Action
by Karsten Gerloff 04 May '05

04 May '05

Das Fellowship geht ihm nicht mehr aus dem Kopf. Matthias Kirschner, von Beginn an aktiv beim Aufbau der Fellowship der Free Software Foundation Europe <http://www.fsfe.org>, sitzt zu Hause vor einer weißen Wand, während sein Geist spazieren geht. Da hat er eine Idee - und für die braucht er Hilfe. Was er sich vorgestellt hat, seht ihr hier: <http://www.fsfe.org/Members/mk/callforaction/document_view> Eine gute Gelegenheit, aktiv zu werden. Und zwar ohne großen Aufwand. Beste Grüße von Karsten -- Join the Fellowship and protect your Freedom! <www.fsfe.org> Weblog: <www.fsfe.org/Members/gerloff/blog/> ===

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