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Free Software Free Society
Conference on Freedom in Computing, Development and Culture

Speaker	Events
Adam Arvidsson	Ethical economy
Alan Story	Talk by CopySouth
Anand Babu Periasamy	GlusterFS – GNU Cluster File System
Anil Nair	Free Software for Free Media
Aslam Raffee.	Free Software and Global South
Binod P.G	Building and hosting your own communication server with Java EE and SailFin
Carolina Botero	Talk by CopySouth
Cheekay Cinco	FOSS and gender
Dr. Prabhu Ramachandran	Python and Mayavi
Dr. V Sasi Kumar	Open Access
Eben Moglen	Keynote By Eben Moglen Software Patents
Fatima Lasay	Talk by CopySouth
Frank Jennings	Java, Netbeans & OpenSolaris – Innovations, latest features and Opportunities
G Nagarjuna	Open Access Collaborative Innovation
Govt Agency Representatives	Free Software in E-Governance
Harshad Oak	Dive Into Grails
Jacob John (Dilip)	Development as Freedom – Free software partner in struggle for development
Jacob Royal	Java, Netbeans & OpenSolaris – Innovations, latest features and Opportunities
Jaisen Nedumpala	FOSS in Agriculture and Fisheries
Jimmy Wales	Keynote By Jimmy Wales Malayalam Wikipedia – Way forward
Joost Smiers	Talk by CopySouth
Kishore Kumar	RIA and Java FX
Marco Ciurcina	Software Patents
Mayuresh Nirhali	MySQL : The most popular open source database : Technical Overview An introduction to OpenSolaris
Michel Bauwens	Network Civilization
Mishi Chowdary	Software Patents
Neville Roy Singham	Keynote By Neville Roy Singham
NIIBE Yukta	Embedded System development in GNU/Linux
Paritosh Pungaliya	Applying India to Free Software
Prof. Rajanish Das	Free Software Education & Research
Radhakrishnan T	FOSS in Agriculture and Fisheries
Rahul De	Free Software and Global South Free Software Education & Research
Raji P. R	FOSS and gender
Raj Mohan	maSh
RedHat Representative	JBoss
Richard Matthew Stallman	Inaugural Session
Rishabh Ghosh	Free Software and Global South Free Software Education & Research
Roberto Verzola	Talk by CopySouth Talk by CopySouth
Satish Babu	Android
Senthil Prabhu	OpenESB – An Overview
Srihari Srinivasan	Beautiful Code with Ruby and Rails
Stefan Merten	Free Software, Free Society
Subbiah Arunachalam	Open Access
Sunando Banerjee	Open Bravo – The Way to go
Sunil Abraham	Just Copy! Copy Culture
Surendran	Trends in high-performance database systems
Venkitesh Hariharan	Software Patents Collaborative Innovation
Vihang Pathak	OpenPortal – Project WebSynergy

Free Software Free Society
Conference on Freedom in Computing, Development and Culture

• Day One (2008-09-12)
• Day Two (2008-10-12)
• Day Three (2008-11-12)
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http://anivar.movingrepublic.org/2008/national-free-software-conference-boycott-novell-turn-outs

http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/SMC/StatementOnNCFS2008Kochi

http://aswinatgec.wordpress.com/2008/11/16/boycott-novell-boycotted-from-free-software-conference/
http://njaan.wordpress.com/2008/11/16/free-software-conference-at-cusat/
http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com/2008/11/boycott-novell-protesters-man-handled.html

http://mm.gnu.org.in/pipermail/fsf-friends/2008-November/005695.html

http://mm.gnu.org.in/pipermail/fsf-friends/2008-November/005700.html

Linux and GNU

http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html

GNU History

http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-history.html

Why schools should exclusively use free software

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/schools.html

Selling Free Software

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html

Why Software Should Not Have Owners

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-free.html

Over Coming Social Inertia

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/social-inertia.html

Free Software Movement

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-intro.html

Why “Open Source” misses the point of Free Software

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html

Why Copyleft?

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-copyleft.html

Copyleft: Pragmatic Idealism

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/pragmatic.html

Is Microsoft the Great Satan?

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/microsoft.html

Ajaykumar - KSEB , Prof. K. Pappootty (Director of the State Institute of Encyclopaedic Publications), Mr. Joseph C Mathew (IT advisor to Kerala Chief Minister )

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Balram navigates cyberspace like any other net surfer. The visually-challenged youngster, however, uses a different set of tools to scan online newspapers and browse e-mail messages.

Mr. Balram has reason to become a die-hard advocate of free software. Addressing a function organised here on Saturday as part of the ‘Software Freedom Day,’ he explained how packages like Ubuntu and ORCA had enabled him to overcome his physical constraints and explore the cyberworld like any other youth.

The programme was organised by the GNU/ Linux Users Group, Thiruvananthapuram, Free Software Foundation of India and Society for Promotion of Alternative Computing and Employment (SPACE).

Addressing a seminar held in connection with the event, noted campaigners for free software activists spoke on the applications available for various user groups and their advantages.

Representatives of the Kerala State Electricity Board, Kerala Khadi and Village Industries Board and the State Institute of Encyclopaedic Publications spoke on how the adoption of free software had changed the functioning of their offices over the last one year. Institute director K.Pappootty explained how patent and copyright laws had led to the privatisation and monopolisation of knowledgeIT adviser to the government Joseph Mathew said the proposed International Centre for Free and Open Source Software in Kerala would harness free software for the development of technology in various sectors.

The event also included the screening of two films, Elephant Dreams and Big Buck Bunny, and a documentary titled Steal this Film, all produced using the Blender free software.

Demonstration of free software applications for the differently-abled and desktop effects were also arranged as part of the event. Another highlight was a tutorial for students and others interested in computer programming. A Freedom Toaster vending machine installed at the venue evoked a good response from those interested in installing free and open source software. As many as 40 students, teachers and technical experts participated in the workshop.
Courtesy – Thehindu

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