Re: [ilugd] freedom pdf readers

2009-03-16 Thread Smruti
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:20 PM, Anupam Jain wrote: > > DjVu (http://djvu.sourceforge.net/), both the format and the viewer, > are under GNU GPL. And from what I've seen so far, it has a VERY high > quality to size ratio.. Seems like the open source community would be > better off investigating

Re: [ilugd] freedom pdf readers

2009-03-16 Thread Raj Mathur
On Tuesday 17 Mar 2009, Mayank wrote: > Can someone please explain it to me as to what is difference > between a document format being an Open Standard vs. a document > format licensed under GPL ? An open standard is one whose complete specification has been published. It helps (but is not e

Re: [ilugd] freedom pdf readers

2009-03-16 Thread Mayank
On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 5:54 PM, rakesh kumar wrote: > Hey its a great news that format & viewer both are under GNU GPL. > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:20 PM, Anupam Jain wrote: > > > DjVu (http://djvu.sourceforge.net/), both the format and the viewer, > > are under GNU GPL. > Hi, Can som

Re: [ilugd] ILUGD (society) as a funding umbrella for FOSS development

2009-03-16 Thread Gaurav Mishra
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 8:23 PM, Andrew Lynn wrote: > This is to seed discussion on a proposal to add a function to the ILUGD > society: That of a funding umbrella for community FOSS based development > > Background: (Personal opinion) > (1) The FOSS community is made up of a relatively large numb

[ilugd] Fwd: 'Indian Libre User Group'

2009-03-16 Thread Vikram Vincent
This may be of interest. -- Forwarded message -- From: ILUG Cochin (Indian Libre User Group) Date: 2009/3/16 Subject: 'Indian Libre User Group' To: Hello There, Its gives me great pleasure to announce that Indian Linux Users Group will now on be known as "Indian Libre User Gro