Re: [ilugd] [x-posted] potentially-damaging news: Apple 'buys' CUPS

2007-07-13 Thread Vikas Rawal
I dont think cups is project driven by single programmer. Apple hiring lead programmer presents no threat to the project as long as lead programmer is dedicated to the project. In this case the license has been modified to explicitly exclude Apple from the need to keep derivative products

[ilugd] ILUG-D activity in last 7 days

2007-07-13 Thread nkapoor
Fri 13-Jul-2007: ILUG-D activity in last 7 days: = New/recent events: 0 Total events: 69 = New Discussion forum postings: 0 Total postings: 942

Re: [ilugd] [LIG] Fwd: internet-radio with amarok, over 4, 000 channels 24x7. all could go dead on 15.7.07

2007-07-13 Thread Anupam Jain
On 7/13/07, Linux Lingam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: even *if* i publish my music under a copyleft and/or free license, or just give it away royalty-free, the RIAA *will* collect royalties for *all* music broadcast or shared on the web. so as an artist you could just give up and

Re: [ilugd] [LIG] Fwd: internet-radio with amarok, over 4, 000 channels 24x7. all could go dead on 15.7.07

2007-07-13 Thread Linux Lingam
even *if* i publish my music under a copyleft and/or free license, or just give it away royalty-free, the RIAA *will* collect royalties for *all* music broadcast or shared on the web. so as an artist you could just give up and collect your money from them, or donate it to them so

Re: [ilugd] [LIG] Fwd: internet-radio with amarok, over 4, 000 channels 24x7. all could go dead on 15.7.07

2007-07-13 Thread Kishore Bhargava
first of all, it would be helpful if others read the fine details on the above, since i may have misinterpreted somethings. it's a bit confusing for me, but overall, yes, the RIAA collects royalties even for free music. find references here: http://www.freepress.net/news/22887 So how does

[ilugd] Version control strategy

2007-07-13 Thread Mithun Bhattacharya
Does any one have any pointers for maintaining a collection of independent scripts / very small projects under version control. To elaborate I have about 200 scripts and 40 folders where each folder could be considered a mini project. I dont think this would fit a standard project layout where

Re: [ilugd] [LIG] Fwd: internet-radio with amarok, over 4, 000 channels 24x7. all could go dead on 15.7.07

2007-07-13 Thread Linux Lingam
first, thanks anupam for sharing your insights. sigh! so irrespective of what india-based or india-hosted radiostations perceive, the legal threat is real. Here's an interesting link on the subject: http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/07/breaking-news-o.html Looks like there maybe a change

Re: [ilugd] [LIG] Fwd: internet-radio with amarok, over 4, 000 channels 24x7. all could go dead on 15.7.07

2007-07-13 Thread vivek khurana
--- Linux Lingam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: vivek khurana will want to let-go into classical dhrupad, hehe.. yet to find a station which servers this... sudev will move to some loud bhangra, and that's when ankur will yank his radio away and revv back to the sanctity of his home. oh yaa

Re: [ilugd] [LIG] Fwd: internet-radio with amarok, over 4, 000 channels 24x7. all could go dead on 15.7.07

2007-07-13 Thread Linux Lingam
oh yaa and not to forget Mr Niyam Bhushan who would like to listen to ambient new age music. my tastes for music have expanded and diversified considerably since i discovered netradio through amarok. did not realize how i had become rather rigid and stuck on my preconceived notions about

Re: [ilugd] [LIH] Version control strategy

2007-07-13 Thread vivek khurana
I dont think this would fit a standard project layout where we can tag all the scripts for each release. It also doesnt seem to make sense to create a module out of every script. Changes could be as frequent as multiple times a day to maybe once in two years. Almost all the changes result

[ilugd] 1st Asian Nation to Adopt Open Software Standards

2007-07-13 Thread Raj Mathur
This may be some help in the battle against OOXML: 1st Asian Nation to Adopt Open Software Standards Japan has adopted a policy under which government ministries and agencies will solicit bids from software vendors whose products support internationally recognized open standards and thus