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Tim Dobson | 2 May 2008 09:59
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Re: [FSF] Get DeltaH, gNewSense 2.0

2008/5/1 Joshua Gay <jgay <at> gnu.org>:
> BOSTON, MA, USA — May 1, 2008 — The gNewSense project today announced
> the release of DeltaH[1], the second version of their all free-software
> GNU/Linux distribution.
>
> The DeltaH download web page states[2], "DeltaH was our second major
> release, based on Ubuntu Hardy. 2.0 was released on May 1st 2008 -
> less than a week after Hardy's release."
>
> The gNewSense project dubs itself as "A free as in freedom GNU/Linux
> distribution, that takes all the non-free blobs out of a rather
> popular distribution."
>
> In addition to stripping binary blobs from the kernel, the package and
> source trees contain only free software drivers, and do not offer
> access to any proprietary software. Because of this commitment to free
> software, the Free Software Foundation and the GNU project recommend
> that users seeking to install a distribution of GNU/Linux consider
> installing gNewSense.
>
> The developers of gNewSense invite those interested in discussing this
> latest release to join their mailing list[3] or join them on
> irc.freenode.net in the #gnewsense channel.
>
> [1],[2]: http://www.gnewsense.org/Main/Deltah
> [3]: http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
> ###

I'm sure that many of you guys have seen this.
As someone who has used development version of Gobuntu Hardy for the
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Tim Dobson | 6 May 2008 19:03
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Manchester Free Software : RMS Video

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RMS Video:
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The video of last week's Manchester Free Software, (in collaboration 
with the BCS and IET) talk by Richard Stallman has been released, thanks 
to Andrew John Hughes.

You can find a torrent and http mirrors for the video on the Manchester 
Free Software Website.
Where possible, please use the torrent. :)

For more information please visit:

http://manchester.fsuk.org/blog/2008/05/06/free-software-in-ethics-and-society-richard-stallman-manchester-1st-may/

Please forward this to any other lists where you think it might be of 
interest.

=============
Next Meeting:
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The next Manchester Free Software Meeting is on the 20th of May at 
Manchester Digital Development Agency.

See you there!

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| Manchester Free Software Group |
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Andrew John Hughes | 6 May 2008 20:43
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Re: Manchester Free Software : RMS Video

On 06/05/2008, Tim Dobson <personalwebsite@...> wrote:
> ==========
>  RMS Video:
>  ==========
>
>  The video of last week's Manchester Free Software, (in collaboration with
> the BCS and IET) talk by Richard Stallman has been released, thanks to
> Andrew John Hughes.
>
>  You can find a torrent and http mirrors for the video on the Manchester
> Free Software Website.
>  Where possible, please use the torrent. :)
>
>  For more information please visit:
>
> http://manchester.fsuk.org/blog/2008/05/06/free-software-in-ethics-and-society-richard-stallman-manchester-1st-may/
>
>  Please forward this to any other lists where you think it might be of
> interest.
>
>  =============
>  Next Meeting:
>  =============
>
>  The next Manchester Free Software Meeting is on the 20th of May at
> Manchester Digital Development Agency.
>
>  See you there!
>
>   ================================
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Tim Dobson | 8 May 2008 19:05
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[Fwd: OUT-LAW Breakfast Seminar - Creative uses of IP - 20 May 2008 - Birmingham]

I wish I could go to this and look at it from a Free Software and Free 
Culture perspective, unfortunately it's a bit far for me.
Also: shame on the term Intellectual Property.

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Subject: OUT-LAW Breakfast Seminar - Creative uses of IP - 20 May 2008
- Birmingham
Date: 	Thu, 8 May 2008 10:49:03 +0100
From: 	info <at> out-law.com <info <at> out-law.com>
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To: 	Tim <personalwebsite <at> army.com>

*OUT-LAW Breakfast Seminar - Creative uses of IP
20 May 2008 - Birmingham*

Dear ,

We will shortly be finalising our numbers for our OUT-LAW Breakfast
Seminar: Creative uses of IP - and how to stop them. The event will take
place on Tuesday 20 May 2008 in Birmingham. The outline of the seminar
is as follows:

  From website-scraping to user-generated content, a threat to one
company's intellectual property is an opportunity to another. Exploring
the strengths and weaknesses of IP laws, we ask: how should the
rights-holder keep control in a Web 2.0 market? Our lawyers present both
sides of the story:

      *  Permitted uses of content and brands
      *  Controlling that use and protecting value
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Tim Dobson | 9 May 2008 12:31
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"MEPs back sports 'intellectual property' landgrab"

It seems like corporations want more "rights" over sporting events and
have persuaded European MPs recommend they them.
It's hard to believe this is going to be better for sporting fans and
enthusiasts, it's not like they don't get enough money drained from
them at UK sporting events...
Out Law, has a surprisingly balanced article about this controversial decision:

http://www.out-law.com//default.aspx?page=9107
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Ian Lynch | 10 May 2008 15:13

BECTA

Hi all,

BECTA, the government schools IT agency has put out a tender for an Open
Source schools project. I'm preparing a bid with Schoolforge-UK and
other community members with a specific interest in schools and
education and would like to name AFFS as a supporter if that is
possible. I want to be able to demonstrate broad community support. The
main aspects will be developing learning resources for schools under
free licenses, education about FOSS and developing and supporting  a
schools FOSS community in England. This was largely what SF-UK was
originally set up to do, this will just provide funding to do it better.

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Andrew Betts | 13 May 2008 04:08

Re: Manchester Free Software : RMS Video

An amusing talk. Thank you.

The best stuff start at 1 hour 38 minutes when the QA starts for
anyone that has heard this speech before.

2008/5/6 Tim Dobson <personalwebsite <at> army.com>:
> ==========
>  RMS Video:
>  ==========
>
>  The video of last week's Manchester Free Software, (in collaboration with
> the BCS and IET) talk by Richard Stallman has been released, thanks to
> Andrew John Hughes.
>
>  You can find a torrent and http mirrors for the video on the Manchester
> Free Software Website.
>  Where possible, please use the torrent. :)
>
>  For more information please visit:
>
>
> http://manchester.fsuk.org/blog/2008/05/06/free-software-in-ethics-and-society-richard-stallman-manchester-1st-may/
>
>  Please forward this to any other lists where you think it might be of
> interest.
>
>  =============
>  Next Meeting:
>  =============
>
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Dave Page | 15 May 2008 01:10
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Manchester Free Software Talk: Richard Rothwell, M6-IT, 20th May 2008

Who?
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Richard Rothwell from M6-IT Community Interest Company - "Software 
Freedom for the Education and Voluntary Sector" - http://m6-it.org

http://www.m6-it.org/author/RichardR

When?
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7pm, Tuesday 20th May 2008

If you're coming, please feel free to add yourself to the FSF Groups
wiki page:-

http://groups.fsf.org/index.php/Manchester/2008-05-20

What?
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Sustainable Education Solutions

Schools and students have been caught up in a cycle of computer
replacement and upgrade for the past two decades.  The development of
free software solutions offers a route out of this cycle.  The talk
will cover potential free software solutions for schools and families
to setup sustainable solutions that will enable them to concentrate on
their key purpose - that of educating the individual.  The
applicability of these solutions for community organisations will be
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MJ Ray | 16 May 2008 18:18
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BBC TV: Click: Free=beer and facebook-flaming

Free software finally gets significant coverage on BBC TV's Click show
this week, but I think it's very much Linux rather than GNU/Linux and
free cost rather than freedom.  They mentioned free security software
and even raised the possibility of trojans, but didn't mention how
free (as in freedom) software allows any random end-user to check or
have it checked.

Quite a missed opportunity!  However, Click has a regular letters
section, so watch it (times below), email click <at> bbc.co.uk and see if
we can get the free software view across.

The letters section this week seemed to be flaming proprietary SaaS
social network site facebook for their pathetic default-permit
approach to security of user details.  I really think there's a role
for something like noserub.com in free software social networking.

bbc.co.uk/click is shown on BBC News Channel Saturday 1130, Sunday
0430 and 1130, Monday 0030 and Sunday 0430 on BBC-1 (times BST)

bbcworld.com/click is shown Thursday 19:30 GMT, Repeated Friday 09:30
and 12:30 (Asia Pacific only), Saturdays 06:30, Mondays 15:30,
Tuesdays 01:30 (not Asia Pacific, Middle East or South Asia) & 07:30 GMT

Anyone else see this?

Regards,
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Florian Weimer | 17 May 2008 22:25
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Re: BBC TV: Click: Free=beer and facebook-flaming

* MJ Ray:

> didn't mention how free (as in freedom) software allows any random
> end-user to check or have it checked.

How is this different from proprietary software?
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