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Fwd: Joint Statement about GNU/Linux Security
by Kanti Jadia 07 Apr '04

07 Apr '04

Note: Forwarded message attached -- Orignal Message -- From: Martin Schulze <joey(a)infodrom.org> To: Debian News Channel <debian-news(a)lists.debian.org> Subject: Joint Statement about GNU/Linux Security ----------------------------------------- Enjoy your Freedom,use GNU/Linux. http://www.gnu.org/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html -----------------------------------------

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OSI Vs FSF
by Rakesh Ambati 06 Apr '04

06 Apr '04

Dear Friends, Peace reign at last on our list, I don't wish to alter that.But sometimes I wonder whether this the calm before the storm. We are had our arguments over this issue and we shall many more.I wrote this story to show my view on this matter.Hope you'll enjoy it. --arky Of All Money's Worth ===================== Copyright (c) 2004 Rakesh "arky" Ambati.See end for copying conditions. Preface ======= This story was written to portray what I feel separates OSI from FSF philosophy.It trys not to support either of schools, but I leaves it you as the reader to decide. Am a wanderer. I have no home and nothing to call my own, I wonder what's the use for such things for the one who's seeks the essence. My early years were spent in the land of my teachers, studying the mystical world of magic, now I wander where the essence leads me. Through the golden sands of the desert I pass, to the the city of kaliya. It is written by the wise of the old ages, that those who seek with find it here in this noble land. Through the ages men came here,in search of fortune and fame. Upon this blessed soil I walk, mingling in the crowd of this thriving city. Walking through the street I savored upon the sights. 'Make way for the royal magician'.The palanquin bearer called. Lost in thoughts,I found myself standing before a majestic palanquin. 'Has the royal magician's forgotten to walk or ' I asked 'they can't bear his weight any more'. The palanquin bears stood silently, Wondering whether my time on this earth has come to end,thus I dare to speak so. 'No my brother' I magician said getting out of the palanquin.'the magician walks with his equal' 'Bless this day, we meet again' he said. He dismissed the palanquin bearers who rushed to the magician house to make arrangements for guest. 'Walk with me, my brother for we have lot to talk'.The magician said Leaving the bustling streets we came upon a path that took us to pond filled with lotus flowers. 'The royal magical has a great heart' I said. 'A great heart and wealth to match' he said. 'The patrons of this land are benevolent, my magic brings me fame and wealth' he said. 'Your wanderings has brought you to this great city.Your magic is great,here it will be measured in silver and gold'. 'The essence is for all who seek, its not for the pleasure of few' I said. 'Does the great essence diminish if you seek its worth in gold'.The magician asked. 'The essence can not be measured,none but the one who seek it know its worth' I said. The magician was silent,I looked over the pond filled with lotus flowers.Few children came running down the path carrying small water pitchers,gleefully laughing. A little girl chased a boy who snatched her flower. She came running and brushed against the royal magician. The pitcher slipped as the girl stumbled and broke into pieces.Seeing the royal magician and a stranger the children ran. The royal magician raised the crying girl and said 'Cry not for what's broken.Here, take this silver and buy yourself a new one.' The little girl threw the coins and broke into renewed sobs. With the ends of my flowing rob I wiped the tears of the girl and said 'No Cry,My Princess.Tell me what you wish.' The little girl turned her gaze to the shards of her lovely pitcher. Smiling, I moved my palms over her eyes and said. 'My Princess, take your lovely pitcher and go home happy'. The girl's face glowed with pleasure looking at her pitcher. She cradled the pitcher in her arms and went home smiling. I looked at the silver lying in dust and thought 'Of all the money's worth, couldn't bring the smile on a child's face'. Copying ======= Copyright (c) 2004 Rakesh "arky" Ambati. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/

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Request::Share your source.list
by Rakesh Ambati 05 Apr '04

05 Apr '04

Hello list, Can you please share your deb sources.list file. Am hooked up with a 128kbs link to a bangalore-mantra ISP.If you have taken pains to build your sources.list localised for indian bandwidth needs,I request you to please share it with me. My debian_version is testing/unstable TIA -arky __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/

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MS Releases software under GPL like license.
by Rajkumar S 05 Apr '04

05 Apr '04

Hi, More at http://blogs.msdn.com/robmen/category/4625.aspx and http://sourceforge.net/projects/wix/ It's released under the IBM Common Public License or CPL The CPL is a 'copyleft' license, just like the GPL. The main point of difference is that the CPL has a software-patent protection clause, which the GPL does not. (However, Eben Moglen has indicated that this may be included in the next version of the GPL, which would make it compatible) raj

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Simputer
by balachandran c 05 Apr '04

05 Apr '04

>Fred, >I think BBC missed the point here. The Simputer happens to be the first hardware experiment on GPL using the FSF mode of development. >Except that the license for the Simputer is non-free[3]. You cannot >make commercial use of the hardware : > >"Any commercial exploitation of the Specifications (whether Simputer >or Simputerized) involves a nominal one time payment to the Trust. The >payment will be $25,000 for developing countries and $250,000 for >developed countries." They charged a good amount for development tools, even for educational institutions. We (at IIITA) had requested some tools when picopeta themselves tried to market the product (sans the amida thingy). They were interested only in selling the product and devel. tools to us. One of the professors told me that they were concerned more about "protecting their Eye-Pee" than letting students work on the system (effectively porting softwares to their system for free). In the end, we didnt buy anything from them. I hope things have changed for the better. bala

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GisMorphix available online
by Sajith VK 04 Apr '04

04 Apr '04

Hi, We are glad to anounce that "GisMorphix" is now available online. Its a GNU/Linux distribution for Scientific applications in general and Gis applications in perticular. Its based on Morphix and Debian GNU/Linux. Please loot at http://freesoftware.keltron.org/gismorphix-cd.html Major packaes includes GRASS, thuban, Qgis, gmt, igmt, octave etc. Applications needed for common tasks like Office suite, mail client etc are also included, which makes it a complete Operating system. All softwares in this CD are freesoftwares. If you dont have enough bandwidth to download the cd, please let us know. We can write a CD and send it to you,(only If Inside India)..... Looking for your comments..... -- "Freedom Matters" Sajith VK

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Simputer on BBC : Missing the point
by doxa＠sancharnet.in 02 Apr '04

02 Apr '04

> 1. * Simputer for poor goes on sale * (Frederick Noronha (FN)) >A cheap handheld computer created by Indian scientists is launched >after a delay of nearly three years. Fred, I think BBC missed the point here. The Simputer happens to be the first hardware experiment on GPL using the FSF mode of development. CK Raju Thrissur

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Latest CDs
by swathantra software 02 Apr '04

02 Apr '04

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Re: [Fsf-friends] .Emacs and .gnus.el file
by gnu＠vsnl.net 02 Apr '04

02 Apr '04

Here is mine: http://www.hackgnu.org/files/dot-emacs.el http://www.hackgnu.org/files/dot-gnus.el Happy Hacking! -- Ramakrishnan

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.Emacs and .gnus.el file
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 02 Apr '04

02 Apr '04

Could someone share with me the file please? Hi AB, how are things? FN On Thu, 1 Apr 2004 fsf-friends-request(a)mm.gnu.org.in wrote: > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 20:30:26 +0530 > From: Ramanraj K <ramanraj(a)md4.vsnl.net.in> > Subject: Re: [Fsf-friends] Gnus configuration > To: fsf-friends(a)mm.gnu.org.in > Message-ID: <406ADD0A.8060400(a)md4.vsnl.net.in> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > I would like to thank Anand Babu <ab(a)gnu.org.in> <mailto:ab@gnu.org.in> > who shared his .emacs and .gnus.el file with me, that got me started > with reading and sending mail with gnus almost immediately. Thanks to > Annamalai Gurusami<annamalai.gurusami(a)email.masconit.com> > <mailto:annamalai.gurusami@email.masconit.com> for sharing his .gnus.el > file > > Those interested in getting started with gnus may visit http://my.gnus.org > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Fsf-friends mailing list > Fsf-friends(a)mm.gnu.org.in > http://mm.gnu.org.in/mailman/listinfo/fsf-friends > > > End of Fsf-friends Digest, Vol 12, Issue 1 > ****************************************** > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- March 2004 | Frederick Noronha, Freelance Journalist Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa | Goa India 0091.832.2409490 or 2409783 1 2 3 4 5 6 | ---------------------------------------- 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 | Email fred at bytesforall.org 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 | Writing with a difference 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 | ... on what makes *the* difference 28 29 30 31 | http://www.bytesforall.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- CHECK OUT USENET http://www.algebra.com/~scig/approved/threads.html -------------------------------------------------------------------

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