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Election 2006 (and beyond): Digital Copyright Canada

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From: Russell McOrmond <russell_-at-_flora.ca>
To: comnet-www_-at-_flora.org
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 01:20:02 -0500

             Discussion group for Networking Community Networks

   While  this  discussion  group was formed to try to provide a means of
   communication  between  the  technical  staff  and  volunteers  in the
   community  minded organizations within Ottawa, it's focus and audience
   has  changed  over time. This group should be used for any discussions
   relating  to  community  software, most specifically software licensed
   with  the  GNU Public Licence ( [1]CopyLeft), the Artistic license, or
   [2]Open  Source style licenses which allow for community based support
   and development of software.

   Appropriate discussions:
     * Discussions of the merits of various liberating software licenses.
     * Discussions  of  why  software  should  be  liberated in the first
       place.
     * Support of community software: Technical help, promotion, etc

   It  should  be  noted  that  some of the more restrictive (repressive)
   software  licenses,  and  the  companies  that  promote  them, will be
   mentioned  from  time to time. If you feel uncomfortable hearing these
   companies  mentioned  in  a  negative  light,  this  might  not be the
   appropriate group for you.

   If  you  are  looking  to  help  with  the  server software running at
   FLORA.ORG, then the [3]FLORA.ORG design forum is the best place to go.

   Russell   McOrmond   keeps   a   list  of  links  related  to  [4]Free
   Software/Open Source computing which you might find useful.
     _________________________________________________________________

   This  group is being made available via a variety of mechanisms. Right
   now,  the  3  most  popular  services  on  the  Internet  are:  Email,
   Newsgroups and WEB.

   WEB: Discussion group archives
          Archives  of  this  group  are  currently  being made available
          [5]via a Database-viewing system

   Newsgroup: flora.comnet-www
          As  a  newsgroup, the group is called [6]flora.comnet-www. This
          is  an  independently  distributed  newsgroup that is available
          anywhere  that  the  [7]FLORA Community WEB Newsgroups are made
          available.

          From  the  National Capital Freenet this group is accessible by
          typing:
          go flora.

   Email: Mailing list: comnet-www -at- list .dot. flora.org
          If  you  wish  to  receive this group as a mailing list, please
          [8]subscribe via Mailman

          If  you  just  wish to post messages but not receive Email (You
          are reading via a Newsgroup or via a Webpage) you still need to
          subscribe,  but  then  you  set  the  option "Mail delivery" to
          "Disabled".

   To  contribute  to  the  discussions,  please either post to the above
   newsgroup,  or  send  an email to the list. If you are not a member of
   one  of  the above lists, your messages will be rejected. If you are a
   member  of  one  of  the  lists,  your  message  will be automatically
   approved for inclusion in the group.
     _________________________________________________________________

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   Last Modified: Dec 1, 2004 by [10]Russell McOrmond 
     _________________________________________________________________

   [11]Flora Homepage 

References

   1. http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/copyleft.html
   2. http://www.opensource.org/
   3. http://www.flora.org/flora/design.phtml
   4. http://russell.flora.org/work/open-links.html
   5. http://www.flora.org/flora/server/comnet-www/
   6. news:flora.comnet-www
   7. http://www.flora.org/flora/newsgroups/
   8. http://list.flora.org/mailman/listinfo/comnet-www
   9. http://www.flora.org/flora/server/
  10. http://www.flora.org/russell/
  11. http://www.flora.org/
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