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GNU Libidn 0.4.0 alpha released (fwd)
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 28 Feb '04

28 Feb '04

---------- Forwarded message ---------- GNU Libidn is an implementation of the Stringprep, Punycode and IDNA specifications defined by the IETF Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) working group, used for internationalized domain names. The library contains a generic Stringprep implementation that does Unicode 3.2 NFKC normalization, mapping and prohibitation of characters, and bidirectional character handling. Profiles for Nameprep, iSCSI, SASL and XMPP are included. Punycode and ASCII Compatible Encoding (ACE) via IDNA are supported. A mechanism to define Top-Level Domain (TLD) specific validation tables, and to compare strings against those tables, is included. Default tables for some TLDs are also included. Here are the compressed sources: ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/libidn/libidn-0.4.0.tar.gz (1.6) http://josefsson.org/libidn/releases/libidn-0.4.0.tar.gz (1.6MB) Here are GPG detached signatures: ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/libidn/libidn-0.4.0.tar.gz.sig http://josefsson.org/libidn/releases/libidn-0.4.0.tar.gz.asc Here are the build reports for various platforms: http://josefsson.org/autobuild/libidn.html Here are the MD5 and SHA1 signatures: 71f3db9892848073c0c76b4d3326fd9a libidn-0.4.0.tar.gz 61c126e7a889ab571b62a547505ead02b0f5b84c libidn-0.4.0.tar.gz Noteworthy changes since version 0.3.5 (last version announced here): * Version 0.4.0 (released 2004-02-28) ** Support for TLD restrictions on IDN strings, contributed by Thomas Jacob. Many TLDs restrict the set of characters that can be used, from the full Unicode 3.2 range that is normally available. This contribution make it possible for you to test strings for TLD conformance locally. The code can be disabled by --disable-tld. If enabled (the default), the new API "tld.h" is installed which can be used to check a string for conformance to TLD specific rules. This add a new self test, and a new chapter in the manual. People responsible for maintaining TLD tables are hereby encouraged to contribute them (under reasonable licensing terms) for inclusion in future versions of Libidn. Be warned that the API for TLD checking may change throughout the 0.4.x series as we get feedback on it. ** Kerberos 5 stringprep profile macro is no longer documented. The macro itself will probably be removed in the future, if the specification is dropped from the Kerberos WG agenda. ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version. stringprep_kerberos5: DEPRECATED. Tld_table_element: Tld_table: Tld_rc: ADD. New data types. tld_get_4: tld_get_4z: tld_get_z: ADD. New functions to extract TLD from string. tld_get_table: tld_default_table: ADD. New functions to get TLD table from TLD name. tld_check_4t: tld_check_4tz: ADD. New function to provide core TLD operations. tld_check_4: tld_check_4z: tld_check_8z: tld_check_lz: ADD. New functions that combine all TLD operations in one call. * Version 0.3.7 (released 2004-01-22) ** The command line parameter '--' idiom is documented. ** The iSCSI stringprep profile now recognized as "iSCSI". The earlier name "ISCSIprep" is still recognized, for backwards compatibility. ** DocBook manuals no longer included (the tools are too unstable). ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version. * Version 0.3.6 (released 2004-01-06) ** The manual now contain a troubleshooting section for the command line tool. ** The PHP interface pass the string directly on the command line. ** The macro that create 'idn-int.h' has been updated to latest version. ** API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version. _______________________________________________ GNU Announcement mailing list <info-gnu(a)gnu.org> http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnu

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Free Software Badges
by Rishi Gangoly 28 Feb '04

28 Feb '04

Hello Friends, When RMS was here last, he had a badge which said : "Free Software ... Want to know more" or something like that... With the 3 logos of BSD, GNU & Linux. I was thinking that we should make badges like those for us to use. I mean how many of us actively talk about Free Software in trains or buses? Hardly... right? I'm thinking maybe wearing these badges may help instigate others to ask what this is and that would start the ball rolling? Any comments? Regards Rishi

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what is free software movement about?
by Mahesh T. Pai 27 Feb '04

27 Feb '04

Eben Moglen speaks at Harvard. http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20040226003735733 Summary:- Free Software Movement is not about software alone. -- +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ Mahesh T. Pai, LL.M., 'NANDINI', S. R. M. Road, Ernakulam, Cochin-682018, Kerala, India. http://paivakil.port5.com +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+

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RMS speech at CESS
by Arun M 27 Feb '04

27 Feb '04

Hi All, Audio of RMS speech at Centre for Earth Science Studies, Kerala. Topic: Scientific Journals and freedom of knowledge. http://www.gnu.org.in/rms1.ogg regards, arun.

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A Q&A session with Richard M. Stallman
by Dileep M. Kumar 27 Feb '04

27 Feb '04

GNUHeads, RMS' answers to questions put forward by Samuel Abraham of `The Week'. These questions were mailed to RMS and he patiently answered them in great detail. He was asked these questions after his talk at the CUSAT campus in Kochi, January 23. http://puggy.symonds.net/~fsug-kochi/rms-interview.html Regards -- .''`. Dileep M. Kumar <dileep(a)kumarayil.net> : :' : http://www.kumarayil.net `. `'` Mobile: 98474-47437 `- Debian GNU/Linux - Choice of the Freedom Lovers

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[Fsf-friends] Audio recording of the video conference with Richard Stallman
by Vijay Kumar 26 Feb '04

26 Feb '04

The audio of recording of the video conference with Dr. Richard Stallman is avaialable from the following website http://www.nitt.edu/probe/lectures.shtml#freesoft The audio recording is available in both Ogg Vorbis and MP3 format. Some people sent me mails asking what software was used for the video conference. Actually, the video conference equipment we used were all hardware. I used a Debian GNU/Linux system to do the audio recording in WAV format at 16kHz sampling rate using snd-recorder. This was later compressed using oggenc to produce the ogg vorbis file. Vijay -- Free the Code. Free the User. ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP(http://www.nitt.edu)

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Re: Fsf-friends Digest, Vol 10, Issue 19 (fwd)
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 25 Feb '04

25 Feb '04

Did this get across to the list? FN On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, Richard Stallman wrote: > Translations are modified versions. People who want to publish translations > should write to web-trans(a)gnu.org, and arrange for them to be published > on our web site. > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- February 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 14 | Email fred at bytesforall.org 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 | Writing with a difference 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 | ... on what makes *the* difference 29 | http://www.bytesforall.org -------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: req for help on shell design.
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 24 Feb '04

24 Feb '04

Could anyone help Arjun in Bangalore? FN On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, Arjun Venkat wrote: > hi im a student of computer science at bangalore and am planning to > implement my own shell for linux. id be grateful for any pointers i could > get on the subject i.e. reference books, sites etc. if you could please put > this on the LUG in bangalore id be really grateful > thanks > Arjun Venkatraman > 6th sem B.E. > Computer Science Engg > Dayananda Sagar College of Engg > Bangalore-78 > ph 9886037416 > > _________________________________________________________________ > Masterpieces made affordable! Buy art prints. > http://go.msnserver.com/IN/42736.asp MSN Shopping. > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- February 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 14 | Email fred at bytesforall.org 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 | Writing with a difference 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 | ... on what makes *the* difference 29 | http://www.bytesforall.org -------------------------------------------------------------------

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24 Feb '04

I would like to know, what one should do to distribute translations of the GNU Manifesto. The copyright notice in the Manifesto says modified versions may not be made. Do we have to get permission from RMS? Is the translation considered a modified version? Vijay -- Free the Code. Free the User. ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP(http://www.nitt.edu)

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Legal issues and FLOSS licences
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 22 Feb '04

22 Feb '04

Shun-ling Chen, the Project Manager of the Open Source Software Foundry (Law & Policy) at Taiwan's Institute of Information Science at the Academia Sinica writes in to inform of an English version of a booklet, which deals with Free/Libre and Open Source Software licenses. Download the PDF file from http://www.openfoundry.org/en/archives/000387.html Also, a comparison on the 10 most pervasively adopted open source licenses could be downloaded from http://www.openfoundry.org/en/archives/000388.html She says: "Your comments and corrections are most appreciated." -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- February 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 14 | Email fred at bytesforall.org 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 | Writing with a difference 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 | ... on what makes *the* difference 29 | http://www.bytesforall.org -------------------------------------------------------------------

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