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==Minutes== | ==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!! | ||
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. | *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. | *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. | *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 [[ | *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]] | [[Category:Events|2007/05/20]] [[Category:Bangalore Events]] [[Category:BMSLUG Events]] | ||