Some discussions
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Thilo Pfennig <[email protected]> wrote: I think that free licenses are important for the free distribution not only from software but also for documents. So this will be part of our ambitions and I encourage to contact people active with Creative Commons or also Open Access if available to participate. I agree. Freedom of document formats and the freedom of content inside the files are complementary issues, and I see them in tight connection too :) Where shall I upload such works? I could upload in archive.org which is open for all kinds of documents? I also like to have links to other locations of material one can use. You can upload the files to DFD wiki (http://www.documentfreedom.org/Special:Upload), and link it however you want. You will have an URL of the file, so you can use it inside our outside of documentfreedom.org. You need an account on the wiki to do this. Please let me know if you need any help about this. Regards Ivan Can we also discuss like that? --- On Fri, 3/20/09, Subir Pradhanang <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Subir Pradhanang <[email protected]> > Subject: [foss-nepal] Fwd: [SFD-discuss] Open documents in support of > software freedom > To: "FOSS Nepal" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, March 20, 2009, 8:26 AM > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Robert Schumann <[email protected]> > Date: 2009/3/20 > Subject: [SFD-discuss] Open documents in support of > software freedom > To: SFD announcements <[email protected]>, Open > discussions > about SFD <[email protected]> > > > Software Freedom International, the worldwide organizer of > the annual > Software Freedom Day, encourages all SFD teams to support > the Document > Freedom Day 2009 (DFD 2009) celebration > (http://documentfreedom.org/) > on 25 March 2009. DFD 2009 aims to raise awareness on the > importance > of accessible document formats and open standards in > everyone's day to > day activities. > > Open standards are agreed document definitions which are > available to > the public to review and use. They cannot depend on formats > or > protocols that are not open standards themselves. The > definitions of > these open standards are free from legal and technical > restrictions > that limit their use, and can be easily implemented in > multiple > environments - so they can be used on PCs, iPods, > Playstations and > whatever computing environments we'll be using in 50 > years time. > > Open standards protect governments, businesses and the > wider community > of computer users from vendor and data lock-ins. Such > lock-ins > obstruct users from exercising their full freedom in > software and the > information they access. Computers have only become part of > daily life > in the last twenty or thirty years, and yet already there > are > documents that, due to closed formats, we are unable to > easily access > using modern software. > > Software freedom will not be complete without open > standards and open > document formats. Together, they ensure that free and open > source > software can be created and developed to implement open > standards to > benefit millions of users worldwide. > > The Software Freedom Day and Document Freedom Day teams are > united in > advancing information and software freedom for everyone. > Find out > where your closest DFD 2009 team is by visiting the website > (http://documentfreedom.org/) - and if there isn't one, > why not plan > your own event? > > REFERENCE: > Rick Bahague > [email protected] > Publicity officer, Software Freedom International > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > > > > > -- > "Volunteering is a service, not just participation. > Make sure, by > volunteering, you mean it" > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
