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| No news is good news |
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Monday, January 19 2009 @ 05:57 CST
Contributed by: Linegod
Views:: 3,763
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The site is still alive, but not much is going on.
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| Overwhelming opposition to adoption of OOXML as standard, Canada wants ODF |
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Saturday, May 26 2007 @ 10:55 CST
Contributed by: Linegod
Views:: 5,417
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From LXer:
The Standards Council of Canada is seeking comments on a proposal to adopt Office Open XML (Open XML or OOXML) as an international standard. So far there are over 130 comments to this proposal and the message is clear. People don't want OOXML.
Read the full thing at http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/87536/index.html
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| Interview with Free Culture Canada's Justin Barca |
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Wednesday, November 08 2006 @ 10:31 CST
Contributed by: Linegod
Views:: 6,943
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A growing movement, Free Culture started at Swathmore College in Pennsylvania during 2004 after two students sued voting-machine manufacturer
From thedigitalmusicweblog:
Diebold for abusing copyright law. Now spread to thirty campuses in the US and branching into other countries, Free Culture's mission is "to build a bottom-up, participatory structure to society and culture, rather than a top-down, closed, proprietary structure."
Read the full thing at http://digitalmusic.weblogsinc.com/2006/11/07/interview-with-free-culture-canadas-justin-barca/
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| US-Canadian body suspends certification of open-source encryption tool |
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Monday, July 24 2006 @ 01:00 CST
Contributed by: Linegod
Views:: 4,286
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A joint U.S. and Canadian organization that certifies encryption tools for use by federal government agencies has suspended its validation of OpenSSL cryptographic technology for the second time in less than six months.
The decision means that government agencies cannot purchase the open-source tool for the time being, although those that have already done so will still be allowed to use it. OpenSSL is an open-source implementation of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer security protocols. It is widely used to encrypt and decrypt data on the Internet.
Read the full thing at itWorldCanada
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| Unchecked lobby power plays an old familiar tune |
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Monday, June 12 2006 @ 07:54 CST
Contributed by: Linegod
Views:: 3,525
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From The Hill Times:
At 10:01 in the morning of Feb. 6, 2006, at the precise moment that a new Conservative Cabinet was being sworn into office at Rideau Hall, David Dyer, a senior consultant with the Capital Hill Group and a registered lobbyist for the Canadian Recording Industry Association, sent an email to Patricia Neri, the director general of Canadian Heritage's Copyright Policy Branch.
The email included a suggested outline for a March 2 event focused on copyright reform. It envisioned a meeting with the Canadian Heritage Deputy Minister Judith LaRoque, two hours of presentations from speakers sympathetic to CRIA's position, lunch with deputy ministers from Heritage, Industry, and International Trade, and a private meeting with the soon-to-be named Minister of Canadian Heritage.
One month later, virtually the identical scenario played itself out in Canadian Heritage's Gatineau offices and in the private dining room of a swank nearby restaurant.
Read the full thing at http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=/2006/june/12/geist/&c=1
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| The CAISI Project: Can software developers end chronic homelessness? |
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Monday, June 05 2006 @ 09:04 CST
Contributed by: CAISI
Views:: 2,427
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The CAISI Project was founded in response to the critical community issue of chronic homelessness, and to create new ways to combat the problems with current solutions. Working with homeless clients, agencies, shelters, hospitals and other advocates, the CAISI open source system is used to integrate and enhance care, and prevent people who are homeless from slipping through cracks in the system caused by incompatible databases.
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| The census online application now accessible to Linux operating system |
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Monday, May 15 2006 @ 02:09 CST
Contributed by: Linegod
Views:: 2,155
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It looks like someone is listening:
"In response to demand, Statistics Canada has removed the restriction for Linux. This change takes effect May 13th, 2006."
Full details are at http://www22.statcan.ca/ccr02/ccr02_003_e.htm
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| Canadian Census controversy continues |
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Saturday, May 13 2006 @ 07:54 CST
Contributed by: Linegod
Views:: 2,066
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From Newsforge:
Linux User Groups (LUG) and Canadian elected officials are responding to the news that the Canadian online census forms block free software users from participating. Last week's story helped uncover the fact that the software used for the online census seems to violate several government policies and treaties.
Read the full thing at http://trends.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/05/12/144252
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| Canadian online census discriminates against FOSS |
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Monday, May 08 2006 @ 05:36 CST
Contributed by: Linegod
Views:: 1,941
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From Newsforge:
In 2006, Canadians can fill out their census forms online for the first time -- but not if they use GNU/Linux, or are free software advocates who prefer not to install a proprietary version of Java.
Read the full thing at http://trends.newsforge.com/
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