[ilugd] This is weird!
Hi, I received an email from crmarket...@airtel.in, I use airtel broadband but this is the first time they sent such a mail. The mail had an image attached which looks like a snapshot of some webpage. The weird part is the text of the mail, it's some sort of Non-disclosure Agreement which I'm supposed to automatically bind to as I open the mail, that's totally absurd. I spoke to Airtel CC and at first one person verified the mail but seemed quite unsure to me. He said it was only sent to 'special' customers which makes me wonder why I am a 'special' customer. After two more calls to CC, I was told to forward the mail to care@airtel.in. They said that they would call me back in an hour. I am still waiting for that. The content of the mail is as follows: This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies and the original message. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure,dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this email or any action taken in reliance on this e-mail is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. The recipient acknowledges that Bharti Airtel Limited or its subsidiaries and associated companies(collectively Bharti Airtel Limited),are unable to exercise control or ensure or guarantee the integrity of/overthe contents of the information contained in e-mail transmissions and further acknowledges that any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and no binding nature of the message shall be implied or assumed unless the sender does so expressly with due authority of Bharti Airtel Limited. Before opening any attachments please check them for viruses and defects. ... It looks more like a phishing attack. Sane advice would be not to open the attachment but my curiosity got the better of me and I had to check what this weird mail was. Since I have not received a good enough response from Airtel for a week now, paranoia is setting in :-) Anybody else received such a mail? P.S.: Apologies if this looks like a long rant, but its really confused me and googling around didn't help as I couldn't find anybody else facing this issue. Regards, guru ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
[ilugd] Open Source University Syllabus
Does anyone have copies of/links to university syllabus that prescribes open source software in the main (not elective) syllabus? One of our supporters is advising a university in connection with finalizing the syllabus for their courses. Currently, their syllabus includes oracle/windows/DotNET/SQL 2005 and other proprietary products/technologies. If you have copies of/links to university syllabus that prescribes open source software, that would strengthen the case. Kindly forward the same to me. Regards, Venky ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Open Source University Syllabus
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Venkatesh Hariharan ven...@gmail.com wrote: Does anyone have copies of/links to university syllabus that prescribes open source software in the main (not elective) syllabus? One of our supporters is advising a university in connection with finalizing the syllabus for their courses. Currently, their syllabus includes oracle/windows/DotNET/SQL 2005 and other proprietary products/technologies. If you have copies of/links to university syllabus that prescribes open source software, that would strengthen the case. Kindly forward the same to me. In many courses from Pune University and Symbiosis University, open source is included. (PLUG was also involved during the process of getting it included) LAMP stack is more or less included in engineering, computer science, computer applications courses. If you are looking for something specific, please let me know. Meanwhile, I will try to find the URLs on unipune.ernet.in Regards -Sudhanwa ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! Have you tried the new FREE Devanagari (Marathi) font family Aksharyogini we have released? Please get it from http://aksharyogini.sudhanwa.com ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! www.sudhanwa.com ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Forking a GPlv2 project
hi Gaurav, Gaurav Mishra wrote: have you actually made contact with that person ? have you given that person reasonable amount of time to respond ? What's the reasonable amount of time ?, 2 months is a good one IMO yeah, I would agree that 2 months is plenty. Specially since, as you say, the person has been active in this timeframe on the same forums and lists where you posted the query. I guess report a reminder and in there say something to the effect of : I'd like to push my changes out, would you prefer a patch or should I setup a parallel tree / build and you can pull from there if you like. If he/she does not come back with anything, setting up a parallel SCM repository and open up to community feedback / builds etc would be one way to go. That way you dont really fork the project, just make it more community friendly. Do you intend to keep the same name for the codebase / project ? That might involve more of a dialog with the original author. The project doesn't have a devel mailing list or a sorceforge/github kinda account and even a published svn. No collabration at all. Perhaps that would be the first thing to target then :) Well the last release is 6 months old (Which is fine), He is still replying to forums where i have posted the question of helping in development of project. Hope he responds. You also have the option of pushing patched builds right now... you dont really need to wait for a response indefinitely. My question is more on what are the stuff that a person should take care while forking a project !, The way i want to take this project may be completely different from what he is planning (and this is fine , because this is my need) , What should a person do so that he/she can get proper valuation for the previous work he/she has done.? Make sure you dont antagonise the person - to some level the person will feel it, but thats ok. Make sure you clearly state why you are doing what you are doing ( eg: you wanted certain functionality that isnt in the othe code base, and there is little or no interest from $originalAuthor to incorporate ), and try to stay community friendly. If you come down to the level of where 'you' want the project to go Vs where 'he' wanted the project to go - you are not improving the situation any. Build a timeline and milestone projections -then let people contribute whatever they might want. In terms of valuation - given them the right credits they deserve. btw what project is this ? - KB ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] This is weird!
The content of the mail is as follows: This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies and the original message. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure,dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this email or any action taken in reliance on this e-mail is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. The recipient acknowledges that Bharti Airtel Limited or its subsidiaries and associated companies(collectively Bharti Airtel Limited),are unable to exercise control or ensure or guarantee the integrity of/overthe contents of the information contained in e-mail transmissions and further acknowledges that any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and no binding nature of the message shall be implied or assumed unless the sender does so expressly with due authority of Bharti Airtel Limited. Before opening any attachments please check them for viruses and defects. That is not the content but the disclaimer statements in footer. Maybe your mail was just blank, because every mail from Airtel would have this text as footer snippets. This is usually followed to include such for companies which follows some standards like ISO. ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
[ilugd] April month meeting
Hi, Any information about April month meeting? Regards, M.Satheesh. ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] This is weird!
It looks more like a phishing attack. Sane advice would be not to open the attachment but my curiosity got the better of me and I had to check what this weird mail was. Since I have not received a good enough response from Airtel for a week now, paranoia is setting in :-) Anybody else received such a mail? Try to open the mail attachment in an isolated environment. As in a virtual Linux system. Even if it will cause damage, that won't effect you. P.S.: Apologies if this looks like a long rant, but its really confused me and googling around didn't help as I couldn't find anybody else facing this issue. Regards, guru ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] This is weird!
HI will u tell me how will we set password on a file or directory in linux --- On Mon, 6/4/09, Ravi Kumar ra2...@gmail.com wrote: From: Ravi Kumar ra2...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [ilugd] This is weird! To: The Linux-Delhi mailing list ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org Date: Monday, 6 April, 2009, 10:55 AM The content of the mail is as follows: This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies and the original message. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure,dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this email or any action taken in reliance on this e-mail is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. The recipient acknowledges that Bharti Airtel Limited or its subsidiaries and associated companies(collectively Bharti Airtel Limited),are unable to exercise control or ensure or guarantee the integrity of/overthe contents of the information contained in e-mail transmissions and further acknowledges that any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and no binding nature of the message shall be implied or assumed unless the sender does so expressly with due authority of Bharti Airtel Limited. Before opening any attachments please check them for viruses and defects. That is not the content but the disclaimer statements in footer. Maybe your mail was just blank, because every mail from Airtel would have this text as footer snippets. This is usually followed to include such for companies which follows some standards like ISO. ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www..mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] This is weird!
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 7:29 PM, Amar Singh jeet_ama...@yahoo.in wrote: HI will u tell me how will we set password on a file or directory in linux Password on a file... :) Well, encrypt your file .. just easy.. ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
