diff --git a/LDP/faq/docbook/Linux-FAQ.sgml b/LDP/faq/docbook/Linux-FAQ.sgml index 605fc094..291b7a8d 100644 --- a/LDP/faq/docbook/Linux-FAQ.sgml +++ b/LDP/faq/docbook/Linux-FAQ.sgml @@ -538,6 +538,15 @@ There is a DeCSS Resource Site at which is maintained by PZ Communications, one of the defendants in the DVD CCA case. + +Another suit, against the magazine 2600, is +being covered by the New York Times on the Web, +the latest article of which is + +http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/07/cyber/cyberlaw/14law.html +Access to the Web site is free but requires registration. + @@ -566,70 +575,13 @@ http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/reference/index-privacy.html The Electronic Privacy Information Center maintains a Web page at -http://www.epic.org/. +http://www.epic.org/. The site also has pointers +to information about international laws that affect cryptographic +software. - -Where Can I Find Out About Linux and the Millennium (Y2K) Bug? - -The Debian/GNU Linux people have a statement on their Web site at - -http://www.debian.org/. -Another place you can find Y2K information -is - -http://www.hex.net/~cbbrowne/linuxy2k.html. - - -Debian GNU/Linux developers have been adding a "y2k" -identifier to packages that are Y2K-compliant. There is more -information at the Debian Y2K page, - -http://www.debian.org/y2k/. - - -Essentially, Linux uses libraries that store dates as 32-bit integers, -which count the seconds since 1970. This counter will not overflow -until the year 2038, by which time the library programmers will -(hopefully) have upgraded the system software to store dates as 64-bit -integers. - - -This, of course, does not mean that applications are not susceptible -to the millennium bug, if they do not use the standard library -routines. - - -The Free Software Foundation has a Web page about Y2K issues in GNU -software at - -http://www.fsf.org/software/year2000.html. - - -Red Hat distributions earlier than version 6.2 had a half-dozen -upgrades that provided Y2K fixes. Details and the updates for current -distributions are at - -http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/ -. - - -In addition, Caldera Systems has posted notices of a few Y2K problems -at - -http://www.calderasystems.com/company/y2k/problem.html -. - - -There is also a Usenet newsgroup, -comp.software.year-2000, for general discussion -of Y2K issues. - - - - How Is the DocBook Version of the FAQ Produced? @@ -639,14 +591,22 @@ DSSSL parser with modified versions of Norman Walsh's modular style sheets. Question numbers are generated with Perl. The text version is formatted with lynx, and split in to segments using the standard GNU text utilities, -and are posted to Usenet. The DocBook Tools are being developed by -Cygnus Software. They are located at - -ftp://sourceware.cygnus.com/. +and are posted to Usenet. +The DocBook utilities are located at + +ftp://ftp.freesoftware.com/pub/sourceware/docbook-tools/ +. + + + +Where Is Cygnus Solutions? -If you are interested in learning more about this process, which -is still under development, please contact the FAQ maintainer. +Probably on the other side of that black hole for which all successful +new start-ups are destined. The Cygnus URL leads to Red Hat +Software's home page at the moment. The FTP archives are at + +ftp://ftp.freesoftware.com/pub/sourceware/ @@ -1863,6 +1823,12 @@ Here are a few of them: +Frequently Asked Questions about Open Source. + +http://www.opensource.org/faq.html. + + + GNU Emacs. http://www.lerner.co.il/emacs/faq-body.shtml. @@ -3360,8 +3326,8 @@ compilers other than GCC 2.7.2.x. Information on the EGCS compiler is at - -http://egcs.cygnus.com/. + +http://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/gcc.html. Note that at this time, the kernel developers are not answering bug @@ -6246,6 +6212,11 @@ and how to make money writing free software. Its URL is http://www.csustan.edu/bazaar/. + +Another project listing in the making is + +http://www.orphansource.org/ +