Discussion January 2015

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Announcing the LibreOffice Conference for 2015 in Aarhus, Denmark
by Carsten Agger 29 Sep '15

29 Sep '15

[1]The LibreOffice Conference for 2015 will take place in Aarhus, Denmark, as a collaboration between the Document Foundation, the Danish LibreOffice community, the FSFE local group and the municipality of Aarhus. Also involved are the local hacker space and (hopefully) other local free software groups. I personally will be involved as a community contact, i.e. as the person with feet on the ground in Aarhus. The event will be hosted by the municipality. As the Document Foundation writes on its blog[2]: Aarhus WaterfrontBerlin, October 17, 2014 – The Document Foundation (TDF) announces that the LibreOffice Conference 2015 will be jointly organized by the Danish LibreOffice community in collaboration with local F/OSS groups and the Aarhus municipality, and hosted at the brand new Urban Media Space, from September 23 to September 25, 2015. In addition, on September 22 the LibreOffice community will gather for several face-to-face meetings: Board of Directors, Advisory Board, Engineering Steering Committee, and Certification Committee. Aarhus is a city of education, knowledge and research. Its university is internationally recognized for its contributions within, among other fields, social sciences, technology and science. Aarhus is known to attract talented students from around the world which also provides the city with a great diversity. “Hosting the LibreOffice Conference will be an exciting opportunity for the entire Danish free software community”, says Leif Lodahl, a long time leader of the Danish LibreOffice community, a founder of The Document Foundation, and the architect of several large migration projects to LibreOffice. “We are looking forward to welcoming LibreOffice volunteers and advocates from every corner of the world”. As the day comes nearer, I may well want to reach out to the wider FSFE community to ask for assistance and support. I’m certainly excited to see how it will work out. [1] Originally posted on my blog, http://blogs.fsfe.org/agger/2014/10/22/announcing-the-libreoffice-conferenc… [2] http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2014/10/17/libreoffice-conference-2015-i… -- http://www.modspil.dk https://blogs.fsfe.org/agger/

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New LibreOffice for Android app
by Sam Tuke 10 Feb '15

10 Feb '15

Hi all, A new LibreOffice for Android app has been released today. If you're interested, please check it out and consider writing a review. I'm helping to promote the news for the Document Foundation and Collabora, who led development of the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.collabora.libreoffice More about the app: * Free Software license: MPL 2.0 [1] * Supports documents, spreadsheets and basic presentations * Handles ODF and MS Office files, including templates * Touch interface * Available from the Google Play store, apks via apk download sites [2] * Submitted to F-Droid app store * Currently beta status Limitations: * Doesn't support Android Honeycomb or below * Takes a lot of space (~140mb) * Built-in file viewer reads only internal SD storage * Can't open quite a few documents for various reasons Hopefully there will be weekly updates to the app with improvements and some new features. Best, Sam. 1. http://apkleecher.com/ 2. https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/licenses/

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PCI SATA Controllers or SATA Multipliers?
by Alexander Stephen Thomas Ross 03 Feb '15

03 Feb '15

Finding it difficult to find info. Is this ACHI a standard so I can get any ACHI Compliment SATA Controller PCI card and it will work? or are there cards that are not supported or ones that depend on non-free software? what about the state of SATA multipliers? resorting to asking for help after hours,days of searching.

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France requires non-proprietary format for ebooks
by Jil Larner 30 Jan '15

30 Jan '15

Hello, Just to let you know that since December, 1st, editors must provide at least a non proprietary format for ebooks. While it's written in one of the lowest level of laws, it applies to everyone. We may see things change a bit in the coming months on online stores. Sources for French readers: http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000029966188 http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000029750455&… Best regards, Jil

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Advocacy material for "going open source"?
by Torsten Bronger 27 Jan '15

27 Jan '15

Hi! I work in a government-funded research facility. Over the past 6 years, we created in-house software for managing our research data. I was the primary responsible person for this project. Now, I'd like to see it being converted into an open-source project. GPL, GitHub, etc. My boss does not rule it out straight away. But he likes to be convinced that it is a good move. He has only little idea about open-source software, licences and the like. By the way, we have no other "business plan" with this software. My question is: Is there any material (slides, web pages, books, case studies, peer-reviewed articles) that help with promoting converting to an open-source model? Could you point me to it? (I raised this question on a German FSF mailing list a couple of months ago but the responses did only contain personal opinions. While I agree with all of it, it does not help me.) Regards, Torsten Bronger. -- Torsten Bronger Jabber ID: torsten.bronger(a)jabber.rwth-aachen.de or http://bronger-jmp.appspot.com

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Meeting at FOSDEM
by Erik Albers 27 Jan '15

27 Jan '15

Dear Fellows and friends of Free Software, as you might know, I am in charge of the organisation of the Fellowship as well as the support of local communities. And - as many others on this list, I guess - I will be on FOSDEM this year again. In case I am not meeting someone there you can find me around the FSFE booth that will be prominently visible in the K building. Hence, this would be a good opportunity for all of us to get to know each other - if you like spontaneously and without announcement. If you have any questions about possible ways to get support for your local activities, how to grow a local Fellowship activity, technical help or anything else, please pass by. I am looking forward to get to know everyone of our community. Of course, you are also welcome to pass by in case you do not have any questions but you would like to give feedback. Or you like to tell me about your activities (I am eager to listen those stories!) or maybe you are just looking for a contact person inside FSFE. In case I am not present when you come, just leave a message for the booth team. Looking forward, Erik PS: please feel free to forward this mail to your local FSFE / Free Software list -- Erik Albers | https://fsfe.org/about/albers Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) - Campaigns & Community Free as in Freedom!

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Re: Discussion Digest, Vol 145, Issue 3
by Jay McKinnon 26 Jan '15

26 Jan '15

Unless the definition of "non-proprietary" is really unorthodox/counterintuitive, this regulation basically requires making publications available in a DRM-free ePub format. A publisher could sabotage this by using a weird format and a free DRM, but that would be pretty obvious (like publishing in HyperCard). Other than ePub, the living eBook formats, all are proprietary (PDF coming closest as an alternative); there are free legacy formats (XML, HTML, OEBPS, ODP...) and a few cult formats, but they're rarely found in the wild. Amazon's Kindle doesn't support ePub so ePub is often used as the source for conversion to an eReader-supported proprietary format. The ePub format *does* support DRM, but the DRM schemes in use are proprietary and there's little (if any) inter-compatibilty. Amazon & Apple DRMs are restricted to their own markets, and Adobe's DRM would make it impossible to read an ePub on most devices (or convert it to Kindle). I'm sure it's possible to come up with a non-proprietary DRM for ePub, but it would probably make the document unreadable on any eReader. /AFAIK

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