On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 7:01 AM, Xavier Antoviaque <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-02-25 at 19:16 -0300, Felipe Sanches wrote: > > And yes, the hardware world is really hostile, it's a real big > > issue... :/ It would be helpful to get some kind of label that > > would allow to check. The problem is to get it from the > > manufacturers or the lawmakers... Do you see a way to get > > there? > > I thought that maybe dealing with consumer laws would be one way to do > > it. > > Definitely - my question was if you saw a way to get this kind of > legislation passed in Brazil. Is there support for it? That would > definitely be a great example for other countries if it did. > > There are some people at IDEC (the brazilian institute for defense of counsumer rights) that are friendly to us. We need to talk to them. But I still think that passing a law involvimg technology is often a difficult thing to do. > > I've had a look at the wiki of Garoa Hacker Clube, it looks > > like a perfect place to stay a while during our visit :) > > Congratz for the work, it looks like fun! I'd love to somewhat > > mirror the concept of hackerspace at our studio's office in > > Paris, so I'll be very curious about your experience. > > Great! Actually, our hackerspace is inspired in european hackerspaces > > I have visited last year. There are already some hackerspaces in > > Paris. But the ones I enjoyed most were in Berlin, Vienna and San > > Francisco (USA). > > Yup, I've visited a few in Paris over the years, but I've never found > the atmosphere I'd like to have - except maybe at Mekensleep, a > videogame company which isn't officially a hackerspace but hosts a few > free software geeks working on videogames. ;p > > I've never had a chance to visit some outside of France - will be good > to hear more about the ones you went to, too. > well... some of my perceptions are in my blog. For instance, read this blogpost about Metalab, a hackerspace in Vienna: http://jucablues.blogspot.com/2010/12/pinball-hacking-in-vienna-i-am.html > > > For the Fuzebox contest, when would it be happening? Maybe > > there would be something to work out together here - we > > develop games for the Web so language/tools are different, but > > it would be very interesting to chat with the folks who will > > participate. > > nice :-) We still have no idea when will we do it. > > Alright. Maybe we could try to synchronize the dates with our trip? Is > there anything we could to to help with the organization of the contest? > well... one possibility is sponsoring prizes for the contest. It would be awesome! Also, I'd like to have some feedback on the contest rules. Do you think it is a good ruleset? Any advice on how to make it better? > > And the presentation of April to the research group would be > > amazing - it certainly promises great discussions, I'm very > > curious about the current situation. > > OK, I'll send an email to my friend > > Many thanks! > My friend likes the idea. LEt me know when you figure out the date of your trip and I'll contact him again to schedule a presentation of April. > > > NB: do you mind if I put Farsides' mailing list in CC of our > > thread? This way it will keep the other project contributors > > in the loop. > > It is totally ok to bring some more people to the conversation :-) > > Cool! I've CC'ed the mailing-list. > hello, fellow hackers :-) > > > Are you already in Brazil? When are you planning to arrive? > > Not yet no, we haven't planned the exact dates yet. It would likely be > within 1-2 months - do you see any date that would be good? I know there > is the FISL this summer, but it's still far away, so if you know of any > other event worth attending, I'll be happy to hear about it. > FISL is good. I've been travelling to FISL every year during the last 6 years. It is the largest free software event in Brazil. > Btw, aside of what we already discussed, what do you think would be the > best way to reach developers who would be interested to join the > project? How do Brazilian Free Software companies usually hire > developers? > > Hmm... I am not sure. There is lots of free software projects sponsored by the government here. I guess you could publish a call for developers in one of the free software magazines/websites. You could try LinuxMagazine (translation/adaptation of the german magazine), BR-Linux (a news website), and RevistaEspiritoLivre (an online only monthly magazine). Felipe
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