[DDN] In search of Public Truth online!

2006-04-29 Thread Fouad Riaz Bajwa
In search of Public Truth online! - Building a case for ICT Software Freedom By Fouad Riaz Bajwa General Secretary FOSSFP http://www.fossfp.org Author: Copyrights Copylefts - Building a case for ICT Software Freedom http://fossmullah.wordpress.com As the Shuttleworth Foundation's Go-Opensource

[DDN] Re: [ctcnet] [Net Neutrality] Surprises

2006-04-29 Thread Xavier Leonard
I think your suggestion of promoting civic engagement within the CTC is very appropriate. Considering that all the people who utilize CTCs in a particular representative's area will make up a very small fraction the constituency, this is also a great opportunity for CTCs to be catalysts for

RE: [DDN] healthy people 2010 and the digital divide

2006-04-29 Thread Champ-Blackwell, Siobhan
I left Taran's question below. As a medical librarian, i would like to believe that an increase in a person's understanding about prevention and disease will help them to take better care of themselves and be a healthier person. And it will help them to know what to demand from health care

[DDN] Call for Applications: Professional Development Award (PDA), Regional Office for South Asia (SARO) of IDRC.

2006-04-29 Thread Miraj Khaled
FYI Only. Apologies for cross-posting. miraj = Call for Applications: Professional Development Award (PDA), Regional Office for South Asia (SARO) http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-96472-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html The Innovation, Policy and Science (IPS) Program Area of IDRC, and the Centre’s Regional

[DDN] BSA forbidden to use its acronym alone, and the bsa.ch domain in Switzerland

2006-04-29 Thread Claude Almansi (BW)
Sources: - Piratenbekämpfer als Freibeuter (Pirate fighters as filibusters). inside-it.ch, April 21, 2006 http://www.inside-it.ch/frontend/insideit?site=ii_d=_articlenews.id=6809 - Judgment by the first civil section of the Swiss Federal Court on BSA Business Software Alliance Inc v BSA