PL
compatible).
[0] - High Performance Computing
[1] - http://wiki.bg.anl-external.org/index.php/Cnk
[2] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Public_License
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Hi all,
Sadly I can't make it this month as
it clashes with a dinner my wife and I
run out here.
Shame really as this rumoured mandating
of the ECMA version of OOXML would have
been a good topic..
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> Hi all,
>
> Sadly I can't make it this month as
> it clashes with a dinner my wife and I
> run out here.
Ignore that, off by 1 (week) error in my calendar.. ;-)
Hopefully should see people there!
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US #TPP proposal leak - get the full text here:
http://keionline.org/sites/default/files/tpp-10feb2011-us-text-ipr-chapter.pdf
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one to use.
It would be good to approach OSIA to see if any work has been done on this
previously.
> - Chris to contact Con Zymaris about Open Source Victoria (are they
> still active?)
Ben's pointed out that OSV has been absorbed into OSIA, so I
suspect this is now irrelevant.
ch
Hi all,
On 14/06/11 14:06, Ben Sturmfels wrote:
> Sorry, make that 16 June.
Sorry, but I'm still recuperating from my recent lengthy
hospital stay so I won't be able to make it. :-(
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;s),
just be warned they're cash only..
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demoing it booting into Debian
and running LXDE.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KnJc7eImQ4
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On Fri, 9 Sep 2011 01:30:07 PM Ben Sturmfels wrote:
> We had a great turnout to last month's Free Software Discussion
> Group! I'm looking forward to seeing you again next Thursday.
I'm an apology for this due to family health issues, have fun!
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# A system that ships with only OEM and Microsoft keys will
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like VG Computing in Melbourne or ZAReason in the US.
> On another note, what have the white boxes or build it yourself?
For other systems - it depends if it's Windows 8 logo certified or
not. For build it your own you'
On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 07:00:56 PM Dennis K wrote:
> Focusing on usability
Umm, this wasn't about usability, this was about Microsoft working
to prevent booting of anything other than Windows 8 on new consumer
PC's.
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> 2. The state of free software social networking including
>Identica and Diaspora. (discussion)
A sad bit of news regarding Diaspora..
http://theconversation.edu.au/diaspora-co-founder-dead-at-22-4279
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I would also suggest people look at the Ada Initiative (set up last year
by Mary Gardiner and Val Aurora), who tomorrow are running events in
Melbourne.
http://adainitiative.org/what-we-do/events/adacamp-mel-2012/
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Nice to see all sides being covered by The Conversation.
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On 28/02/12 08:25, Ben Sturmfels wrote:
> We *really* need your help to get people along to this event. Time is
> very short.
Blogged (and hence also now on Twitter and will hit planet.linux.org.au
when it next updates).
Will send it around the locals here at work.
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On 21/03/12 01:15, Russell Shaw wrote:
> How about the Spark tablet?
Now called Vivaldi..
http://aseigo.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/spark-becomes-vivaldi.html
Their website is:
http://makeplaylive.com/
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https://twitter.com/#!/zareason/status/178287053665091584/photo/1
It's codenamed "Huzzah". :-)
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is includes when Mozilla approached them to ask about the lack of WebM
progress (which seems to have died at Google), see here:
https://lwn.net/Articles/487510/
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Description: This is a digitally signed mes
ked boot loader. I
would presume it doesn't ship with the Google Apps as they're not open.
I've asked via Twitter if they plan on having F-Droid installed by default.
Timely given the interest in free software Android devices!
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On 26/04/12 11:53, Ben Finney wrote:
> Chris Samuel writes:
>
> Chris, are you ordering one? I get annoyed with online stores that
> insist I create an account in order merely to buy something, and
> ZaReason appears to be yet another one of those.
No, only interested in a netboo
On 26/04/12 13:16, Chris Samuel wrote:
> As I wrote in the blog, they're working with the Software Freedom
> Conservancy is "pure" (to use their words).
Hmm, missed some words there, let's try that again..
As I wrote in the blog, they're working with the Software
On 26/04/12 12:58, Tim Cuthbertson wrote:
> Unless I'm missing something, that still seems to back up Matt's statement.
Er, I was replying to Russell..
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> Yes, they have said to me that they chose the Allwinner A10 because it
> was the most open SoC they could find. I am not clear about the GPU
> driver
Asked via Twitter, their response was:
https://twitter.com/#!/ZaReasonNZ/status/195359671
;t hang around after the meeting I'm afraid, but happy to meet
people beforehand for a bite to eat. I think Big Mama's (the Korean
restaurant) around the corner is open around 5pm - any takers ?
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FYI..
http://blog.patentology.com.au/2012/05/bickering-about-software-patents-misses.html
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uter will only run software
# you trust. Freedom means being allowed to run the software you want
# to run, but it also means being able to choose the software you
# don't want to run.
Interesting times!
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t round the corner (Big
Mama's) shortly after 5pm.
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the line in the sand for some
# older machines rather than invest the resources into updating the
# drivers for these older GPUs.
So some people will find that they won't be able to upgrade their
Mac's to the new MacOSX and so may wish to experiment with alternatives
rather than stick to
e OS (whatever that may be), and we will tell others that we
don't think buying such systems is a good idea. I think that's fairly
reasonable.
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rivers calling in when outside the central part of the system.
There's a new radio system going/gone in to fix that though.
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On 20/07/12 16:26, Chris Samuel wrote:
> That petition code is broken at the moment.. :-(
>
> # Sorry. A non-recoverable error has occurred. [...]
>
> Will report to their webmaster.
Got a response overnight on this:
# Thanks for letting us know about the problem -- it's a
l
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/08/negotiations-2014-wipo-broadcasting-treaty-are-back
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On 20/08/12 08:58, Adam Bolte wrote:
> I wonder if there are other competitions people in our free
> software group would be interested competing in?
Archery?
Hey, nobody mentioned it had to be a computer competition.. :-)
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Chris (No, I've not had coffee this morning. Yet.)
9:52:13 eris kernel: [ 15.411190] microcode: CPU1 updated to revision
0xa0b, date = 2010-09-28
I guess it's a grey area, they work without that, but may not
work as well..
Some useful background:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Microcode
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killing themselves due to bugs) but they don't require the driver to
load the firmware to work.
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Those microcode updates are (apparently) usually applied via BIOS
updates for proprietary operating systems.
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to come in for it.
I'll be eating before the meeting so if anyone fancies meeting at Big
Mama's Korean Restaurant around the corner from VPAC on Swanston Street
at about 5:15pm (Metro Trains permitting) they'd be more than welcome.
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n isn't actually any good. The same
# problem will occur with this. I would take bets the GLES
# implementation sucks, because they all do, but the whole point of
# open sourcing something is to allow other to improve it something
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So promising words, but not a firm commitment from the look of it.
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Hi folks,
Interesting article on the Selfstarter fundraising software project
which also touches on the Mediagoblin fundraising drive.
https://lwn.net/Articles/522142/
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On 14/01/13 13:36, Ben Sturmfels wrote:
Hi Folks,
This Thursday we're holding our Free Software Melbourne barbeque.
Everyone is welcome, especially if you haven't been along before.
Sorry folks, working from home today so I won't be able to make it tonight.
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I could use for games!).
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Hi Ben,
On 19/03/13 15:46, Ben Sturmfels wrote:
I had an amazing experience this week; a video call using free software
that worked beautifully.
Jitsi by some chance?
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r both video and for desktop
sharing) is:
Error: Remote party sent an invalid Jingle answer.
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On 20/03/13 10:56, Adam Bolte wrote:
> That's a pretty old version of Pidgin though. According to the Pidgin
> FullChangeLog, 2.7.9 was released late 2010.
Yeah, but he's stuck with RHEL6 as part of his employers SOE. :-/
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On 20/03/13 11:45, Adam Bolte wrote:
> Sounds painful. He doesn't have a compiler? :)
I suspect the rules on what they are allowed to do w.r.t software are
pretty restrictive.
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On 19/03/13 15:46, Ben Sturmfels wrote:
> Join us for all that and more free software chatter.
I'm planning to meet Brian for Korean at Big Mama's around the corner at
5pm if anyone is interested..
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On 16/04/13 17:56, Ben Sturmfels wrote:
> Our monthly discussion group is on this Thursday 18 April. Look
> forward to seeing you there!
I'm not going to be able to make it I'm afraid, too exhausted due to
work and renovations.. :-(
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many late nights..
Something to talk about though, Oracle have demonstrate the danger of
copyright assignments - they have silently relicensed the MySQL manual
pages to a non-free license (from the GPL).
https://lwn.net/Articles/555278/
Another reason for people and distros to move to MariaDB.
cheers!
On 20/06/13 16:09, Andrew Pam wrote:
> You saw that this was just a build error and MariaDB did not report it
> to Oracle before publicising it?
Nope, not come across that, phew! Thanks..
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> Though in an early stage it's a great idea with huge potential.
> http://www.reactos.org/
Wow, I came across that 11 years ago!
http://www.csamuel.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1067
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