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Dear Ruben Safir,

You are receiving this email because you took a stand against
[Digital Restrictions Management (DRM)][0] being included in the HTML5
standard, and this action is directly related to the future of DRM on
the Web.

[0]: https://www.defectivebydesign.org/no-drm-in-html5

Last week, working with our Defective By Design team,
[we asked people][1] to co-sign a comment that we, the Free Software
Foundation (FSF), will be submitting to the U.S. Copyright Office for
their study of the anti-circumvention provisions of the DMCA (17
U.S.C. 1201). Our comment sends a simple and clear message: the DMCA's
anti-circumvention provisions, including the triennial exemption
granting process, are broken beyond repair and the only way to fix
this law is to repeal it altogether. **The Copyright Office has
extended the comment period, and so our
[comment is now open for public co-signing][2] until noon EST (5pm
UTC) on March 2nd.** The DMCA's anti-circumvention provisions threaten
computer-users with legal consequences for bypassing digital DRM and
individuals can face criminal penalties for sharing software designed
to bypass particular DRM technologies.
[Will you co-sign our comment][2] and join us in taking a stand
against this attack on freedom and declare that you too want to see an
end to the DMCA's anti-circumvention provisions?

[1]: https://www.defectivebydesign.org/dmca-anti-circumvention-comment
[2]: https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/profile/create?gid=439&reset=1

When we published our comment and put out our call for co-signers, we
were still waiting to hear back from the Copyright Office for
instructions on where we could send a printed copy of our comment or
an alternate way to submit a digital copy. Specifically, we asked for
a medium or method of submitting a comment that did not require
running proprietary JavaScript. We have now gotten a reply from them,
and it is very disappointing news. They have denied our request to
submit our comment on paper or digitally without the use of
proprietary software, stating: "we cannot allow submission of comments
outside the regulations.gov system on the basis of your objection to
the use of proprietary software."

Like any other program, JavaScript is software you download and run on
your computer, and so [you deserve][3] to have control over that
program, which means that it should be provided to you under a free
software license. The JavaScript served by Regulations.gov is
non-trivial and very complex proprietary software. In fact, after
downloading the first few JavaScript files from Regulations.gov, we
found that these files alone totaled over 740,000 characters in
length. These are minified JavaScript files, which unlike source
files, do not contain long variable names or comments, etc. To put
this in perspective, the feature rich, popular, and mature jQuery
JavaScript library, when minified, is only 97,403 characters in
length. It's not clear what the JavaScript on Regulations.gov does or
why it is necessary or useful. All we know is that it is required to
download and run on your computer if you want to submit a comment
through the site. [We have previously][4] tried to persuade
Regulations.gov to eliminate the proprietary JavaScript from their
site, and have urged them that if they will not release it as free
software, to at least make it so you do not have to run it in order to
submit a comment.

[3]: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns/freejs
[4]: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/take-action-for-free-javascript

Regardless of whether Regulations.gov chooses to fix this problem, it
is troubling that the U.S. Copyright Office won't even acknowledge
that a citizen's refusal to run proprietary software is a reasonable
choice. The public should be able to communicate with government
agencies without being forced to use proprietary software which is
owned and controlled by some corporation. It's like saying that
individuals have to be wearing Nike brand sneakers in order to have a
meeting with their congressperson -- with the additional complication
that the software also directly violates individuals' freedoms.

As such, our plan is to deliver our comment (with signatures) by hand
to the U.S. Copyright Office next Thursday, March 3rd, and alongside
this, we will also deliver a letter that explains why they should not
require proprietary JavaScript to submit comments.

Here is what you can do to help:

* If you are in the U.S. or are a U.S. citizen living in another
country, [co-sign our comment][2] and encourage others to do the
same.

* Email our campaigns manager, Zak Rogoff, at by
Tuesday, March 1st, to let us know if you would like to join us in
Washington D.C. to deliver the letter on March 3rd.

* [Make a donation][5] to support our work defending computer user
freedom and our campaign to oppose DRM.

* If you are neither living in the U.S. nor a U.S. citizen living
abroad, [please join our Free JavaScript Action Team][6] and take
action against the government agencies in your own country that
require the use of non-free JavaScript.

[5]: https://donate.fsf.org
[6]: https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Free_Javascript_Action_Team

Happy Hacking,

Joshua Gay & Donald Robertson
FSF Licensing Team

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Free Software Foundation

Dear Ruben Safir,

You are receiving this email because you took a stand against
[1]Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) being included in the HTML5
standard, and this action is directly related to the future of DRM on
the Web.

Last week, working with our Defective By Design team, [2]we asked
people to co-sign a comment that we, the Free Software Foundation
(FSF), will be submitting to the U.S. Copyright Office for their study
of the anti-circumvention provisions of the DMCA (17 U.S.C. 1201). Our
comment sends a simple and clear message: the DMCA's anti-circumvention
provisions, including the triennial exemption granting process, are
broken beyond repair and the only way to fix this law is to repeal it
altogether. The Copyright Office has extended the comment period, and
so our [3]comment is now open for public co-signing until noon EST (5pm
UTC) on March 2nd. The DMCA's anti-circumvention provisions threaten
computer-users with legal consequences for bypassing digital DRM and
individuals can face criminal penalties for sharing software designed
to bypass particular DRM technologies. [4]Will you co-sign our comment
and join us in taking a stand against this attack on freedom and
declare that you too want to see an end to the DMCA's
anti-circumvention provisions?

When we published our comment and put out our call for co-signers, we
were still waiting to hear back from the Copyright Office for
instructions on where we could send a printed copy of our comment or an
alternate way to submit a digital copy. Specifically, we asked for a
medium or method of submitting a comment that did not require running
proprietary JavaScript. We have now gotten a reply from them, and it is
very disappointing news. They have denied our request to submit our
comment on paper or digitally without the use of proprietary software,
stating: "we cannot allow submission of comments outside the
regulations.gov system on the basis of your objection to the use of
proprietary software."

Like any other program, JavaScript is software you download and run on
your computer, and so [5]you deserve to have control over that program,
which means that it should be provided to you under a free software
license. The JavaScript served by Regulations.gov is non-trivial and
very complex proprietary software. In fact, after downloading the first
few JavaScript files from Regulations.gov, we found that these files
alone totaled over 740,000 characters in length. These are minified
JavaScript files, which unlike source files, do not contain long
variable names or comments, etc. To put this in perspective, the
feature rich, popular, and mature jQuery JavaScript library, when
minified, is only 97,403 characters in length. It's not clear what the
JavaScript on Regulations.gov does or why it is necessary or useful.
All we know is that it is required to download and run on your computer
if you want to submit a comment through the site. [6]We have previously
tried to persuade Regulations.gov to eliminate the proprietary
JavaScript from their site, and have urged them that if they will not
release it as free software, to at least make it so you do not have to
run it in order to submit a comment.

Regardless of whether Regulations.gov chooses to fix this problem, it
is troubling that the U.S. Copyright Office won't even acknowledge that
a citizen's refusal to run proprietary software is a reasonable choice.
The public should be able to communicate with government agencies
without being forced to use proprietary software which is owned and
controlled by some corporation. It's like saying that individuals have
to be wearing Nike brand sneakers in order to have a meeting with their
congressperson -- with the additional complication that the software
also directly violates individuals' freedoms.

As such, our plan is to deliver our comment (with signatures) by hand
to the U.S. Copyright Office next Thursday, March 3rd, and alongside
this, we will also deliver a letter that explains why they should not
require proprietary JavaScript to submit comments.

Here is what you can do to help:
* If you are in the U.S. or are a U.S. citizen living in another
country, [7]co-sign our comment and encourage others to do the
same.
* Email our campaigns manager, Zak Rogoff, at [8]campaigns-at-fsf.org by
Tuesday, March 1st, to let us know if you would like to join us in
Washington D.C. to deliver the letter on March 3rd.
* [9]Make a donation to support our work defending computer user
freedom and our campaign to oppose DRM.
* If you are neither living in the U.S. nor a U.S. citizen living
abroad, [10]please join our Free JavaScript Action Team and take
action against the government agencies in your own country that
require the use of non-free JavaScript.

Happy Hacking,

Joshua Gay & Donald Robertson
FSF Licensing Team

Read and share online:
[11]https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/the-u-s-copyright-office-requir
ing-proprietary-software-in-dmca-anti-circumvention-study

[12]Follow us on GNU social | [13]Subscribe to our blogs via RSS |
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References

1. https://www.defectivebydesign.org/no-drm-in-html5
2. https://www.defectivebydesign.org/dmca-anti-circumvention-comment
3. https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/profile/create?gid=439&reset=1
4. https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/profile/create?gid=439&reset=1
5. https://www.fsf.org/campaigns/freejs
6. https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/take-action-for-free-javascript
7. https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/profile/create?gid=439&reset=1
8. mailto:campaigns-at-fsf.org
9. https://donate.fsf.org/
10. https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Free_Javascript_Action_Team
11. https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/the-u-s-copyright-office-requiring-proprietary-software-in-dmca-anti-circumvention-study
12. https://status.fsf.org/fsf
13. https://fsf.org/blogs/RSS
14. https://www.fsf.org/jf
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Dear Ruben Safir,

You are receiving this email because you took a stand against
[Digital Restrictions Management (DRM)][0] being included in the HTML5
standard, and this action is directly related to the future of DRM on
the Web.

[0]: https://www.defectivebydesign.org/no-drm-in-html5

Last week, working with our Defective By Design team,
[we asked people][1] to co-sign a comment that we, the Free Software
Foundation (FSF), will be submitting to the U.S. Copyright Office for
their study of the anti-circumvention provisions of the DMCA (17
U.S.C. 1201). Our comment sends a simple and clear message: the DMCA's
anti-circumvention provisions, including the triennial exemption
granting process, are broken beyond repair and the only way to fix
this law is to repeal it altogether. **The Copyright Office has
extended the comment period, and so our
[comment is now open for public co-signing][2] until noon EST (5pm
UTC) on March 2nd.** The DMCA's anti-circumvention provisions threaten
computer-users with legal consequences for bypassing digital DRM and
individuals can face criminal penalties for sharing software designed
to bypass particular DRM technologies.
[Will you co-sign our comment][2] and join us in taking a stand
against this attack on freedom and declare that you too want to see an
end to the DMCA's anti-circumvention provisions?

[1]: https://www.defectivebydesign.org/dmca-anti-circumvention-comment
[2]: https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/profile/create?gid=439&reset=1

When we published our comment and put out our call for co-signers, we
were still waiting to hear back from the Copyright Office for
instructions on where we could send a printed copy of our comment or
an alternate way to submit a digital copy. Specifically, we asked for
a medium or method of submitting a comment that did not require
running proprietary JavaScript. We have now gotten a reply from them,
and it is very disappointing news. They have denied our request to
submit our comment on paper or digitally without the use of
proprietary software, stating: "we cannot allow submission of comments
outside the regulations.gov system on the basis of your objection to
the use of proprietary software."

Like any other program, JavaScript is software you download and run on
your computer, and so [you deserve][3] to have control over that
program, which means that it should be provided to you under a free
software license. The JavaScript served by Regulations.gov is
non-trivial and very complex proprietary software. In fact, after
downloading the first few JavaScript files from Regulations.gov, we
found that these files alone totaled over 740,000 characters in
length. These are minified JavaScript files, which unlike source
files, do not contain long variable names or comments, etc. To put
this in perspective, the feature rich, popular, and mature jQuery
JavaScript library, when minified, is only 97,403 characters in
length. It's not clear what the JavaScript on Regulations.gov does or
why it is necessary or useful. All we know is that it is required to
download and run on your computer if you want to submit a comment
through the site. [We have previously][4] tried to persuade
Regulations.gov to eliminate the proprietary JavaScript from their
site, and have urged them that if they will not release it as free
software, to at least make it so you do not have to run it in order to
submit a comment.

[3]: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns/freejs
[4]: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/take-action-for-free-javascript

Regardless of whether Regulations.gov chooses to fix this problem, it
is troubling that the U.S. Copyright Office won't even acknowledge
that a citizen's refusal to run proprietary software is a reasonable
choice. The public should be able to communicate with government
agencies without being forced to use proprietary software which is
owned and controlled by some corporation. It's like saying that
individuals have to be wearing Nike brand sneakers in order to have a
meeting with their congressperson -- with the additional complication
that the software also directly violates individuals' freedoms.

As such, our plan is to deliver our comment (with signatures) by hand
to the U.S. Copyright Office next Thursday, March 3rd, and alongside
this, we will also deliver a letter that explains why they should not
require proprietary JavaScript to submit comments.

Here is what you can do to help:

* If you are in the U.S. or are a U.S. citizen living in another
country, [co-sign our comment][2] and encourage others to do the
same.

* Email our campaigns manager, Zak Rogoff, at by
Tuesday, March 1st, to let us know if you would like to join us in
Washington D.C. to deliver the letter on March 3rd.

* [Make a donation][5] to support our work defending computer user
freedom and our campaign to oppose DRM.

* If you are neither living in the U.S. nor a U.S. citizen living
abroad, [please join our Free JavaScript Action Team][6] and take
action against the government agencies in your own country that
require the use of non-free JavaScript.

[5]: https://donate.fsf.org
[6]: https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Free_Javascript_Action_Team

Happy Hacking,

Joshua Gay & Donald Robertson
FSF Licensing Team

*Read and share online: *

--
* Follow us at .
* Subscribe to our RSS feeds at .
* Join us as an associate member at .

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Dear Ruben Safir,

You are receiving this email because you took a stand against
[1]Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) being included in the HTML5
standard, and this action is directly related to the future of DRM on
the Web.

Last week, working with our Defective By Design team, [2]we asked
people to co-sign a comment that we, the Free Software Foundation
(FSF), will be submitting to the U.S. Copyright Office for their study
of the anti-circumvention provisions of the DMCA (17 U.S.C. 1201). Our
comment sends a simple and clear message: the DMCA's anti-circumvention
provisions, including the triennial exemption granting process, are
broken beyond repair and the only way to fix this law is to repeal it
altogether. The Copyright Office has extended the comment period, and
so our [3]comment is now open for public co-signing until noon EST (5pm
UTC) on March 2nd. The DMCA's anti-circumvention provisions threaten
computer-users with legal consequences for bypassing digital DRM and
individuals can face criminal penalties for sharing software designed
to bypass particular DRM technologies. [4]Will you co-sign our comment
and join us in taking a stand against this attack on freedom and
declare that you too want to see an end to the DMCA's
anti-circumvention provisions?

When we published our comment and put out our call for co-signers, we
were still waiting to hear back from the Copyright Office for
instructions on where we could send a printed copy of our comment or an
alternate way to submit a digital copy. Specifically, we asked for a
medium or method of submitting a comment that did not require running
proprietary JavaScript. We have now gotten a reply from them, and it is
very disappointing news. They have denied our request to submit our
comment on paper or digitally without the use of proprietary software,
stating: "we cannot allow submission of comments outside the
regulations.gov system on the basis of your objection to the use of
proprietary software."

Like any other program, JavaScript is software you download and run on
your computer, and so [5]you deserve to have control over that program,
which means that it should be provided to you under a free software
license. The JavaScript served by Regulations.gov is non-trivial and
very complex proprietary software. In fact, after downloading the first
few JavaScript files from Regulations.gov, we found that these files
alone totaled over 740,000 characters in length. These are minified
JavaScript files, which unlike source files, do not contain long
variable names or comments, etc. To put this in perspective, the
feature rich, popular, and mature jQuery JavaScript library, when
minified, is only 97,403 characters in length. It's not clear what the
JavaScript on Regulations.gov does or why it is necessary or useful.
All we know is that it is required to download and run on your computer
if you want to submit a comment through the site. [6]We have previously
tried to persuade Regulations.gov to eliminate the proprietary
JavaScript from their site, and have urged them that if they will not
release it as free software, to at least make it so you do not have to
run it in order to submit a comment.

Regardless of whether Regulations.gov chooses to fix this problem, it
is troubling that the U.S. Copyright Office won't even acknowledge that
a citizen's refusal to run proprietary software is a reasonable choice.
The public should be able to communicate with government agencies
without being forced to use proprietary software which is owned and
controlled by some corporation. It's like saying that individuals have
to be wearing Nike brand sneakers in order to have a meeting with their
congressperson -- with the additional complication that the software
also directly violates individuals' freedoms.

As such, our plan is to deliver our comment (with signatures) by hand
to the U.S. Copyright Office next Thursday, March 3rd, and alongside
this, we will also deliver a letter that explains why they should not
require proprietary JavaScript to submit comments.

Here is what you can do to help:
* If you are in the U.S. or are a U.S. citizen living in another
country, [7]co-sign our comment and encourage others to do the
same.
* Email our campaigns manager, Zak Rogoff, at [8]campaigns-at-fsf.org by
Tuesday, March 1st, to let us know if you would like to join us in
Washington D.C. to deliver the letter on March 3rd.
* [9]Make a donation to support our work defending computer user
freedom and our campaign to oppose DRM.
* If you are neither living in the U.S. nor a U.S. citizen living
abroad, [10]please join our Free JavaScript Action Team and take
action against the government agencies in your own country that
require the use of non-free JavaScript.

Happy Hacking,

Joshua Gay & Donald Robertson
FSF Licensing Team

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  1. 2016-02-01 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] some insight
  2. 2016-02-01 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] getting out of the US
  3. 2016-02-01 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] Fwd: [Perlweekly] #236 - Grants,
  4. 2016-02-02 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] [alleyboost1-at-gmail.com: AlleyBoost: Mixer TONIGHT,
  5. 2016-02-04 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] EOF
  6. 2016-02-05 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] the Power of Comic Books!
  7. 2016-02-08 Ruben Safir <ruben.safir-at-my.liu.edu> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] Fwd: This is Your LIU Brooklyn - February 8, 2016
  8. 2016-02-08 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] new free software businesses?
  9. 2016-02-09 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] [contact-at-ncfairs.com: Edison Career Fair- February
  10. 2016-02-10 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] [fgreco-at-crossroadstech.com: [wwwac] -at-NYJavaSIG -
  11. 2016-02-11 From: "ballantrae101 ." <ronny.coder-at-gmail.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] deactivate mailing list
  12. 2016-02-12 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] [jkeen-at-verizon.net: [YAPC::NA Announce] Call for
  13. 2016-02-12 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] Advanced Linux Programming essentials
  14. 2016-02-17 Ruben Safir <ruben.safir-at-my.liu.edu> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] security with glibc and gethostbyname
  15. 2016-02-17 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] Fwd: Register and Meet a Nerdy Dinosaur!
  16. 2016-02-17 Ruben Safir <ruben.safir-at-my.liu.edu> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] Fwd: Free presentation: New Ways to Deploy and
  17. 2016-02-18 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] glibc vernability
  18. 2016-02-18 From: "Chris Davis" <contact-at-ncfairs.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] Edison Career Fair- February 24,
  19. 2016-02-20 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] gcc graghics tools
  20. 2016-02-20 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] Tech Learning in Israel
  21. 2016-02-20 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] Programming tutorials - massive
  22. 2016-02-20 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] Linux Mint security breach
  23. 2016-02-21 Ruben Safir <ruben.safir-at-my.liu.edu> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] Jim Henson - eat your heart out
  24. 2016-02-09 ruben safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] Fighting bigoted and antisemitic editing on
  25. 2016-02-21 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] new free software businesses?
  26. 2016-02-21 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] Fwd: Register and Meet a Nerdy Dinosaur!
  27. 2016-02-21 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] glibc vernability
  28. 2016-02-21 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] gcc graghics tools
  29. 2016-02-21 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] Tech Learning in Israel
  30. 2016-02-21 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] Programming tutorials - massive
  31. 2016-02-21 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] Linux Mint security breach
  32. 2016-02-21 Rick Moen <rick-at-linuxmafia.com> Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] security with glibc and gethostbyname
  33. 2016-02-21 Rick Moen <rick-at-linuxmafia.com> Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] Linux Mint security breach
  34. 2016-02-21 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] security with glibc and gethostbyname
  35. 2016-02-21 Ruben Safir <ruben.safir-at-my.liu.edu> Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] security with glibc and gethostbyname
  36. 2016-02-21 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] security with glibc and gethostbyname
  37. 2016-02-21 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] Antlr
  38. 2016-02-21 Rick Moen <rick-at-linuxmafia.com> Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] security with glibc and gethostbyname
  39. 2016-02-22 Rick Moen <rick-at-linuxmafia.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] (forw) [luv-talk] Halt efforts that compel Apple
  40. 2016-02-22 Ruben Safir <ruben.safir-at-my.liu.edu> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] 200 dollar ethernet cards
  41. 2016-02-23 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] Inflation Rate and the price of an Orange
  42. 2016-02-23 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] Time for a Field Trip to Boston
  43. 2016-02-24 ruben safir <ruben.safir-at-my.liu.edu> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] cant believe my eyes...
  44. 2016-02-25 eminker-at-gmail.com Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] cant believe my eyes...
  45. 2016-02-26 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] encrypted and signed mail
  46. 2016-02-26 Rick Moen <rick-at-linuxmafia.com> Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] encrypted and signed mail
  47. 2016-02-26 From: "Free Software Foundation" <info-at-fsf.org> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] UPDATE: U.S. Copyright Office requiring proprietary
  48. 2016-02-26 Rick Moen <rick-at-linuxmafia.com> Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] UPDATE: U.S. Copyright Office requiring
  49. 2016-02-27 Rick Moen <rick-at-linuxmafia.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] (forw) Re: UPDATE: U.S. Copyright Office requiring
  50. 2016-02-28 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] C, C++ and Kernel Programming
  51. 2016-02-28 Asia Suarez <as9795-at-nyu.edu> Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] C, C++ and Kernel Programming
  52. 2016-02-28 Maneesh Kongara <maneeshkongara-at-gmail.com> Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] [Learn] C++ and C workshop
  53. 2016-02-28 Maneesh Kongara <maneeshkongara-at-gmail.com> Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] [Learn] C++ and C workshop
  54. 2016-02-28 Maneesh Kongara <maneeshkongara-at-gmail.com> Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] [Learn] C++ and C workshop
  55. 2016-02-28 as9795-at-nyu.edu Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] [Learn] C++ and C workshop
  56. 2016-02-28 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] C, C++ and Kernel Programming
  57. 2016-02-28 as9795-at-nyu.edu Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] C, C++ and Kernel Programming
  58. 2016-02-28 Ruben Safir <ruben.safir-at-my.liu.edu> Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] [Learn] C++ and C workshop
  59. 2016-02-28 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] Signing up for classes.
  60. 2016-02-28 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] Hi
  61. 2016-02-28 Ruben Safir <ruben.safir-at-my.liu.edu> Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] C, C++ and Kernel Programming
  62. 2016-02-28 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] [Learn] C++ and C workshop
  63. 2016-02-28 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] date
  64. 2016-02-28 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] [Learn] C++ and C workshop
  65. 2016-02-28 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] little sunshine when your down
  66. 2016-02-28 Trevor Ashley <trevor.ashley-at-my.liu.edu> Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] Networking HW
  67. 2016-02-28 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] C, C++ and Kernel Programming
  68. 2016-02-28 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] Networking HW
  69. 2016-02-28 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] [Learn] C++ and C workshop
  70. 2016-02-28 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] Networking HW
  71. 2016-02-28 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] Networking HW
  72. 2016-02-28 Frank Greco <fgreco-at-crossroadstech.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] [wwwac] [#NYJavaSIG] - Mar 7 - Blockchain for Java
  73. 2016-02-28 James E Keenan <jkeen-at-verizon.net> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] NYC Perl 6 Beginners Study Group Session 2: Sat Mar
  74. 2016-02-22 ISOC-NY announcements <announce-at-lists.isoc-ny.org> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] [isoc-ny] NYC Don't Break Our Phones Rally -
  75. 2016-02-28 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] [mailman-at-nylxs.com: Bounce action notification]
  76. 2016-02-28 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] Networking HW
  77. 2016-02-22 Gabor Szabo <gabor-at-szabgab.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] [Perlweekly] #239 - Of Tabletop and Desktop Games
  78. 2016-02-28 James E Keenan <jkeen-at-verizon.net> Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] NYC Perl 6 Beginners Study Group Session 2: Sat
  79. 2016-02-28 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] [Learn] C++ and C workshop
  80. 2016-02-28 as9795-at-nyu.edu Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] [Learn] C++ and C workshop
  81. 2016-02-29 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] [Learn] C++ and C workshop
  82. 2016-02-29 as9795-at-nyu.edu Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] [Learn] C++ and C workshop
  83. 2016-02-29 Ruben Safir <mrbrklyn-at-panix.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] Fwd: Re: [Mailman-Users] speed up mailman
  84. 2016-02-29 Gabor Szabo <gabor-at-szabgab.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] [Perlweekly] #240 - YAPC is coming!
  85. 2016-02-29 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] Change to Tuesday at 7PM C++ and C workshop
  86. 2016-02-29 Gabor Szabo <gabor-at-szabgab.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] [Perlweekly] #240 - YAPC is coming!
  87. 2016-02-29 From: "soledad.esteban" <soledad.esteban-at-icp.cat> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] Course R Without Fear: Applied R for Biologists,
  88. 2016-02-29 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] Robotics in the popular press
  89. 2016-02-29 Ruben Safir <mrbrklyn-at-panix.com> Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] [Mailman-Users] Config dump? - WAS Re: speed up

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