FOSS @ Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) April 2017

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[howto] Install Linux on a Chromebook
by Justin W. Flory 14 Apr '17

14 Apr '17

Hey all, Thought this was a cool and interesting article since I know a few people have Chromebooks. If you have a Chromebook and want to do a full, native Linux installation, it's possible to do that with GalliumOS. If you're interested in checking out more, this Opensource.com article should be helpful. :) https://opensource.com/article/17/4/linux-chromebook-gallium-os Happy hacking! -- Cheers, Justin W. Flory jflory7(a)gmail.com

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Re: FOSSTalks: Patents, Copyrights & Trademarks: Or Why the Future Might Curse Us - 4/12
by Justin W. Flory 11 Apr '17

11 Apr '17

On 04/09/2017 04:11 PM, Daniel Schneiderman wrote: > I would have to check with the speaker to see if it’s ok with them. > > -Dan > Once you have more info, please drop an update! It'll be on the later side for me tomorrow, so if I'll have a chance to dial in, I'll need to plan accordingly. Thanks! > On 4/8/17, 4:20 PM, "Justin W. Flory" <jflory7(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > On 04/04/2017 09:49 PM, Daniel Schneiderman wrote: > > *Who*: Open to the public (not just RIT Students) just be sure to RSVP. > > > > *When*: Wednesday, April 12th. 4:30pm-6pm. > > > > *Where*: RIT Center for Media, Arts, Games, Interaction, and Creativity > > (MAGIC). Building 87, Room 1600. Parking is available in "S" Lot, near > > crossroads dining hall. > > > > Any chance of having a remote participation opportunity here again, e.g. > BlueJeans? I'd definitely love to sit in on this one. > > -- > Cheers, > Justin W. Flory > jflory7(a)gmail.com > > > -- Cheers, Justin W. Flory jflory7(a)gmail.com

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NASA Space Apps Challenge Invite
by Daniel Schneiderman 10 Apr '17

10 Apr '17

Hi all, RIT FOSS@MAGIC (Center for Media, Arts, Games, Interaction, & Creativity) would like to invite you to attend the 2017 International NASA Space Apps Challenge on April 29th and 30th in Student Innovation Hall at RIT<https://maps.rit.edu/>. The NASA Space Apps Challenge is a 48-hour global hackathon engaging thousands of problem-solvers each year across the globe to work with NASA in designing creative solutions to international and interplanetary problems using open source data. The event is not just for coders, but for makers, designers, students, engineers, artists, and problem solvers. If you have a passion for space or “out of this world” problem-solving, then this event is for you! RIT is excited to be a part of the network of 200 participating locations taking place all over the world and virtually in the challenge. This is the 3 year that we have participated in this challenge. The event is free and open to the public. Participation is limited to 70 number of registrants so be sure to sign up at https://2017.spaceappschallenge.org/locations/rochester-ny/. As a reminder, FOSS@MAGIC will be visited by Deb Nicholson from the Open Invention Network this Wednesday, who will be talking about Patents, Copyrights & Trademarks: Or Why the Future Might Curse Us. Registration can be found at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fosstalk-patents-copyrights-trademarks-or-why-… If you have any questions about the hackathon, feel free to email me. Blasting Off, Dan -- Dan Schneiderman FOSS@MAGIC Research Associate and Community Liaison Rochester Institute of Technology 585.478.6898 dan(a)magic.rit.edu magic.rit.edu <http://magic.rit.edu/> I www.rit.edu<http://www.rit.edu/>

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FOSSTalks: Patents, Copyrights & Trademarks: Or Why the Future Might Curse Us - 4/12
by Daniel Schneiderman 08 Apr '17

08 Apr '17

Hi all, Join RIT’s FOSS@MAGIC program for our April FOSS Talk as we’re visited by Deb Nicholson from the Open Invention Network, who will be talking about Patents, Copyrights & Trademarks: Or Why the Future Might Curse Us. Patents, copyrights and trademarks form a trio of legal tools often referred to as "intellectual property" law. While each of these tools originally grew from a desire to help new businesses and individual creators find their way to success, today these advantages are better at creating inequity than opportunity. The litigious application of patents, copyrights and trademarks has become so distorted in modern times that their usage often amounts to bullying. In court, the larger, more monied, more experienced party disproportionately wins. As free software developers, we want to keep building software without the threat of expensive and/or frivolous lawsuits. Some of our best and most innovative ideas come from small, underfunded projects. Without outside help or protection, these vulnerable projects tend to lose their legal battles. In order to keep the future from cursing us for letting things get worse, we need to participate in the creation of policy. Deb Nicholson is a free software policy nerd and passionate community advocate. She is the Community Outreach Director for the Open Invention Network, the largest patent non-aggression community in history which serves Linux, GNU, Android and other key FOSS projects. She’s won the O’Reilly Open Source Award for her work on GNU MediaGoblin and OpenHatch. Registration for the event is free but registering lets us know how much food to order. Register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fosstalk-patents-copyrights-trademarks-or-why-… <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fosstalks-bringing-foss-to-comcast-tickets-322…> Who: Open to the public (not just RIT Students) just be sure to RSVP. When: Wednesday, April 12th. 4:30pm-6pm. Where: RIT Center for Media, Arts, Games, Interaction, and Creativity (MAGIC). Building 87, Room 1600. Parking is available in "S" Lot, near crossroads dining hall. Be sure to save the date for our next hackathon, NASA Space Apps, on April 29th & 30th. Registration will open later this week! Thanks, Dan -- Dan Schneiderman FOSS@MAGIC Research Associate and Community Liaison Rochester Institute of Technology 585.478.6898 dan(a)magic.rit.edu<mailto:dan@magic.rit.edu> magic.rit.edu <http://magic.rit.edu/> I www.rit.edu<http://www.rit.edu/>

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Take the #HappinessPacketChallenge next week!
by Justin W. Flory 08 Apr '17

08 Apr '17

Hey everyone, I wanted to challenge everyone in the RIT FOSS community to join me next week in the #HappinessPacketChallenge! https://blog.justinwflory.com/2017/04/happiness-packets-challenge/ Happiness Packets are like thank-you cards for open source users or contributors. You can send a packet to anyone for anything. Your message can be as short or as long as you like. You can put your name on your message or you can keep it totally anonymous. So, what is the #HappinessPacketChallenge? I challenge you to do the following: write at least one Happiness Packet (or more!) every day for one week. At a minimum, this is only seven times where you say “thank you” to someone else in open source. Of course, you can send more if you want to. You can find more details in the blog post linked above. I hope everyone will help spread some positivity through the open source community next week! -- Cheers, Justin W. Flory jflory7(a)gmail.com

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Get an IRC cloak for RIT!
by Justin W. Flory 02 Apr '17

02 Apr '17

Hey everyone! As of now, we are officially registered as a project with freenode. As mentioned before, this also means that we can now request custom hostname cloaks for members of the RIT community in IRC. What does this mean? An IRC cloak is like a "mask" for your hostname whenever you connect to a channel. For example, if I join an IRC channel without a cloak, it might look like the following: * jwf (jflory7(a)laptop.student.rit.edu) has joined If I have a cloak and I am logged into NickServ, it could look like this instead: * jwf (jflory7@rit/foss/student) has joined As of now, we have a few options for people to pick from! If I can collect a list of usernames and the desired cloaks, I can send this list to the freenode staff to add the cloaks to your freenode NickServ accounts. It will help the staff team if we can send them a list at once instead of doing multiple, one-off requests. Here's the list of cloaks we currently have available: * @rit/student * @rit/professor * @rit/faculty * @rit/alumnus * @rit/alumnae * @rit/foss/student * @rit/foss/captain * @rit/foss/faculty * @rit/foss/alumnus * @rit/foss/alumnae * @rit/ritlug/member * @rit/ritlug/alumnus * @rit/ritlug/alumnae It's also possible to add a Linux distribution or another open source project community to the cloak, before the last identifier, e.g. @rit/ritlug/fedora/member or @rit/foss/musicbrainz/member. If you would like one of these cloaks, please reply back to this email with your IRC NickServ username and which cloak you would like. :) Thanks all! -- Cheers, Justin W. Flory jflory7(a)gmail.com

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