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From: Omi A. <om...@ek...> - 2005-04-18 07:55:50
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Friends As far I can remember someone posted a Bangla translation of GPL some months back. Can you please resend the Bangla GPL once again? Regards -- Omi Azad Contributor Bangla Computing and Localization Projects: Ankur Bangla: http://www.ankurbangla.org Ekushey: http://www.ekushey.org |
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From: Omi A. <om...@ek...> - 2005-04-16 15:23:11
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Friends, I have updated MuktiNarrow with Unicode 4.1.0 Bangla code page and done some kerning. You can find the font from http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ekushey/MuktiNarrow2.zip?download I'm sorry to say that I have not fixed the O-Kar, Oi-kar bug of the font as it may destroy the OpenType table. Check the font... -- Omi Azad Contributor Bangla Computing and Localization Projects: Ankur Bangla: http://www.ankurbangla.org Ekushey: http://www.ekushey.org |
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From: Mosaddeque H. Al-S. <mha...@ya...> - 2005-04-01 08:26:39
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From: Sajed C. <sa...@gm...> - 2005-03-29 22:08:25
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Ershad Chowdhury wrote: > Please let me know what we would like to do different from last time. I would like to see linux being used for publishing the printed souvenir. Last year, ISPAB chose Computer Bichitra who in turn chose Mostofa Jobbar to write the lead article for the souvenir. Their platform of choice most likely was not Linux. This year, maybe we can change that. Maybe bdluggers can volunteer to assist Mr. Lenin in perusing Linux for his desktop publishings needs for the souvenir. regards, -Sajed |
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From: Jamil A. <ja...@be...> - 2005-03-29 09:32:19
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Don't worry! :-D `Jamil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ershad Chowdhury" <ir...@bo...> To: <us...@be...> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 3:25 PM Subject: Re: [Ankur-users] Bangla Firefox (BanglaFox) > sorry, meant to mail omi off-list! > > Ershad Chowdhury wrote: >> "Without any financial >> support from Government or Non Government organizations they are working >> with all their wills." >> >> If Ankur needs some financial assistance, I would personally contribute. >> Please advise how much and how the funds will be used. >> >> -Regards, >> Ershad. >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide >> Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. >> Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. >> http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click >> _______________________________________________ >> Bengalinux-users mailing list >> Ben...@li... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bengalinux-users >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Bengalinux-users mailing list > Ben...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bengalinux-users > |
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From: Ershad C. <ir...@bo...> - 2005-03-29 09:25:24
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sorry, meant to mail omi off-list! Ershad Chowdhury wrote: > "Without any financial > support from Government or Non Government organizations they are working > with all their wills." > > If Ankur needs some financial assistance, I would personally contribute. > Please advise how much and how the funds will be used. > > -Regards, > Ershad. > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Bengalinux-users mailing list > Ben...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bengalinux-users > > |
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From: Hasnain A. <ha...@ha...> - 2005-03-29 09:17:45
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byConsent :D
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From: Ershad Chowdhury [mailto:ir...@bo...]
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 4:45 PM
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Subject: Re: [bdlug] Internet Fair 2005 - Feedback
Please let me know what we would like to do different from last time. If
I remember right it was very HOT! You can expect a personal contribution
from me for expenses. We would need others to make financial donation too.
Regards,
Ershad.
Ershad Chowdhury wrote:
> Hi all! I hope you will be interested to participate in the Internet
> Fair 2005. BDLUG/Ankur was the most popular stall last time.
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> The dates are 27Apr - 1st May 2005. Volunteers and Co-ordinator please
> contact me at my office.
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> Looking forward to a quick and early response.
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> Regards,
> Ershad
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From: Ershad C. <ir...@bo...> - 2005-03-29 08:46:13
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"Without any financial support from Government or Non Government organizations they are working with all their wills." If Ankur needs some financial assistance, I would personally contribute. Please advise how much and how the funds will be used. -Regards, Ershad. |
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From: Ershad C. <ir...@bo...> - 2005-03-29 08:45:04
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Please let me know what we would like to do different from last time. If I remember right it was very HOT! You can expect a personal contribution from me for expenses. We would need others to make financial donation too. Regards, Ershad. Ershad Chowdhury wrote: > Hi all! I hope you will be interested to participate in the Internet > Fair 2005. BDLUG/Ankur was the most popular stall last time. > > The dates are 27Apr - 1st May 2005. Volunteers and Co-ordinator please > contact me at my office. > > Looking forward to a quick and early response. > > Regards, > Ershad > > > > > To unsubscribe send a blank mail to: > bdl...@eg... > Yahoo! Groups Links > > <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bdlug/ > > <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > bdl...@ya... > > <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > |
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From: Ershad C. <ir...@bo...> - 2005-03-29 08:24:31
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Hi all! I hope you will be interested to participate in the Internet Fair 2005. BDLUG/Ankur was the most popular stall last time. The dates are 27Apr - 1st May 2005. Volunteers and Co-ordinator please contact me at my office. Looking forward to a quick and early response. Regards, Ershad |
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From: Jamil A. <ja...@be...> - 2005-03-28 11:15:47
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http://www.prothom-alo.net/v1/newhtmlnews1/category.php?CategoryID=3D12&D= ate=3D2005-03-28 http://www.ittefaq.com/news.php?id=3D77971&sys=3D1 PS: sorry for the html email. :-) Thanks, `Jamil |
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From: Sharif I. <mi...@ui...> - 2005-03-25 00:37:56
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It worked. Pretty neat. Btw, in fedora core 3 you have to switch to Bangla locale in order it to work. ---- Original message ---- >Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 22:34:50 +0600 >From: Omi Azad <om...@ek...> >Subject: [Ankur-users] Bangla Firefox (BanglaFox) >To: co...@be..., us...@be... > >Press Release > >Bangla version of FireFox 1.0.2 is available. > >Mozilla Firefox is getting popularity day by day as Internet browser. >Platform Independent, Tabbed Browsing, PopUp blocker, Special Download >Manager, Extension Support, Huge Security support, Latest Scripting, >Customizable Skin and above all it's Open Source is taking FireFox it >the peak of it's popularity. > >Ekushey (http://www.ekushey.org) and Ankur Group >(http://www.ankurbangla.org) ware working together from a long time for >Bangla Computing and Localization projects. Without any financial >support from Government or Non Government organizations they are working >with all their wills. By this time some of their successful outputs are >Unicode Based cross platform Bangla computing solutions, Acquiring >Bangla letter Khanda-Ta's position in Unicode page, Live Bangla Linux etc. > >Looking at FireFox's increasing popularity and to ease Bangla computing >for Bangla speaking community they decided to introduce FireFox's Bangla >interface to Bangla users and they released an Bangla language (bn-BD) >extension for Mozilla FireFox 1.0.2. > >Anyone who has Unicode enable Bangla operating system can use this >extension and enjoy FireFox's Bangla Interface. > >Anyone can download it from http://firefox.ekushey.org > >System Requirements: >Any Linux distro with Unicode Bangla Support (Fedora Core 3 Recommended) >Windows 2000/XP/2003 (Windows XP SP2 Recommended) > >Enjoy Bangla Computing > >Omi Azad >Founder Member >Ekushey > >Contributor >Bangla Computing and Localization Projects: >Ankur Bangla: http://www.ankurbangla.org >Ekushey: http://www.ekushey.org > >PS: The Bangla interface Extension is still in testing stage and need >user's feedback to make it 100% perfect. > > > >-- >Omi Azad >Contributor >Bangla Computing and Localization Projects: >Ankur Bangla: http://www.ankurbangla.org >Ekushey: http://www.ekushey.org > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.net email is sponsored by Microsoft Mobile & Embedded DevCon 2005 >Attend MEDC 2005 May 9-12 in Vegas. Learn more about the latest Windows >Embedded(r) & Windows Mobile(tm) platforms, applications & content. Register >by 3/29 & save $300 http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6883&alloc_id=15149&op=click >_______________________________________________ >Bengalinux-users mailing list >Ben...@li... >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bengalinux-users |
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From: Omi A. <om...@ek...> - 2005-03-24 16:45:41
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Press Release Bangla version of FireFox 1.0.2 is available. Mozilla Firefox is getting popularity day by day as Internet browser. Platform Independent, Tabbed Browsing, PopUp blocker, Special Download Manager, Extension Support, Huge Security support, Latest Scripting, Customizable Skin and above all it's Open Source is taking FireFox it the peak of it's popularity. Ekushey (http://www.ekushey.org) and Ankur Group (http://www.ankurbangla.org) ware working together from a long time for Bangla Computing and Localization projects. Without any financial support from Government or Non Government organizations they are working with all their wills. By this time some of their successful outputs are Unicode Based cross platform Bangla computing solutions, Acquiring Bangla letter Khanda-Ta's position in Unicode page, Live Bangla Linux etc. Looking at FireFox's increasing popularity and to ease Bangla computing for Bangla speaking community they decided to introduce FireFox's Bangla interface to Bangla users and they released an Bangla language (bn-BD) extension for Mozilla FireFox 1.0.2. Anyone who has Unicode enable Bangla operating system can use this extension and enjoy FireFox's Bangla Interface. Anyone can download it from http://firefox.ekushey.org System Requirements: Any Linux distro with Unicode Bangla Support (Fedora Core 3 Recommended) Windows 2000/XP/2003 (Windows XP SP2 Recommended) Enjoy Bangla Computing Omi Azad Founder Member Ekushey Contributor Bangla Computing and Localization Projects: Ankur Bangla: http://www.ankurbangla.org Ekushey: http://www.ekushey.org PS: The Bangla interface Extension is still in testing stage and need user's feedback to make it 100% perfect. -- Omi Azad Contributor Bangla Computing and Localization Projects: Ankur Bangla: http://www.ankurbangla.org Ekushey: http://www.ekushey.org |
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From: Omi A. <om...@ek...> - 2005-03-16 08:16:38
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Jamil Ahmed wrote: > We need to test OOo thoroughly to find more bugs and submit them asap. > Anyway, here are some OOo2.0 beta's screenshots. It has some problems. > http://www.bengalinux.org/screenshots/others/OOo2-1.png > http://www.bengalinux.org/screenshots/others/OOo2-2.png > > Thanks, > `Jamil There are some problems exists with the composing interface. It's not so clear like Micro$oft Office. If you use official English fonts from Micro$oft like Times New Roman, Georgia, you'll find them ugly. They doesn't look sharp like in other applications (eg. Mozilla). OO guys need to work on the output. The http://www.bengalinux.org/screenshots/others/OOo2-2.png shows some kerning problem. If you use Georgia then you will find the same problem. It's not a problem of the fonts, it's a problem of OO output screen. :( Omi |
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From: Jamil A. <ja...@be...> - 2005-03-16 06:49:03
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay" <mai...@ra...> To: <ooo...@bn...> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 3:35 PM Subject: [ooo-bn-trans] Issues posted on the issue list > Hi, > > It is great to see activity on the issue list for bn.openoffice.org. Now > to put a fine point on things :), how do you all propose we address the > same ? > > Rgds > Sankarshan We need to test OOo thoroughly to find more bugs and submit them asap. Anyway, here are some OOo2.0 beta's screenshots. It has some problems. http://www.bengalinux.org/screenshots/others/OOo2-1.png http://www.bengalinux.org/screenshots/others/OOo2-2.png Thanks, `Jamil |
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From: Sharif I. <mi...@ui...> - 2005-03-11 14:40:20
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Prasanta Sadhukhan wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to read a bengali novel from "www.bangalive.com" in > Archive directory (site: > http://www.banglalive.com/archivedetail.asp?sTopic=upanyaas) > but when I open the site, I found garbage. > i have already installed freebanglafont-0.2-1.noarch.rpm. > What more need I have to do? I believe the site is using embedded open type font(EOT) which only works with Internet Explorer. Can you see this page wiht firefox: http://bengalinux.org/bn/index.php --Sharif |
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From: Prasanta S. <Pra...@Su...> - 2005-03-11 12:40:58
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Hi, I am trying to read a bengali novel from "www.bangalive.com" in Archive directory (site: http://www.banglalive.com/archivedetail.asp?sTopic=upanyaas) but when I open the site, I found garbage. i have already installed freebanglafont-0.2-1.noarch.rpm. What more need I have to do? Regards Prasanta |
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From: Jamil A. <ja...@be...> - 2005-03-10 07:27:45
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http://www.gnome.org/start/2.10/notes/rni18.html `Jamil |
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From: Omi A. <om...@ek...> - 2005-03-06 16:33:46
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PRESENTATION ON ALTRUISTIC ECONOMICS Dr. Robin Upton, Clinic Administrator, Computer Teacher and Consultant of Altruists International, will make a presentation on "ALTRUISTIC ECONOMICS" for Economists, Computer Scientists, Sociologists, Psychologists and free-thinkers from all backgrounds at 6:00 pm on Monday, 07 March, 2005 in UB104 of BRAC University, at 66 Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212. You are cordially invited to attend the presentation with your colleagues. Professor Abdur Rab Chair-in-charge Department of Economics & Social Science Tel: 9881265 Ext: 451, 431 The Topic: ALTRUISTIC ECONOMICS - A Relationship-based Trading System The presentation highlights a contradiction between the behavior appropriate in the marketplace and behavior appropriate within personal relationships. It introduces an alternative assumption, that people care about one another, and shows how this might be represented in mathematical terms. This core idea is developed into a network-based system of 'altruistic' economics, which allows trading and economic interaction is a similar way to familiar market-based models. The talk has mathematical content of a simple nature. It should be of interest to dissident Economists, Computer Scientists, Sociologists, Psychologists and free-thinkers from all backgrounds who are more interested in collaboration than competition. The Speaker: Dr. Robin Upton Dr. Robin Upton has studied a wide range of subjects in UK, Denmark and Germany. He submitted his Ph.D. in Probability & Game Theory to University of Warwick (UK) in 1998 and left for Bangladesh a week later. Working in Bangladesh as a clinic administrator, computer teacher and consultant, he wrote a Bangla typing system (Ekushey) and gave it away on WWW. His research in the last couple of years has focused on altruism and community currency systems. His ideas mesh with a personal life in which he has managed to almost completely avoid paid employment, pursuing instead a policy of staying with friends and working for them and their friends, receiving payment in kind. Drawing on skills of programming, mathematical modeling and social engineering, he is leading development of an internet-based, peer-to-peer accounting and transaction system for friendship networks. He has a website, www.RobinUpton.com. Robin Upton Altruists International www.altruists.org |
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From: Niladri D. <ns...@ya...> - 2005-03-04 10:08:11
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Dear Teachers, Colleagues and Friends, Hope you are hale and hearty. Kindly allow me to inform you that the book on Corpus Linguistics and Language Technology with reference to Indian Languages is just published from the Mittal Publications, New Delhi one of the best publishing houses of India with an International Standard. SUMMARY OF THE BOOK Title : Corpus Linguistics and Language Technology Author : Niladri Sekhar Dash Area : Corpus, Linguistics and Language Technology Language : English. Pages : 465+ (Hard Bound) Price : Rs. 895/- only. ISBN No : 81-8324-033-X TARGET AREAS: Natural Language Processing, Morphological Processing, Computational Linguistics, Language Technology, Machine Translation, Lexicography, Language Teaching, Lexical Semantics, Dialectology, etc. The book is useful for undergraduate and postgraduate students and research scholars dealing with corpus linguistics and language technology in Indian languages. TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Code chart for characters Preface Chapter 1: Language Corpus: A New Pasture Chapter 2: Generation of A Written Corpus Chapter 3: Processing A Written Corpus Chapter 4: Analysis of Characters Chapter 5: Analysis of Spelling Variation Chapter 6: Statistical Analysis of Corpus Chapter 7: Structure Analysis of Words Chapter 8: Morphological Processing of Words Chapter 9: Corpus in Linguistics Studies Chapter 10: Corpus in Machine Translation Appendix I Appendix II Appendix III Bibliography General Index The book is now available in all big cities and towns in India and abroad. To get your copy, please send your purchase order in print to the following address. The book will be delivered at your doorstep within shortest possible time. MR. SOURABH MITTAL MITTAL PUBLICATIONS 4594/9 DARYAGANJ NEW DELHI 110002, INDIA PH: (011) 23250398, (011) 25351493, (011) 25351521 FAX - 25251521 E-MAIL: mi...@nd... E-MAIL: mi...@de... OR/AND MR. R.K. KHAN BRANCH MANAGER MITTAL PUBLICATIONS B-12/7 PAYMANTY, ECTP-I KOLKATA 700107 WEST BENGAL, INDIA PH: (033) 24426466 FAX: (033) 28400525 EMAIL: mit...@ho... I am committed for the growth and promotion of this new approach of linguistics study, research and application. I am ready to share my expertise for the benefit of Indian languages, people and society. I am available for providing necessary knowledgebase, information, and guidelines to the Indian Universities and Research Institutes, which have already initiated or intend to initiate corpus-based language research and application for Language Technology, Natural Language Processing, and mainstream Linguistics. Kindly help me to serve you with the best of my abilities. Thank you. With best wishes and kind regards, Sincerely, Niladri Sekhar Dash Dr Niladri Sekhar Dash MA(CU), NLP(IIITK), PhD(CU), CCP(RCC) Expert (Corpus Linguistics, Language Technolhy, Lexicography, & Lexical Semantics) Consultant (TDIL: MICT, Govt. of India) Advisor (SCiLaHLT: ASI@IT&C, European Commission) 55, Green Park Narendrapur Kolkata 700103, WB, India Email: ns...@ya... Phone (R) (+91)(033) 2477 3337 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com |
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From: Omi A. <om...@ek...> - 2005-02-27 07:16:05
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History of Bangla Unicode based OpenType fonts: Mukta Bangla fonts Project ( http://www.nongnu.org/freebangfont/ ) started the first Unicode based Opentype Bangla font project. They have successfully released few fonts. As far I know Samsuddoha Ranju (Alpona Software) made the first OpenType font from Bangladesh (although that was not based on Unicode codepage). About Ekushey.org: Ekushey.org is dedicated to develop new technology for ease of Bangla computing which is opensource and free. From a long time they are working with Unicode, Microsoft, IBM, Sun for settle down all the Bangla issues. This is the *only* organization from Bangladesh, involved in the KhandaTa, Danda, Japhola controversy. OpenType Fonts: OpenType font is the only future of Bangla computing. Lots of software vendors of Bangladesh are still encouraging people for stay with their hacked Bangla typing system, which does not have any prospect in future Bangla computing. Ekushey.org released 2 OpenType Bangla fonts at the very beginning. Those fonts has very high quality glyphs (typeface). Looking at the demand of ornamental fonts, team members of Ekushey.org decided to make more then 40 opentype ornamental Bangla fonts. Now Ekushey.org is proud to announce the release of brand new 5 OpenType fonts. If you use Unicode Bangla computing system, then you are invited to http://www.ekushey.org/projects/otf_bangla_fonts/ You can find all the new releases there. Best Regards Omi Azad Founder Member Ekushey.org |
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From: Omi A. <om...@ek...> - 2005-01-30 05:52:02
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <div><font face="Georgia"> </font> <div><font face="Georgia" size="5">Why I love the GPL</font></div> <div><font face="Georgia"><a title="http://www.linux.org/news/2005/01/29/0005.html" href="http://www.linux.org/news/2005/01/29/0005.html">http://www.linux.org/news/2005/01/29/0005.html</a></font></div> <div><font face="Georgia">News and Trends .,Saturday January 29, 2005 </font><nobr><font face="Georgia">(08:00 AM GMT)., </font></nobr><font face="Georgia">By: Joe Barr </font></div> <div><font face="Georgia"> </font></div> <div><font face="Georgia"><strong>Commentary:</strong></font></div> <div><font face="Georgia">There are a lot of good reasons to like the GPL: the GNU Public License. For one thing, it's a David and Goliath kind of thing. </font></div> <div><font face="Georgia"> </font></div> <div><font face="Georgia">It's the little guy standing up to the corporate behemoths that run rough-shod over our daily lives by virtue of their influence, legal and otherwise, on government. </font></div> <div><font face="Georgia"> </font></div> <div><font face="Georgia">For another, it's virtuous. It's a Medicare Bill which actually provides more and better health care for the elderly rather than simply pouring public funds directly into the greedy, gaping gaws of the pharmaceutical industry. It's also territorial. It's "Don't Tread on Me" applied to software. </font></div> <div><font face="Georgia"> </font></div> <div><font face="Georgia">The GPL provides a legal framework for an ever improving, ever free, software infrastructure. In addition, it's what Linus chose for Linux in order that those who follow can have access to his creation. </font></div> <div><font face="Georgia"> </font></div> <div><font face="Georgia"><strong>But what I love about the GPL is the same thing that Microsoft and other corporate predators hate about it: it works.</strong></font></div> <div><font face="Georgia"> </font></div> <div><font face="Georgia"> </font></div> <div><font face="Georgia"><strong><font size="5">What does it protect?</font></strong></font> <p><font face="Georgia">As explained on the GNU/FSF website, the definition of "free software" encompasses four separate freedoms. None of these freedoms have to do with the price of beer. The four freedoms are: </font></p> <ul> <li><font face="Georgia">The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0). </font></li> <li><font face="Georgia">The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your needs (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this. </font></li> <li><font face="Georgia">The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor (freedom 2). </font></li> <li><font face="Georgia">The freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements to the public, so that the whole community benefits (freedom 3). Access to the source code is a precondition for this. </font></li> </ul> <p><font face="Georgia">Fine. You may be thinking, "I can do that already with software that's in the public domain, or covered by other open source licenses, like the BSD-style license." You're right, you can. But software in the public domain, and software covered by a BSD-style license, is not afforded any protection whatsoever to ensure those same freedoms exist for the next user, or the next, or the one after her. </font></p> <p><font face="Georgia"><b>How does it work?</b></font> </p> <p><font face="Georgia">The GPL makes those freedoms self-perpetuating by requiring that anyone who obtains and redistributes GPLd software to release it under the same terms. This is sometimes referred to in a pejorative sense as its "viral nature." Call it what you will, this feature is what provides the protection for the four freedoms. This is what provides Linus -- and thousands of other free software authors -- the protection they want for their software. </font></p> <p><font face="Georgia">Microsoft, for example, took the BSD-licensed TCP/IP stack from the public and swallowed it up in its proprietary product line. Then sold back to the public what it had taken from them. Legally, of course. The BSD-style license offers no protection against that sort of thing. </font></p> <p><font face="Georgia">They've done the same thing with Kerberos, except worse. They made their version of Kerberos work fully only with their servers. Public pressure forced them to provide documentation for their closed-fisted proprietary pirated version, but they attached a restrictive license to the documentation which made it impossible for it to be used in free software. </font></p> <p><font face="Georgia">Once again, it was piracy of public software. Stolen in order to increase Bill Gates' personal fortune. But it was legal theft. The MIT license covering Kerberos provided no protection against that sort of thing. </font></p> <p><font face="Georgia">I love the GPL because it protects Linux and other great software from falling into the clutches of the real software pirates. </font></p> <p><font face="Georgia"><b>How well does it work?</b></font> </p> <p><font face="Georgia">The Linux kernel is the poster-boy for GPLd software. It's become the little OS who could, the bumblebee who could fly, the impossible notion that a bunch of kids on the Internet could create the most successful operating system in history come true. All of that has happened at least partly because of the GPL. </font></p> <p><font face="Georgia">Linux thrives for several reasons, but chief among them them is its community of developers, a community unrivaled by any other platform. Are they drawn to Linux by a charismatic leader? Some, no doubt. To my way of thinking, Linus Torvalds' greatest genius is not in code, but in creating an environment where many gifted coders can work together for the common good. But don't forget, in his heart of hearts, Torvalds is a geek: a sub-species not noted for being warm and fuzzy people-persons. </font></p> <p><font face="Georgia">Could it be the license? For many, yes. The GPL is often described as idealistic and altruistic. If the kernel developers were interested only in the code, wouldn't the BSDs be the ones with the huge development corps instead of Linux? That's what we're told all the time by the BSD-bigots, it's better technically. </font></p> <p><font face="Georgia">But they are not just interested in the code. The GPL adds a magic glue to the Linux community, the good feeling that comes from doing good for others, and knowing that it will continue to do that good for as long as it is used. If you don't know what I'm talking about, then you are probably never going to "get it" as far as the GPL, or Linux, is concerned. </font></p> <p><font face="Georgia">The GPL covers a whole lot more than just the Linux kernel. Check the statistics. Freshmeat.net lists almost 36,000 projects covered by more than 50 different licenses. The page showing <a title="http://freshmeat.net/stats/#license" href="http://freshmeat.net/stats/#license">percentage covered by specific license</a> reveals over 68% of those projects are licensed by the GPL. What's in second place? The GPL's sibling license, the GNU Lesser GPL, with nearly a 6% share. Coming in third, with 3.57%, is the original BSD license. The GPL is not just the most popular open source or free software license, it is overwhelmingly the people's choice. </font></p> <p><font face="Georgia"><b>Why the lies about the GPL?</b></font> </p> <p><font face="Georgia">Gates and Ballmer attack the GPL at every opportunity. It's not unusual to hear them break out in that old familiar fascist soft-shoe routine and refer to it or Linux as communistic. Hey, who can blame those two bozos. They stumbled blindly into a pot of gold when they were given a monopoly on what turned out to be -- largely no thanks to them -- the hottest technology of the century. Now their lives are dedicated to protecting that monopoly from all comers. </font></p> <p><font face="Georgia">They've done pretty well at that, too. Sometimes they've won anti-trust battles in court, sometimes they've won them in back room deals with secretive administrations. But several superior technical solutions have come and gone -- DR DOS and OS/2, for example -- without making much of a dent in the Microsoft monopoly. </font></p> <p><font face="Georgia">But Linux is immune to most of the kneecap-busting, air-supply cutting, baby-knifing techniques that Microsoft is so fond of. Linux is not a company or an individual that can be bought. It's a community made up largely of folks who find the Microsoft mindset disgusting. Geeks like things that work, and despise the hollow-men who make hollow claims about performance, security, robustness, and availability. And -- unlike the TCP/IP stack and Kerberos -- it's protected by the GPL. </font></p> <p><font face="Georgia">You know those bogus and misleading ads that Microsoft calls its "Get the facts" campaign, and loves to run here and on other popular Linux sites? That's not only what Microsoft does best, it's about the best it can do in its campaign against Linux. And judging from the feedback reactions I've seen to them in comments, they aren't winning any converts for them. </font></p> <p><font face="Georgia"><b>Stallman as a substitute target</b></font> </p> <p><font face="Georgia">The GPL is a license for software. Words. Statements. Clauses. A legal document. Richard Stallman is a man. Brilliant, opinionated, and uncompromising. Many attacks on the GPL are made indirectly, by going after Richard Stallman, for no other reason than he is vulnerable to them, while the license itself is not. </font></p> <p><font face="Georgia">If you don't disassociate the two, then the GPL is going to rise and fall in your estimation based on how you're well getting along with Stallman at the moment. Remember, we're talking about a man who can polarize a room into warring factions just by walking by. I admire Stallman greatly, but I don't always agree with him. It's perfectly OK to like the GPL and to dislike Stallman. They are two different things. </font></p> <p><font face="Georgia"><b>The bottom line</b></font> </p> <p><font face="Georgia">The reason I love the GPL is because it has made one of the richest men in the world -- some would say that makes him one of the most powerful men in the world -- impotent against the surging growth of Linux and its user base. </font></p> <p><font face="Georgia">And because Linux and other free software exists, I have been able to free myself from the noxious terms and conditions imposed by the monopoly on their customers. Changing their licensing terms on the fly, for example. And doing so in ways which forces meek compliance, since failure to accept them means you don't get the latest service pack, which contains fixes for dozens of gaping security holes, which are known and constantly probed for every minute of every day. </font></p> <p><font face="Georgia">The monopoly hates the escape route the GPL provides me. That's why they constantly attack it. Those attacks will undoubtably continue. Some will be legal challenges, some will merely be insane. Sometimes the hand of Microsoft will be obvious -- as in its financial backing and support of SCO -- sometimes not. But it doesn't matter. The GPL is winning. And for that I love it all the more.</font></p> </div> </div> <font face="Georgia"><br> <br> <br> --<br> </font><!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| --> <br> <br> </body> </html> |
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From: Kaushik G. <kg...@um...> - 2005-01-29 17:00:37
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The link says nothing about the man using Lynx. It says nothing about the man being innocent and guilty. -kg Omi Azad wrote: > http://www.boingboing.net/2005/01/27/jailed_for_using_a_n.html > > Thursday, January 27, 2005 > Jailed for using a nonstandard browser > > A Londonder made a tsnuami-relief donation using lynx -- a text-based > browser used by the blind, Unix-users and others -- on Sun's Solaris > operating system. The site-operator decided that this "unusual" event > in the system log indicated a hack-attempt, and the police broke down > the donor's door and arrested him. > From a mailing list: > > For donating to a Tsunami appeal using Lynx on Solaris 10. BT > [British Telecom] who run the donation management system misread an > access log and saw hmm that's a non standard browser not identifying > it's type and it's doing strange things. Trace that IP. Arrest that > hacker. > > Armed police, a van, a police cell and national news later the > police have gone in SWAT style and arrested someone having their > lunch. > > Out on bail till next week and preparing to make a lot of very > bad PR for BT and the Police.... > > Link (Thanks, Patrick! ) > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4195339.stm > > Update: : The source that told me about this has corroborated it with > more detail in private email, but is leery of going public. I hope > that more publicly available details appear soon, and will post them > when I have them. > > So just goes to show if you use anything other than Firefox or IE > and you rely on someone else to interogate access logs or IDS logs > you too could be sitting in a paper suit in a cell :( > ________________________________________ > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting > Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time > by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. > Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl > _______________________________________________ > Bengalinux-users mailing list > Ben...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bengalinux-users -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.5 - Release Date: 1/26/2005 |
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From: Omi A. <om...@ek...> - 2005-01-29 15:27:41
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http://www.boingboing.net/2005/01/27/jailed_for_using_a_n.html Thursday, January 27, 2005 Jailed for using a nonstandard browser A Londonder made a tsnuami-relief donation using lynx -- a text-based browser used by the blind, Unix-users and others -- on Sun's Solaris operating system. The site-operator decided that this "unusual" event in the system log indicated a hack-attempt, and the police broke down the donor's door and arrested him. From a mailing list: For donating to a Tsunami appeal using Lynx on Solaris 10. BT [British Telecom] who run the donation management system misread an access log and saw hmm that's a non standard browser not identifying it's type and it's doing strange things. Trace that IP. Arrest that hacker. Armed police, a van, a police cell and national news later the police have gone in SWAT style and arrested someone having their lunch. Out on bail till next week and preparing to make a lot of very bad PR for BT and the Police.... Link (Thanks, Patrick! ) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4195339.stm Update: : The source that told me about this has corroborated it with more detail in private email, but is leery of going public. I hope that more publicly available details appear soon, and will post them when I have them. So just goes to show if you use anything other than Firefox or IE and you rely on someone else to interogate access logs or IDS logs you too could be sitting in a paper suit in a cell :( ________________________________________ |
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From: Runa B. <ru...@re...> - 2005-01-05 12:32:23
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On Sun, 2005-01-02 at 07:32, Sayamindu Dasgupta wrote: Hi All, > > Currently Bengali is 67.13% > > http://l10n-status.gnome.org/gnome-2.10/index.html > > Umm... I have already started checking out the latest CVS version of > GNOME (HEAD) branch. > I don't think there is yet a consensus on the new modules that are going > to get into GNOME 2.10 - I'll let you know as soon as there is a final > decision. > String freeze is sometime in early February - but we should start work > before that - Mid January seems to be a nice time to start work (release > will be in March). In view of the upcoming work on Gnome 2.10, I have created a spreadsheet with the modules, translators, last updation date. All the files are from the HEAD showing the last updated status. A few have later updated versions on the gnome2.8 branch which might come in handy while translating these files (mentioned accordingly and marked in red). Evolution and Gcalctool are currently missing from the gnome2.10 HEAD, but are present in the gnome2.8 branch. The spreadsheet is available in .sxc and .xls versions at <http://www.randomink.org/runa/AnkurBangla/ANKURGNOME2.10.sxc> and <http://www.randomink.org/runa/AnkurBangla/ANKURGNOME2-10.xls> respectively. Details like fuzzy, untranslated string numbers etc. have been left out as these are available on the gnome status site (http://l10n-status.gnome.org/gnome-2.10/index.html). This spreadsheet is aimed to help us co-ordinate activities, both by the co-ordinators and the individual translators and can also be used for maintaining records in a consolidated ready-reckoner form. Another issue that i had written about sometime back is that of the keyboard shortcuts <http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=9490441 >. I would very much like to know what you all have to say about this. As of now the the gedit on my FC3 works like a charm <http://www.randomink.org/runa/AnkurBangla/FC3gedit.png> as well as on FC2 <http://www.randomink.org/runa/AnkurBangla/FC2gedit.png>. Wishing everyone a very happy New Year. regards Runa |
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