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[Office-commits] r10042 - trunk/free-software-supporter/2009


From: sysadmin
Subject: [Office-commits] r10042 - trunk/free-software-supporter/2009
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:22:55 -0400

Author: www-data
Date: Wed Oct  7 14:22:55 2009
New Revision: 10042

Log:
web commit by holmes

Modified:
   trunk/free-software-supporter/2009/october.mdwn

Modified: trunk/free-software-supporter/2009/october.mdwn
==============================================================================
--- trunk/free-software-supporter/2009/october.mdwn     Wed Oct  7 14:13:45 
2009        (r10041)
+++ trunk/free-software-supporter/2009/october.mdwn     Wed Oct  7 14:22:55 
2009        (r10042)
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
 Miss an issue? You can catch up on back issues at
 <http://www.fsf.org/free-software-supporter>.
 
-Multilingual? Send translations of the Supporter to <address@hidden>.
+Multilingual? Send translations of the Supporter to 
+<address@hidden>.
 
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@
 * Xander Vedejas is the GNU Generation member of the month!
 * Lest CodePlex perplex
 * Submit your nominations for the 2009 Free Software Awards
-* Sugar Labs and FSF joint efforts promote children's learning platform
+* Sugar Labs and FSF join efforts promote children's learning platform
 * FSF files brief in Supreme Court case to eliminate software patents
 * GNU spotlight with Karl Berry
 * Richard Stallman's speaking schedule and other FSF events
@@ -39,10 +40,10 @@
 
 The Free Software Foundation will begin rewarding those who find and
 report any nonfree components in free software operating system
-distributions with public recognition and “GNU Bucks.” Those qualifying 
-for the award will receive a “GNU Buck” bank note, in the amount of pi 
-and signed by Free Software Foundation president and “Chief GNUisance” 
-Richard Stallman.
+distributions with public recognition and "GNU Bucks." Those
+qualifying for the award will receive a "GNU Buck" bank note, in the 
+amount of pi and signed by Free Software Foundation president and 
+"Chief GNUisance" Richard Stallman.
 
   * <http://www.fsf.org/news/gnu-bucks>
 
@@ -74,11 +75,11 @@
 ## Women in Free Software Summit: One giant step for free software 
 womankind!
 
-Just a month ago we announced our intent to hold a summit to talk about 
-the very important issue of increasing women's participation in free 
-software.  The mini-summit was also a kick-off for us here at the FSF 
-to start building a campaign program that brings more women into the 
-community.
+Just a month ago we announced our intent to hold a summit to talk 
+about the very important issue of increasing women's participation in 
+free software.  The mini-summit was also a kick-off for us here at the 
+FSF to start building a campaign program that brings more women into 
+the community.
 
   * <http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/minisummitnotes>
 
@@ -92,9 +93,9 @@
 
 ## Xander Vedejas is the GNU Generation member of the month! 
 
-Xander has primarily been working on Valix, a new operating system with 
-a simple and integrated approach. Working in assembler and C, he has 
-begun creating an operating system that already has an integrated 
+Xander has primarily been working on Valix, a new operating system 
+with a simple and integrated approach. Working in assembler and C, he 
+has begun creating an operating system that already has an integrated 
 graphics system and a programming language in the works.
 
   * <http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/gg-sep2009>
@@ -112,8 +113,8 @@
 
 Nominations are requested by 31 October 2009.
 
-The Free Software Foundation Award for the Advancement of Free Software 
-is presented annually by FSF president Richard Stallman to an 
+The Free Software Foundation Award for the Advancement of Free 
+Software is presented annually by FSF president Richard Stallman to an 
 individual who has made a great contribution to the progress and 
 development of free software, through activities that accord with the 
 spirit of free software.
@@ -123,10 +124,10 @@
 ## Sugar Labs and FSF announce joint efforts to promote learning 
 platform for children
 
-The FSF has upgraded its hosting services support of Sugar Labs to keep 
-pace with its growth. As part of the ongoing relationship, Bernardo 
-Innocenti, a member of the Sugar Labs Oversight Board, is working at 
-the FSF offices.
+The FSF has upgraded its hosting services support of Sugar Labs to 
+keep pace with its growth. As part of the ongoing relationship, 
+Bernardo Innocenti, a member of the Sugar Labs Oversight Board, is 
+working at the FSF offices.
 
   * <http://www.fsf.org/news/sugar-labs>
 
@@ -135,10 +136,10 @@
 
 The Free Software Foundation submitted an amicus curiae brief calling 
 on the Supreme Court to affirm that software ideas are not patentable. 
-After outlining the positive impact that the free software movement and 
-the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL) have had on computer use, the 
-brief explains how software patents are an obstacle and a danger to 
-software developers.
+After outlining the positive impact that the free software movement 
+and the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL) have had on computer use, 
+the brief explains how software patents are an obstacle and a danger 
+to software developers.
 
   * <http://www.fsf.org/news/bilski-supreme-court-brief>
 
@@ -156,13 +157,14 @@
 zile-2.3.12
 
 I'd like to specially note the first new release of gzip (the
-longstanding GNU compression package) in many years.  Thanks to the new
-co-maintainer, Jim Meyering, for reviving this.  And thanks also to Jim
-for actively maintaining GNU coreutils and other fundamental GNU
-packages for many years.
-
-To get announcements of most new GNU packages, subscribe to the info-gnu
-mailing list: <http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnu>.  Nearly
+longstanding GNU compression package) in many years.  Thanks to the 
+new co-maintainer, Jim Meyering, for reviving this.  And thanks also 
+to Jim for actively maintaining GNU coreutils and other fundamental 
+GNU packages for many years.
+
+To get announcements of most new GNU packages, subscribe to the 
+info-gnu mailing list: 
+<http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnu>.  Nearly
 all GNU software is available from <http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/>, or
 preferably one of its mirrors (<http://www.gnu.org/prep/ftp.html>).
 
@@ -172,10 +174,10 @@
 semiconductor design.
 
 Several GNU packages are looking for maintainers and other assistance.
-Please see <http://www.gnu.org/server/takeaction.html#unmaint> if you'd
-like to help.  The general page on how to help GNU is at
-<http://www.gnu.org/help/help.html>.  To submit new packages to GNU, see
-<http://www.gnu.org/help/evaluation.html>.
+Please see <http://www.gnu.org/server/takeaction.html#unmaint> if 
+you'd like to help.  The general page on how to help GNU is at
+<http://www.gnu.org/help/help.html>.  To submit new packages to GNU, 
+see <http://www.gnu.org/help/evaluation.html>.
 
 As always, please feel free to write to me, <address@hidden>, with any
 GNUish questions or suggestions for future installments.
@@ -184,16 +186,17 @@
 
 * 2009-10-08 | The Danger of Software Patents -- Wellington, New 
 Zealand - Victoria University of Wellington, RHLT 2, in the Rutherford 
-House on the Pipitea Campus. Richard Stallman will explain how software 
-patents obstruct software development.
+House on the Pipitea Campus. Richard Stallman will explain how 
+software  patents obstruct software development.
 
     * <http://www.fsf.org/events/20091008wellington>
 
-* 2009-10-09 | A Free Digital Society -- Wellington, New Zealand - HULT 
-220, Hunter Building, Kelburn Parade. Richard Stallman speech. To make 
-a digital society worthy of being included in, we must overcome six 
-menaces to freedom: surveillance, censorship, restricted data formats, 
-proprietary software, software as a service, and the War on Sharing.
+* 2009-10-09 | A Free Digital Society -- Wellington, New Zealand - 
+HULT 220, Hunter Building, Kelburn Parade. Richard Stallman speech. 
+To make a digital society worthy of being included in, we must
+overcome six menaces to freedom: surveillance, censorship, restricted 
+data formats, proprietary software, software as a service, and the War
+ on Sharing.
 
     * <http://www.fsf.org/events/20091009wellington>
 
@@ -213,14 +216,14 @@
 
     * <http://www.fsf.org/events/20091025kualalumpur>
 
-* 2009-10-28 | The Free (Bebas) Software Movement -- Jakarta, Indonesia 
-- BPPT Building II, M.H. Thamrin Street. Richard Stallman, founder of 
-the free software movement (gerakan perangkat lunak bebas) and leader 
-of development of the GNU operating system (with which the kernel Linux 
-is typically used) will give a speech to explain the ethical and 
-political ideas of free software, which differ from the ideas of open 
-source, and explain how GNU was developed to realize these ethical 
-goals. Registration is required.
+* 2009-10-28 | The Free (Bebas) Software Movement -- Jakarta, 
+Indonesia - BPPT Building II, M.H. Thamrin Street. Richard Stallman, 
+founder of the free software movement (gerakan perangkat lunak bebas) 
+and leader of development of the GNU operating system (with which the 
+kernel Linux is typically used) will give a speech to explain the 
+ethical and political ideas of free software, which differ from the 
+ideas of open source, and explain how GNU was developed to realize 
+these ethical goals. Registration is required.
 
     * <http://www.fsf.org/events/20091028jakarta>
 
@@ -246,8 +249,8 @@
 
 Copyright © 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
-This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative
-Works 3.0 United States License. To view a copy of this license, visit
-<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/us/> or send a letter to
-Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California,
-94105, USA.
+This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-No 
+Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. To view a copy of this 
+license, visit <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/us/> or 
+send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San 
+Francisco, California, 94105, USA.




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