Re: [CREATE] Conference Recordings

2007-03-24 Thread Dave Crossland
On 24/03/07, Jon Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Plz file a bug :) You know which overloaded dev. is fielding these right ... ;) lol Done :-) -- Regards, Dave ___ CREATE mailing list CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org

Re: [CREATE] Lens correction database

2007-05-11 Thread Dave Crossland
On 11/05/07, Yuval Levy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Who would be interested in using and building such a database? I'd be willing to build the online tools to enter and manage the database. Awesome! CODE: the code should be free. I'd recommend GPL for the data structure and the web based

Re: [CREATE] presentations, photos :)

2007-05-20 Thread Dave Crossland
On 08/05/07, Alexandre Prokoudine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As another reminder, please consider uploading your presentation files for downloading and post links here so that we have as much information as possible. http://yosch.koocotte.org/conferences/lgm07/ has the Font Freedom slides from

Re: [CREATE] (unofficial) call for LGM 2008

2007-06-10 Thread Dave Crossland
On 12/06/07, kamila giedrojc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There were two propositions: - 1,2,3,4 of May - 8,9,10,11 of May let us know, if there is any other event taking place 8-11th May 2008, O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference 2008, March 3-8, 2008, San Diego, CA -- Regards, Dave

Re: [CREATE] [Openfontlibrary] Proposal for open font-related sessions/workshops at LGM08

2007-09-29 Thread Dave Crossland
On 28 Sep 2007 15:44:30 -0700, George Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Converting scanned fonts isn't always easy. Raph's Spiro toolset is designed for precisely this, though. Getting the metrics right can be difficult. I think this is solved by creating good free typeface design manuals.

Re: [CREATE] free software designers

2008-04-28 Thread Dave Crossland
2008/4/24 braydon fuller [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'd like to compile a list graphic designers using free software to collaborate with. It would be great if there any designers in Los Angeles, however this may not be compulsory. Please send me any info you know. I'm in the tiny town of

Re: [CREATE] free software designers

2008-05-05 Thread Dave Crossland
2008/5/5 Chris Lilley [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Does sk1 have a Freehand to SVG convertor? It might do, but sk1 famously reversed engineered the CorelDRAW file format, not Freehand's, so perhaps you are thinking of that? -- Regards, Dave ___ CREATE mailing

Re: [CREATE] LGM Pre Conference activities

2008-05-05 Thread Dave Crossland
2008/5/5 Pablo d'Angelo [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'll be staying in Hotel Polonia. I'll also be there from Wednesday - my mobile is +44 777 3383 772 :-) -- Regards, Dave ___ CREATE mailing list CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org

Re: [CREATE] free software designers

2008-05-06 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi Valek! 2008/5/6 Chris Lilley [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Monday, May 5, 2008, 5:30:26 PM, Dave wrote: DC 2008/5/5 Chris Lilley [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Does sk1 have a Freehand to SVG convertor? DC It might do, but sk1 famously reversed engineered the CorelDRAW file DC format, not Freehand's, so

Re: [CREATE] LGM 2009

2008-06-11 Thread Dave Crossland
2008/6/11 Alexandre Prokoudine [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 1. That means still high prices for USA citizens, and not having Inkscape team members at LGM again would suck (sorry for abusive language) When that Ton Roosendaal said: if this works it'll be decadent, with enough money to fly in all

Re: [CREATE] LGM 2009

2008-06-11 Thread Dave Crossland
2008/6/11 Dave Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED]: does this sound like a good option for people? I think we ought not to 'look a gift horse in the mouth' - putting Dutch state money to good use sounds good to me :-) Perhaps Singapore could be LGM5? Then north american, then India? perhaps not as

Re: [CREATE] LGM 2009

2008-06-24 Thread Dave Crossland
2008/6/24 Louis Desjardins [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I've immediately mentioned LGM to them. They need us to make an estimate before july 1. Answer then will follow in sept/okt. Lots have been said so far regarding Singapore and Amsterdam. I think we should make a decision pretty soon now. Do we

Re: [CREATE] Bad news from Amsterdam

2008-09-30 Thread Dave Crossland
2008/9/30 Hubert Figuiere [EMAIL PROTECTED]: In case people have forgotten, GUADEC and akademy are jointly hosted in the same location in 2009. Maybe it could be smart to do LGM there too, within the same timeframe. That way people can group. Just an idea, I'm not an organizer of the

Re: [CREATE] Bad news from Amsterdam

2008-09-30 Thread Dave Crossland
2008/9/30 adam hyde [EMAIL PROTECTED]: keen to host an Amsterdam event and take care of the venue and logistics. Andy seems to be putting together a proposal to host - finding a venue and local sponsors and so on. I guess you should do the same, as should anyone else serious about organising

Re: [CREATE] Bad news from Amsterdam

2008-10-01 Thread Dave Crossland
On 01/10/2008, peter linnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 30 September 2008 21:58:06 Craig Bradney wrote: Of course, the primary thing is to get most developers possible together. This includes proximity, sponsorship, etc, in order to get most of us in 1 locaion. I don't see any

Re: [CREATE] Bad news from Amsterdam

2008-10-02 Thread Dave Crossland
2008/10/2 Louis Desjardins [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I can offer to organise LGM 2009 with the same enthusiasm! I know what is ahead of me, so you can take this as a concrete proposal! I for one would take this as a concrete proposal because of proven track record and established links with hosting

Re: [CREATE] LGM 2009 - Decision to be made today

2008-10-28 Thread Dave Crossland
2008/10/28 Louis Desjardins [EMAIL PROTECTED]: We could try connecting video for a couple of sessions Kaveh, who did a great job in Poland, recently did live streaming of a Blender workshop again from www.river-valley.tv Perhaps he could be persuaded to do live streaming of LGM2009 in Montreal

Re: [CREATE] Suggested dates for LGM 2009 Montreal

2008-11-08 Thread Dave Crossland
2008/11/8 Jon Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED]: +50 on both Dave's posts. Focus, 1 track, 2 solid + 1 unconference. rock. I did like the unconference day at LGM1. But I think a 4 day conference is probably needed, we've grown a lot since then. I think it could be good to have that 4th day as a day

Re: [CREATE] LGM 2009 update

2009-02-15 Thread Dave Crossland
2009/2/14 alessandro rimoldi ale.comp...@xox.ch: http://xox.ch/lgm semms great to me! ___ CREATE mailing list CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create

Re: [CREATE] LGM website

2009-02-16 Thread Dave Crossland
my original idea was to put the site online yesterday evening. since there wasn't much feedback I think the site is great! :-) ___ CREATE mailing list CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create

Re: [CREATE] PiTiVi talk proposal

2009-02-19 Thread Dave Crossland
2009/2/19 Jeff web.ki...@free.fr: Thoughts? I would very much appreciate this - I think that video production is a VERY important area for free software to be viable for! :-) ___ CREATE mailing list CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org

Re: [CREATE] Open Clip Art Library Release 0.19 Announcement and OCAL10K Goal Exceeeded

2009-03-31 Thread Dave Crossland
2009/3/31 Alexandre Prokoudine alexandre.prokoud...@gmail.com: On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Jon Phillips wrote: March 31, 2009 - Release 0.19 of Open Clip Art Library (http://www.openclipart.org), containing over 12,000 12000 Using commas to delimit thousands is normal in English, but

Re: [CREATE] 2 things about LGM 2009

2009-04-07 Thread Dave Crossland
2009/4/7 Louis Desjardins louis.desjard...@gmail.com: LGM 2009 is fast approaching. When will the http://create.freedesktop.org/wiki/Category:Conference_Talk_2009_Accepted category be fleshed out? :-) ___ CREATE mailing list

[CREATE] Taxi from airport to studio

2009-05-04 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi, I am arriving at Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau (YUL) tomorrow at 5:50 PM EDT on the Air Canada flight # AC865 and will be heading to the officlal LGM accomodation (Studio residences). Will anyone else arrive at that time and like to share a taxi? My mobile is +447773383772 -- Regards,

Re: [CREATE] LGM 2009 Group Photo

2009-05-22 Thread Dave Crossland
Yuv this is a really great image! Thanks for all your hard work! Can it go onto the official LGM website? :-) ___ CREATE mailing list CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create

Re: [CREATE] LGM 2010 - Vote on proposal

2009-06-09 Thread Dave Crossland
+1 for Brussels! :) ___ CREATE mailing list CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create

Re: [CREATE] Font Select Dreams

2009-08-30 Thread Dave Crossland
2009/8/30 Braydon Fuller cour...@braydon.com: have you guys seen something like this? Fonts with many variations are typically done through interpolation. There is a proprietary tool that is very good for this and its screencasts well explain the method: www.superpolator.com

Re: [CREATE] Font Select Dreams

2009-08-30 Thread Dave Crossland
2009/8/30 Braydon Fuller cour...@braydon.com: Fonts with many variations are typically done through interpolation. There is a proprietary tool that is very good for this and its screencasts well explain the method: www.superpolator.com Only problem with using interpolation is that they

[CREATE] LGM2010 Exact Dates?

2009-12-03 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi, http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2010/index_static.html doesn't have the exact dates for LGM2010 are they decided yet? :-) -- Regards, Dave ___ CREATE mailing list CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org

[CREATE] Proprietary software company's attending LGM?

2009-12-29 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi, Over on the opencolour thread, the attendance of proprietary software companies with open source activities was mentioned. I'm curious if anyone knows if there will be more of this than in previous years, and which companies might be along, as I've found such engagements one of the more

Re: [CREATE] Proprietary software company's attending LGM?

2009-12-30 Thread Dave Crossland
2009/12/31 Leonard Rosenthol leona...@pdfsages.com: We'd also be quite open to speaking as well... That's the kind of reply I was hoping for! What topics do you have in mind? :-) ___ CREATE mailing list CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org

Re: [CREATE] LCA next week

2010-01-13 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi! 2010/1/14 Jon Phillips j...@rejon.org: Who is going to be at linuxconf in New Zealand next week? We have a libregraphicsday on monday, and many of us will be around! Sadly I am going to Singapore on Monday morning, but if anyone is around on Sunday, we could meet up in the evening? :-)

Re: [CREATE] LGM 2010: sponsoring

2010-02-16 Thread Dave Crossland
FontForge also added extensive Python scripting support, and is now a python module.. import fontforge Regards, Dave On 16 Feb 2010, 3:07 PM, Stani spe.stani...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 1:45 PM, a.l.e ale.comp...@xox.ch wrote: hi femke stani Besides ... Besides the

Re: [CREATE] panel discussion (proposal): Web apps

2010-04-15 Thread Dave Crossland
On 16 April 2010 02:22, Nathan Willis nwil...@glyphography.com wrote: So I'd really like to know if anyone would be interested in participating in such a panel. Hells yeah! :-) The FSF just published 2 essays about the server and client sides of webapps:

Re: [CREATE] publish book about LGM meeting

2010-04-23 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi! 2010/4/23 lingzheng wang wanglingzheng...@gmail.com: can i  create one book about LGM meeting in June?  i mean need consider copyright and other things etc. welcome for every one's suggestion. If the book is licensed with something from freedomdefined.org, and uses the

Re: [CREATE] panel discussion (proposal): Web apps

2010-04-30 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi, Luke Leighton ported PyGTK to AJAX successfully, its called 'pyjamas.' Regards, Dave On 27 Apr 2010, 10:12 AM, Stani spe.stani...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 1:57 AM, Schrijver e...@authoritism.net wrote: Very good idea imho. ... Not AFAIK and it will be a hard nut to crack

Re: [CREATE] panel discussion (proposal): Web apps

2010-04-30 Thread Dave Crossland
://pyjs.org/ On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Dave Crossland d...@lab6.com wrote: Hi, Luke Leighton port... SPE Python IDE - http://pythonide.stani.be ___ CREATE mailing list CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create

Re: [CREATE] pledgie

2010-05-02 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi! On 2 May 2010 09:30, Alexandre Prokoudine alexandre.prokoud...@gmail.com wrote: I tend to agree. If we get as many attendees of artistic persuasion :) as Femke believes we will, running the Pledgie during LGM and shortly after might give us some additional flow of cash to cover the costs.

Re: [CREATE] panel discussion (proposal): Web apps

2010-05-10 Thread Dave Crossland
when I said PyGTK I should have said Python Also I asked Luke (lead developer of Pyjamas) about this: -- Forwarded message -- From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton Subject: Re: Re: [CREATE] panel discussion (proposal): Web apps On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Dave Crossland d

Re: [CREATE] panel discussion (proposal): Web apps

2010-05-10 Thread Dave Crossland
On 20 April 2010 18:22, Jon Phillips j...@rejon.org wrote: Dave? On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Nathan Willis nwil...@glyphography.com wrote: Oh yeah -- what was the panel?  Is there audio/video from it? No video was made :( ___ CREATE mailing

Re: [CREATE] announcements for lgm?

2010-05-15 Thread Dave Crossland
On 15 May 2010 01:03, Jon Phillips j...@rejon.org wrote: there will be an announcement about the relaunch of Open Font Library, right dave. That's riight! http://testvm.openfontlibrary.org -- Regards, Dave Font weenies are just a bunch of wankers who make so much noise

Re: [CREATE] Details about the LGM talks itself

2010-05-17 Thread Dave Crossland
On 18 May 2010 03:08, Marcos Diaz mar...@nathive.org wrote: There will be someone recording videos? www.river-valley.tv will be there and there's a single track to make sure everything goes online :) ___ CREATE mailing list CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org

Re: [CREATE] SIMple stuff

2010-05-24 Thread Dave Crossland
On 24 May 2010 21:51, Nathan Willis nwil...@glyphography.com wrote: Particularly as it includes data, where the fees can be all over the map I have a BASE sim and its cheap enough (for me) but the phoneshop I went to say there was no possibility of prepaid mobile data :(

Re: [CREATE] OpenRaster BOF

2010-05-28 Thread Dave Crossland
Users of Libre fonts ought to have the best experience possible, which means I think including fonts in ORA files is a fine idea for the specification. However, perhaps including fonts should not be a default application behaviour, just optional - and apps should alert users that they are

Re: [CREATE] Libre Graphics Whatever - charter prototype

2010-05-31 Thread Dave Crossland
On 29 May 2010 18:27, Andreas Vox a...@arcor.de wrote: a proposal for the charter I'd like to suggest using http://www.oneclickor.gs for this; I hope to use them for the Open Font Library. ___ CREATE mailing list CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org

Re: [CREATE] who asked about university contacts in India after Hong Phuc Dang's talk?

2010-06-01 Thread Dave Crossland
On 31 May 2010 23:07, Jan Claeys li...@janc.be wrote: Op maandag 31-05-2010 om 20:42 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef ricardo lafuente: Also, Kaveh (who may or may not be on the list) could certainly get good contacts thanks to River Valley's close relationship with India TUG and other local

Re: [CREATE] [LGF] A name !

2010-06-02 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi, Font design and typesetting are specialisms within Typography, which is one of the 4 specialisms within Graphic Design (the others being illustration, photography, and motion) So 'graphics' does not exclude typographic design, IMO :-) Regards, Dave On 31 May 2010, 1:04 PM, John Haltiwanger

Re: [CREATE] [LGF] A name !

2010-06-02 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi, I would like to see 'Libre Graphics Something' where something is Foundation, Group, Association, International, League, Consortium, Party, etc. I like: #1 Libre Graphics Group #2 Libre Graphics International #3 League of Libre Graphics I don't think anyofthese as .org domains in full is

Re: [CREATE] [LGF] A name !

2010-06-02 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi, I would like to see Libre Graphics Association on libre-graphics.org, as a SFLC Conservancy project. I buy Femke's rationale for 'association' over others, that's pretty much where I was going with group/league but I'm a sucker for alliteration ;-) Regards, Dave On 2 Jun 2010, 1:00 PM,

Re: [CREATE] [LGF] Get a status : association, foundation ...

2010-06-03 Thread Dave Crossland
On 3 June 2010 19:12, Camille Bissuel cbiss...@yagraph.org wrote: You seem to know the subject... Can you be a little more explicit, in which organization is doing what ? I don't really get the difference between SFLC, SFI, SFC... it's seems all the same... Can you say us which one can we use

Re: [CREATE] [LGF] Get a status : association, foundation ...

2010-06-03 Thread Dave Crossland
On 2 June 2010 20:43, Camille Bissuel cbiss...@yagraph.org wrote: we now have to discuss a status : is the LGF project should be an association, a foundation, a network, an informal group ? IMHO the Libre Graphics Association should have the legal status of a member project of SPI or SFC. LGA

Re: [CREATE] [LGF] Get a status : association, foundation ...

2010-06-04 Thread Dave Crossland
On 3 June 2010 22:27, a.l.e ale.comp...@xox.ch wrote: in countries like germany, france and switzerland it is very easy to set up an association. Right - same as UK. Correct me if I'm wrong, but in the UK you'd still need to, after registering, write and agree on a constitution that defines

Re: [CREATE] [LGF] Get a status : association, foundation ...

2010-06-04 Thread Dave Crossland
On 4 June 2010 13:13, Joao S. O. Bueno gwid...@mpc.com.br wrote: I still think we could settler for both things: have a low profile association, that would rely on a larger body for dealing with paperwork, donations and refunds.  Our association itself would be responsible for communication,

Re: [CREATE] [LGF] Some goals, aims or objectives !

2010-06-05 Thread Dave Crossland
On 5 June 2010 15:41, Camille Bissuel cbiss...@yagraph.org wrote: So, ok, let's discuss it... To active contributors in LG projects : - Do you find this LGA project useful, and why ? I hope that it will make running LGM every year more smooth, especially financially. I hope to use LGA as a

Re: [CREATE] Free as in Speech, and Vietnam?

2010-06-10 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi, I agree, going to a place like Vietnam, where freedoms and human rights are respected even less than Brussels or Canada or Poland or France, to talk about software freedom and computer users rights, will promote awareness of the overall concepts. It perhaps in some small way may even help

[CREATE] Long term?

2010-06-14 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi, I would like to suggest a long term view as a way to resolve this issue. Suppose that in a couple of weeks, there are 3 strong proposals for LGM in 2011. How is it decided which one happens in 2011? Previous years have been decided by virtue of there only being one proposal per year, as I

Re: [CREATE] [LGF-LGA] Ok, let's start with a website

2010-08-14 Thread Dave Crossland
On 14 August 2010 14:40, Yuval Levy creat...@sfina.com wrote: the experience I had about four years ago at a university in Quebec.  A professor for business ethics has some needs.  We discuss them and it basically boils down to some IT infrastructure for her courses/students.  MediaWiki would

Re: [CREATE] Libre Graphics Magazine — how to distr ibute it widely

2010-09-23 Thread Dave Crossland
On 18 September 2010 14:42, Louis Desjardins louis.desjard...@gmail.com wrote: having a large circulation Linux magazine (and maybe more than one) to print our magazine as part of their regular publication As long as we could make our own reprints, I think that would be _excellent_ :)

Re: [CREATE] Libre Graphics Magazine Pledgie campaign

2010-10-23 Thread Dave Crossland
On 23 October 2010 09:55, ginger coons gin...@adaptstudio.ca wrote: We're planning to print a 96 page publication, half colour, at Mardigrafe in Montreal. Which is the company of Louis Dejardins, who is doing a big discount, right? :-) ___ CREATE

Re: [CREATE] ICGQ offer for LGM — Quick Reaction Needed from Devs !

2011-02-08 Thread Dave Crossland
Sounds great to me! :) ___ CREATE mailing list CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create

Re: [CREATE] LGM 2011: post-FOSDEM discussion

2011-02-09 Thread Dave Crossland
On 8 February 2011 05:09, Louis Desjardins louis.desjard...@gmail.com wrote: Some night activity will be held downtown. http://www.foufounes.qc.ca ? :P ___ CREATE mailing list CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org

Re: [CREATE] Pantone at LGM 2011 ?

2011-02-10 Thread Dave Crossland
I wouldlove that :) On 10 Feb 2011, 7:53 PM, Louis Desjardins louis.desjard...@gmail.com wrote: We plan on inviting Pantone people at LGM this year. Any thoughts on that? Louis ___ CREATE mailing list CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org

Re: [CREATE] Need volunteer to record LGM 2011

2011-05-04 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi! Did someone get the cameras to do the recording sorted out? :) Cheers Dave ___ CREATE mailing list CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create

Re: [CREATE] LGM: Native GTK OS X ?

2011-05-07 Thread Dave Crossland
On 7 May 2011 12:43, Jon Nordby jono...@gmail.com wrote: here is little to no need for any porting. The issue is that the native version for OSX is not widely deployed. Sounds like a BOF to share the know how for how to integrate and bundle it will be a good idea, then :)

Re: [CREATE] LGM: Native GTK OS X ?

2011-05-12 Thread Dave Crossland
On 13 May 2011 00:06, Jon Cruz j...@joncruz.org wrote: the OS X native GTK development stalled out I propose that making GTK work on OS X would drive more people to free software (especially libre graphics software) - and once they are using libre applications, they can conveniently move to a

[CREATE] LGM2012 in Argentina?

2011-06-11 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi! I was running a bunch of libre font workshops in Argentina last month, and Fundacion Gutenberg was one of the institutions who hosted me in Buenos Aires. http://www.fundaciongutenberg.edu.ar/ The staff there are extremely enthusiastic about libre graphics, and made a serious comment about

Re: [CREATE] LGM2012 in Argentina?

2011-06-21 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi! I'd like to hear from the LGM Board their thoughts :-) Cheer Dav ___ CREATE mailing list CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create

Re: [CREATE] CREATE Digest, Vol 73, Issue 1

2011-07-05 Thread Dave Crossland
On 5 July 2011 16:10, Kaveh Bazargan ka...@river-valley.com wrote: I would like to raise the possibility of Kerala, India. We are holding a small conference this year: http://river-valley.com/tug-2011/ Comments? It seems that the LGM is primarily for the libre graphics developers to meet,

Re: [CREATE] CREATE Digest, Vol 73, Issue 1

2011-07-05 Thread Dave Crossland
On 5 July 2011 18:44, Kaveh Bazargan ka...@river-valley.com wrote: we were discussing Vietnam and Singapore and now Argentina And those and Kerala all have the same problems :/ ___ CREATE mailing list CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org

Re: [CREATE] LGM 2012 in Vienna?

2011-09-06 Thread Dave Crossland
On 6 September 2011 07:21, Kai-Uwe Behrmann k...@gmx.de wrote: Lets have a next LGM in Vienna. +1 ___ CREATE mailing list CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create

Re: [CREATE] Farewell LGM 2012 Vienna ... welcome to Madrid in 2013!

2012-05-06 Thread Dave Crossland
On 6 May 2012 08:36, Femke Snelting snelt...@collectifs.net wrote: For those that could not make it to the Libre Graphics Meeting this year in Vienna: That's great news! Are there any recordings (audio/video) or archive of slides for the presentations this year? :)

Re: [CREATE] Colorfont Workshop results

2012-06-29 Thread Dave Crossland
On 29 June 2012 17:26, Hin-Tak Leung hin...@ghostscript.com wrote: fontspec is nice, but rather tied into XeTeX? The important thing is that XeTeX is libre software. Nasty hack, but you can import PDFs made with XeTeX into Scribus frames ;-) XeTeX is helped a lot today by www.tug.org/texworks

Re: [CREATE] Announcing BirdFont

2012-12-28 Thread Dave Crossland
On 28 December 2012 13:59, Johan Mattsson johan.mattsso...@gmail.com wrote: Hi I have started a free software project that aims to create a font editor. It is written in vala and has a rather small code base. http://birdfont.org /Johan Wow, this looks great! What's the roadmap? :) Cheers

Re: [CREATE] Animated gif for LGM

2013-04-04 Thread Dave Crossland
On 3 April 2013 18:13, Carlos López González genet...@gmail.com wrote: Open Font Library Ricardo Ana, please could you send the SVG of this? ___ CREATE mailing list CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create

Re: [CREATE] [Gimp-developer] Brushpack file format

2013-04-16 Thread Dave Crossland
Cc zero not pd please :-) On Apr 16, 2013 12:49 PM, Boudewijn Rempt b...@valdyas.org wrote: On Tue, 16 Apr 2013, Alexia Death wrote: Hi, Brushpacks should not be mixed: so no mypaint brushes and gimp brushes in one brushpack. Why this restriction To make life easier for users.

[CREATE] Write up of the typography BOF at LGM2013

2013-04-16 Thread Dave Crossland
http://titanpad.com/lgm13-typography Thanks to Raphaël Bastide for writings this up, and Vernon Adams for contributing so far :) ___ CREATE mailing list CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create

Re: [CREATE] Code of Conduct

2014-01-14 Thread Dave Crossland
RTA this time On 14 Jan 2014 16:09, Tobias Ellinghaus h...@gmx.de wrote: Am Dienstag, 14. Januar 2014, 22:40:51 schrieb Andrew Chadwick: [...] Codes of conduct are mostly just don't be obnoxious; listen, respect, learn written out in long form with some specifics about what's not

Re: [CREATE] Code of Conduct

2014-01-14 Thread Dave Crossland
On 14 Jan 2014 15:51, Hin-Tak Leung hin...@ghostscript.com wrote: Hmm, I rather think some of the geekfeminism content material is rather extreme and make me uncomfortable. The whole site has a lot of stuff. Are you referring specifically to the coc template that is written to have bits you

Re: [CREATE] Code of Conduct

2014-01-14 Thread Dave Crossland
On 14 Jan 2014 15:39, Michael Natterer mi...@gimp.org wrote: On Tue, 2014-01-14 at 14:15 -0500, Louis Desjardins wrote: Hi all, I am asked by PSF if we have a Code of Conduct? I am sure that at some point in time that question was raised among us but I can’t recall if we reached a

Re: [CREATE] Code of Conduct

2014-01-15 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi! On 15 January 2014 04:27, ku.b-mal ku.b-l...@gmx.de wrote: Am 15.01.2014 01:47, schrieb Dave Crossland: RTA this time On 14 Jan 2014 16:09, Tobias Ellinghaus h...@gmx.de wrote: ... I don't know about you, but when I approach a group of people that have given themselves

Re: [CREATE] Code of Conduct

2014-01-15 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi! On 15 January 2014 04:05, S.Kemter sirko.kem...@gmail.com wrote: You are aware that this brings trouble to me? I for one am completely ignorant of the rules around making a CoC at a German university under Saxon law, so I'm sorry that this involves a lot of extra work for you. I guess you

Re: [CREATE] Code of Conduct

2014-01-15 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi On 15 Jan 2014 10:50, Michael Natterer mi...@gimp.org wrote: On Tue, 2014-01-14 at 20:11 -0800, Dave Crossland wrote: On 14 Jan 2014 15:39, Michael Natterer mi...@gimp.org wrote: On Tue, 2014-01-14 at 14:15 -0500, Louis Desjardins wrote: Hi all, I am asked by PSF if we

Re: [CREATE] Code of Conduct

2014-01-16 Thread Dave Crossland
On 16 January 2014 11:33, Nathan Willis nwil...@glyphography.com wrote: I don't know what the university's policy and structure is on those issues, but perhaps we could decide what the LGM team wants -- designate a person or persons? Approach anyone on staff? I understand from Sirko's emails

Re: [CREATE] Code of Conduct

2014-01-18 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi! NB: This email offers no practical advice about an LGM CoC, but answers emails that have not yet been answered about the overall context of CoCs in the wide tech community today. Also, the following is my person opinion and doesn't reflect the views of any clients, organisations or projects

Re: [CREATE] Code of Conduct

2014-01-20 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi Christoph! On 20 January 2014 00:12, Christoph Schäfer christoph-schae...@gmx.de wrote: First of all, I want to let you know that cutting out your reply is due to two reasons: One, your message wasn't in plain text, which, I think, is still a standard for Open Source mailing lists

Re: [CREATE] Code of Conduct

2014-01-20 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi On 20 January 2014 02:29, Christoph Schäfer christoph-schae...@gmx.de wrote: male white human beings are priviledged and also monsters that need to be kept at bay. Seems like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjunction_fallacy :) Human beings are priviledged in various ways (race, gender,

Re: [CREATE] Code of Conduct

2014-01-20 Thread Dave Crossland
On 20 January 2014 23:09, Gez lis...@ohweb.com.ar wrote: I'm not sure about how effective a CoC is preventing incidents. A fire alarm doesn't prevent fires, it helps people know where to go after one has started. The point of a CoC is the same, planning the escalation process ahead of time, to

Re: [CREATE] Code of Conduct

2014-01-20 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi! On 20 January 2014 15:11, Louis Desjardins louis.desjard...@gmail.com wrote: Would it be ok if we make the decision with the co-organisers of this year’s LGM plus the people here who followed the discussion (in silent or not)? But clearly its the co-organizers' prerogative to figure out

Re: [CREATE] Code of Conduct

2014-01-20 Thread Dave Crossland
Dear Sirko, On 20 January 2014 23:46, Dave Crossland d...@lab6.com wrote: On 20 January 2014 15:11, Louis Desjardins louis.desjard...@gmail.com wrote: Would it be ok if we make the decision with the co-organisers of this year’s LGM plus the people here who followed the discussion (in silent

Re: [CREATE] [LGM] Update on reimbursement process for 2014

2014-01-24 Thread Dave Crossland
Nice! ___ CREATE mailing list CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create

Re: [CREATE] Call for slides for 'State of Libre Graphics' at LGM in Leipzig.

2014-03-22 Thread Dave Crossland
I'll try to get this in for you tomorrow! :) On 4 March 2014 20:24, pip...@gimp.org wrote: The first presentation event in this years LGM program is 'state of Libre Graphics' A common update for many of the projects across our Libre Graphics community. This frees up room in the schedule for

[CREATE] LGM Fonts meeting, Friday, 10.00

2014-04-03 Thread Dave Crossland
We will meet at the big cafe on the north side of the church, just north of the university, at 10.00 tomorrow morning, to talk about libre font projects going on this year ___ CREATE mailing list CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org

Re: [CREATE] LGM Fonts meeting, Friday, 10.00

2014-04-03 Thread Dave Crossland
It's Gasthaus Alte Nikolaischule http://goo.gl/maps/VXvYH On 3 Apr 2014 19:58, Dave Crossland d...@lab6.com wrote: We will meet at the big cafe on the north side of the church, just north of the university, at 10.00 tomorrow morning, to talk about libre font projects going on this year

Re: [CREATE] LGM Fonts meeting, Friday, 10.00

2014-04-03 Thread Dave Crossland
:00 Dave Crossland d...@lab6.com: It's Gasthaus Alte Nikolaischule http://goo.gl/maps/VXvYH On 3 Apr 2014 19:58, Dave Crossland d...@lab6.com wrote: We will meet at the big cafe on the north side of the church, just north of the university, at 10.00 tomorrow morning, to talk about libre font

Re: [CREATE] [LGM] LGM 2014 Final Report

2014-04-07 Thread Dave Crossland
I agree, I would prefer to get the form up and the request sent to people with less questions (what you have is good) sooner (this week) rather than later with better questions but less post-event buzz :) ___ CREATE mailing list

Re: [CREATE] LGM 2014 - Thank you

2014-04-07 Thread Dave Crossland
They are always good, but I enjoyed this one especially - and so many new projects that are really advanced, wow :) ___ CREATE mailing list CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create

Re: [CREATE] Code of Conduct

2014-04-10 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi Definitely sad news, yet unsurprising. Without a CoC then what to do is for me uncertain, as you say. The coc meeting you describe is as I would expect though - I thought it was to be a prelude to a CoC for 2015+, not to parachute one in to an event in progress, despite the need for that on

Re: [CREATE] Code of Conduct

2014-04-10 Thread Dave Crossland
On 10 Apr 2014 19:55, Tobias Ellinghaus h...@gmx.de wrote: two equal opponents That abstract concept is a fallacy. It's a mirage. It never occurs in reality. Power is always at play and has many forms. No opponents are equal, each of us has our strengths and weaknesses. Susan's email

Re: [CREATE] Code of Conduct

2014-04-11 Thread Dave Crossland
On 10 April 2014 20:08, Susan Spencer susan.spen...@gmail.com wrote: Attendees of a conference should have reasonable assurance of their safety. Right, and from the earlier messages on this thread, I understood that at LGM2014 this assurance would be found through the University ombudsman, who

Re: [CREATE] Code of Conduct

2014-04-12 Thread Dave Crossland
Dear Louis On 11 Apr 2014 19:36, Louis Desjardins louis.desjard...@gmail.com wrote: 2014-04-11 10:25 GMT-04:00 Dave Crossland d...@lab6.com: On 10 April 2014 20:08, Susan Spencer susan.spen...@gmail.com wrote: Attendees of a conference should have reasonable assurance of their safety

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