(If you are reading FSFE's newsletters [1] (and you should when you
have not yet given me feedback what I could improve ;) ), and you
already use one of our banners [2], you can skip this post because I
copied and pasted it. Else please continue.)
Let us admit it, the Free Software community is often very critical.
Wewrite bug reports, tell others how they can improve the software, ask
them fornew features, and to not spare with criticism. Sometimes we
forget to say "thank you, for all your work". As in the last years, we
want to change this, at least for one day. So on Tuesday the 14th of
February we will celebrate the "I love Free Software" - Day [3].
Get active, buy your favourite developer a drink or give them a hug (ask
forpermission first), write an e-mail/letter [4] expressing your
feelings, create nice pictures, donate to a Free Software initiative,
use another of our suggestions [5] or be create yourself to show how you
appreciate people, working hard to enlarge or defend our freedom.
Beside that help us to promote the activity with our banners [6], by
e-mail, (micro)blog or in your (distributed?) social networks.
New this year is a whole day event in the Unperfekthaus in Essen
(Germany) [7] and that all our Fellows automatically get an
login(a)ilovefs.org e-mail alias.
So let's make sure that on February 14th there are more love reports,
than bug reports!
All the best,
Matthias
1. http://fsfe.org/news/newsletter.html
2. http://fsfe.org/campaigns/ilovefs/2012/banners.html
3. http://ilovefs.org
4. http://blogs.fsfe.org/thomaslocke/2012/01/18/why-i-love-free-and-open-sourc…
5. http://ilovefs.org
6. http://fsfe.org/campaigns/ilovefs/2012/banners.html
7. http://fsfe.org/campaigns/ilovefs/2012/unperfekthaus.html
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Hello all, this Saturday Free Software activists will determine the easiest
ways of chatting using Free Software audio and video programs. We'll be
testing out a variety of applications, including Pidgin, Empathy, and Kopete.
The core group of testers will be in Madlab Hackerspace in Manchester, but
*anyone can participate* - join the #FSFE IRC channel on Freenode to find
people to test chatting with, and see what still needs testing (email
manchester(a)lists.fsfe.org if you need help getting access to IRC).
The aim is to publish the results as a compatibility chart that will show at a
glance the easiest way to chat. As many Free Software users still use Skype
due to confusion surrounding Free Software alternatives, our research will
hopefully be very useful to a variety of individuals and organisations.
*Activity outline*
- Testing takes place on 15.09.12 at 14.00-17.00 UK time (15.00-18.00 CEST)
- Use a grid of Free Software chat programs for collecting our findings
- Test as many chat clients as possible (eg. Pidgin, Psi)
- For each combination of programs test whether voice chat and video
works (people without webcams can still test voice chat)
*Optional additional tests*
- Try connecting to other people at madlab, and also try
connecting to people in other countries
- Test the Free Software clients with different operating
systems if people bring them installed on laptops
- Test different versions of chat clients (not just the latest release)
*Requirements*
- Bring your own laptop (some older laptops will be available to borrow)
- Your laptop should have either a built in microphone, a separate microphone,
or mic headset
*Optional Requirements*
- Built in, or stand-alone webcam
Three separate Free Software and GNU/Linux groups will be meeting in MadLab on
Saturday: Manchester FSFE Fellowship Group, Manchester Free Software, and
ManLUG. Other activities will likely be available in addition to chat testing,
so feel free to come along and see what you fancy.
MadLab event page: http://madlab.org.uk/content/fsfe-manchester-free-software-
and-manlug/
"See" you there (one way or another :) ),
Sam.
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Sam Tuke
Campaign Manager
Free Software Foundation Europe
IM : samtuke(a)jabber.fsfe.org
Latest UK Free Software news: uk.fsfe.org
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Hi
a friend of mine is involved in an european project which promotes the
use of ICT in public schools:
http://fcl.eun.org/living-schools-labhttp://www.europeanschoolnet.org/
This project is coordinated by several Ministries of Education, but it's
also supported by some big ICT players, as you can see here:
http://fcl.eun.org/participate
My friend is concerned about the presence of these companies. It's quite
likely that they are going to use the project to promote their products.
As far as I can see, all these companies produce proprietary software
or hardware.
What can we do to guarantee the presence of Free Software projects and
companies in this project? Is there any European directive which
recommends the use of Free Software in such situations?
I think that FSFE may take a stand and do some "lobbying" about this
project. What do you think?
Thanks,
Federico
The how-to guides:
http://wiki.fsfe.org/Card_howtos
all steer people away from keeping the main key on a card. Yet some of
the coloured notes here:
http://www.gnupg.org/howtos/card-howto/en/ch05s02.html
suggest that may not be best practice today.
Can anyone comment on the state of play?
My understanding is that various possibilities exist, potentially with
multiple cards:
card 1:
- main RSA private key
- used for signing other keys
- kept in a safe at home
card 2:
- sub key
- signed by main key
- card that is kept in the wallet
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Anna Morris is co-founder or FLOSSIE conference for women in Free
Software, Manchester Fellowship Group Deputy Coordinator, and
Co-Director of Ethical Pets Ltd. She is currently writing a book on
video editing with Free Software, and volunteering with Document
Freedom Day 2013 in her spare time.
She talks about running her e-commerce business with Free Software:
https://blogs.fsfe.org/fellowship-interviews/?p=652
Best,
Sam.
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Sam Tuke
Campaign Manager
Free Software Foundation Europe
IM : samtuke(a)jabber.fsfe.org
Latest UK Free Software news: uk.fsfe.org
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Hi,
at the Microsoft presentation at the summit of newthinking I took a note
to check the conditions under which the OData standard (the OASIS open
data standard proposal, heavily industry influence) is licensed. Turns
out it is the "Microsoft open specification promise" found here:
http://www.microsoft.com/openspecifications/en/us/programs/osp/default.aspx
Was there already an analysis of how these terms align with our
understanding of what an open standard is? And if not, is this something
where we should communicate actively?
All the best,
Mirko.
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Mirko Boehm | mirko(a)kde.org | KDE e.V.
FSFE Fellow, FSFE Team Germany
Qt Certified Specialist
The panel discussion and integration test effort below will hopefully be
a useful follow up to the FSF Europe "Hunt for a Skype alternative"
I hope to meet some of you at FOSDEM in February
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [asterisk-dev] FOSDEM 2013 Telephony/Communications Devroom
Call for Presenters
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 20:37:28 -0600
From: Matthew Jordan <mjordan(a)digium.com>
Reply-To: Asterisk Developers Mailing List <asterisk-dev(a)lists.digium.com>
To: Asterisk Developers Mailing List <asterisk-dev(a)lists.digium.com>
Greetings,
This is a call for presenters for the telephony and communications
devroom at FOSDEM 2013 - http://www.fosdem.org/.
We will be holding a day full of presentations on development topics in
the area of open source telephony and communications on Sunday, February
3rd. The schedule allows for presentations from 9:00 to 15:00. Following
the development topic presentations, a panel discussing the challenges
of federated and distributed free Real-time Communications (RTC) and its
significance to the Free and Open Source Software community will be
held, hosted by Daniel Pocock and Peter Saint-Andre.
Please submit all proposals no later than 2013-01-04. Notification of
accepted speakers will be provided by 2013-01-07. We will then work to
have a schedule finalized by 2013-01-11. Please include the following
with your submission:
1. Title of your presentation.
2. The duration of your talk (between 20 and 60 minutes). Please
indicate the minimum and maximum size slot that you are comfortable with.
3. The speaker(s) presenting.
4. A brief description of the content of the presentation.
This year, proposals will be reviewed and approved by a panel. That
panel consists of:
* Daniel Pocock <daniel at pocock.com.au>
* Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter at stpeter.im>
* Matt Jordan <mjordan at digium.com>
If you would like to contact the devroom organizer directly, please
contact Matt Jordan <mjordan at digium.com>.
The room we will be using will have a projector, wifi, and 150 seats.
In addition to the Telephony DevRoom, this year we will be hosting a
Real Time Communication Integration Test effort. Projects that are
incorporating any RTC or VoIP capabilities are invited to participate in
the integration test efforts. This will be similar to SIPit, but
smaller, for open source projects, and independent of protocol. More
information regarding the RTC integration testing will be made available
on the telephony-devroom mailing list.
Feel free to forward this along to any people or mailing lists that you
think would be interested in this event.
Thank you!
--
Matthew Jordan
Digium, Inc. | Engineering Manager
445 Jan Davis Drive NW - Huntsville, AL 35806 - USA
Check us out at: http://digium.com & http://asterisk.org
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