Tag Archives: SPI

SPI February 2009

2009-02-11 by mjr

The monthly board meeting of SPI will take place on irc.oftc.net #spi tonight (Wed 11 Feb) at 20:00 UTC. Members may have seen that the meeting announcement came out on time – hooray! It looks like minutes may also catch … Continue reading →

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SPI January 2009

2009-01-21 by mjr

The monthly board meeting of SPI will take place on irc.oftc.net #spi tonight (Wed 21 Jan) at 20:00 UTC. Members may have seen that the meeting announcement is delayed because the secretary has been ill and it seems that none … Continue reading →

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Looking Back: 2008 Part 2

2008-12-27 by mjr

This is a continuation from part 1 but can be enjoyed on its own too, like a good red wine. It’s a bit early for me for red wine, though. May BBC TV: Click: Free=beer and facebook-flaming – my letter … Continue reading →

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Representing Developers

2008-12-24 by mjr

Open and voluntary membership is a point of principle for me, so I see SPI’s membership structure as a big plus. As I wrote back in August: In my opinion, a key difference of Software in the Public Interest is … Continue reading →

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SPI December 2008

2008-12-17 by mjr

The monthly board meeting of SPI will take place on irc.oftc.net #spi tonight (Wed 17 Dec) at 20:00 UTC. As it says in the meeting announcement, none of the officers have prepared their reports in advance and there are no … Continue reading →

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SPI Nov 2008 Meeting

2008-11-19 by mjr

The next Software in the Public Interest board meeting will take at 2000 UTC (noon PST / 15:00 EST / 20:00 GMT / 21:00 CET) on Wednesday 19 November 2008 on irc.oftc.net #spi. The agenda is online, but I’ve not … Continue reading →

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Looking at an SPI Project: OpenOffice.org

2008-10-22 by mjr

I’m not sure which is the second-largest of the projects supported by Software in the Public Interest, but I thought that OpenOffice.org was up there with them. It’s been a bit of a surprise to me that SPI hasn’t done … Continue reading →

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Software in the Public Interest October 2008

2008-10-15 by mjr

The monthly IRC board meeting of Software in the Public Interest will take place later today, as announced by SPI’s secretary last week. While the announcement is back on time (yay!), the agenda isn’t (aww!). I’d be quite interested to … Continue reading →

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Stop Software Patents

2008-09-24 by mjr

Today is the World Day Against Software Patents – 24 September. If you’ve not already signed the petition, go do it now, please. Especially if you’re in Europe, but also if you’re in the US or other swpat-suffering nation. Programs … Continue reading →

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Software in the Public Interest

2008-09-17 by mjr

There should be a board meeting at 1900 UTC in #spi on irc.oftc.net, according to the last meeting. There’s no announcement or agenda online at the time of writing. (If only you’d elected me…) Hopefully, a meeting will decide on … Continue reading →

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