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[Office-commits] r10042 - trunk/free-software-supporter/2009
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[Office-commits] r10042 - trunk/free-software-supporter/2009 |
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Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:22:55 -0400 |
Author: www-data
Date: Wed Oct 7 14:22:55 2009
New Revision: 10042
Log:
web commit by holmes
Modified:
trunk/free-software-supporter/2009/october.mdwn
Modified: trunk/free-software-supporter/2009/october.mdwn
==============================================================================
--- trunk/free-software-supporter/2009/october.mdwn Wed Oct 7 14:13:45
2009 (r10041)
+++ trunk/free-software-supporter/2009/october.mdwn Wed Oct 7 14:22:55
2009 (r10042)
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
Miss an issue? You can catch up on back issues at
<http://www.fsf.org/free-software-supporter>.
-Multilingual? Send translations of the Supporter to <address@hidden>.
+Multilingual? Send translations of the Supporter to
+<address@hidden>.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@
* Xander Vedejas is the GNU Generation member of the month!
* Lest CodePlex perplex
* Submit your nominations for the 2009 Free Software Awards
-* Sugar Labs and FSF joint efforts promote children's learning platform
+* Sugar Labs and FSF join efforts promote children's learning platform
* FSF files brief in Supreme Court case to eliminate software patents
* GNU spotlight with Karl Berry
* Richard Stallman's speaking schedule and other FSF events
@@ -39,10 +40,10 @@
The Free Software Foundation will begin rewarding those who find and
report any nonfree components in free software operating system
-distributions with public recognition and “GNU Bucks.” Those qualifying
-for the award will receive a “GNU Buck” bank note, in the amount of pi
-and signed by Free Software Foundation president and “Chief GNUisance”
-Richard Stallman.
+distributions with public recognition and "GNU Bucks." Those
+qualifying for the award will receive a "GNU Buck" bank note, in the
+amount of pi and signed by Free Software Foundation president and
+"Chief GNUisance" Richard Stallman.
* <http://www.fsf.org/news/gnu-bucks>
@@ -74,11 +75,11 @@
## Women in Free Software Summit: One giant step for free software
womankind!
-Just a month ago we announced our intent to hold a summit to talk about
-the very important issue of increasing women's participation in free
-software. The mini-summit was also a kick-off for us here at the FSF
-to start building a campaign program that brings more women into the
-community.
+Just a month ago we announced our intent to hold a summit to talk
+about the very important issue of increasing women's participation in
+free software. The mini-summit was also a kick-off for us here at the
+FSF to start building a campaign program that brings more women into
+the community.
* <http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/minisummitnotes>
@@ -92,9 +93,9 @@
## Xander Vedejas is the GNU Generation member of the month!
-Xander has primarily been working on Valix, a new operating system with
-a simple and integrated approach. Working in assembler and C, he has
-begun creating an operating system that already has an integrated
+Xander has primarily been working on Valix, a new operating system
+with a simple and integrated approach. Working in assembler and C, he
+has begun creating an operating system that already has an integrated
graphics system and a programming language in the works.
* <http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/gg-sep2009>
@@ -112,8 +113,8 @@
Nominations are requested by 31 October 2009.
-The Free Software Foundation Award for the Advancement of Free Software
-is presented annually by FSF president Richard Stallman to an
+The Free Software Foundation Award for the Advancement of Free
+Software is presented annually by FSF president Richard Stallman to an
individual who has made a great contribution to the progress and
development of free software, through activities that accord with the
spirit of free software.
@@ -123,10 +124,10 @@
## Sugar Labs and FSF announce joint efforts to promote learning
platform for children
-The FSF has upgraded its hosting services support of Sugar Labs to keep
-pace with its growth. As part of the ongoing relationship, Bernardo
-Innocenti, a member of the Sugar Labs Oversight Board, is working at
-the FSF offices.
+The FSF has upgraded its hosting services support of Sugar Labs to
+keep pace with its growth. As part of the ongoing relationship,
+Bernardo Innocenti, a member of the Sugar Labs Oversight Board, is
+working at the FSF offices.
* <http://www.fsf.org/news/sugar-labs>
@@ -135,10 +136,10 @@
The Free Software Foundation submitted an amicus curiae brief calling
on the Supreme Court to affirm that software ideas are not patentable.
-After outlining the positive impact that the free software movement and
-the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL) have had on computer use, the
-brief explains how software patents are an obstacle and a danger to
-software developers.
+After outlining the positive impact that the free software movement
+and the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL) have had on computer use,
+the brief explains how software patents are an obstacle and a danger
+to software developers.
* <http://www.fsf.org/news/bilski-supreme-court-brief>
@@ -156,13 +157,14 @@
zile-2.3.12
I'd like to specially note the first new release of gzip (the
-longstanding GNU compression package) in many years. Thanks to the new
-co-maintainer, Jim Meyering, for reviving this. And thanks also to Jim
-for actively maintaining GNU coreutils and other fundamental GNU
-packages for many years.
-
-To get announcements of most new GNU packages, subscribe to the info-gnu
-mailing list: <http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnu>. Nearly
+longstanding GNU compression package) in many years. Thanks to the
+new co-maintainer, Jim Meyering, for reviving this. And thanks also
+to Jim for actively maintaining GNU coreutils and other fundamental
+GNU packages for many years.
+
+To get announcements of most new GNU packages, subscribe to the
+info-gnu mailing list:
+<http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnu>. Nearly
all GNU software is available from <http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/>, or
preferably one of its mirrors (<http://www.gnu.org/prep/ftp.html>).
@@ -172,10 +174,10 @@
semiconductor design.
Several GNU packages are looking for maintainers and other assistance.
-Please see <http://www.gnu.org/server/takeaction.html#unmaint> if you'd
-like to help. The general page on how to help GNU is at
-<http://www.gnu.org/help/help.html>. To submit new packages to GNU, see
-<http://www.gnu.org/help/evaluation.html>.
+Please see <http://www.gnu.org/server/takeaction.html#unmaint> if
+you'd like to help. The general page on how to help GNU is at
+<http://www.gnu.org/help/help.html>. To submit new packages to GNU,
+see <http://www.gnu.org/help/evaluation.html>.
As always, please feel free to write to me, <address@hidden>, with any
GNUish questions or suggestions for future installments.
@@ -184,16 +186,17 @@
* 2009-10-08 | The Danger of Software Patents -- Wellington, New
Zealand - Victoria University of Wellington, RHLT 2, in the Rutherford
-House on the Pipitea Campus. Richard Stallman will explain how software
-patents obstruct software development.
+House on the Pipitea Campus. Richard Stallman will explain how
+software patents obstruct software development.
* <http://www.fsf.org/events/20091008wellington>
-* 2009-10-09 | A Free Digital Society -- Wellington, New Zealand - HULT
-220, Hunter Building, Kelburn Parade. Richard Stallman speech. To make
-a digital society worthy of being included in, we must overcome six
-menaces to freedom: surveillance, censorship, restricted data formats,
-proprietary software, software as a service, and the War on Sharing.
+* 2009-10-09 | A Free Digital Society -- Wellington, New Zealand -
+HULT 220, Hunter Building, Kelburn Parade. Richard Stallman speech.
+To make a digital society worthy of being included in, we must
+overcome six menaces to freedom: surveillance, censorship, restricted
+data formats, proprietary software, software as a service, and the War
+ on Sharing.
* <http://www.fsf.org/events/20091009wellington>
@@ -213,14 +216,14 @@
* <http://www.fsf.org/events/20091025kualalumpur>
-* 2009-10-28 | The Free (Bebas) Software Movement -- Jakarta, Indonesia
-- BPPT Building II, M.H. Thamrin Street. Richard Stallman, founder of
-the free software movement (gerakan perangkat lunak bebas) and leader
-of development of the GNU operating system (with which the kernel Linux
-is typically used) will give a speech to explain the ethical and
-political ideas of free software, which differ from the ideas of open
-source, and explain how GNU was developed to realize these ethical
-goals. Registration is required.
+* 2009-10-28 | The Free (Bebas) Software Movement -- Jakarta,
+Indonesia - BPPT Building II, M.H. Thamrin Street. Richard Stallman,
+founder of the free software movement (gerakan perangkat lunak bebas)
+and leader of development of the GNU operating system (with which the
+kernel Linux is typically used) will give a speech to explain the
+ethical and political ideas of free software, which differ from the
+ideas of open source, and explain how GNU was developed to realize
+these ethical goals. Registration is required.
* <http://www.fsf.org/events/20091028jakarta>
@@ -246,8 +249,8 @@
Copyright © 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative
-Works 3.0 United States License. To view a copy of this license, visit
-<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/us/> or send a letter to
-Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California,
-94105, USA.
+This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-No
+Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. To view a copy of this
+license, visit <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/us/> or
+send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San
+Francisco, California, 94105, USA.
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