Re: [free-software-melb] Visiting Melbourne in January

2014-11-01 Thread Bianca Gibson
I'd be up for an ad hoc meeting. ___ Free-software-melb mailing list Free-software-melb@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb Free Software Melbourne home page:

Re: [free-software-melb] TPP IP chapter leak

2013-11-29 Thread Bianca Gibson
I'd strongly urge you to spread the choice petition: https://choice.good.do/dont-trade-it-away/release-the-tpp-text/ The leaked draft talks about criminalising copyright infringement, rigid rules around exceptions to copyright, rules around exceptions to patentability, legal enforcement of DRM,

[free-software-melb] Fwd: [Linux-aus] FLOSS 2013 Survey you may be interested in

2013-11-18 Thread Bianca Gibson
-- Forwarded message -- Hi everyone, You may be interested in the survey below The FLOSS 2013 survey In 2002, the first FLOSS survey was launched. With over 2500 participants, it was the first large survey of Free/Libre/Open Source developers around the world. This survey had

Re: [free-software-melb] Fwd: [Linux-aus] Linux Australia Travel Grants

2013-11-12 Thread Bianca Gibson
2 days left to apply for Linux.conf.au travel grants. On 5 Nov 2013 10:58, Bianca Gibson bianca.rachel.gib...@gmail.com wrote: Linux Australia and linux.conf.au 2014 are pleased to announce the 2014 travel grants programme. linux.conf.au strives to be a conference that is open and accessible

[free-software-melb] OWOOT Melbourne picnic

2013-11-11 Thread Bianca Gibson
Hi all, There is an Oceania Women Of Open Technology (OWOOT) picnic coming up in December. Partners and children welcome. -- Forwarded message -- Hi all, snip It's going to be at 1pm Saturday 14th of December at the western lawn in the botanic gardens. RSVP, dietary requirements

[free-software-melb] Fwd: [Linux-aus] Three days left: Nominate a community contributor for the 2014 Rusty Wrench

2013-11-11 Thread Bianca Gibson
-- Forwarded message -- From: Mary Gardiner m...@puzzling.org Nominations for the Linux Australia 2014 Rusty Wrench award are open for just THREE MORE DAYS! This year, thanks to Linux Australia Council, the Rusty Wrench winner will receive admission to linux.conf.au 2014 in Perth

[free-software-melb] Fwd: [Linux-aus] Linux Australia Travel Grants

2013-11-04 Thread Bianca Gibson
Linux Australia and linux.conf.au 2014 are pleased to announce the 2014 travel grants programme. linux.conf.au strives to be a conference that is open and accessible to the whole open source community. We realise however that, no matter how we arrange the pricing for the conference, it will still

Re: [free-software-melb] Free software discussion group this Thursday 17th October

2013-10-30 Thread Bianca Gibson
Hi all, The geek feminism wiki article on preventing volunteer burnout: http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Preventing_volunteer_burnout. That article and person experience were my main sources. Cheers, Bianca ___ Free-software-melb mailing list

[free-software-melb] cake recipe

2013-10-18 Thread Bianca Gibson
Hi everyone, I intended to post the recipe for the vegan chocolate and avocado cake I made for the meeting quite a while ago, so here it is: http://joythebaker.com/2009/07/vegan-chocolate-avocado-cake/ That blog is really good. It's a baking blog that doesn't specialise in particular dietary

[free-software-melb] meeting on Thursday?

2013-10-13 Thread Bianca Gibson
Hi all, Are we meeting on Thursday? I haven't seen an announcement for it, but I've prepared my talk/discussion on volunteer burnout, as I mentioned to Alex at SFD. I'd also like to give a 5 minute talk on LA stuff. Cheers, Bianca ___

[free-software-melb] An unconference in the sticks: StixCampGembrook opens registrations (Nov 1-3)

2013-10-08 Thread Bianca Gibson
From Ben Dechrai: Registrations for StixCampGembrook are open! StixCampGembrook is a weekend unconference event running from the 1st - 3rd November 2013. Participants will spend 2 full days networking with like-minded others, sharing their knowledge, and learning from others. The venue is a

Re: [free-software-melb] No FSM meet-up in September, SFD instead

2013-09-30 Thread Bianca Gibson
Would someone like to write an article on SFD or any other relevant topics for the Linux Australia newsletter? Details of our newsletter here: http://lists.linux.org.au/pipermail/linux-aus/2013-September/020834.html Cheers, Bianca ___ Free-software-melb

Re: [free-software-melb] GNU 30th Birthday celebration, Saturday 2013-09-28

2013-09-28 Thread Bianca Gibson
Hi all, It was good fun. The FSF campaigns team would like photos and videos sent to campai...@fsf.org. Cheers, Bianca ___ Free-software-melb mailing list Free-software-melb@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au

[free-software-melb] Fwd: [lca-announce] lca2014 keynote - Jon Oxer - ArduSat

2013-09-27 Thread Bianca Gibson
-- Forwarded message -- From: linux.conf.au Announcements lca-annou...@lists.linux.org.au Date: 27 Sep 2013 16:37 Subject: [lca-announce] lca2014 keynote - Jon Oxer - ArduSat To: lca-annou...@lists.linux.org.au, c...@lists.lca2013.linux.org.au, p...@plug.org.au p...@plug.org.au

[free-software-melb] Haecksen miniconf Call For Proposals (linux.conf.au, January, Perth)

2013-09-17 Thread Bianca Gibson
of the 2007 and 2008 miniconfs. Bianca Gibson. Bianca will assist with the call for papers and selecting presentations. Bianca was co-organiser of the 2013 Haecksen miniconf. == About OWOOT == OWOOT (Oceania Women of Open Tech, formerly Aussiechix) was formed in October 2011, but grew out of women's

Re: [free-software-melb] [free-software-melb-announce] Free software discussion group this Thursday 18 July

2013-07-17 Thread Bianca Gibson
I'll bring snacks, including some vegan ones. On 13 July 2013 20:57, Adam Bolte abo...@systemsaviour.com wrote: Hi everyone, Our next monthly meet-up will soon be upon us, and we've got a great line-up of talks and discussions prepared, including: * Pirate Party's take on copyright,

Re: [free-software-melb] [free-software-melb-announce] Free software discussion group this Thursday 18 July

2013-07-17 Thread Bianca Gibson
I'll bring english breakfast tea cupcakes (with dairy) and vegan avocado and chocolate cake. On 18 July 2013 12:20, Adam Bolte abo...@systemsaviour.com wrote: On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 11:38:50AM +1000, Bianca Gibson wrote: I'll bring snacks, including some vegan ones. Ben F and Ben M also

Re: [free-software-melb] Discussion group this Thursday 18 April, 6pm - DRM in HTML 5

2013-04-16 Thread Bianca Gibson
I'm not sure if I'll be able to make it this time, I'll try to. I know that I said I'd help lead the discussion, sorry about that. On 16 April 2013 17:56, Ben Sturmfels b...@stumbles.id.au wrote: Hi Folks, Our monthly discussion group is on this Thursday 18 April. Look forward to seeing you

[free-software-melb] Fwd: [OWOOT] Do you want a free ticket to DrupalCon Sydney (Feb 6 to 9)?

2013-01-09 Thread Bianca Gibson
-- Forwarded message -- From: Mary Gardiner m...@puzzling.org Date: 9 Jan 2013 12:51 Subject: [OWOOT] Do you want a free ticket to DrupalCon Sydney (Feb 6 to 9)? To: Oceania Women of Open Tech ow...@lists.owoot.org Cc: Linux Australia is giving one away. You need to apply for it

[free-software-melb] Fwd: [MLUG] Sir Tim Berners-Lee Down Under

2013-01-02 Thread Bianca Gibson
-- Forwarded message -- From: Jafaruddin Lie jafaruddin@gmail.com Date: 3 Jan 2013 16:33 Subject: [MLUG] Sir Tim Berners-Lee Down Under To: mlug...@googlegroups.com Cc: Thought you guys might be interested: Free event, from the event site: The Melbourne public event is

Re: [free-software-melb] Draft Fedora plan to cope with Secure Boot on x86 hardware

2012-05-31 Thread Bianca Gibson
I'm...not exactly happy either. On 31 May 2012 21:38, Matt Giuca matt.gi...@gmail.com wrote: Well, I'm pretty furious about this. I understand that it's a difficult circumstance, and I read the You've Sold Out section and all that... but this is ridiculous. Please don't blame the fedora

Re: [free-software-melb] Draft Fedora plan to cope with Secure Boot on x86 hardware

2012-05-31 Thread Bianca Gibson
On 31 May 2012 22:55, Matt Giuca matt.gi...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah I know. I said on my Google Plus posthttps://plus.google.com/108688191891412975833/posts/Ty72kHyT9KV: Did Fedora make the right choice? I honestly don't know, but it's disgraceful that it has come to this. OK, I just

Re: [free-software-melb] drm free ebooks

2012-04-27 Thread Bianca Gibson
I don't know if it's worldwide, good point. On 26 April 2012 21:33, Matt Giuca matt.gi...@gmail.com wrote: Cool. Until now I've pretty much avoided not only buying ebooks, but avoided the topic entirely. I wasn't prepared for DRM on plain text!!! Thanks for finding these links. Is it also

Re: [free-software-melb] drm free ebooks

2012-04-26 Thread Bianca Gibson
Awesome - that will aid my transition to ebooks HEAPS since I don't buy them if they have DRM. They were one of the reasons my fiction is still physical books, while my non fiction is mainly ebooks. On 26 April 2012 17:37, Andrew McGlashan andrew.mcglas...@affinityvision.com.au wrote: On

Re: [free-software-melb] Follow-up and minutes from last night's meeting

2012-04-22 Thread Bianca Gibson
On 22 April 2012 14:06, Matt Giuca matt.gi...@gmail.com wrote: My assessment is that iOS is completely incompatible with free software. My close (non-lawyer) reading of the (L)GPL v2 and 3 finds that it would be a violation of the GPL to distribute software via the App Store. Regardless of

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

2012-02-26 Thread Bianca Gibson
Wha? Sorry =/. I thought it was something sent to the FSF mailing list, it had the same footer and I forgot that he'd have my email address. Ughk... *frustrated face at self*. On 26 February 2012 19:03, Ben Finney ben+freesoftw...@benfinney.id.auwrote: Bianca Gibson bianca.rachel.gib

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

2012-02-26 Thread Bianca Gibson
It just didn't cross my mind I'd be getting be specifically getting invited to it, I thought it was going to everyone on their mailing list in Melbourne. On 27 February 2012 09:59, Adrian Colomitchi acolomit...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 7:42 AM, Ben Finney

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

2012-02-24 Thread Bianca Gibson
Here's the mystery event (I'm guessing). -- Forwarded message -- From: Brett Smith br...@fsf.org Date: 24 February 2012 15:00 Subject: Interested in possible FSF events in Melbourne? To: Bianca Gibson -@- Hi Bianca, My name's Brett Smith; I'm the license compliance

Re: [free-software-melb] Free software meeting wrap up

2012-02-23 Thread Bianca Gibson
On 23 February 2012 22:37, Ben Sturmfels b...@stumbles.id.au wrote: On 23/02/12 22:29, Ben Sturmfels wrote: One recommendation discussed was to speak up if you notice bad behavior. This is especially important for the blokes who can have significant influence in these situations.

Re: [free-software-melb] Thursday dinner

2012-02-13 Thread Bianca Gibson
What time do meetings normally end? Dinner? Just asking, because if I can attend or not depends on my travel plans being worked out in advance. Ideally I need to be on the 7:17pm or 8:11pm Belgrave train to meet one of the last two buses for the day. Meetings normally finish at 7:30, dinner I

Re: [free-software-melb] [Australia-public-discuss] Excluding free software from patentability

2012-02-12 Thread Bianca Gibson
Ben, you said you are applying the 'Divide and Conquer' approach to patents (since patents are probably also a real problem in other industries). If software patents as a whole is too large a chunk, perhaps dividing out free software as the first step will be easier? I don't know the

Re: [free-software-melb] [Australia-public-discuss] Excluding free software from patentability

2012-02-12 Thread Bianca Gibson
On 12 February 2012 22:54, Adam Bolte abo...@systemsaviour.com wrote: My understanding is that we're *already* going off guesswork. We're guessing that going against software patents completely is a better approach to any of the alternatives, without having consulted with any legal experts.

Re: [free-software-melb] encouraging women

2012-01-12 Thread Bianca Gibson
Changing the subject won't start a new thread of discussion; the In-Reply-To headers preserve the thread regardless of the Subject headers of the messages. It's preferable to use the compose new email to this address feature of your email client instead of reply. Cheers, Andrew OK,