Re: [libreplanet-discuss] [fsf-community-team] GNU 30th Celebration

2013-09-27 Thread wayne, steve
Will there be any IRC activities for those of us too far to join in-person? Solidarity, Wayne On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Aurélien DESBRIÈRES wrote: > Kẏra writes: > > > Hey all, > > > > I wanted to invite anyone who's in the Boston area this weekend to the > > GNU 30th Celebration: ht

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] I Have An Possible Chance To Meet An ARM Senior Manager

2012-10-15 Thread wayne, steve
Something that occurred to me over the weekend... ARM essentially licenses out various forms of chip IP, whether it is the post-synthesis IP blocks that licensees then connect to their own chip extensions or in other cases where the vendor pays a significant amount more for the data they actually

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] GAMING COLLECTIVE: Anybody play Ryzom?

2012-07-04 Thread wayne, steve
Is Free as in Freedom access to hardware completely egalitarian; ie, all users have equal access to that hardware? What does this mean, exactly? Does the principle of least privilege apply to "Free as in Freedom" access to hardware? wayne On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Patrick Anderson wrot

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Free as in Freedom Production

2012-06-12 Thread wayne, steve
This reminds me of http://opencores.org/ Also, http://www.sensorica.co/ wayne On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 7:47 AM, Quiliro Ordóñez wrote: > El 31/05/12 12:19, Patrick Anderson escribió: > >> we have to rely on manufacturers >>> if we want to use electronics. >>> >> When Con

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Tackling Network Effect

2012-05-18 Thread wayne, steve
I agree that we should try something that already exists. This is something I found while perusing Diaspora's federation protocol: http://code.google.com/p/webfinger/wiki/WebFingerProtocol This protocol is intended to allow one to find the public services that another person uses by using their e

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Free as in Freedom Network Services [was: Tackling Network Effect]

2012-05-14 Thread wayne, steve
Is anyone on this thread aware of the Independent Media Center movement? It is something I am learning about and getting involved with. I am donating my personal desktop PC to my local IMC to be used to host web content. Others in the community have begun donating their old computers and network de

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] New GNU

2012-05-07 Thread wayne, steve
We could attempt to produce a feature film that can be used to explain why free software matters through a narrative that people can easily understand rather than relying on properganda loaded with technical and legal jargon which really does require a significant investment of time and energy to b

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Regional Group(s) (Joel Kahn)

2011-12-11 Thread wayne, steve
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Re: [libreplanet-discuss] new regional group

2011-12-08 Thread wayne, steve
hello? wayne On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 12:59 PM, wayne, steve wrote: > hello all, > > i am interested in getting a free software advocacy group going in > southern illinois. our focus would be twofold: first, we would provide > teach-ins about various free software issue

[libreplanet-discuss] new regional group

2011-12-04 Thread wayne, steve
hello all, i am interested in getting a free software advocacy group going in southern illinois. our focus would be twofold: first, we would provide teach-ins about various free software issues (SOPA, secure/restricted boot, how to install free operating systems and use a package manager) at our l