Re: [ilugd] How to use Fedora 9 for Commerical use

2008-09-09 Thread Debarshi Ray
> So lets "suppose" tomorrow they(fedora guys or in some other distro) pack > any package which has "Commercial use restrictions" -- Will I be able to > develop my application and sell it out. No need to suppose such a thing. The packaging guidelines DO NOT ALLOW such things to be a part of Fedora

Re: [ilugd] How to use Fedora 9 for Commerical use

2008-09-09 Thread Debarshi Ray
> I am sorry, that time I have saw the pages clearly. there a words > "Commercial use restrictions " against the package "openmotif" -- I think > context is different. Let us be specific. Are those words still there? Do they contradict https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/LicensingGuidelines

Re: [ilugd] How to use Fedora 9 for Commerical use

2008-09-09 Thread Debarshi Ray
>> I have a question, Can I use Fedora 9 as a commercial use to develop >> software. ? Yes you can. >> Actually generally compaies buy Redhat. Do we any exmple for "Free of >> cost" or linux distro in companies ?? Yes we have. I work at a place which uses a mix of RHEL, CentOS and Fedora as thei

[ilugd] Fwd: Reminder: Fedora RPM Packaging 101: 3 PM today

2008-07-27 Thread Debarshi Ray
-- Forwarded message -- From: Rahul Sundaram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 2008/7/28 Subject: Reminder: Fedora RPM Packaging 101: 3 PM today To: The Fedora Project Community in India <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello folks, We are going to host a *public* IRC session in #fedora-india, freeno

Re: [ilugd] GNU ifconfig & IPv6

2008-06-09 Thread Debarshi Ray
> abbe [~] chateau% apropos ifaddr > getifaddrs(3)- get interface addresses > ifnet(9), ifaddr(9), ifqueue(9), if_data(9) - kernel interfaces for > manipulating network interfaces [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ apropos ifaddr ifaddr: nothing appropriate ...and I have been trying on Fedora and

Re: [ilugd] GNU ifconfig & IPv6

2008-06-09 Thread Debarshi Ray
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > Try list-interfaces.c[1], which will enumerate through all available > interfaces, and prints the corresponding addresses assigned to them. > > References: > [1] - http://wahjava.googlepages.com/list-interfaces.c Nice. Funny ifaddrs.h is not documen

[ilugd] GNU ifconfig & IPv6

2008-06-08 Thread Debarshi Ray
I am looking for a portable way to read the IPv6 address of a network interface when its name is given. This is mainly needed to add some functionality to GNU ifconfig [1] and while looking around came across the USAGI FAQ [2], which says that SIOCGIFADDR does not work with IPv6 although it does fo

Re: [ilugd] [Ilug-cal-discuss] SVN problem

2008-05-06 Thread Debarshi Ray
> When i am trying to access svn over http i get this : > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ svn co http://josm.openstreetmap.de/svn/trunk JOSM > svn: REPORT request failed on '/svn/!svn/vcc/default' > svn: REPORT of '/svn/!svn/vcc/default': 400 Bad Request > (http://josm.openstreetmap.de) svn co http://j

Re: [ilugd] [Ilug-cal-discuss] SVN problem

2008-05-06 Thread Debarshi Ray
2008/5/6 Subhodip Biswas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi ! > When i am trying to access svn over http i get this : > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ svn co http://josm.openstreetmap.de/svn/trunk JOSM > svn: REPORT request failed on '/svn/!svn/vcc/default' > svn: REPORT of '/svn/!svn/vcc/default': 400 Bad Reque

[ilugd] Key expiry breaks most D-I Etch RC1 images

2007-02-16 Thread Debarshi Ray
http://times.debian.net/1073 "The expiration of the Debian archive's signing key for 2006 has broken most of the installation media from etch RC1." Cheers, Debarshi -- After the game the king and the pawn go into the same box. -- Italian proverb _

Re: [ilugd] M$ can be sued

2007-02-12 Thread Debarshi Ray
>>> so its ok to use non-free software as long as it doesnt pollute your >>> hard drive? >> I personally think it is alright. After all if I think it is free >> enough for me, it is free. Otherwise we would not have such a wide >> variety of free software licenses. > which free software license i

Re: [ilugd] M$ can be sued

2007-02-11 Thread Debarshi Ray
-- >>> does your cellphone run on free software? >> My cellphone does not have an email client. So it is like asking >> whether your fridge runs on Free Software. > fridges running on linux are not available - so the matter is moot. Is Linux the only Free Software pro

Re: [ilugd] M$ can be sued

2007-02-11 Thread Debarshi Ray
>> Since I am not installing GMail on my hard drive and running an >> instance on my machine, I am not bothered too much. :-) > so its ok to use non-free software as long as it doesnt pollute your > hard drive? I personally think it is alright. After all if I think it is free enough for me, it is

Re: [ilugd] M$ can be sued

2007-02-10 Thread Debarshi Ray
>> My cellphone does not have an email client. So it is like asking >> whether your fridge runs on Free Software. > But you use GMail, which most definitely isn't Free Software :) > > Point is; there are still plenty of areas in life where we simply can't > use free software either because it isn'

Re: [ilugd] M$ can be sued

2007-02-10 Thread Debarshi Ray
>>> Sorry for top-posting here as my blackberry mail client doesn't allow >>> to bottom-post. >> Is this e-mail client Free Software? > does your cellphone run on free software? My cellphone does not have an email client. So it is like asking whether your fridge runs on Free Software. Regards,

Re: [ilugd] M$ can be sued

2007-02-09 Thread Debarshi Ray
> Sorry for top-posting here as my blackberry mail client doesn't allow > to bottom-post. Is this e-mail client Free Software? Regards, Debarshi -- After the game the king and the pawn go into the same box. -- Italian proverb ___ ilugd

Re: [ilugd] The MS trojan horse in Linux Asia 2007

2007-02-08 Thread Debarshi Ray
> Linus is another one of those "practical side" people, who > had created Linux without any philosophy in mind. I totally agree that > without RMS and FSF and GNU and all the "big picture people" we would > not be where we are today but without "the practical people" we would > all still be hackin

Re: [ilugd] The MS trojan horse in Linux Asia 2007

2007-02-08 Thread Debarshi Ray
> 2. BTW as for the reason, Microsoft have their Linux > infrastructure in house to work on and do research. > They are taking on things that work in Linux and make > changes to their own products. When a crime is done, the criminal knows that he is doing wrong. In most cases he also knows what

Re: [ilugd] Fwd: Linux in Gov't

2007-02-08 Thread Debarshi Ray
> CDAC (Navi Mumbai) - is doing trainings..etc under OSSRC banner.. They are developing a speech interface for visually impaired people for Pine at OSSRC. Pine is not Free Software, do not know whether it is Open Source or not. Regards, Debarshi -- After the game the king and the pawn go into th

Re: [ilugd] The MS trojan horse in Linux Asia 2007

2007-02-08 Thread Debarshi Ray
> Let's not have any illusions. Microsoft joined in the party for its > own personal selfish gains. It would be illogical to think otherwise. > But the point is did succeed in harming the community? Do we need to wait for it to do more harm? Regards, Debarshi -- After the game the king and the p

Re: [ilugd] The MS trojan horse in Linux Asia 2007

2007-02-08 Thread Debarshi Ray
From: "Anupam Jain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> The event needed money and they were paying lots. Call a spade a spade. >> If they weren't paying this huge mail wouldn't have been there, right? >> M$ ideology is exactly opposite of Linux ideology, so its like Smirnoff >> sponsoring the Alcoholics Anonym

Re: [ilugd] The MS trojan horse in Linux Asia 2007

2007-02-08 Thread Debarshi Ray
> Event like this do need money and no harm in accepting money from any one > including Drug Mafia. You might include Dawood Ibrahim and Osama Bin Laden too. Maybe even George W. Bush. > Linux community is strong minded and would not get influenced by Microsoft > on whatever forum. Keep it up LFY

Re: [ilugd] The MS trojan horse in Linux Asia 2007

2007-02-07 Thread Debarshi Ray
> A booklet distributed by Microsoft at the CXOSummit presented how > Microsoft was working with Open Source projects! I believe the same was > running as a presentation on their booth too. For me it is Free Software and not Open Source. I have heard Microsoft executives boast of their six 'open s

Re: [ilugd] Particpation in LinuxAsia 2007

2007-01-03 Thread Debarshi Ray
> I feel we deserve better. My wife is running a teaching program for > children in age group 8 to 14 years. Mr Yadav has agreed to help in > training Linux to children. The best way to demonstrate that linux works > is to let children run a demostration stall Great idea. Cheerio, Debarshi -- Af

Re: [ilugd] French consumer group files complaints against HP

2006-12-22 Thread Debarshi Ray
> No the port is there but external monitor switching does not work. In > earlier laptops this would work right from BIOS display onwards. My F5 key has a rectangle, depicting a monitor, drawn on it. Pressing Fn+F5 switches the display from TFT to external monitor. Do you have any such key? This w

Re: [ilugd] French consumer group files complaints against HP

2006-12-18 Thread Debarshi Ray
> getting ready to sue HP IAC since the last laptop brought with > freedos refuses to give feed to external mointor. Are you saying that the laptop does not have the hardware port to connect to an external monitor? > The V3000 series of laptop based on Intel Express chipset can > only do this vis