Fwd: Open Source Software World Challenge
היי, מצורפת הודעה על תחרות של פרוייקטי קוד פתוח של ממשלת דרום קוריאה. התחרות כוללת מספר פרסים כספיים. מי שזה מעניין אותו, מוזמן לקרוא פרטים נוספים באתר http://www.ossaward.org בהצלחה. קפלן -- Forwarded message -- From: Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda ladyp...@gmail.com Date: Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 11:26 AM Subject: Fwd: Open Source Software World Challenge To: Haifa Linux Club hai...@haifux.org, linux-il linux...@cs.huji.ac.il, bo...@hamakor.org.il An open source contest for projects performed within the last year, open to international projects. The omitted submission forms are at http://www.ossaward.org/eng/sub21.php. -- Forwarded message -- From: Friedman Roy r...@cs.technion.ac.il Date: Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 11:18 AM Subject: Open Source Software World Challenge To: cs...@listserv.technion.ac.il -- Forwarded message -- Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 19:33:09 +0900 From: Flora Kang ossawa...@gmail.com To: r...@cs.technion.ac.il Subject: Dear Professor Roy Friedman My name is Flora Kang who is in charge of collecting participants of an open source software competition. The Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MKE) of the Korean government hosts Open Source Software World Challenge 2011 : USD $25,000 in total will be awarded to winners in the international division. We do hope there will be many participants around the globe. Though I know it's very rude of me to bother you, we would feel highly honored to have your students as our participants. International participants are exclusively allowed to submit any open source software developed within one year, even if they got a prize from another competition with it. In addition, even more than one year old project can be accepted by our judging panel as well, if it has been improved enough lately. Please visit our website www.ossaward.org. We hope that you will recommend your students. I?m quite sure that this will be a great opportunity for them. I'm attaching an overview of Open Source Software World Challenge and a plain text message for forwarding to your students. If you need more information, please contact me at ossawa...@gmail.com. Your help will be greatly appreciated. Yours faithfully -- Flora Sohee Kang 'Open Source Software World Challenge 2011' Secretariat E-Mail : ossawa...@gmail.com Homepage : www.ossaward.org Please keep updated on the CSL meetings schedule by using the shared calendar at https://www.google.com/**calendar/embed?src=** 8ife8o5pe5t7r2ps8l72g7dops%**40group.calendar.google.com** CTZ=Asia/Jerusalemhttps://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=8ife8o5pe5t7r2ps8l72g7dops%40group.calendar.google.comCTZ=Asia/Jerusalem -- Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda. http://ladypine.org ___ Board mailing list bo...@hamakor.org.il http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/board ___ Discussions mailing list Discussions@hamakor.org.il http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discussions
Re: Off Topic: The boycott law (was Re: Finally - A RMS talk in Tel-Aviv. Including details)
1. I was discussing the idea, not the action. I do not live anywhere near an Israeli court, but that should not -and does not- prevent me from chewing the fat about it. I would not go to a large claim court let alone a small claims court, nor have I ever said I had intended to. You should learn to read better. 2. I have little understanding of the particulars of the given law. In the US it would fail the right to free speech in the constitution, and in Israel probably too. I doubt that in a free society a law can forbid people from associating or disassociating with a particular group or product. In other words, the legal system can't tell me what to boycott more than they can tell me what to support. And if it could, it would lead to brilliant literature similar to the writings of Kundera and others in the Soviet Union - satire, parody, etc. For example, if I am not able to call for a boycott of, say people who believe in (stick your particular group here), I can still write that we should all support this group because their maliciousness, corruption and stupidity would lead us all to a catharsis and is good for our moral development. 3. But on the particulars mentioned in the next part of the thread, a good lawyer or activist will find some member of the affected group who is willing to stand forward. Then proving damages is trivial. It can even be the trauma caused to guy by the boycott, which caused him untold amount of money in therapy. Or that he became depressed upon finding that RMS is a complete idiot, like the guys who find out that Santa is just a fat man in a cheap red suit. The issue is not only who is right, but who has deeper pockets. If you have a right to sue, you do it. The other side has to hire legal representation, and will soon realize that actions have financial consequences. And while he/she is spending his energy defending his action in court, he does not have time to do his original act. Again, I am talking about principle, not about suing RMS for being a moron, associating with morons, or any of a number of things he is or does. Have fun, y'all! On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 10:30 PM, Ram-on Agmon agm...@gmail.com wrote: אני חושב שזה רעיון נהדר שתתבע את סטולמן. לך על זה. נראה אותך. לדעתי, אתה סתם מתנפח. לבית משפט לתביעות קטנות אין סיכוי שתזיז את עצמך. רם און ___ Discussions mailing list Discussions@hamakor.org.il http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discussions
