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> On 05/05/17 15:08, Ben Finney wrote:
> > Another example is the ZeroPhone, which is a hell of a lot more open
> > than most Android phones because it's built on a Raspberry Pi Zero.
> >
> >
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> Congrats to our new 2016-2017 committee, Ben Minerds (Pres), Michael
> Verrenkamp (Vice Pres), Damien Zammit (Secretary) and Ben Finney
> (Treasurer)!
Congratulations and thanks to the new committee.
> Again big thanks to the ot
you track the same database of credentials across all your devices.
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> > The website won't operate properly without non-free code running in
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I've shown that “because the copyright holder decrees that this work
won't be used as anything but a document” is not a justification for
those restrictions.
The way I see the things
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From that it follows that it's unjust to deny the freedoms that accrue
for functional use of a work, merely because the copyright holder
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So in order for XMPP to continue we need to have clear recommendations
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Today I made a donation of US$240 to the campaign, hooray!
It was a little complicated; I'm still trying to declare the donation
in the name “Free Software Melbourne” instead of my name.
John Sullivan of the FSF has belatedly notified me
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On last night's Byte Into It, we had whole lot of software freedom
discussion, and Vanessa even gave a shout-out to Free Software Melbourne
for tonight.
* LibreOffice 3.6 released, and people can upgrade or stay with the
previous release as it's still supported.
* CyanogenMod 9
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IIUC, that invitation was to you specifically, and not for general
distribution :-/
Ben, Bianca, how do you explain: a speech, *open to the public
/02/why-patent-system-doesnt-play
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Thanks, Ben. To be clear, the show is on Wednesday nights. I'll be on
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