Re: [free-software-melb] Service rejected, for using a VPN

If you think this is bad, wait until you won't be able to buy anything from outside Australia *without VPN* http://www.zdnet.com/article/ato-fails-to-rule-out-website-blocking-to-enforce-online-gst-collection On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 11:02 AM, wrote: > Although I agree that being rejected serv

Re: [free-software-melb] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WIKILEAKS, Vault 7: CIA Hacking Tools Revealed

In plain english: "WikiLeaks will provide technology companies with exclusive access to CIA hacking tools it possesses, allowing them to patch software flaws, founder Julian Assange says." Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-10/wikileaks-offers-cia-hack-information-to-tech-companies/834199

Re: [free-software-melb] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WIKILEAKS, Vault 7: CIA Hacking Tools Revealed

lection. > > So remember, always think critically of those who are speaking in > Canberra, Ottawa, Washinton DC, Wellington, West minister, Berlin or any > government relevant to you. > > Don't take "it's russia's fault" with a grain of salt, especially no

Re: [free-software-melb] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WIKILEAKS, Vault 7: CIA Hacking Tools Revealed

> This isn't really news. From the two messages: "Security by obscurity in these areas" vs "Assange is ..." - which one would you consider relevant for you? The very page linked in the original poster: "The CIA made these systems unclassified. Why the CIA chose to make its cyberarsenal unclassif

Re: [free-software-melb] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WIKILEAKS, Vault 7: CIA Hacking Tools Revealed

> Also remember that Assange seems to be a Russian agent. Oh, really? So you say: * it doesn't matter we know how you can be spied on or that you can be "serendipitous" killed by a truck or that your "secure" apps that should guarantee your privacy are got around. And it still doesn't matter an or

Re: [free-software-melb] Reclaiming unfiltered Internet access

Is there somewhere a list/descriptions of the blocked sites? (perchance, some reasons for blocking each of them?) Adrian On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 8:29 AM, Gabor Szathmari wrote: > Hello Everybody, > > As you may already know, certain websites in Australia are unavailable from > December because

Re: [free-software-melb] TV Antenna's (Kinda non-free Software)

(ugh, resending with reply to list) Depending on the frequency range (thus the size), you may want to have a look over discone antennas - pretty easy in a DIY and a good response in frequency from what I'm reading Linkies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discone_antenna http://www.instructables.c

Re: [free-software-melb] Firefox addons

> As it stands, Mozilla is going to hurt add-on developers Imagine developing an add-on for in-house purposes of your org, but can't install it without being signed by Mozilla. On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 7:30 PM, Adam Bolte wrote: > On 12/02/15 13:29, Brian May wrote: > > See > > > https://blog.moz

[free-software-melb] Fwd: [free-software-melb-announce] Jon Lawrence on Trans-Pacific Partnership, Thu 2014-07-17

(fwding a failed reply to the "announce" list) In the meantime, here's another acronym negotiated in secret - TiSA: http://wikileaks.com/tisa-financial/ http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/secret-trade-negotiations-is-this-the-end-of-the-big-four-20140619-3ah39.html Maybe it's a

Re: [free-software-melb] Choice to inform public about graduated response policy.

On Fri, 2014-05-30 at 16:42 +1000, Ben M wrote: > It's not quite the TPP/FTA scale, but it's the internet, it's piracy, > it's the vibe. Thanks for the link (I've just donated the equiv of 1 week worth of my ciggie ration - I'm a heavy smoker - and had the pleasure to see my contribution driving

Re: [free-software-melb] Choice to inform public about graduated response policy.

On Fri, 2014-05-30 at 16:42 +1000, Ben M wrote: > It's not quite the TPP/FTA scale, but it's the internet, it's piracy, > it's the vibe. > Surprised to see Choice getting involved. A possible explanation: http://torrentfreak.com/aussie-attorney-general-pressured-on-three-strikes-secrecy-140529/

Re: [free-software-melb] FSM crowd-funding? (was: Gooseberry - the open animation film, why it matters)

> FSM crowd-funding? ;) Like in: "Flying Spaghetti Monster (blessed be His Noodly Appendages) crowd-funding"? ;) Is there any problem with: I'm making a personal donation but I'd be willing this donation be considered as coming from FSM? If there is a problem, can that problem be solved somehow? (

[free-software-melb] Petition opened for keeping an "FttP-ed" NBN

Hi gals and guys, I signed the petition "The Liberal Party of Australia: Reconsider your plan for a 'FTTN' NBN in favour of a superior 'FTTH' NBN" on Change.org. If interested, here's the link: http://www.change.org/en-AU/petitions/the-liberal-party-of-australia-reconsider-your-plan-for-a-fttn-

Re: [free-software-melb] GnuPG key management

BTW - I just re-read the "Web of trust" part of "Little brother"<http://craphound.com/littlebrother/download/>(takes < 10 mins): still by key-signing, still a "party", other goals (establishing transitive trust, not identity). Adrian On Tue, Aug 13, 2

Re: [free-software-melb] GnuPG key management

ben+freesoftw...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: > Adrian Colomitchi > writes: > > > My question: why is there a need for any other ID that's different > > from the public key? > > The entire purpose of a keysigning party is to gather *independent > verification* that the key ID

Re: [free-software-melb] GnuPG key management

her person that she trusts). Is it not so? Adrian On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 3:56 PM, Brian May wrote: > On 13 August 2013 15:38, Adrian Colomitchi wrote: > > > Now, my question: what an email address has to do with the identity of > the > > owner? > > By the same measu

Re: [free-software-melb] GnuPG key management

On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Brian May wrote: > On 12 August 2013 18:16, Adam Bolte wrote: > > > This is a really good point. I'm not sure which side of the fence is > > best, but I feel that we should quickly discuss this point on > > Thursday if time permits. > > > > Problem is that the na

Re: [free-software-melb] GNU FDL and software freedom

On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 4:44 PM, Adam Bolte wrote: > > > 2. there exists things stranger than you think is this words. E.g. the > > Millau Viaduct was copyrighed *as design* by the architect (Lord Norman > > Foster) and still is. His lordship chose to grant *the management* of the > > intellectual

Re: [free-software-melb] GNU FDL and software freedom

On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Adam Bolte wrote: > > No it's not - or at least it certainly isn't always the case. > > > http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/13/07/23/0115242/copyright-drama-reaches-3d-printing-world > > Reading through the discussion there, the general consensus seems to > be tha

Re: [free-software-melb] GNU FDL and software freedom

ct) On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Ben Finney < ben+freesoftw...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: > Adrian Colomitchi > writes: > > > But any other works derived from the said documentation that are used > > *for other purposes* won't be restricted by copyright law, no matt

Re: [free-software-melb] GNU FDL and software freedom

On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 9:12 AM, Brian May wrote: > On 24 July 2013 08:43, Adrian Colomitchi wrote: > > > > > d. use the documentation to "sing it" (make a musical arrangement and > > transform it in an 10-hours boring opera; or "transpile" the letter

Re: [free-software-melb] GNU FDL and software freedom

On Tue, 2013-07-23 at 23:09 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > Adrian Colomitchi > writes: > > > 1. there is a distinction between documentation and application software, > > even if the distinction is not located in the "bitstreams". > > Consequence: I cannot agree

Re: [free-software-melb] GNU FDL and software freedom

On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Ben Finney < ben+freesoftw...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: > Adrian Colomitchi > writes: > > > On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Ben Finney < > ben+freesoftw...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: > > > From that it follows that it&#x

Re: [free-software-melb] GNU FDL and software freedom

On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Ben Finney < ben+freesoftw...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: > Ben Finney > writes: > > > Rather, my point is that these categories are not exclusive. Works > commonly inhabit several of these categories simultaneously, and it's > clearly false to say that no document

Re: [free-software-melb] GNU FDL and software freedom

On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Ben Finney < ben+freesoftw...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: > Adam Bolte > writes: > > > Once again, your definition conflicts with what the legal Free > > Dictionary appears to be (linked above). A PDF is generally a product > > of a computer program - not a computer p

Re: [free-software-melb] Meeting this Thursday?

News pick: http://www.zdnet.com/to-the-space-station-and-beyond-with-linux-714958/ On Tue, 2013-05-14 at 10:15 +1000, Adam Bolte wrote: > On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 09:38:37AM +1000, Brian May wrote: > > On 13 May 2013 20:19, Bianca Gibson wrote: > > > Are we meeting this Thursday? Any topics?

Re: [free-software-melb] Donating to free software

On Sat, 2012-11-03 at 06:14 +1100, Adam Bolte wrote: > Speaking of which... mentioned on Slashdot today: > > https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/10/governments-attack-cloud-computing > > I suspect the US government would take the same stance against all > shared hosting providers. We have to make

Re: [free-software-melb] Arguments against Australian Laws proposed to reduce internet privacy

On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 1:15 PM, George Patterson < george.patter...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 29 August 2012 12:14, Ben Finney > wrote: > > Adrian Colomitchi > > writes: > > > >> On Mon, 2012-08-27 at 20:30 +1000, Astrid Nova wrote: > >> > >&g

Re: [free-software-melb] Arguments against Australian Laws proposed to reduce internet privacy

On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Ben Finney < ben+freesoftw...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: > Adrian Colomitchi > writes: > >> On Mon, 2012-08-27 at 20:30 +1000, Astrid Nova wrote: >> >> > Please have a look at and send on the article linked to below on an

Re: [free-software-melb] Arguments against Australian Laws proposed to reduce internet privacy

On Mon, 2012-08-27 at 20:30 +1000, Astrid Nova wrote: > Please have a look at and send on the article linked to below on an > issue that could affect us all catastrophically. The article supplies a > really good argument against what the government is mooting. "Could affect"? Why the past ten

Re: [free-software-melb] Agitating for free firmware (was: Chipping in for an Ouya console?)

On Mon, 2012-08-27 at 01:34 +1000, Adam Bolte wrote: > > The border that is contentious is where we find devices designed to > have > > their behaviour modified, but in a rather limited way and through > > tightly restricted channels – such as upgrading the firmware at boot > > time or run time fro

Re: [free-software-melb] Australia To Review Copyright Fair Use

On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 2:43 PM, Brian May wrote: > I saw it on Slashdot, so it must be true! > > > http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/07/02/2332254/australia-to-review-copyright-fair-use And you hope it will be better? (signed/ratified ACTA, with TPP on the pipe-line... I'm rather afraid) Adrian _

Re: [free-software-melb] Incentives for corporations to protect consumer freedom

On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Dennis K wrote: > On 06/08/2012 11:35 PM, Patrick Elliott-Brennan wrote: > >> Dennis K wrote: >> >>> >>> It's not so much that its a different country, but that its a new >>> economy which hasn't gotten to the "fat, lazy" stage yet. I'm sure, >>> given time, any c

Re: [free-software-melb] Eric S. Raymond on evaluating the harm from closed source

On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 8:46 PM, Matt Giuca wrote: > ESR has put up a brilliant (IMHO) blog post about the importance of > essentially "picking your battles". He says: > For the "less social" persons on the list (the ones who, like me, don't read/subscribe/follow all parts of/persons on the intern

Re: [free-software-melb] Patentology report on Ben Sturmfels at IP Australia event on Software Patents

On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 7:27 PM, George Patterson wrote: > On 22 May 2012 18:59, Adrian Colomitchi wrote: >> >> See: http://wiki.freesoftware.asn.au/AustralianFreeSoftwareProjects - >> not that many IMHO. >> > > You would need to identify why the list is so short

Re: [free-software-melb] Patentology report on Ben Sturmfels at IP Australia event on Software Patents

On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 6:34 PM, Ben Sturmfels wrote: > Thanks for the patent related discussion folks. I'll look forward to telling > you about the presentation I made in Sydney, hopefully at the next Free > Software Melbourne meeting. > > Can I suggest taking further patent discussion to the End

Re: [free-software-melb] Patentology report on Ben Sturmfels at IP Australia event on Software Patents

On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Les Kitchen wrote: > > >> > 2. Even though Patentology is correct in pointing that the GPL > ... >> Plus, patents != copyright, just because they share the IP umbrella. >> For the most part it should be pretty trivial for an individual to not >> violate copyright w

Re: [free-software-melb] Patentology report on Ben Sturmfels at IP Australia event on Software Patents

On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Tim Cuthbertson wrote: > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 8:04 PM, Les Kitchen wrote: >> >> ... >> >> 2. Even though Patentology is correct in pointing that the GPL >>   (and copyleft) technically relies on copyright law, he omits >>   to mention that that's only a defence

Re: [free-software-melb] Free Software Tablet

No warranties offered (haven't tried them... yet): Zenithink 280 http://www.aliexpress.com/category/15062/tablet-pc.html?pvid=48-1461 http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/31075-linux-on-the-zt-280-c71/page__p__335015__hl__zenithink__fromsearch__1#entry335015 Adrian On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 2:42

Re: [free-software-melb] Fwd: Interested in possible FSF events in Melbourne? - mystery event.

On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 7:42 AM, Ben Finney < ben+freesoftw...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: > Adrian Colomitchi > writes: > > > On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 7:03 PM, Ben Finney < > > ben+freesoftw...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: > > > > > IIUC, that invitat

Re: [free-software-melb] Fwd: Interested in possible FSF events in Melbourne? - mystery event.

On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 7:03 PM, Ben Finney < ben+freesoftw...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: > Bianca Gibson > writes: > > > Here's the mystery event (I'm guessing). > > IIUC, that invitation was to you specifically, and not for general > distribution :-/ > Ben, Bianca, how do you explain: "a speech, *

Re: [free-software-melb] [Australia-public-discuss] Video/audio from patents talk and committee hearing

On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Matt Giuca wrote: > > Well, looks like Europe just did the exact *opposite* of this -- it was on > Slashdot this morning: > > http://press.ffii.org/Press%20releases/EuroParliament%20to%20exclude%20Free%20Software%20with%20patents%20and%20FRAND > > They intend to i

Re: [free-software-melb] [Australia-public-discuss] Video/audio from patents talk and committee hearing

On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Matt Giuca wrote: > Well, looks like Europe just did the exact *opposite* of this -- it was on > Slashdot this morning: > > > http://press.ffii.org/Press%20releases/EuroParliament%20to%20exclude%20Free%20Software%20with%20patents%20and%20FRAND > > They intend to

Re: [free-software-melb] [Australia-public-discuss] Video/audio from patents talk and committee hearing

On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Matt Giuca wrote: > > Also, would this law be applied to free-as-in-speech software, or > free-as-in-beer software, or both? If I write a proprietary program > but give it away for free (freeware), am I exempt? If I write a GPL > program but sell it, am I exempt?

Re: [free-software-melb] [Australia-public-discuss] Video/audio from patents talk and committee hearing

On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Adam Bolte wrote: > > We cannot allow these > > hobbyists to rip off our ideas and then compete with us at zero cost. > That > > will mean we have no incentive to invest money in further research." > > From the ABC website: > http://www.abc.net.au/tv/newinventors/t

Re: [free-software-melb] Encouraging women

On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 10:41 AM, Ben Finney < ben+freesoftw...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: > Adrian Colomitchi > writes: > > > Coincidence? > > < > http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/01/17/1910204/tackling-open-sources-gender-issues > > > > It's

Re: [free-software-melb] Encouraging women

Coincidence? On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 7:02 PM, Dennis K wrote: > On 01/17/2012 10:20 AM, Ben Finney wrote: > > Brianna Laugher > > writes: > > > >> This comic about global warming has a person presenting at a '

Re: [free-software-melb] Buying or building a computer in Melbourne

On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 10:36 PM, Ben Finney wrote: > Adrian Colomitchi > writes: > >> Unfortunately, based on my experience, you will have to compile the >> specs. > > Thank you for responding with encouragement nevertheless: > >> Fortunately, its not 2000

Re: [free-software-melb] Buying or building a computer in Melbourne

On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Ben Finney wrote: > > Howdy all, > > Where can I get satisfaction here? I need some or all of these > functions: > > * a machine to act as ADSL + wireless router and DNS + DHCP + HTTP proxy > * a machine to act as grunty software development workstation > * a machi

[free-software-melb] The International Free and Open Source Software Law Book

I know that's probably of a quite narrow/specialized interest, but maybe if it doesn't help it won't hurt to know about. https://www.opensourcepress.de/index.php?26&backPID=178&tt_products=322 "As legal systems differ throughout the world there are significant differences in how Free and Open Sou

Re: [free-software-melb] Spinellis "Choosing and Using Open Source Components"

On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 5:43 PM, Ben Sturmfels wrote: > On 09/05/11 11:20, Adrian Colomitchi wrote: > >> On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Ben Sturmfels wrote: >> >> On 02/05/11 15:34, rdbr...@pacific.net.au wrote: >>> >>> Diomidis D. Spinellis's

Re: [free-software-melb] Spinellis "Choosing and Using Open Source Components"

On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Ben Sturmfels wrote: > On 02/05/11 15:34, rdbr...@pacific.net.au wrote: > >> Diomidis D. Spinellis's latest IEEE Software column "Choosing and Using >> Open Source Components" is up at his blog >> http://www.spinellis.gr/blog/20110501 >> and may interest. >> > > Th

[free-software-melb] 2010 report on OSS use around the world

Hi guys, I think you might be interested to get a perspective on the degree of use of OSS around the world, at least the way it looks like from Spain. http://observatorio.cenatic.es/images/stories/estudios_e_informes/empresas/internacional/international%20status%20of%20open%20source%20software-we