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Re: [free-software-melb] [free-software-melb-announce] Jon Lawrence on Trans-Pacific Partnership, Thu 2014-07-17
by Ben Finney 18 Jul '14

18 Jul '14

On 14-Jul-2014, Adam Bolte wrote: > This coming Thursday the 17th is the next scheduled meet-up > for our Free Software discussion group. Meeting notes for the topics we discussed are now online at <URL:http://freesoftware.org.au/wiki/meetingNotes/20140717>. Thanks to everyone who attended. Please get in touch with the committee, or here on the discussion forum, with suggestions for guests and/or topics for future meetings. -- \ “Killing the creator was the traditional method of patent | `\ protection” —Terry Pratchett, _Small Gods_ | _o__) | Ben Finney <ben(a)benfinney.id.au>

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Re: [free-software-melb] [free-software-melb-announce] Jon Lawrence on Trans-Pacific Partnership, Thu 2014-07-17
by Ben Finney 17 Jul '14

17 Jul '14

Howdy all, Jon Lawrence has sent his apologies, he is unwell and not able to make it to our Free Software Melbourne meeting tonight. We will have a discussion about the Trans-Pacific Partnership; hope you've all done your homework :-) -- \ “I cannot conceive that anybody will require multiplications at | `\ the rate of 40,000 or even 4,000 per hour …” —F. H. Wales, 1936 | _o__) | Ben Finney

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The Trans-Pacific Partnership and “Free Trade”
by Ben Finney 15 Jul '14

15 Jul '14

Howdy all, Here's some reading material, in the form of a cartoon by Mike Goodwin <URL:http://economixcomix.com/home/tpp/>. It is a lay explanation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, in particular how it will (reportedly) affect international trade and how “free trade” is the dogma that is used to bully legislators and the public affected by these closed-room deals. The explanation is helpful and uses Australia's current trade laws, and the predicted changes demanded by the TPP, as an example of how this deal is bad for member nations. Hope you find this useful in preparing some points for discussion with Jon Lawrence at our Free Software Melbourne meeting this Thursday. -- \ “When I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked if I | `\ had any firearms with me. I said, ‘Well, what do you need?’” | _o__) —Steven Wright | Ben Finney

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Sawmill software
by Andrew Spiers 10 Jul '14

10 Jul '14

http://www.sawmill.net/formats/unix_syslog.html "Sawmill is a Open Source Unix Syslog log analyzer (it also supports the 997 other log formats listed to the left). " Does that mean the sawmill software is open source? Apparently not. Does anyone have any recommendations for one, other than logstash? I'm after something a little more lightweight.

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Campaign to stop the TPP
by Adam Bolte 04 Jul '14

04 Jul '14

I just received a couple of urgent messages in my inbox related to the TPP, bringing the following to my attention: https://action.sumofus.org/a/tpp-ottawa-donate/2/3/?akid=6001.831468.-puyXE… "We were planning to be there in Vancouver and welcome them with a massive protest... we’ve just heard that TPP organizers are moving the secret talks to Ottawa -- a five hour flight away -- right at the last minute." It's disgraceful. After looking (and perhaps donating) at the above sumofus.org page, it may be worth adding your comments here if you have not already: https://openmedia.org/facetoface?src=blg -Adam

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