Lilux-info August 2005

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by Pascal Steichen

hi all, this friday between 18h00 and 20h00 there will be a 2599+1 meeting at the classical artscene bistro... agenda (just an idea) : impressions from WTH (What The Hack) 2005. ciao, pst -- Pascal Steichen pst(a)lilux.lu Lilux ASBL http://www.lilux.lu/

18 years, 8 months

[Fwd: Call for help: formulating a national government strategy on Free Software]

by Patrick Useldinger

fyi -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Call for help: formulating a national government strategy on Free Software Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 23:53:15 +0100 From: Mark Shuttleworth <mark(a)ubuntu.com> To: Ubuntu Announcements <ubuntu-announce(a)lists.ubuntu.com> This is a mail to the global Ubuntu community, to ask for your help in formulating a national government strategy on Free Software for South Africa. We hope this work will also be used as a model for many countries world wide. We are participating in a task force that is considering how South Africa should lead the adoption of Free Software in government, in the private sector and in civil society. It is a unique gathering of people who would like to create the most effective possible strategy for the country, building on the great ideas that have already been implemented elsewhere. The group includes representatives from the following government departments: - Health - Education - Agriculture - Communications (Post and Telecommunications Regulation) - Labour - International Relations - Treasury (Taxation) - Public Services (eGovernment) - Local and Municipal Government - Science and Technology - Transport - National Statistics It would help us tremendously to hear from people who are aware of real Free Software projects in different countries around the world that are relevant to each of these groups. For example, free software tools for running medical clinics, or garbage collection coordination, or telecenters for access to ICT, or coordinating the legislative process. Any free software related to some function of government would be useful to know about. If you know about such a project in your country, please visit this wiki and add it to the relevant department page: http://wiki.go-opensource.org/taskforce/ If you can briefly (in a few sentences) describe the project, and even better, know a URL to web pages that describe the project, then please add them to the relevant pages. For example, last month I visited an amazing project in Brazil, looking to create mainframe-reliability platforms for government using commodity hardware and [Ubuntu ;-)] linux. So I've added that project under the "National Government Projects" page: http://wiki.go-opensource.org/taskforce/NatGovProj The projects are likely to be run by government departments but it would be equally interesting to hear about private sector, or civil society (NGO) projects that are related to the work of those departments. If you think it's possibly useful, please do add it. This will allow us to put South African authorities in touch with people doing great work with Free Software in their equivalent departments internationally - and hopefully begin to foster global cooperation on those projects. The projects don't have to be Ubuntu related - this is about Free Software, not a particular app or distro. The meetings start Monday morning, so anything you can add this weekend or during the week would be appreciated! THANK YOU! I'm very excited about the opportunity to participate in this forum. After years of calling for serious thought about the opportunities that Free Software present for countries, especially developing countries like South Africa, it seems that the idea is finally gaining traction. We will keep this wiki open, and I hope it will become a good resource for anybody who is trying to create a coherent strategy on Free Software for their government. Mark PS - if you'd like, create a WikiName for yourself (click on UserPreferences and create an account) so that your changes will be identified as coming from you). -- ubuntu-announce mailing list ubuntu-announce(a)lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce

18 years, 8 months

cliparts

by Eric Dondelinger

Hi, maybe I'm not the only one who missed cliparts with the usual FOSS suspects. By chance (ok, so I found it via an article on Pro-Linux.de), I stumbled upon: http://www.openclipart.org/ who have public domain cliparts. Even better (for Debian users anyway), it's available as a package for Debian (in testing anyway), possibly also for others. The original format for these cliparts is SVG, they can be used at least with inkscape, sodipodi, OpenOffice.org and AbiWord. Have fun, Eric

18 years, 8 months

? Prochaine réunion LiLux ?

by Brent Frère

Quel thème ? Qui met le site web à jour ? LiLux est en congé en août ? -- Brent Frère Private e-mail: Brent(a)BFrere.net Postal address: 5, rue de Mamer L-8280 Kehlen Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg European Union Mobile: +352-021/29.05.98 Fax: +352-26.30.05.96 Home: +352-307.341 URL: http://BFrere.net This e-mail signature can be checked if you have the CaCERT certificate installed. Check http://www.CaCERT.org for details.

18 years, 8 months

Tr: New Policy Program: ISOC WSIS Ambassador Program

by Serge Marelli

--- ISOC Notice <isoc-news(a)isoc.org> a écrit : > Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 10:53:14 -0400 > À: isoc-members-announce(a)elists.isoc.org > De: ISOC Notice <isoc-news(a)isoc.org> > Objet: [ISOC-members-announce] New Policy Program: > ISOC WSIS Ambassador Progra > > New Policy Program: ISOC WSIS Ambassador Program > > ISOC's public policy activities support our mission > by upholding > and defending our core values in local, national, > and international > public policy forums, where decisions that affect > the ability of > people throughout the world to enjoy the benefits of > the Internet > are made. > > One of the major international forums in which ISOC > is currently > active is the World Summit on the Information > Society (WSIS). > ISOC has participated at all stages of WSIS, and has > succeeded > in building up significant respect and recognition > for our position > in support of an open and accessible Internet. Much > of this has > been achieved through cooperation with our members > and partner > organizations from across the world. > > ISOC is now looking to further strengthen our policy > efforts, by > more deeply involving members in them. And, at the > same > time further increase our coverage in the WSIS > process by > inviting a number of regional ISOC members to > participate > in the WSIS forums as ISOC WSIS Ambassadors. The > ISOC > WSIS Ambassador will bring home first-hand > experience > of the WSIS processes to their country or region and > will > be expected to continue to drive local ISOC > activities in the > context of WSIS. The role of an ISOC WSIS Ambassador > is to explain and promote ISOC's positions on > various public > policy issues that are directly related to the > themes of WSIS. > He or she would be expected to reinforce ISOC's > messages > by adding their significant local and regional > experience and > insight to discussions and interventions during the > various > WSIS events. > > To ensure the project is manageable, a small number > of > individuals (5 to 10) from the worldwide membership > will be > selected to act as ISOC WSIS Ambassadors. > Prerequisites > for candidates include a strong interest in issues > on the WSIS > agenda including some familiarity with the debate > around Internet > Governance and the work of the WGIG. Candidates must > be > motivated to help further ISOC's mission through > extensive > outreach efforts at home as well as in the PrepCom > and WSIS > Summit. > > A further major requirement is that those selected > MUST be > available to come to the WSIS PrepCom 3 in Geneva, > Switzerland > and/or phase 2 of WSIS in Tunis. Those coming to > Geneva will > be expected to be available for the period September > 16 to 24 > (the first week of the PrepCom as well as two days > prior to the > PrepCom for introductory and briefing sessions on > WSIS/PrepCom > and on ISOC's positions). Dates for attendance > during phase 2 > of WSIS are November 14 to 18. ISOC WSIS Ambassadors > will be selected by senior ISOC staff responsible > for public > policy and will receive financial support for their > travel and > accommodation during these two periods. > > This is an excellent opportunity to interact with > Internet > stakeholders at all levels while gaining first hand > experience > of a major multinational, multilateral forum. > > We encourage all Chapters and Members to reach out > to > (other) members in order to identify the most > suitable candidates. > Nominations and applications must be sent via the > form available > at: > http://www.isoc.org/isoc/conferences/wsis/ambassadorapp.php > (or via email to wsisambassador(a)isoc.org) as soon as > possible - > and no later than Wednesday August 24th, paying > particular > attention to the various prerequisites mentioned > above. > Applications will be reviewed as soon as they are > received, > so early submissions are encouraged. The selection > process > will be completed by Monday August 29th and the ISOC > WSIS Ambassadors will be announced shortly > afterwards. > > We look forward to a successful launch and to seeing > you > at WSIS PrepCom 3. > > Lynn St. Amour, Mike Nelson, Mirjam Kuehne and Peter > Godwin > > > _______________________________________________ > ISOC-members-announce mailing list > ISOC-members-announce(a)elists.isoc.org > http://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/isoc-members-announce > To unsubscribe, send a blank message to: > isoc-members-announce-leave(a)elists.isoc.org > > Please note that by leaving this membership list > you will also be resigning ISOC membership. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Le vin est une des boissons la plus complexe. Il contient entre 8 et 14% d'alcool, plusieurs acides minéraux et organiques, du glycérol, du sucre, des polyphénols, de nombreux composés aromatiques, des acides aminés, des sels, des oligo-éléments en proportions très variées mais toujours réduites. Le plus important composant du vin est l'eau pour 85 à 90% de son volume. Dans tout amateur de vin il y a donc un buveur d'eau qui s'ignore ! (Inconnu) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Serge Marelli serge_marelli(a)yahoo.fr - ___________________________________________________________________________ Appel audio GRATUIT partout dans le monde avec le nouveau Yahoo! Messenger Téléchargez cette version sur http://fr.messenger.yahoo.com

18 years, 8 months

Fwd: [Cc-uk] EU and Piracy etc.

by Patrick Peiffer

Bonjour, je mer permets un forward de la liste Creative Commons UK: Patrick Reports are slowly trickling through on this. EDRi had already reportetd on the directive proposal July 14: http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number3.14/IPR Also, Cnet had a report on August 2: EU plan could put open sourcers in court The European Commission has proposed a law that could allow criminal charges to be pressed against a business using software believed to infringe upon another company's intellectual property. http://news.com.com/EU+plan+could+put+open+sourcers+in+court/2100-1014_3-58… For those of you who prefer German and know how to re-arrange split URLs ;) there's a short roundup at iRights.info: http://www.irights.info/index.php?id=81&tx_ttnews[pS]=1122114803&tx_ttnews[… Best, Matthias David Hirst wrote: > The EU Parliament having just seen off the Patents Directive, it seems the > EU Commission is trying again. Wired News has reported: > > Story location: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,68418,00.html > > This concerns a Directive on criminal measures aimed at ensuring the > enforcement of intellectual property rights. > > It can be downloaded from http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/LexUriServ/site/en/com/2005/com2005_0276en… > > It begins with the classic recording industries background about piracy, > equating it to drug trafficking. > > It does not even qualify its use of the word "piracy", which is a real > problem in the Malacca Strait and elsewhere. It involves use of machine guns > to steal ships. A quite different crime from copyright infringement. > > It proposes "Member States shall ensure that all intentional infringements > of an intellectual property right on a commercial scale, and attempting, > aiding or abetting and inciting such infringements, are treated as criminal > offences." > > An associated proposed Council Framework decision (which need not be > scrutinised by the EU Parliament), but decided solely by EU Ministers, also > says: > > "The Member States must ensure that the holders of intellectual property > rights concerned, or their representatives, and experts, are allowed to > assist the investigations carried out by joint investigation teams into the > offences referred to in Article 3 of Directive ...././EC." > > And > > "Member States shall ensure that the possibility of initiating > investigations into, or prosecution of, offences covered by Article 3 of > Directive ...././EC are not dependent on a report or accusation made by a > person subjected to the offence, at least if the acts were committed in the > territory of the Member State." > > With Blair today on a campaign to limit human rights against terrorism, this > may seem a fairly small loss of liberty, but it seems to me to mean that any > author of software that is eventually used to infringe copyright (at a > "commercial" scale) can end up in jail. Not only that, but the "holders of > intellectual property" are permitted to be alongside the official > investigations. > > It is barely an exaggeration to say that this gives official sanction to a > mafia like militia. If my car is stolen, or if my house is burgled, even if > my family is murdered, neither I nor my representative is allowed to be part > of the police investigation. What is so special here? What do I have to do > to become part of the mafia? Own a copyright? > > I think there are many improvements that can be made to clarify this law, > which is primarily targeted against counterfeiting. Indeed, I would suggest > we ask its title to be changed to be against counterfeiting, where criminal > sanctions could well be appropriate. > > Regards > > D > > David Hirst > > !-!?!-Hirst Solutions Limited > > Mobile +44 7831 405443 > > Home/Office +44 1273 570113 > > Innovation Technology Sustainability > > www.davidhirst.com <http://www.davidhirst.com> <http://www.davidhirst.com/ > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Cc-uk mailing list > Cc-uk(a)lists.ibiblio.org > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-uk -- Matthias Spielkamp | Berlin | Germany Phone +49.30.42800307 | Fax +49.721.151513691 | Mobile +49.177.7602000 spielkamp(a)autorenwerk.de | www.autorenwerk.de <http://www.autorenwerk.de> | www.immateriblog.de <http://www.immateriblog.de> jabber: spielkamp(a)jabber.org | skype: spielkamp _______________________________________________ Cc-uk mailing list Cc-uk(a)lists.ibiblio.org http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-uk

18 years, 9 months

a new challenge for us ?!

by Pascal Steichen

the eu is again trying to have some strange laws enforced, more info: http://www.dataretentionisnosolution.com/ -- Pascal Steichen pst(a)lilux.lu Lilux ASBL http://www.lilux.lu/

18 years, 9 months

Groupware Products? Who can provide details-infos?

by Yves Schintgen

Hye, I'm would like to install a Groupware Software on a Suse Linux 9.3. Server, which should provide the following features: * Central saves of all important data for a 2 person office, for example: Common calendar data, emails, notes, contacts, files, todo-list, ... * Data should be accessed over browser also, from any PC connected on the Internet. * Exchange possibilities (I know, for 2 persons, its perhaps not worth the efforts!) whould be fine, for example with 1 WinXP Workstation with Outlook, 1 Linux-PC running Suse Linux (or Ubuntu-Linux) with Evolution, 1 possible exchange connection with PalmOS (on PalmOne Treo 650). I know that some software (loke OpenXchange) provide Connectors for these issues. Could anyone give me a good tip how to solve this problem without great installation difficulties? Does anyone have experience with Groupware or Exchange Software or are there other possibilities? Thanks in advance, Greetings, -- Yves Schintgen <sevy(a)vo.lu>

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