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==Minutes==

First up, of the 18 members register here, only 9 turned up.

First up, of the 18 members register here, only 9 turned up!!

~~We discussed a host~~ of things.

Well these were some of the things that were discussed, if I have missed something please feel free to add it.

*Why a third version of GPL is needed.

*How the GPLv3 will enable us (The Free Software Community) to stop deals like the Novell-Microsoft ones.

*Saw a video of Eben Moglen speaking on the Microsoft-Novell deal.

*The importance of GPLv3 in Embedded Systems.

*The importance of GPLv3 in Embedded Systems and stoping DRM.

*Briefly talked about the [[~~Campaign_to_promote_free_software_in_Karnataka~~]], going to our schools and persuading them to switch to Free Software.

*Briefly talked about the [[Campaign to promote free software in Karnataka]], going to our schools and persuading them to switch to Free Software.

*Decided that the BMSLUG has done enough of talking and that we'll do some projects on GNU in our holidays in July.

*Decided that the BMSLUG has done enough of talking and that we'll do some projects on GNU in our holidays in mid-July.

[[Category:Events|2007/05/20]] [[Category:Bangalore Events]] [[Category:BMSLUG Events]]

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 ==Minutes==
-First up, of the 18 members register here, only 9 turned up.
+First up, of the 18 members register here, only 9 turned up!!
-We discussed a host of things.
+Well these were some of the things that were discussed, if I have missed something please feel free to add it.
 *Why a third version of GPL is needed.
 *How the GPLv3 will enable us (The Free Software Community) to stop deals like the Novell-Microsoft ones.
 *Saw a video of Eben Moglen speaking on the Microsoft-Novell deal.
-*The importance of GPLv3 in Embedded Systems.
+*The importance of GPLv3 in Embedded Systems and stoping DRM.
-*Briefly talked about the [[Campaign_to_promote_free_software_in_Karnataka]], going to our schools and persuading them to switch to Free Software.
+*Briefly talked about the [[Campaign to promote free software in Karnataka]], going to our schools and persuading them to switch to Free Software.
-*Decided that the BMSLUG has done enough of talking and that we'll do some projects on GNU in our holidays in July.
+*Decided that the BMSLUG has done enough of talking and that we'll do some projects on GNU in our holidays in mid-July.
 [[Category:Events|2007/05/20]] [[Category:Bangalore Events]] [[Category:BMSLUG Events]]