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HLUG Special Event February 1st with Peter Salus

HLUG Special Event February 1st with Peter Salus - This Groklaw article discusses a meeting in Hamilton:
Peter Salus, Bob Young, owner of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Lulu.com digital publishing, founder of The Center for the Public Domain, and co-founder of Red Hat Software, and EFF's Policy Coordinator, Americas, Ren Bucholz will be the guests at the Hamilton Linux User Group on February 1st. The topic of the panel discussion will be Linux v. SCO and the relevant freedom issues and legalities.

By wmat at 2006-01-26 14:52 | read more | 2711 reads

5722 Votes

5722 Votes - Parkdale-High Park - 190/190 polls reporting

Peggy Nash - 20690
Sam Bulte - 18489

In 2004, Sam Bulte won Parkdale-High Park by 3521 votes. By shifting 5722 votes (more than any Toronto riding), I suspect that the copyright balance and fundraising issue played a role in the outcome.

While some will focus on the role of bloggers, the real story here (in addition to a strong NDP candidate and the national decline in Liberal support) is that Canadians, represented in this instance by the voters of Parkdale-High Park, sent a clear message that they are not comfortable with politicians who unapologetically trumpet their links to lobbyists, who promote one-sided copyright policies, and who denigrate those opposed to such views as zealots. [Michael Geist]

By wmat at 2006-01-24 09:40 | read more | 2533 reads

Election online chat: tell us what you think about the election.

Election online chat: tell us what you think about the election. - If anyone is wanting to chat about the election with fellow Digital Copyright activists, please join the channel #DigitalCopyrightCanada on irc.oftc.net.
If you know of other chat locations or BLOGS, or want to offer your thoughts about the election, please add a comment. (Note: For those who have posted off-topic comments elsewhere, I'll leave off-topic comments attached to this posting. I will only edit for legal issues or inappropriate language for a public website accessed by all ages).

By wmat at 2006-01-23 16:28 | FOSS in the News | read more | 2181 reads

Interview: Dru Lavigne, BSD Certification Group

Interview: Dru Lavigne, BSD Certification Group - The BSD Certification Group (BSDCG) is a non-profit organization established to create and maintain a global certification standard for system administration on BSD-based operating systems. After a year of work, the group behind the BSD Certification project plans to complete the process for the first certification (BSD Associate) in the first half of this year, with the first exam to be available by the second quarter. We interviewed Dru Lavigne, BSD advocate and creator of the initiative. [Newsforge]

By wmat at 2006-01-20 10:13 | Operating Systems | Interviews | About the Community | Education & Certification | read more | 3874 reads

Globe and Mail: Liberal MP's fundraiser causes controversy

Globe and Mail: Liberal MP's fundraiser causes controversy - This Globe and Mail article by Roma Luciw about Bulte's fundraiser tonight contains this gem:
"I will not be silenced by zealots like Michael Geist and political opportunists like Peggy Nash who are making something out of nothing," she said, adding that she believes Mr. Geist's comments are nearing the point of being defamatory.
"I am not going to sue him before the election but dammit, watch me after the election."

By wmat at 2006-01-20 10:12 | Other Canadian blogs | FOSS in the News | Patents & Copyrights | read more | 17208 reads

Kolab / Horde Workshop Report

Kolab / Horde Workshop Report - [Calgary Linux User Group]
The Kolab / Horde Workshop took place this past Saturday, and we all had a great time. We had 10 people come out, most with computers to setup on. We have a few pictures you can see in the Kolab / Horde Workshop gallery. As you can see, we had a couple new faces there, some past members, as well as some current members.

By wmat at 2006-01-17 21:43 | Server Applications | Calgary LUG | 2925 reads

A Web pioneer lays out the drawbacks of American-style copyright laws

A Web pioneer lays out the drawbacks of American-style copyright laws - Canadian science fiction author Cory Doctorow wrote an article in the Toronto Star which includes:
As well as being a writer, I'm a partner in a copyright-based business whose server is located in Toronto, not far from Bulte's riding. Boing Boing is the daily blog I co-edit; it gets about 1.7 million readers a day. We rely on copyright to protect our income, but we also need copyright to get out of the way when we quote, excerpt and include stills from other websites in the course of reporting on them.

By wmat at 2006-01-15 21:05 | Other Canadian blogs | Patents & Copyrights | read more | 2540 reads

ITAC Ontario creates portal for non-profits to source volunteer help

ITAC Ontario creates portal for non-profits to source volunteer help - Partnership Platform matches charities with socially-responsible vendors [ITBusiness.ca]

By wmat at 2006-01-13 16:09 | CLUE Projects | Buyers and Sellers | 62190 reads

Green Party election platform to include support for open source

Green Party election platform to include support for open source - Policy would mandate government to move away from proprietary software [ITBusiness.ca]

By wmat at 2006-01-10 00:35 | FOSS in the News | 3299 reads
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