[free-software-melb] Choice to inform public about graduated response policy.

It's not quite the TPP/FTA scale, but it's the internet, it's piracy, it's the vibe. Surprised to see Choice getting involved. Original (cruft removed) Message Yesterday, reports that the federal government is looking at so-called graduated response policies were confirmed.

[free-software-melb] Nomination for committee

Hi all, Just announcing my intention to run for the position of Secretary in the committee elections coming up this month. FSM is a very unique group with a great open discussion format, interesting topics and passionate members. I'm looking forward to helping support the group going forwards.

[free-software-melb] Updated letter to Mozilla for Day Against DRM

Hi all, Thanks for the feedback for our Day Against DRM letter to Mozilla. I have made a new revision based on that and have posted it to the wiki. There's still about a week to go so any further feedback or refinements welcome. http://freesoftware.org.au/wiki/advocacy/LetterToMozilla Ben M

[free-software-melb] Letter to Mozilla

to jump ship (maybe next time we could word it a bit better in that respect). We want to see the best in our friends. Unfortunately I just couldn't seamlessly integrate walk with the Devil no matter how hard I tried. Thanks again to all, Ben M ___ Free

[free-software-melb] An open letter to Mozilla regarding EME in FireFox

May 6, 2015 To Andreas Gal, We are a group of Free Software advocates from Melbourne Australia and supporters of the Mozilla Foundation and its goals. While we would usually hold Mozilla in high esteem, on this International Day Against DRM we feel compelled to join the FSF and Defective By

[free-software-melb] Gnews

toasty all, Ben M. ___ Free-software-melb mailing list Free-software-melb@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb Free Software Melbourne home page: http://www.freesoftware.asn.au

[free-software-melb] GovHack Info

Hi all, You can catch Alisha and Jordan on Twitter if you want to get involved in govhack: @AlishaRyansT and @mrjwo or just register as a participant here: http://www.govhack.org/register-2015/ Cheers, Ben M. ___ Free-software-melb mailing list Free

[free-software-melb] Free Software Melbourne 16/06/2016 - DRM and you

Free Software Melbourne - Meetup 16th June 2016 What’s that sound? That’s the next free software meeting coming down the tracks. If you are watching Netflix, grabbing the latest audio book from Audible or just streaming the next big smash flop on Pandora… DON'T DO THAT! If you do then you are

[free-software-melb] City of Casey final draft

t) Thanks to everyone who chipped in research, suggested alternatives, examples and words in general :D ~~ Ben M. ___ Free-software-melb mailing list Free-software-melb@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/lis

Re: [free-software-melb] Free-software-melb Digest, Vol 66, Issue 7

y is presented and speak to the general benefits of open source solutions we mention in the submission that would be great. I'll include most of the email below as there is also a call for potential vendors, perhaps people here will know open source vendors to encourage to get in touch with them. ~~ B

[free-software-melb] FSM Working group

our heads together and put together a plan of action for the group. So come along or send me any suggestions for the group if you won't be able to make the 4th ~~ Ben M ___ Free-software-melb mailing list Free-software-melb@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au

[free-software-melb] FSM 18/08/16: Democracy the open source way and more Gnews than you can statistically sample

Free Software Meeting Announcement: August 18th 2016 What does the Australian democratic system have in common with Eurovision? No. It's not the wigs and over the top singing... No not the ongoing controversies and backstabbing... It's the backroom dealings over the voting, that and Paul

Re: [free-software-melb] Free-software-melb Digest, Vol 67, Issue 6

aspora: puzzled...@joindiaspora.com and Pump.io: puzzled...@urmf.net Although now I've got to go update the old profiles! ~~ Ben M ___ Free-software-melb mailing list Free-software-melb@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au http://lists.softwarefreedom.

[free-software-melb] FSM casual dinner with Deb Nicholson

turmfields at the emails provided below: Ben S <b...@stumbles.id.au> Ben M <puzzled...@gmail.com> ___ Free-software-melb mailing list Free-software-melb@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fre

[free-software-melb] FSM August presentation and links

details to follow ~~ Ben M ___ Free-software-melb mailing list Free-software-melb@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb Free Software Melbourne home page: http

[free-software-melb] FSM Working Group ... lets try to do it Riot this time

Hey there Libre-tarians This month the Free Software Working Group kicks back into action for 2017 and unfortunatly we find ourselves without a home base for the Working Group meetings... but never fear it's FREE SOFTWARE to the rescue! Damien Zammit has kindly set us up a Matrix/Riot room on a

[free-software-melb] SFD Flyer

microblogs with #SFD and #FreeSoftwareMelbourne if you do that sort of thing :D See you all there ~~ Ben M ___ Free-software-melb mailing list Free-software-melb@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo

[free-software-melb] FSM Working Group September

https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4271393497 See you there, ~~ Ben M. ___ Free-software-melb mailing list Free-software-melb@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb Free Software

[free-software-melb] Software Freedom Day talks and links

the FOSS be with you ~~ Ben M ___ Free-software-melb mailing list Free-software-melb@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb Free Software Melbourne home page: http

[free-software-melb] 6/10/2016 FSM Working Group: Open Government Partnership Submission

Hi everyone \o/ Our next FSM Working Group evening is coming up this Thursday the 6th of October, from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at TeamSquare (level 1/520 Bourke st, Melbourne) This month we have the perfect opportunity to contribute to the Open Government Partnership as the following day they will be

[free-software-melb] FSM Working Group meeting 6:00pm ~ 8:00pm on the 3rd November

snacks, soft drinks and coffee will be in abundance https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4271393497 ~~ Ben M ___ Free-software-melb mailing list Free-software-melb@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo

[free-software-melb] Free Software December Dinner

Hello Freedom Lovers, The year is winding up and so is Free Software Melbourne for 2016. So come along for our last meetup of the year and enjoy an evening celebrating the Free Software Successes of 2016 and ring in a new year of Open Source and Federated Systems Join us at the imperial hotel on

[free-software-melb] FSM April 20th - FSM Elections, AMD Open Hardware submission and the Gnews

Hey there FLOSS fighters, It's time for our annual elections for the Free Software Melbourne Committee, so now is your chance to have your say in the running of the group. If you're interested in running then bring your enthusiasm and a short pitch about why you like Free Software and why you

[free-software-melb] Incorrect date

Hi all, Just realized the title of the last email was wrong and the meetup is on the 16th of March, not the 17th as indicated Sorry for any confusion ~~ Ben M ___ Free-software-melb mailing list Free-software-melb@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au http

[free-software-melb] FSM Working group hacking hackathon licensing

Hey there Freedom Hackers Another virtual meetup on the Riot channel for the working group this month, seemed to work well last month just using text and maybe we could jump on mumble if we need to chat As it's coming up on hackathon season, this month at the Working group we're going to have a

[free-software-melb] July FSM Meetup Slides

Hey folks, There was some interest in the slides from our talk on "What is Free Software and Why is it important?" last month and luckily for us our speaker has kindly shared the slides from the presentation along with a gentle warning that they are still a work in progress:

[free-software-melb] FSM Jul 20th - What is Free Software and Why is it Important

Greetings freedom lovers, it is that time of the month again where we get together to discuss all things digital freedom. What you love and what you worry about, all views are welcome. This month it to be started with a small talk following by discussion of the topic; “What is Free Software and

[free-software-melb] An open letter to AMD on the importance of "putting people first" from Free Software Melbourne

Free Software Melbourne is an organization of free software users and advocates. We share the values of the Free Software Foundation, the GNU project and LibrePlanet and we represent the Australian network of free software users and developers. Part of

[free-software-melb] Slides from meetup

Hi all, Slides from the presentation on Thursday are up: https://free-software-melbourne.github.io/Gnews-2017-August/ I'll beat the drum again about the "Amend the data retention laws" campaign by "Citizens Not Suspects" in light of breaking news about the abuse of metadata:

[free-software-melb] FSM May 18th - FSM Committee Functions and Behind the Gnews

Hey Freedom Supporters, This month at Free Software Melbourne I'll be taking us through a guided tour of the FSM committee and what it takes to organise and run our events every month. First up we'll take a look at the resources and tools available to us including the wiki materials, website,

[free-software-melb] Presentation Slides and Pamphlet

; pamphlet online:http://puzzleduck.org//FSM/2017/hackathon-pamphlet.odt ... I'd be interested to hear any feedback or see some mashups and alternatives ... like making custom versions for different audiences like universities or business Have a great weekend

[free-software-melb] Fair Copyright Oz

Hi all, Just wanted to bring some attention to the Fair Copyright Oz campaign currently being run by EFA / Wikipedia... I think it'd be great if we all got behind it and participated: https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/FairCopyrightOz ~~ Ben M ___ Free

[free-software-melb] FSM Sept 16th - Software Freedom Day 2017!

It's that time of the year where we celebrate our freedoms in technology and raise a ruckus about all the freedoms that have been eroded away. The time of the year we look at how we might keep our increasingly digital lives under our our own control and prevent prying eyes from seeing things they

[free-software-melb] FSM 16th Nov - Free Software Show and Tell

Hi Software Freedom Lovers It's November! and that's the time of the year when we look back and think about the Free Software that has improved our lives and given us all so much joy thorough the year. So join us this Thursday at Electron Workshop for our "Free Software Show and Tell" where we'll

[free-software-melb] Open Source event in Moreland and More!

Hi all, There is a fantastic looking event coming up in Moreland on Thursday the 2nd of November at 8pm: http://www.moreland.vic.gov.au/libraries/library-events-and-activities/readmore-project/-Margaret-Gordon-discusses-open-source-and-collaborative-platforms-/ ... Margaret Gordon was the