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FSA 19th of May — Brainstorming how Free Software Australia will broaden FLOSS adoption
by FSM Committee 05 May '22

05 May '22

Hi everyone, This month is very special as we’ll be looking more into details how Free Software Australia can reach its goals : broadening the adoption of FLOSS in Australia. It’s a brainstorming session for people interested in the future and development of FSA. We’ll discuss the mid and long term goals we want to reach as a group, the place of FSA in the Australian FLOSS society, its relationship to organisations, administrations and the general public, as well as what could be the different milestones of this journey. We’ll open the session with an inspirational presentation about Framasoft, who are the largest not-for-profit FLOSS organization worldwide. We will discuss its main actions and activities over the past decade and how it led to the creation of CHATONS — kittens in French — the Collective of Hosters Alternative, Transparent, Open, Neutral and Solidarity. We will also have a presentation about CHATONS to see what activities and initiatives they have started. The story of these two successful entities and their actions should provide us with plenty of grist for our mill. This will be a non-technical event and all are welcome to share their insights. Note the new starting time is a bit earlier than previous meetups. Details Thursday, 19th of May 2022, 7:00pm-8:30pm AEDT Join us at: https://venue.electronworkshop.com.au/r/freesoftwareaus Join the FSA mailing list to be notified of events: https://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software… Meeting Tips: Be sure to test your audio on the way in. Your mic will be muted when you join the room. Headsets are recommended to reduce any feedback. Code of Conduct: https://freesoftware.org.au/code-of-conduct

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FSA 21st Apr — PeerTube - Peer-to-peer video sharing for the people
by FSM Committee 04 Apr '22

04 Apr '22

Following on from last month's discussion and demonstration of Fed.Wiki we thought that we would explore another corner of the Fediverse,and so this month at Free Software Australia we'll be talking about Peertube. Along with discussing PeerTube itself we'll also explore how it benefits the Fediverse, the decentralised federation of social networks. Big words to speak about an alternative to Youtube that is growing in popularity in the Free/Libre and Open Source Software community, but PeerTube offers us the opportunity to take back control of our media sharing and consumption needs. We'll start the evening with a presentation about Peertube and the features of version 4.1 that was released almost a month ago. We'll have an overview of the new possibilities for instance administrators as well as for end users. After discussing how Peertube has a role to play in and beyond the Fediverse we'll open up the conversation for people to share video publishers, favorite channels and/or any videos they've come across and really liked in Peertube. This will be a non-technical event and all are welcome to share their favorite videos or just listen in. So join us for another discussion about the Fediverse at Free Software Australia. Details Thursday, 21st April 2022, 7:30pm-9:00pm AEDT Join us at: https://venue.electronworkshop.com.au/r/freesoftwareaus Join the FSA mailing list to be notified of events: https://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software… Meeting Tips: Be sure to test your audio on the way in. Your mic will be muted when you join the room. Headsets are recommended to reduce any feedback. Code of Conduct: https://freesoftware.org.au/code-of-conduct

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FSA Mar 17th — Federation and the Fediverse
by FSM Committee 10 Mar '22

10 Mar '22

Hi everyone, This month at Free Software Australia we're going to talk about Federation and the Fediverse. What is Federation, how it's used and what licences are used in federated projects. We'll also look at how software licensing influences federations and what projects have adopted. The Fediverse is a great example of a global network of independent servers communicating through common protocols to provide social networking and other services. We'll start the evening with an introduction to the concept of federation and a discussion about how software licences impact federated projects. We will then take a look at some example federations in the Free Software world. We'll end the night with a demonstration of the Fediverse in action. This will be a non-technical event and all are welcome. So join us for a discussion about Federation at Free Software Australia this month. Details: Thursday, 17th March 2022, 7:30pm-9:00pm AEDT Join us at: https://venue.electronworkshop.com.au/r/freesoftwareaus Join the FSA mailing list to be notified of events: https://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software… Meeting Tips: Be sure to test your audio on the way in. Your mic will be muted when you join the room. Headsets are recommended to reduce any feedback. Code of Conduct: https://freesoftware.org.au/code-of-conduct

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Re: [free-software-bris] Free-software-bris Digest, Vol 17, Issue 2
by Shivinder 18 Feb '22

18 Feb '22

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Hi, I have a question about the timings of these emails. I received this email on 18th of Feb 2012 at 11 am AEST. This email is an invitation to attend a virtual event on 17th of Feb 2012 AEDT. This is for the previous day! This has not happened for the first time. I suspect it to be some time zone issue. Please advise. Thanks. Regards, Shivinder Singh. ------- Original Message ------- On Friday, February 18th, 2022 at 11:00, <free-software-bris-request(a)lists.softwarefreedom.com.au> wrote: > Send Free-software-bris mailing list submissions to > > free-software-bris(a)lists.softwarefreedom.com.au > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > https://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software… > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > free-software-bris-request(a)lists.softwarefreedom.com.au > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > free-software-bris-owner(a)lists.softwarefreedom.com.au > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of Free-software-bris digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. FSA Feb 17th ? 30 years of Linux under GNU (Linux30 project > > launch) (FSM Committee) > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 06:14:22 +0000 > > From: FSM Committee committee(a)freesoftware.org.au > > To: "libreplanet-sydney(a)lists.softwarefreedom.com.au" > > libreplanet-sydney(a)lists.softwarefreedom.com.au, > > "free-software-bris(a)lists.softwarefreedom.com.au" > <free-software-bris(a)lists.softwarefreedom.com.au> > > > Subject: [free-software-bris] FSA Feb 17th ? 30 years of Linux under > > GNU (Linux30 project launch) > > Message-ID: > > 2ymyPA7X0fmty3SlBbrio1aYWXt1WDCDG8wK_Gt-sVRShRCXAczoAuCK65z-qnYREyghoLQztm3JeYYOb1XW89EDCcKoCiYVmD05Nq6LM1I=(a)freesoftware.org.au > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi Everyone, > > This month marks a pretty significant milestone in the history of the Gnu Public Licence (GPL): 30 years ago Linus Torvalds chose the GPL for the distribution of the recently created Linux kernel ? a decision which has had huge consequences for the further development of Free Software. > > We will start the night out discussing the linux30.org project and outlining the goals and resources we will be using. We will then discuss the timeline around the licensing of the Linux kernel with the Gnu Public Licence. We will then be having a panel-style discussion with some of Australia's linux veterans and members of the Australian FLOSS community. > > This will be a non-technical event and all are welcome. So join us for a discussion about Linux and the GPL at Free Software Australia this month. > > Details > > Thursday, 17th February 2022, 7:30pm-9:00pm AEDT > > Join us at: https://venue.electronworkshop.com.au/b/fsm-7fm-etn-vj8 > > Join the FSA mailing list to be notified of events: https://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software… > > Meeting Tips: > > Be sure to test your audio on the way in. Your mic will be muted when you join the room. > > Headsets are recommended to reduce any feedback. > > Code of Conduct: https://freesoftware.org.au/code-of-conduct > >

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FSA Feb 17th — 30 years of Linux under GNU (Linux30 project launch)
by FSM Committee 17 Feb '22

17 Feb '22

Hi Everyone, This month marks a pretty significant milestone in the history of the Gnu Public Licence (GPL): 30 years ago Linus Torvalds chose the GPL for the distribution of the recently created Linux kernel — a decision which has had huge consequences for the further development of Free Software. We will start the night out discussing the linux30.org project and outlining the goals and resources we will be using. We will then discuss the timeline around the licensing of the Linux kernel with the Gnu Public Licence. We will then be having a panel-style discussion with some of Australia's linux veterans and members of the Australian FLOSS community. This will be a non-technical event and all are welcome. So join us for a discussion about Linux and the GPL at Free Software Australia this month. Details Thursday, 17th February 2022, 7:30pm-9:00pm AEDT Join us at: https://venue.electronworkshop.com.au/b/fsm-7fm-etn-vj8 Join the FSA mailing list to be notified of events: https://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software… Meeting Tips: Be sure to test your audio on the way in. Your mic will be muted when you join the room. Headsets are recommended to reduce any feedback. Code of Conduct: https://freesoftware.org.au/code-of-conduct

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Free Software Australia event
by FSM Committee 10 Feb '22

10 Feb '22

Hi all, Just a quick note to everyone on the Brisbane mailing list that we will be posting our first Free Software Australia event soon and every one will be invited! We're excited to be kicking of Free Software Australia this year and we would love to see you there. ~~ Ben

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Reminder + details
by Mark Pavlichuk 02 Jul '20

02 Jul '20

Just a reminder for the 6:30pm gathering tonight... The address is as follows: Kebab Palace, Palmdale Shopping Centre, Shop 23, 2120 Logan Road, Upper Mount Gravatt The seating is first come first served... shouldn't be a problem, but worst case we can get takeout, and there are cafes close should we be impatient for a seat. I'll be wearing a vintage 2004 dark-green LinuxConf.au T-shirt complete with penguin, and my phone number is in my sig. It'll be good to have some decent food, and meet some new free software techs. See you there. -- Mark Pavlichuk m. 0409 124577

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pizza + wings?
by Mark Pavlichuk 30 Jun '20

30 Jun '20

Where can these pizza + wings be found, of which you speak? I haven't tried enough wings to go a good place from a bad one. I HAVE been to Kebab Palace which has nice chicken (though I can't remember wings)... They do delicious fired stone baked pizza, and lots of stuff over a charcoal grill, and their prices are pretty reasonable from what I remember (although they're a bit out of the way for at least one of us ie. Upper Mt Gravatt). -- Mark Pavlichuk

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Informal gathering?
by Mark Pavlichuk 26 Jun '20

26 Jun '20

Greetings... I'm another new mailing list member interested in some kind of gathering now that it seems the state is clear of covid-19 in the wild. Reading the messages since 2019 it seems although people were keen the groups leadership is inactive, so if anything is going to happen I suppose its up to us. :) Is anyone interested in an informal gathering over pizza? If so I guess we need a reasonably central location, and a time. I'm located on the South Side (in Coopers Plains, near the Griffith campus). Any night suits me, from tonight onwards over the next two or three weeks (though mid July I'll be out of town for a week). During the day on weekends also works. I'm a Linux and Free Software user and tech who has supported these technologies over the years... though not for a while unfortunately. Hope there are still people subscribed here. :) -- Mark Pavlichuk

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is this still alive?
by Stéphane Guillou 06 May '19

06 May '19

Hi there! Is anyone still using this mailing list? Wouldn't mind meeting like-minded people in Brisbane! Cheers -- Stéphane Guillou http://stragu.gitlab.io/ You can encrypt our communications by using OpenPGP. My public key 4E211060 is available on the keys.gnupg.net server. Other ways to interact with me are listed on my contact page: http://stragu.gitlab.io/contact/

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