[IMPORTANT] Vote our CHARTER

[Arianit D.]

Dear Free Software Friends,

Since for a while there have been no further comments to the charter
of the organization Asociacioni për Softuer të Lirë dhe të Hapur
(ASLH; The Association for Free and Open Software), we're putting it
to vote for approval.

Please read the charter below and then reply with "YES", "NO" or
"ABSTAIN" vote.

The deadline to submit your vote is 18 February 2008 10:00 CET.

Next on will be translation and registration with the Ministry.

Thank you,
Arianit




CHARTER
Charter of Asociacioni per Softuer te Lire dhe te Hapur (ASLH)

* Articles of Association
* §0 – Preamble
* §1 – Name, Office, Nature
* §2 – Definition of Terminology
* §3 – Purpose of the Association
* §4 – Activities of the Association
* §5 – Membership
* §6 – Assembly of Members
* §7 – Meetings of the Assembly of Members
* §8 – Board of Directors
* §9 – Officers and Employees
* §10 - Financing of the Association
* §11 - Liquidation
* §12 – Amendments to the Statutes
* §13 – Reporting Periods and Accounting Years
* §14 - Inception of the Articles of Association

Articles of Association

§0 – Preamble

Upon entering the digital age, in which real and virtual space will
equally determine the social, cultural and scientific development of
mankind, Asociacioni për Softuer të Lirë dhe të Hapur (ASLH; The
Association for Free and Open Software) has the long-term goal to
raise and work on the questions this will necessarily raise.

The direct function of ASLH is the unselfish promotion of Free and
Open Source Software and Knowledge as well as creating and propagating
the awareness of the related philosophical and social questions.

The further mission of the ASLH is to empower and engage people around
the world to collect and develop educational content under a free
license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and
globally.

The ASLH will provides the essential infrastructure and an
organizational framework for the support and development of open
knowledge and software projects and other endeavors which serve this
mission. The ASLH will make and keep useful information from its
projects available on the Internet free of charge, in perpetuity.

To create the best benefit for the people of Kosovo the ASLH will join
forces with other supporters of the same causes. Instead of creating
multiple organizations in Kosovo we ask the other international
organizations to join forces with us an form working groups under the
ASLH to implement our common goals in the small republic.

The term Free and Open Source Software and Knowledge in the sense of
the ASLH does not refer to the price, but rather to the following four
freedoms:

* the freedom to use a program and knowledge for any purpose
* the freedom to study the program and knowledge and adapt it to
your own needs.
* the freedom to make copies for others.
* the freedom to improve a program and knowledge and make these
improvements available to others, so that the whole community
benefits.

This definition of Free Software goes back to the idea of freely
exchanging knowledge and ideas that can traditionally be found in
scientific fields. Like thoughts, software is non-tangible and
duplicable without loss. Passing feeds an evolutionary process,
advancing thoughts and software.

Only Free Software preserves the possibility to comprehend and build
upon scientific results. For scientists, it is the only kind of
software which corresponds to the ideals of a free science.
Accordingly, the promotion of free software is also a promotion of
science.

The distribution of information and the forming of an opinion are done
increasingly by digital media, and the trend is to foster the use of
those means for a direct citizen participation to democracy.
Therefore, a central task of the ASLH is to train proficient citizens
in these media, thereby promoting democracy.

Digital space ("Cyberspace"), with software as its medium and its
language has an enormous potential for the promotion of all mental and
cultural aspects of mankind. By making it commonly available and
opening up the medium, Free Free and Open Source Software and
Knowledge grants equal chances and protection of privacy.

Coining the awareness for the problems related to the digital age in
all parts of society is long-term goal and a core aspect of the work
of the ASLH.

Therefore the ASLH will seek to increase the use of Free and Open
Source Software and Knowledge in schools and universities in order to
parallelize the education in real space matters with the creation of
understanding and awareness of problems in virtual space.

Free and Open Source Software and Knowledge guarantees traceable
results and decision-making processes in science and public life as
well as the individual rights to free development of personality and
liberty of opinion. It is the job of the Free and Open Source Software
and Knowledge into all areas that touch public life or "informational
human rights" of citizens.

§1 – Name, Office, Nature

1.1 The association will be known as Asociacioni për Softuer të Lirë
dhe të Hapur, abbreviated as ASLH.

1.2 The association’s registered offices are located in Prishtina.

1.3 Should no fixed registered office be established, it will be
managed from the residence of the general manager at any given time.

1.4 The Association shall be a non-profit organization as defined by
the laws in force in the Republic of Kosovo.

§2 – Definition of Terminology

2.1 Free (as in Free and Open Source Software and Knowledge): the
originator puts the intellectual work into the public domain free of
charge and in an irretrievable manner. In doing so, the originator
allows others the freedom to use the work for any purpose, to study
how it functions, to adapt it to his/her own needs, to copy it for
others and to improve it and make changes available for the common
good.

We talk of Free and Open Source Software and Knowledge in include not
only software, but also the knowledge stored in the form of Wikis and
Documents.

In order to protect these freedoms, we understand the that Free and
Open Source Software and Knowledge is to be software, documentation,
instructions, Wikipages, videos or other media that is licensed under
the latest version of one of the following licenses:

* GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/
gpl.html )
* GNU Free Documentation License Version (http://www.gnu.org/
copyleft/fdl.html)
* Creative Commons CC-BY-SA license Attribution-Share Alike
Unported (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa)

2.2 Open (as in Open Software): since not all intellectual work can be
or is protected with the same strength as the above mentioned
licenses, we therefore recognize this secondary source of free
software:

* http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd

* http://www.opensource.org/licenses

2.3 Free and Open Source Software and Knowledge: Any computer
algorithm or other form of intellectual material. We include
wikipages, videos, documentation and software in this definition.

§3 – Purpose of the Association

3.1 The purpose of the Association is to promote, develop, distribute
and support:

* Free/Libre software as defined by the GNU.org project.
* Open Source software as defined by the www.opensource.org.
* open and participatory knowledge as defined by Wikimedia
foundation.
* information technology education such as Open Courseware from
MIT.
* open society using open and free communcation standards such as
those from the W3C.org.

in Kosovo.

§4 – Activities of the Association

4.1 Activities of the Association are:

* Run a yearly conference made available to the general public for
the lowest possible charge that will further the aims set out on §3.1
* Enable access to free and open source software and knowledge by
facilitating distribution and localization into the national languages
of Kosovo

* Coordinate with national and international partners and sponsors
in the industry, academia and government to further the goals set out
on §3.1

§5 – Membership

5.1 The membership of the Association is open to any person regardless
of race, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnicity, religious
belief, age or physical capacity.

5.2 The Assembly of Members shall determine whether a membership fee
shall be required from members. Failure to pay the membership fee,
after written or email notice of not doing so, shall be a ground for
the exclusion of the member from the Association.

§6 – Assembly of Members

6.1 The Assembly of Members is the highest governing body of the
Association. It shall consist of all members of the Association.

6.2 The Assembly of Members shall have ultimate responsibility for the
policies and financial affairs of the Association.

6.3 Apart from the other powers given to it by these statutes, the
Assembly of Members shall also have the following powers: to elect
members of the board of directors; to approve reports by officers; to
approve the annual working plan; to approve the spending of money over
€300.

6.4 The Assembly of Members can delegate any of its responsibilities
to the Board of Directors or any other organ or officers of the
Association, by the decision of the majority of its members.

§7 – Meetings of the Assembly of Members

7.1 The Assembly of Members shall meet at least once a year at an
Annual General Meeting (AGM) at which time it shall review and approve
the assets, liabilities, income, expenditures and programmes of the
Association for the past year. It shall also consider anticipated
assets, liabilities, income expenditures and programmes for the
upcoming year.

7.2 The Assembly of Members can also meet at Extraordinary General
Meetings (EGMs) whenever required by (half of the members) or by the
Board of Directors. Such request must be addressed to the Secretary
who will issue the notice of the meeting to all members, according to
the procedure described in paragraph 6.3 here below.

7.3 Written notice of AGMs and/or EGMs, stating the date and place of
the meeting, together with an agenda of the meeting, shall be
distributed to all members at least 7 (seven) days before the day on
which the meeting is to be held.

7.4 A minimum presence of (half) of the members is required for
meetings of the Assembly of Members to conduct business. If this
minimum (‘the quorum’) is not obtained, the meeting shall be postponed
to a specified later date and a new notice shall be sent to all
members.

7.5 Each member of the Association has one vote in the Assembly of
Members.

7.6 Decisions in the Assembly of Members shall be taken by majority of
the members present.

7.7 Any member of the Assembly of Members shall abstain from voting on
a decision on any matter in which he or she has a personal or economic
interest.

§8 – Board of Directors

8.1 Apart from other powers given to it by these present statutes, the
Board of Directors shall be responsible for presenting an annual
working plan to be approved by the Assembly of Members and
safeguarding the property and good standing of the Association. The
Board of Directors shall always act in accordance with the purpose of
the Association.

8.2 The Board of Directors shall be composed of a diverse group people
in good moral and legal standing and significant achievement in the IT
industry, academia and society. They will be elected individually by
the Assembly of Members by a simple majority. Each director shall
serve for a term of (one) year and shall remain in office until a
successor takes office, or until death, resignation or removal.

8.3 The Board of Directors shall consist of at least 5 (five) Members.

8.4 Members of the Board of Directors can be removed before the end of
their term by a vote at an AGM or EGM of the Assembly of Members.

8.5 In case of the death, resignation or removal of a member of the
Board of Directors, the Assembly of Members shall elect a successor to
serve the remaining term.

8.6 Decisions by the Board of Directors shall be by majority.

8.7 The Board of Directors can decide to refer any matter to the
Assembly of Members for decision.

8.8 No remuneration or compensation shall be paid to the Directors
without the approval of the Assembly of Members and only where the
remuneration or compensation is reasonable and for work performed for
the Association.

8.9 Any member of the Board of Directors shall abstain from voting on
a decision on any matter in which he or she has a personal or economic
interest.

§9 – Officers and Employees

9.1 If necessary, the Board of Directors shall appoint employed
Officers or hire agents to undertake the daily conduct of business of
the Association. The terms of their employment will be determined by
the Board of Directors upon a simple majority approval by the Assembly
of Members.

9.2 The Officers will be employed under a written agreement that
details all salaries and benefits to be paid to the Officer. Any
salary or benefit shall be reasonable and paid only for work performed
for the Association. 9.3 Any Officer may resign at any time by giving
written notice to the Board of Directors, to the chairman of the
board, to the vice-chair, or to the secretary of the Association. Any
such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein, or,
if the time be not specified therein, upon its acceptance by the Board
of Directors.

§10 - Financing of the Association

10.1 The funds required for the Association are raised through:

* membership fees,
* entry fees from the annual conference
* sponsoring fees paid for the conference
* contributions by government and other public bodies
* donations
* other financial contributions made by third parties,
* benefits paid to the Association for activities it pursues for
the common good, including lectures.

10.2 The members pay fees based on the decision taken by the Assembly
of Members in simple majority vote.

10.3 No portion of the income or property aforesaid shall be paid or
transferred, directly or indirectly, by way of dividend, bonus or
otherwise by way of profit, to persons who, at any time are, or have
been Members of the Association or to any one or more of them or to
any person claiming through any one or more of them. This includes
associates, friends and family.

10.4 Except, with the previous approval of the Assembly of Members, no
remuneration or other benefit in money or moneys worth shall be given
by the Association to any of its Members, whether officers or
employees of the Association or not, except payment of out of pocket
expenses, reasonable and proper interest on money lent, or reasonable
and proper rent on premises let to the Association.

10.5 Nothing in this clause shall prevent the payment by the
Association in good faith of reasonable remuneration to any of its
officers or employees or to any other person in return for any
services actually rendered to the Association.

§11 - Liquidation

11.1 In case of a liquidation of the Association or termination of its
tax-privileged status any assets remaining after the discharge of
liabilities will become assets of the:

University of Prishtina
Address:
Rektorati, Rr. Nene Tereza, p/n

10 000 Prishtina

Tel: +381 (38) 244183
Fax: +381 (38) 244187

which has to use them exclusively and directly for non-for-profit
purposes only.

§12 – Amendments to the Statutes

12.1 The present statutes can be amended by the decision of a three
fourth majority of the Assembly of Members.

§13 – Reporting Periods and Accounting Years

13.1 The Board of Directors and appointed Officers shall provide
annual reports to the Assembly of Members AGMs or whenever requested
by an EGM.

13.2 The accounting year of the Association shall coincide with the
civil year.

§14 - Inception of the Articles of Association

14.1 These Articles of Association come into effect immediately
following a decision by the Assembly of Members on xx February 2008 in
Prishtina, Republic of Kosovo, and online.

[Arianit D.]

YES

Arianit Dobroshi

[Flakron Bytyqi]

YES

On Feb 14, 4:38 pm, "Arianit D." <aria...@gmail.com> wrote:
> YES
>
> Arianit Dobroshi

[Flakron Bytyqi]

YES

>     *http://www.opensource.org/licenses

> assets, ...
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[Bernard Nikaj]

YES

[jamesmi...@googlemail.com]

YES !
Go GO GO !

[Amir Neziri]

Hi,
I've some questions:
1) how much should pay the people,who hold a presentation for their
submited Papers? Should these people pay also for their entry?
2) Entrance for other people: How much? Is there any discount for locale
Students/scholars???

mfg
Amir

Arianit D. schrieb:

[JamesMi...@googlemail.com]

On Feb 14, 6:10 pm, Amir Neziri <amir.nez...@gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi,
> I've some questions:
> 1) how much should pay the people,who hold a presentation for their
> submited Papers? Should  these people pay also for their entry?

Ideally we will pay the speakers.
We will find places (families) or a cheap hotel for the speakers.
we will pay for travel expenses for speakers if we can, ideally with a
bus ride.
we will ask for sponsors to help pay for some of this.
the idea is to ask the speaker to pay for %30 of the travel costs, or
something like that.
we will see.

> 2) Entrance for other people: How much? Is there any discount for locale
> Students/scholars???

we want to make it as cheap as possible. We will ask people to make
donations for covering the travel expenses,
we will sell teeshirts and dvds.
also we want to get members in the association who will make
donations,
but the main point is to make the conference as cheap as possible,

mfg,

mike




Më 14 shkurt, 6:10 pm, Amir Neziri <amir.nez...@gmx.de> ka shkruajtur:
> Hi,
> Kam disa pyetje:
> 1) se sa duhet të paguani vetë, që të mbajnë një prezantim e tyre për
> Submited Gazetat? Këta njerëz duhet të paguajnë edhe për hyrjen e tyre?

Teorikisht, ne do të paguajë folesit.
Ne do të gjeni vende (familjet) ose në një hotel të lirë për të
folësit.
ne do të paguaj për shpenzimet e udhëtimit, për në qoftë se ne mund të
folësve, ideale me një udhëtim me autobus.
ne do të pyesin për sponsorët për të ndihmuar disa nga të paguajë për
këtë.
ideja është që të kërkojë nga amtare për të paguar për 30% kostot e
udhëtimit, ose diçka të tillë.
ne do të shohim.

> 2) Hyrja për njerëz të tjerë: How much? A ka ndonjë ulje çmimi për locale
> Studentët / studiues???
ne duam që kjo të bëhet si të lira që të jetë e mundur. Ne do t'i
kërkojë njerëz të bëjnë donacione për të mbuluar shpenzimet e
udhëtimit,
ne do të shesë teeshirts dhe DVD.
edhe ne duam të marrin anëtarët e shoqatës në të cilët do të bëjnë
donacione,
por pika kryesore është të bëjë të konferencës si të lira që të jetë e
mundur,

[Zekije Salihu]

YES!

2009/2/14 JamesMi...@googlemail.com <JamesMi...@googlemail.com>

[Amir Neziri]

YES,

JamesMi...@googlemail.com schrieb:

[Shkumbin Brestovci]

YES

[Milot Shala]

YES

[Valon Hoti]

YES

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[Arbër Dhomi]

YES

Arbër/Beni Dhomi
t: 06 - 2333 2777
e: be...@dhomi.com
w: www.Dhomi.com

[Kushtrim Xhakli]

YES

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www.xhakli.com

[sami kciku]

YES

On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Arianit D. <ari...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Luan Ibraj]

YES!

On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Arianit D. <ari...@gmail.com> wrote:

--
Luan Ibraj
e-mail: luan....@gmail.com
Cell: + 377 (0)44 13 95 67

[arapi]

YES

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[Blerim Rexha]

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[Bashkim Idrizi]

YES

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[Bashkim]

[Valentin]

YES

On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:36:07 +0100, sami kciku <sami....@gmail.com>
wrote:

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channel: #sfk09
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[Arianit D.]

Dear all,

ASLH charter has had: 17 yays, 0 nays, 0 abstentions.

The charter passes.

Translation and registration is next.

Thank ya'll!

Ari

[Heroina Telaku]

I will add a yes, and i can take over translation.

 

Rgds,

 

Heroina

[JamesMi...@googlemail.com]

Perfect timing,
just for Kosova BDay!
I want to thank you all for making this a reality, I am very proud of
you!

Thank especially to :

Flakron, Arianit, Shkumbin, Dashamir, Heroina, Zieke, Luan, Kustrim
and all the others.

Heroina,
You can find a first "autotranslate" of the charter here:
http://code.google.com/p/sfck/wiki/Statutet_Sq

All the best,

mike

[jamesmi...@googlemail.com]

And Milot!!! sorry!

Also thanks to edon a. for the idea of creating an organisation like
this to begin with, hope all is well with you.

mike

[Blerim Rexha]

Hello everyone, 

I'm proud to be a part of this community.
It's good to intruduce with myself, I'm from Gjakova, i'm in gymnasium, my question was, how can i help the opensource more how can i help this community. Expect translating 'cause i don't have much time. I'm preparing for university. If it is a good idea to make some spam in colleges, so in gymnasiums all around Kosovo to tell about free-software. I can do it in my gymnasium more in city of Gjakova. See ya!

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[jamesmi...@googlemail.com]

Hi Blerim,
My suggestion is : Wikipedia/Wiktionary

If you dont have much time, then I would ask you and everyone to just
pick a letter here :
http://sq.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fjalori_sipas_shkronj%C3%ABs
and then start by added in the words,

Zeike has written a welcome page explaining what is to do :
http://sq.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ndihm%C3%AB:Ndihm%C3%AB
http://sq.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Mir%C3%ABsevini

We have this flyer, can you print some copies and hang them up in your school?
what about talking to your teachers, they might want to come?

Thanks for you message!

mike

[Arbër Dhomi]

Just one note: please do not spam by mail. That is the last thing we want to achieve. Use positive news, use good examples. And it is a good news to have you with us. Greetings.

Arbër/Beni Dhomi
t: 06 - 2333 2777
e: be...@dhomi.com
w: www.Dhomi.com

[Zekije Salihu]

That would be a very good thing to do. It is always nice to see new wikipedians coming around.

[Blerim Rexha]

Hi Mike, hi everyone!
Of course I wasn't thinking to do spam with email yak! It sucks!

I'm thinking to make a presentation to the director of my school, and if he approve I will put around in my school. 
Did u mean about this flayer:

http://free-software-conference.googlegroups.com/web/konferenca_open_source_05.png
Thanks all,
Blero

> Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:02:00 +0100
> Subject: Re: Question!
> From: jamesmi...@googlemail.com
> To: free-softwar...@googlegroups.com

[JamesMi...@googlemail.com]

Sounds good!

If we can get a hacker bus from Gjakova it would be great.

Yes I mean that flyer!
mike

[Korab Dibra]

This sounds stupido "hackers" why NOT professionals or computer geeks but just hackers hackers.... I dont agree with you with your spelling if you are a professional IT computer or programmer that doesn't mean exactly that you should be a hacker or soemebody have a right to call you a hacker!



Peace out!

[JamesMi...@googlemail.com]

Hi,
I consider myself a hacker, in the terms of the old, original sense :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_(programmer_subculture)

"""
In one of several meanings of the word in computing, a hacker is a
member of the computer programmer subculture originated in the 1960s
in the United States academia, in particular around the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT)'s Tech Model Railroad Club (TMRC) and
MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Nowadays, this subculture is
mainly associated with the free software movement.

Hackers follow a spirit of creative playfulness and anti-
authoritarianism, and sometimes use this term to refer to people
applying the same attitude to other fields."""

If you dont like the term "hackerbus" then please suggest a better
one.

mike

[Valentin]

Hello guys,

Saying "hacker" isn't such a bad word. As James shows the weblink, the word
"hacker" is interpretted in different ways. So, I personally don't think we
should care much about the word "hacker", as we should care more about the
community.

Kind regards,

Valentin

[Blerim Rexha]

Hi,
I don't think that the real I mean the real hacker, call himself i'm a hacker. I think that the term "hacker" is know a fantasy, cause it doesn't exist. I mean know in this century the people mistake "hacker" with a script kiddy or a cracker u know i'm talkin about!
I've got a paper about the meaning of the word: "Hacker"?

In English:
Ethics Of A True Hacker
This is the first article I am writing and as such an occasion I decided to write about my favorite topic which is
computer hacking. Now this is not to be confused with system cracking which of course is the act of mindlessly
breaking into systems, spreading viruses, and doing things which hurt innocent people who just don't know anything
about the world of sercurity. Well let me get to the point of this article. It is meant to show all those who call themselves hackers a
thing of two. I will guess that only half the people who read this paper will actually amount to being a real hacker.
Well without further delay here is a paper on what a hacker really is.
 
All you newbies who are entering the wonderful world of hacking, I bet you looked into hacking because you want
to be one of those "ellite" hackers in the movies right. Let me tell you something right now you will most likely
never be one of the James Bond evil geniuses who crack into sensitive military information. Now I don't say this to
mean that you aren't intelligent enough,it is simply not possible. It is a rare occasion that someone actually can
break into any system that has sensitive information and not be caught. I've heard of less than a half dozen times
when this rare occasion occurs. Getting caught is all most inevitable. Even those who have years of experience in
sercurity and programming would have a great task ahead of them for a mission like that. Now those so called
"cool techno wiz kids" also have boasted about hacking peoples accounts at school right? Well heres a word to the
wise, its probally not as good as it sounds. And even if they are I'll give you nine to five odds they used some lame
program of the internet to complete it. If they were for real they wouldn't ever admitted they done it all over school.
So my message is if you want to be some kind of "Super Hacker" rent a movie and make it "A blockbuster night"
because your dreaming. Face it your a newbie and you have to learn the basics before you do anything to impress
your freinds. If you can stand the wait you'll have the reap the rewards of hacking and how cool it can be.
 
In the last paragraph I just skimmed over programs. Now the reason I downplay programs is the simple fact unless
you wrote the program its not hacking. Any idiot can run a program ( I hope!). If you start using programs that do
everything for you than what are you learning. I once read somewhere on one of the hundreds of hacking sites I've
visited that "Hacking is using your knowledge to gain more knowledge". Now I've spent hours thinking about that
and I'll tell you right now that is the best definition I've ever heard. Now please do not misunderstand what I'm
saying. There are select number of programs that are good to have on hand for automating certain tasks. Now if
you wanted to find out about the open ports on a computer you have to options. You can run a port surfer or check
by hand. Now I almost never use a port surfer because it can cause you problems with your isp as well as not give
you all the critical information you need. If your pressed for time in a wargame with a freinds server or something
well than go ahead and use that program. I'll be honest with you's I keep programs on hand. I have a unix password
cracker, port surfer, and even a mailbomber (which I use with much discretion and if you have half a brain you will
too). And even keep a disk with a few of those intresting programs that are nice to have. Be wary of programs they
are a crutch which you will become permanently attached to if your not careful.
 
Now if you are a intermediate hacker or above you can skip this section. Read if you like though. This goes out in
response to the constant stream of newbies out there who prowl the chat rooms and newsgroups looking for
intelligent people and sucking every bit of patience out of them. I can not even count the amount of newbies who
have contacted me with questions like "Please teach me to hack?"or the infamous "How do I hack?". If you have
any pride or brains you will never say these words in a chat room, newsgroup, or any other medium of the sort. I
can not begin to tell you how irritating it is to be asked dumb questions over and over and over again. Day after
day, month after month. I know that being new to anything is hard but if you persist in doing things like that you will
inevitablely learn the true meaning of a flame. But I know you're all wondering how do I find out how to hack then?
You use a ****ing search engine! Look up things like "hacking" and "computer sercurity".If you want to chat with
other hackers ask specific questions like "Anyone know some good URL's". I'll tell you right now for the time I've
been into hacking I've foung the best hacking sites right from people in the chat rooms. Not to mention if you find a
good site be sure to share with others. I'm sure it will be greatly appreciated.
 
So what is real hacking anyway?
Well I've told what hacking is not. Now lets talk about what it is. Hacking, as I said before, is using your knowledge
to expand your knowledge. Now that means you should become familiar with the various operating systems on the
internet which are UNIX and WINDOWS NT. Port surfing computers is another very honorable way of hacking.
You wouldn't believe how many things can be learned by port surfing the various protocols you'll come across. Even
if criminal hackers port surf to learn as much about a system as possible. This is because of the golden rule of
breaking a sysytem. YOU CAN NOT BREAK INTO A SYSTEM THAT YOU DON"T UNDERSTAND. Now of
course if you are guessing passwords you may get in. But what will you do once your inside. After you know how to
use various systems the next step is programming which I recently started. Well thats enough for now. Remember
what a hacker is at all times. Lastly look for the Guide to Mostly Harmless Hacking written by Carolyn Meinel.
Written by The Mob Boss also known as Mafia_man777
 
 
In Albanian:

Etika e një hackeri të vërtet

 

Ky është artikulli i parë që po shkruaj, dhe arsyja që vendosa të shkruaj është për temen më të pelqyer timen, e cila është “computer hacking”. Tash nuk është që të jeni hutuar me “system cracking” e cila natyrisht është akti i të pamendëve të cilët thyejnë sisteme, shpërndajnë viruse, dhe bëjnë gjëra të cilat i lëndojnë njerëzit e pafajshëm të cilët nuk ia kane idenë për botën e sigurimit.  Mirë tani më lejoni të shkruaj për pikën kryesore të këtij artikulli. Do t’iu sqarohet të gjithëve të cilët e thërrasin veten “hacker”.

Këtu është e paraqitur një “paper” e cila paraqet se çfarë një “hacker” në të vërtet është.

 

Të gjithë ju fillestarët të cilët po hyni në botën e mrekullueshme të hacking, vej bast që hytë në hacking sepse deshët që të bëheni një ndër elitat e hackerëve ashtu si në filma apo. Më lejo të them diçka tani, tani ju as që të ju shkoj në mend që do të bëheni si ekipa e James Bondit të cilët marrin të dhënat ushtarake në sekonda, thjesht nuk është e mundur. Është rast shumë i rralle që dikush në të vërtet mund të hyj në sisteme që ka informata shumë të rëndësishme e te mos kapet. Të kapesh gati që nuk mund ti shmangesh. Edhe ata të cilët kanë vite eksperiencë në sigurim dhe programim në një mision të tillë do të kenë shume punë të mundimshme.

Ata që quhen “cool techno wiz kids” lavdërohen për hakiratjen e akounteve të msn-ës a ku ta di unë në shkolla, apo jo? Hmmmm këtu është një fjale për ata persona, ndoshta nuk është e mire ashtu siç tingëllon. Edhe nëse ata i kanë kryer ato gjera unë të them se kanë përdor disa “lamers” programe të internetit që kanë shfrytëzuar paditurinë e njerëzve që fare s’marrin erë në kompjuter apo në internet. Nëse do të ishin të vërtet ata kurrë nuk do të tregonin se çfarë kanë bëre në tëre shkollën. Kështu që mesazhi im është nëse dëshiron të bëhesh një lloj “Super Hacker” duke qene parazit (pra duke u ushqyer në krah të të tjerëve) hapi sytë sepse je duke ëndërruar.  Pra ti je një fillestar dhe ti duhesh te mësosh bazën para se të bësh ndonjë gjë që t’iu lesh përshtypje shokëve të tu. Nëse fillon të lexosh, të lexosh dhe vetëm të lexosh ti do të korrësh frytet e hacking dhe do shohësh sa i mirë që mund të jetë.

 

Në paragrafin e fundit unë vetëm i kalova lehte mbi programet. Tani arsyeja që unë i minimizova programet është fakt i thjesht, që nëse ti shkrove një program, nuk është hacking. Çdo idiot mund të nis një program (Shpresoj!). Nëse fillon të përdoresh programet të cilat bëjnë çdo gjë për ty atëherë çfarë je duke mësuar. Dikur lexova diku në një nga qindra “hacking sites” se: “Hacking është përdorimi i diturisë për të fituar më shume dituri”. Atëherë i kalova ore të tëra duke menduar për të dhe të tregoj tani menjëherë se është definicioni më i mirë që kam dëgjuar ndonjëherë.

 

Tani nëse jeni një hacker mesatar apo më i mirë ti mund të kalosh këtë paragraf. Lexo ketë nëse të pëlqen. Po zgjat në mënyre të vazhdueshme kërkimi i të rinjve nëpër “chat roms” dhe “newsgroups” për njerëz inteligjent duke iu marre çdo “bit” durimi nga ata. Unë as që mund të numëroj të rinjët duke pyetur kështu: “Ju lutem më mëso të bej hack?” ose “Si të bëj hack?”. Nëse ke sadopak mendje ose pak tru ti kurrë nuk do ti flasësh këto fjalë nepër forume, chat rooms, newsgroups, ose në ndonjë lloj tjetër si këto. Unë nuk mund të filloj të tregoj ty se si zemërohesh nëse pyetesh me kësi pyetje të mendjelehtëve për shumë here me radhë. Dite pas dite, muaj pas muaji. E di që të jesh i ri të çdo gjë është vështire, por nëse ti insiston në bërjen e gjerave, atëherë ti do të jesh i pashmangshëm të mësosh të vërtetën e një gjëje. Mirëpo po e di që ti je ka brengosesh se si do te mësoj të hackesh atëherë? Do te përdoresh një makine kërkuese! Kërko pak këto gjëra si “hacking” dhe “computer security”. Nëse dëshiron të bisedosh me hacker të tjerë pyet pyetje specifike si “Din ndokush ndonjë URL të mirë”. Të tregoj se unë për ketë kohë që kam në hacking kam gjetur webet më te mira nga njerëzit në forume. Mos e zë në goje se nëse gjen ndonjë ueb të mirë atëherë bëhu i sinqerte dhe ndaje më të tjerët. Jam i sigurt që do të mirëpritesh.

 

Por çfare është hack i vërtet pra?

 

Kështu unë ju tregova se çfarë hacking nuk është. Tani le flasim se çfarë është. Hacking, siç e thash edhe më pare, është përdorimi i diturisë që ti zgjerosh kufijtë e diturisë. Tani, kjo do të thotë se ti duhesh të bëhesh familjar me sistemet operative në internet të cilat janë Unix dhe Windows. Port surfing është edhe një metode e respektueshme e hacking. Ti s’do të më besosh se sa gjera mund të mësohen nga port surfing. Hakeret lundrojnë në porte për të mësuar sa më shumë, aq sa është e mundshme për një sistem. Kjo është për arsye të rregullave të arta të thyerjes së sistemeve. Ti nuk mund të thyesh një sistem të cilin nuk e kupton. Tani të supozojmë e kemi gjetur fjalëkalimin dhe u futem brenda në sistem. Por çfarë do të bësh nëse hyn brenda. Pasi ti mësosh sistemet operative të ndryshme hapi tjetër është programimi të cilën kohët e fundit ia kam filluar.

Hackerët e vërtet janë inteligjent, ata duhet të jene. Gjithashtu ata bëjnë më të vërtet një pune të mirë në shkollë, sepse ata janë uritur për dituri. Ose nuk janë aq të mirë në shkollë sepse është tmerrësisht e mërzitshme. Dhe ajo të cilët janë të mërzitur nuk është sepse nuk ju ndien për mesim, përkundrazi ata janë të etur të mësojnë, çfarëdo që ju del para.  Një hacker i vërtet dëshiron të dijë çdo gjë. Ata janë të mërzitur në shkollë sepse shkollat mëson të njëjtat gjëra, përsëri përsëri dhe përsëri asgjë të re, asgjë sfiduese.

Hackeret e vërtet janë kurioz dhe këmbëngulës. Një hacker i vertet nuk hyn në sisteme për të shkatërruar çdo gjë që i del para. Hackerët e vërtet dëshirojnë të mëson, ose dëshiron ta kënaqin kuriozitetin e tyre, kjo është pse ata hyjnë në sisteme. Te eksplorojnë rreth e rrotull vendin ku ata nuk kanë qene më parë, të gjurmojnë të gjitha qoshet e vogla të botes.

Hackeret e vërtet i dallon mendimi, ata mendojnë ndryshe nga tjerët, pyesin ndryshe, janë të heshtur. Po mendoj ata i mbajnë zbulimet e tyre në brendësi.

Hmmm mendoj që mjafton. Gjithmonë kujtoje se çfarë është hackeri në të vërtet.

 
blero
 

> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 06:16:38 -0800
> Subject: Re: Question!
> From: JamesMi...@googlemail.com
> To: free-softwar...@googlegroups.com

[Shkumbin Brestovci]

Dear Friends,

I would suggest that we arrange a formal official meeting of the
Assembly of Members around 23d of March 2009.

You're very welcome to propose place, time, agenda or an other date that
would be suitable.

My proposal for the Agenda:

1. Members Registration
2. Voting of the Charter
3. Conference Agenda Discussion
4. Ongoing Projects

p.s. we should definitely continue with the informal brunch meetings,
but we should reschedule them as it's obvious sunday 10am isn't that
appealing to most of us
Onother proposal for the informal meetings is saturday 11am (same place
Aroma).

[jamesmi...@googlemail.com]

Dear Friends,

I have booked my flight, will be in Pristina from the 20th to the 23rd.
I hope to see you all then,
the best would be a meeting on saturday.

mike

[Milot Shala]

In 20th and 23rd of which month? March?

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 4, 2009, at 20:25, "jamesmi...@googlemail.com" <jamesmi...@googlemail.com

[jamesmi...@googlemail.com]

yes march!

[Arbër Dhomi]

If we plan a meeting, let me join by videoconference/skype please. (if possible)

Arbër/Beni Dhomi
t: 06 - 2333 2777
e: be...@dhomi.com
w: www.Dhomi.com

On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 06:47, jamesmi...@googlemail.com <jamesmi...@googlemail.com> wrote:

yes march!

[Hevzi Cuci]

James,

We have an IT fair on 24th-26th March, don't you think you should schedule around that time?

Thanks

Hevzi Cuci

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[jamesmi...@googlemail.com]

Hi Hevci,
I have scheduled for the weekend because I have to work.
I did not know about the IT fair, no one told me about it.
please post all relevant information to the group.

BTW, I had a talk with a nice travel agency yesterday, they are
working on getting us an offer for the bus.
We should be able to get the italians on the Bari Fare, and then pick
them up on the way from Frankfurt to prishtina.

We need to get the possible sponsors to come to the meeting, we need
money for travel expenses for the flights of good speakers. The more
money we can get, the more speakers.

Also some speakers are willing to speak in multiple locations, so we
really need to get organised on this issue, we need to book the
flights asap.
guys please start looking into this.

mike

[Valon Hoti]

I don't know how ?

but i know most of members works during week days and in this case the best way is to schedule meetings for weekends since they are free .

So only on those days people may give maximum in meeting of the Assembly of Members.

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