[ubuntu-za] ZA-FREE AGM: Time to reflect on South Africa's Free Culture

[ubuntupunk at gmail.com]

https://www.facebook.com/events/315719265238340/

http://www.siliconcape.com/events/za-fre-agm


On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Marius Kruger <amanic at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> were there supposed to be any links?
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> On 25 September 2013 13:03, ubuntupunk at gmail.com <ubuntupunk at gmail.com>wrote:
>
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>>  If you are as committed to free culture as I am, Please RSVP for the
>> upcoming ZA-FREE AGM. We need to take some time to reflect on the
>> contribution of free culture to South Africa's digital commons and to
>> appraise some significant victories over the past months. In Cape Town
>> alone, there are now two major free wifi hubs in the Company Gardens and
>> Green Point. Telkom, our nemesis, has upgraded its lines and is promising a
>> second upgrade in speed in November. ISPs have followed suit, offering
>> upgrades at no extra charge. Google is testing free white spaces in a
>> number of projects around the country. Richard Stallman of the Free
>> Software Foundation also gave a talk at UCT hosted by Cape Town Linux Users
>> Group, we thus have hundreds of projects offering innovative solutions
>> which do not cost the Earth. There are also a number of challenges
>> involving attacks against free culture, such as copyright and patent
>> legislation, online surveillance, lack of access to computers, paucity of
>> skills and incentives and an over-emphasis on the capitalist mode of
>> production. This is therefore an opportunity to meet and organise around
>> issues to do with free culture. If you are a free culture activist or
>> hacktivist please join our group and share this invitation with your
>> friends, Yours in Freedom, David Robert Lewis
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> *David Robert Lewis*
>> *PO BOX 4398*
>> *Cape Town*
>> *8000*
>> *South Africa*
>> *
>> *
>> *Mobile 082 425 1454*
>> *Home 021 448 0021*
>> *Fax **0862396815*
>> *Skype david.robert.lewis*
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-- 
*David Robert Lewis*
*PO BOX 4398*
*Cape Town*
*8000*
*South Africa*
*
*
*Mobile 082 425 1454*
*Home 021 448 0021*
*Fax **0862396815*
*Skype david.robert.lewis*
*
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