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<FONT COLOR="green">European Legislation
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Bad news from the European Patent office. It appears that they are just
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itching to get a piece of the software-patents action their American
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colleagues have been hogging.
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<a href="http://www.eurolinux.org/news/coup01A/">Eurolinux</a> have
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<a href="http://www.eurolinux.org/news/coup01A/">
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reported</a>
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that the president of the European Patent Office has, "in preemption of political
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decisions to be taken by European governments, decreed a regulation that
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authorises patent claims to computer programs". The updated rules are
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<a href="http://www.european-patent-office.org/legal/gui_lines/e/c_iv_2.htm">
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available online</a> along with a
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<a href="http://www.epo.co.at/news/pressrel/2001_10_05_e.htm">
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related memo</a>.
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The outrage at this stems
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both from strong feeling against software patents per se, and from the
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undemocratic nature of their introduction. As
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<a href="http://interactif.lemonde.fr/article/0,5611,2866--246575-0,FF.html">
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reported</a> by the French daily, Le Monde, European governments had
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already made a decision to postpone changes to the articles in question
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until further study had been done into the potential ramifications.
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A
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<a href="http://swpat.ffii.org/vreji/papri/bmwi-fhgmpi01/indexen.html">
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study</a> commissioned by the German Federal Ministery of Economy and
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Technology (BMWi) found that introduction of software patents would be
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likely to put many currently successful software companies out of business
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and slow down innovation in the software field (perversely, that report
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then went on to <i>recommend</i> the introduction of these patents).
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A European Commission
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<a href="http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/en/indprop/softanalyse.pdf">
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consultative report</a> [pdf]
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found that 91% of respondants where opposed to software patents. However,
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it appears that the "economic majority" was in favour of patents. So much
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for democracy.
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There are several fine online resources available if you want to
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familiarise yourself about the issues regarding software patents.
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.eurolinux.org/news/coup01A/">Eurolinux</a> is a leading
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opponent of these "advances". Their
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<a href="http://petition.eurolinux.org/">
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Petition for a Software Patent Free Europe</a> is supported by 80000
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signatures. Why not add your own?
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<li>
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The
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<a href="http://www.ffii.org/indexen.html">
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Federation for a Free Informational Infrastructure</a> also have a wide
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range of news and information on these issues. In particular, there is a
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<a href="http://swpat.ffii.org/stidi/epc52/indexen.html">guide</a> to the
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Interpretation and Revision of the crucial Article 52.
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.aful.org/">
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AFUL</a>
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(Association Francophone des Utilisateurs de Linux) have a moderate traffic
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<a href="http://www.aful.org/mailman/listinfo/patents">
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mailing list</a> where a range of opinions are expressed. The archives are
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available
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<a href="http://www.aful.org/pipermail/patents/">
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online</a>, and are worth reading (multilingual).
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Slashdot
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<a href="http://slashdot.org/yro/01/11/09/1322254.shtml">
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reported</a> on the signing of the new
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<a href="http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/EN/cadreprojets.htm">
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European Cybercrime Treaty</a>. The final version is available
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<a href="http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/EN/projets/FinalCybercrime.htm">
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here</a>. It is effectively a template to be used by signatory countries
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when framing laws concerning crime committed using computers.
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As
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<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4306273,00.html">
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reported</a> by The Guardian, the treaty: "...outlines common definitions
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of computer-related crimes, defines the methods for criminal investigations
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and prosecution and establishes methods of international communication
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between law enforcement officials."
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<p>
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Though some
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<a href="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011121/wr/crime_internet_dc_1.html">
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comment</a> has been favourable, many civil rights groups have
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<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1651000/1651381.stm">
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condemned</a> the treaty on the grounds that it grants excessive powers to
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police forces while eroding privacy. One consolation (as noted last
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month) that Bruce Schneier has
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<a href="http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram-0108.html#8">
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highlighted</a> is the explicit statement in the treaty of the legitimacy
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of using "hacking/cracking" tools in
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<a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/11/15/scanning.htm">
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security work</a> (as opposed to using them to rob banks!).
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Nevertheless, there is still strong cause for concern as the provisions for
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extradition and cross border action could be subject to tragic abuse.
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<p>
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<hr width="20%" noshade>
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<p>
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In a final titbit of European news, The Register
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<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/22819.html">
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recently reported</a>
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that the EU Microsoft probe hearings should take place December, with a
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verdict early 2002. It appears Competition Commissioner Mario Monti is not
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giving much away about how this will pan out or what the ultimate aim is.
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The European Cybercrime treaty will not be of much interest to the United
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Kingdom Government, as they seem to have implemented many of the most
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draconian measures already. In the current climate of terrorist fear,
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things are being locked down even more tightly. New measures being
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introduced by David Blunket (UK Home Secretary) will give law enforcement
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bodies access to records of all UK telephone and internet users. This was
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<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4293489,00.html">
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reported</a> in The Guardian. This access will not only be available for terrorism
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investigations, but also for investigations regarding minor crimes and tax
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issues.
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This is basically an extension/clarification of the
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<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/19276.html">
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much criticised</a>
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<a href="http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/ripa/ripact.htm">
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Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000</a> which gave the government
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unprecedented powers to monitor communications with very little outside
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scrutiny or even the need for a court order. Apparently, it is
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"inappropriate" to involve judges in the process where issues of national
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security or economic well-being are involved. An article in <i>Criminal Law
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Review</i> described this assertion as
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<a href="http://www.cyber-rights.org/documents/crimlr.pdf">
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"wholly spurious"</a>.
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<p>
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The <a href="http://www.fipr.org/">
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Foundation for Information Policy Research</a> (FIPR)
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and
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<a href="http://www.magnacartaplus.org/">
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Magna Carta Plus</a>
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have a lot of information regarding this and related issues.
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<FONT COLOR="green">Judge Refuses Adobe Injunction Against Reseller of OEM Software
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In a case that impacts the questions of (1) whether software is
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"licensed" or "sold" and (2) the validity of End User License Agreements
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(EULAs), a US district judge has
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<a href="http://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/CACD/RecentPubOp.nsf/bb61c530eab0911c882567cf005ac6f9/574aa79ff518021188256aed006ea2dc/$FILE/CV00-04161DDP.pdf">
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denied</a> [pdf]
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Adobe a preliminary injunction
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against SoftMan Products Company for reselling Adobe software that was
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originally bundled with computers in OEM fashion but that the computers'
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owners did not want.
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<P> The judge rejected Adobe's claim that the bundled copy was a "license"
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rather than a "sale". Thus, the First Sale doctrine applies, meaning
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Adobe cannot control the subsequent transfer of the the software
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after the initial sale.
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The court also found that SoftMan was not bound by the EULA because it
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had never assented to it. The validity of EULAs was also questioned
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as the terms were not fully disclosed prior to the sale.
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Linux Journal has more
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<a href="http://linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=5628">
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details</a>.
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<P>
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Linux Weekly News also has an informative
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<a href="http://lwn.net/2001/1108/">
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editorial</a>
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that examines how this ruling might affect other cases. One implication is
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that it should be possible (if the principle of first sale now applies) to
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resell e-books or unwanted OS installations. The ruling may also be
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important to the
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two DeCSS cases (the famous one and another one). These cases
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"depend, partly, on
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the claim that a commercial DVD package was 'improperly' reverse
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engineered. It is the software's EULA that prohibits that
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reverse engineering. If the code is reverse engineered without
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installing it and agreeing to the EULA (by, say, disassembling it on a
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Linux system), the EULA may not apply".
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<FONT COLOR="green">Lawrence Lessig
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<P>There is an
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<a href="http://www.foreignpolicy.com/issue_novdec_2001/lessig.html">
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article</a> by Lawrence Lessig at
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<a href="http://www.foreignpolicy.com/">Foreign Policy</a>
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on the evolution of the Internet, transforming
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communication relations from controlled to free, and the very real
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threat that much of it may become controlled again.
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<P> He makes some interesting comments about who invented various important Internet
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protocols and services and on the vested interests vying for control.
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"Policymakers around the world must recognize that the interests most
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strongly protected by the Internet counterrevolution are not their own.
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They should be skeptical of legal mechanisms that enable those most
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threatened by the innovation commons to resist it."
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<FONT COLOR="green">Judge Rejects French Jurisdiction Over Yahoo's Auction of Nazi Artefacts
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</FONT>
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</H3>
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<P>
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<P> US District Court Judge Jeremy Fogel has
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<a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7815683.html?tag=mn_hd">
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refused</a> [cnet.com]
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to enforce a French court's
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order barring Yahoo from auctioning Nazi memorabilia on a US site that
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was accessible to French citizens.
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<P> LG wonders what the judge would think if the situation were reversed,
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given the current attempts by US companies to get their US patents and
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DMCA copyright rights recognized overseas.
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<FONT COLOR="green">Good and Bad DeCSS News
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</FONT>
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</H3>
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Slashdot
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<a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/11/01/1953236&mode=nested">
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reported</a>
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that in the California DeCSS case, a
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court of appeal overturned the injunction
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imposed by a lower court. Quoting: 'In the case
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of a prior restraint on pure speech, the hurdle is substantially
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higher [than for an ordinary preliminary injunction]: publication must
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threaten an interest more fundamental than the First Amendment
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itself. Indeed, the Supreme Court has never upheld a prior restraint, even
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faced with the competing interest of national security or the Sixth
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Amendment right to a fair trial.' This is obviously a very positive
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development, though there is a long road still to be travelled.
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<p>
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<hr width="20%" noshade>
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<p>
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Less positively, in the New York MPAA v. 2600 case, the court of appeals
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decision has gone in the favour of the MPAA. There are reports on the
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judgement available
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<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/23084.html">
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here</a> [TheRegister.co.uk] and
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<a href="http://www.eff.org/effector/HTML/effect14.37.html#III">
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here</a> [EFF.org]. Cryptome.org has a very through
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<a href="http://cryptome.org/cryptout.htm#DVD-DeCSS">
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collection</a>
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of documents relating to both cases, including the
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<a href="http://cryptome.org/mpaa-v-2600-cad.htm">text of the ruling</a>.
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The judge accepted that computer code can be protected as a form of speech
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under the first ammendment. He then decided that the target of the
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injunction was not the <i>speech</i>, but the functional component (i.e.
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the use the code can be put to: decrypting DVD's). In these circumstances,
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the injunction can be granted as long as it is "content neutral", and the
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impact on the speech component is incidental. The judge
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writes:
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<blockquote>
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This type of regulation is therefore content-neutral, just as would be a
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restriction on trafficking in skeleton keys identified because of their
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capacity to unlock jail cells, even though some of the keys happened to
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bear a slogan or other legend that qualified as a speech component.
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</blockquote>
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The other part of the rationale is that the Government's interest in the
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prevention of unauthorised access to copyrighted material "is
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unquestionably substantial". Thus, the injunction is upheld. A similar
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argument is used relating to the injunction against linking to web pages
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containing DeCSS.
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<p>
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Claims against the injunction based on the principle of fair use were
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dismissed on the grounds that although the user is allowed to make fair use
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(say, by quoting from a copyright work) she is not automatically entitled
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to make that use with a preferred technology. CSS may prevent you taking a
|
||
still image from a movie, but it does not stop you from photographing your
|
||
monitor/television screen. Thus, your fair use rights are not affected.
|
||
<P>
|
||
The issue as to whether or not DeCSS is really a piracy tool was relegated
|
||
to footnote 5. The footnote correctly states that piracy is entirely possible
|
||
without DeCSS, but contends that DeCSS is a substantial aid to the process.
|
||
Many would
|
||
<a href="http://www.opendvd.org/journalists.php3">
|
||
contend</a> that the piracy issue is actually a canard (=bogus), but
|
||
it is the most respectable argument the MPAA can come up with.
|
||
<p>
|
||
Note: I am not a lawyer (as they always say on Slashdot), and
|
||
this interpretation is based on a quick reading of the ruling just before
|
||
this month's deadline. However, I believe that the summary above is a fair
|
||
representation of the major points. As to the correctness of the ruling/opinions,
|
||
you must make up your own mind. Personally, some of the distinctions seem
|
||
a touch specious. The separation of speech and function with regard to
|
||
computer code is not as clear as in the case of the logo on a key, or a
|
||
poem written on a gun. Also, the issue of fair use regarding the
|
||
<i>playing</i> of legally purchased DVD's on Linux was summarily dismissed,
|
||
apparently on the basis that you have the right to watch, not decrypt,
|
||
DVD's you purchase, thus subsection 1201(a)(3)(A) of the
|
||
<a href="http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=105_cong_bills&docid=f:h2281enr.txt.pdf">
|
||
DMCA</a> still applies.
|
||
<CITE>-- MC</CITE>
|
||
|
||
<hr width="20%" noshade>
|
||
<p>Slashdot has an
|
||
<A HREF="http://slashdot.org/features/01/11/30/1739226.shtml">eyewitness
|
||
account of the Felten vs RIAA hearing</A>. As you remember, Professor
|
||
Felton write a paper describing weaknesses in the CSS encryption used on
|
||
commercial DVDs. RIAA threatened to sue him if he presented the paper at a
|
||
scientific conference. But they didn't sue him, and after a public outcry
|
||
they withdrew their objection to him presenting the paper. Meanwhile, Felten
|
||
filed a lawsuit of his own, claiming that RIAA's action encourages researchers
|
||
to censor themselves to avoid legal liability that may or may not be
|
||
legitimate. The judge dismissed the suit,
|
||
saying that he cannot rule on a potential issue (RIAA threatening to sue
|
||
Felten), but only on an actual issue (if RIAA sued him, which they didn't).
|
||
He said he is not allowed to rule on Constitutional issues (whether Felton's
|
||
free-speech rights were violated) in a non-criminal case without a compelling
|
||
reason, and there is no compelling reason in this case. He also said this case
|
||
is like "night and day" compared to Dmitry Sklyarov's case, since Dmitry <EM>was</EM>
|
||
charged with a criminal violation of infringing for commercial gain.
|
||
<CITE>-- Iron</CITE>]
|
||
|
||
<P>
|
||
<hr width="20%" noshade>
|
||
<P>
|
||
Dmitry's trial date is now expected to be April 15, 2002, assuming the case isn't
|
||
dismissed in the meantime.
|
||
|
||
<P> More information about most of these issues is on the <A
|
||
HREF="http://www.eff.org/">Electronic Frontier Foundation</A> home page.
|
||
|
||
<P> <hr> <P>
|
||
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
||
<FONT COLOR="green">Bad News for Napster
|
||
</FONT>
|
||
</H3>
|
||
|
||
<P>
|
||
In less positive news,
|
||
The Electronic Frontier Foundation published a
|
||
<a href="http://www.eff.org/Intellectual_property/P2P/Napster/20010226_rgross_nap_essay.html">
|
||
white paper</a>
|
||
on the US appeals court decision confirming that Napster was
|
||
liable for its users sharing copyrighted files.
|
||
The court agreed that the file-sharing technology in itself is not
|
||
illegal, but the minute its developers and users receive reasonable
|
||
knowledge that specific infringing files are servable on the system
|
||
(e.g., if they receive a "cease and desist" letter), they must
|
||
immediately delete these files or they, and possibly their ISP and so on
|
||
upline, will be liable. Knowledge of infringing uses overshadows
|
||
whatever non-infringing uses the server may also be performing. In
|
||
practice, this will have the effect of deletion through intimidation, or
|
||
deleting files that are alleged to infringe but may not. It also forces
|
||
sysadmins to become their own police for the benefit of the content
|
||
companies, or face liability. Technologies such as
|
||
<a href="http://freenet.sourceforge.net/">
|
||
Freenet</a> that are
|
||
unable to police user access may have an advantage under this ruling.
|
||
|
||
|
||
<a name="links"></a>
|
||
<p><hr><p>
|
||
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<center><H3><font color="green">Linux Links</font></H3></center>
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
<P>
|
||
<a href="http://lwn.net/">
|
||
LWN</a> have the following links which you might enjoy:
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="http://lwn.net/Gallery/">
|
||
LWN penguin gallery</a>
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="http://home.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/ns62/relnotes/62.html">
|
||
Release notes</a>
|
||
on the new Netscape 6.2
|
||
<li>
|
||
A
|
||
<a href="http://www.ghostscript.com/images/743_100dpi_JPEG_r.jpg">
|
||
Cartoon</a>
|
||
about a truly terrifying experience installing ghostscript
|
||
<li>
|
||
LWN has also
|
||
<a href="http://lwn.net/2001/1108/kernel.php3">
|
||
summed up</a> the main points of the Virtual Memory ex-controversy in
|
||
Linux 2.4.
|
||
</ul>
|
||
|
||
<P>
|
||
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk">The Register</a> have reported
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li>
|
||
Microsoft's
|
||
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/22670.html">
|
||
bootloader concession</a>
|
||
could boost Linux, BSD. They also report on how
|
||
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/22971.html">
|
||
difficult</a> it is to buy a pre-installed Linux system from any of the
|
||
major PC builders.
|
||
<li>
|
||
Red Hat
|
||
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/22953.html">
|
||
offer</a>
|
||
to provide open-source software "in every school district in the United States
|
||
free of charge" (dig aimed at Microsoft?)
|
||
<li>
|
||
Linux fans
|
||
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/28/22837.html">
|
||
'hack'</a>
|
||
Windows XP advert. In a similar vein comes this
|
||
<a href="http://mirrors.meepzorp.com/xpsucks/">
|
||
photo</a>.
|
||
</ul>
|
||
|
||
|
||
<P>
|
||
CNet wonders whether the Open Source model be
|
||
<a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-202-7926093.html">
|
||
killed</a>
|
||
by hard times?
|
||
Annalee Newitz at AlterNet
|
||
<a href="http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=11923">
|
||
doesn't think so</a>.
|
||
|
||
<p>
|
||
Alternet look at <a href="http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=11947">
|
||
Network Admin Blues</a>
|
||
|
||
<P>
|
||
ZDNet ran a
|
||
<a href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2822789,00.html">
|
||
story</a> on the Virtual Memory issue. eWeek.com
|
||
<a href="http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s%253D701%2526a%253D17813,00.asp">
|
||
covered it too</a>.
|
||
|
||
<p>
|
||
LinuxWorld have an
|
||
<a href="http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2001/1113.xterminal7.html">
|
||
article</a> on installing Debian over a network.
|
||
|
||
<P>
|
||
LinuxSecurity.com have a
|
||
<a href="http://www.linuxsecurity.com/feature_stories/feature_story-93.html">
|
||
report</a>
|
||
Hal Burgiss' new Linux security
|
||
quick-start guides: the
|
||
<a href="http://www.linuxsecurity.com/resource_files/documentation/QUICKSTART/index.html">
|
||
Security Quick-Start HOWTO for Linux</a>
|
||
and the
|
||
<a href="http://www.linuxsecurity.com/resource_files/documentation/QUICKSTART-Redhat/index.html">
|
||
Security Quick-Start HOWTO for Red Hat</a>.
|
||
|
||
<P>
|
||
At OReillynet.com Jerry Peek
|
||
<a href="http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2001/11/15/learnunixos.html">
|
||
explains</a>
|
||
why Unix and Macintosh users should learn
|
||
to use the command line.
|
||
|
||
|
||
<P>
|
||
BSD bug report in comic strip
|
||
<a href="http://beta.jerkcity.com/jerkcity1110.html">
|
||
form</a>.
|
||
From the
|
||
<A HREF="http://www.ssc.com/mailman/listinfo/atc">Aspiring to Crudeness</A> e-newsletter
|
||
.
|
||
|
||
<P>
|
||
There is an informative
|
||
<a href="http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2001/11/01/postmortem.html">
|
||
Article</a>
|
||
at
|
||
<a href="http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2001/11/01/postmortem.html">
|
||
linux.oreillynet.com</a>
|
||
about what a kernel Oops is and how to troubleshoot its cause.
|
||
|
||
<p>
|
||
<a href="http://www.rimbault.net/python/">
|
||
Here</a> is a large list of links to Python sites and resources. Lots and
|
||
lots of information, including a selection of links to French language
|
||
Python sites.
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
<p>
|
||
Deepak, from Bangalore, India, submitted a link to his
|
||
<a href="http://www.geocities.com/netmaniac00/stuffs.html">
|
||
webpage</a>
|
||
where he has a PowerPoint presentation available for download. The title of
|
||
the presentation is "The (R)Evolution of an OS", and it provides a very
|
||
thorough broad-based introduction to Linux for people who may be familiar
|
||
only with Windows.
|
||
The slideshow is "95% StarOffice compatible", but even if you don't have
|
||
Powerpoint or StarOffice, you can also see thumbnails and full-size jpegs
|
||
of the individual slides.
|
||
|
||
<P>
|
||
Ernesto Hernandez-Novich suggested that we plug the
|
||
<a href="http://www.linux.org.ve/">
|
||
Venezuelan Linux User's Group</a> and their
|
||
<a href="http://www.linux.org.ve/archivo">
|
||
mailing list archive</a>. Linux Gazette is always pleased to be able to
|
||
alert readers to public linux resources.
|
||
A great way to promote a new or existing Linux Users' Group (LUG)
|
||
is to register the LUG at
|
||
<a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/glue">
|
||
GLUE</a>
|
||
(Groups of Linux Users Everywhere).
|
||
|
||
<p>
|
||
|
||
<a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/">
|
||
LinuxDevices.com</a> have a
|
||
<a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT6553340334.html">
|
||
Review</a> of Sharp PDA running Linux. This was also
|
||
<a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/11/05/2359227&mode=nested">
|
||
highlighted</a>
|
||
on Slashdot, which linked to an infoSync
|
||
<a href="http://www.infosync.no/show.php?id=1063">
|
||
story</a>.
|
||
|
||
|
||
<P> Not Linux, but <A HREF="http://www.gatt.org/">www.gatt.org</A> is a satire of the WTO
|
||
web site from the viewpoint of anti-globalization activists. The real WTO web site,
|
||
<A HREF="http://www.wto.org/">www.wto.org</A>, allegedly had a statement deploring this
|
||
pseudo-site. In a comical turnaround, the satire site now has an article (at the bottom of
|
||
the home page) titled "Fake WTO site misleading public", with a link to the "fake" site
|
||
that is actually the <EM>real</EM> WTO site!
|
||
|
||
<P>
|
||
There's neither pine nor apples in pineapples, no ham in hamburgers,
|
||
Look
|
||
<a href="http://iron.cx/writings/other/crazyeng.txt">
|
||
here</a> for further extracts from
|
||
the book <i>Crazy English</i>.
|
||
|
||
|
||
<a name="conferences"></a>
|
||
<p><hr><p>
|
||
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<center><H3><font color="green">Upcoming conferences and events</font></H3></center>
|
||
|
||
<P> Listings courtesy <EM>Linux Journal</EM>. See <EM>LJ</EM>'s
|
||
<A HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/events/">Events</A> page for the
|
||
latest goings-on.
|
||
|
||
<!-- *** BEGIN events table [this line needed by Linux Gazette events.py *** -->
|
||
|
||
<table cellpadding=5 border=0 width=100%>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>15th Systems Administration Conference/LISA 2001</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>December 2-7, 2001<BR>San Diego, CA<BR>
|
||
<A HREF="http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa2001/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa2001</A><BR>
|
||
</td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>Consumer Electronics Show (CEA)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>January 1-11, 2002<BR>Las Vegas, NV<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.cesweb.org/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.cesweb.org/</A><BR>
|
||
</td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>Bioinformatics Technology Conference (O'Reilly)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>January 28-31, 2002<BR>Tucson, AZ<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://conferences.oreilly.com/biocon/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://conferences.oreilly.com/biocon/</A><BR>
|
||
</td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>COMNET Conference & Expo (IDG)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>January 28-31, 2002<BR>Washington, DC<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.comnetexpo.com/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.comnetexpo.com/</A><BR>
|
||
</td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>LinuxWorld Conference & Expo (IDG)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>January 30 - February 1, 2002<BR>New York, NY<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/</A><BR>
|
||
</td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>The Tenth Annual Python Conference ("Python10")</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>February 4-7, 2002<BR>Alexandria, Virginia<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.python10.org/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.python10.com/</A><BR>
|
||
</td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>Australian Linux Conference</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>February 6-9, 2002<BR>Brisbane, Australia<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.linux.org.au/conf/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.linux.org.au/conf/</A><BR>
|
||
</td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>Internet Appliance Workshop</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>February 19-21, 2002<BR>San Jose, CA<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.netapplianceconf.com/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.netapplianceconf.com/</A><BR>
|
||
</td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>Internet World Wireless East (Penton)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>February 20-22, 2002<BR>New York, NY<BR> <a href="http://www.internetworld.com/events/weast2002/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.internetworld.com/events/weast2002/</A><BR>
|
||
</td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>Intel Developer Forum (Key3Media)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>February 25-28, 2002<BR>San Francisco, CA<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.intel94.com/idf/index2.asp" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.intel94.com/idf/index2.asp</A><BR>
|
||
</td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>COMDEX (Key3Media)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>March 5-7, 2002<BR>Chicago, IL<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.key3media.com/comdex/chicago2002/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.key3media.com/comdex/chicago2002/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>BioIT World Conference & Expo (IDG)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>March 12-14, 2002<BR>Boston, MA<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.bioitworld.com/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.bioitworld.com/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>Embedded Systems Conference (CMP)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>March 12-16, 2002<BR>San Francisco, CA<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.esconline.com/sf/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.esconline.com/sf/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>CeBIT (Hannover Fairs)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>March 14-22, 2002<BR>Hannover, Germany<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.cebit.de/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.cebit.de/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>COMDEX (Key3Media)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>March 19-21, 2002<BR>Vancouver, BC<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.key3media.com/comdex/vancouver2002/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.key3media.com/comdex/vancouver2002/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>FOSE</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>March 19-21, 2002<BR>Washington, DC<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.fose.com/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.fose.com/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>Game Developers Conference (CMP)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>March 19-23, 2002<BR>San Jose, CA<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.gdconf.com/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.gdconf.com/</A><BR>
|
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|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>LinuxWorld Conference & Expo Singapore(IDG)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>March 20-22, 2002<BR>Singapore<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.idgexpoasia.com/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.idgexpoasia.com/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>Software Solutions / eBusiness World</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>March 26-27, 2002<BR>Toronto, Canada<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.softmatch.com/soln20.htm#ssebw" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.softmatch.com/soln20.htm#ssebw</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>SANS 2002 (SANS Institute)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>April 7-9, 2002<BR>Orlando, FL<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.sans.org/newlook/home.htm" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.sans.org/newlook/home.htm</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>LinuxWorld Conference & Expo Malaysia (IDG)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>April 9-11, 2002<BR>Malaysia<BR>
|
||
<A HREF="http://www.idgexpoasia.com/" TARGET="_blank">
|
||
http://www.idgexpoasia.com/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>LinuxWorld Conference & Expo Dublin (IDG)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>April 9-11, 2002<BR>Dublin, Ireland<BR>
|
||
<BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>Internet World Spring (Penton)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>April 22-24, 2002<BR>Los Angeles, CA<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.internetworld.com/events/spring2002/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.internetworld.com/events/spring2002/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference (O'Reilly)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>April 22-25, 2002<BR>Santa Clara, CA<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://conferences.oreillynet.com/etcon2002/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/etcon2002/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>Software Development Conference & Expo (CMP)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>April 22-26, 2002<BR>San Jose, CA<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.sdexpo.com/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.sdexpo.com/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>Federal Open Source Conference & Expo (IDG)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>April 24-26, 2002<BR>Washington, DC<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.idgworldexpo.com/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.idgworldexpo.com/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>Networld + Interop (Key3Media)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>May 7-9, 2002<BR>Las Vegas, NV<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.key3media.com/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.key3media.com/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>Strictly e-Business Solutions Expo (Cygnus Expositions)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>May 8-9, 2002<BR>Minneapolis, MN<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.strictlyebusiness.net/strictlyebusiness/index.po?" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.strictlyebusiness.net/strictlyebusiness/index.po?</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>Embedded Systems Conference (CMP)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>June 3-6, 2002<BR>Chicago, IL<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.esconline.com/chicago/" target=_"blank">
|
||
http://www.esconline.com/chicago/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>USENIX Annual (USENIX)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>June 9-14, 2002<BR>Monterey, CA<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix02/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix02/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>PC Expo (CMP)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>June 25-27, 2002<BR>New York, NY<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.techxny.com/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.techxny.com/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>USENIX Securty Symposium (USENIX)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>August 5-9, 2002<BR>San Francisco, CA<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/sec02/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.usenix.org/events/sec02/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>LinuxWorld Conference & Expo (IDG)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>August 12-15, 2002<BR>San Francisco, CA<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.linuxworldexpo.com" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.linuxworldexpo.com</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>LinuxWorld Conference & Expo Australia (IDG)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>August 14 - 16, 2002<BR>Australia<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.idgexpoasia.com/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.idgexpoasia.com/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td valign=top>
|
||
<b>Communications Design Conference (CMP)</b><BR>
|
||
<td valign=top>September 23-26, 2002<BR>San Jose, California<BR>
|
||
<a href="http://www.commdesignconference.com/" target="_blank">
|
||
http://www.commdesignconference.com/</A><BR>
|
||
|
||
<tr><td colspan=2><HR size=5 width=100% noshade align=center></td></tr>
|
||
</table>
|
||
<!-- *** END events table [this line needed by Linux Gazette events.py *** -->
|
||
|
||
|
||
<a name="general"></a>
|
||
<p><hr><p>
|
||
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<center><H3><font color="green">News in General</font></H3></center>
|
||
|
||
|
||
<P> <hr> <P>
|
||
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
||
<FONT COLOR="green">Kernel News
|
||
</FONT>
|
||
</H3>
|
||
Kernel 2.4.16 has been released, fixing an
|
||
unmounting bug in 2.4.15 (released just recently) that causes fs
|
||
corruption. The changelog for the first pre-version of 2.4.17 is available
|
||
<a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-11-28-015-20-NW-KN">
|
||
here</a>
|
||
2.4.x maintenance has been passed to Marcelo Tosatti. But the horrible
|
||
bug was Linus' fault, not his. ("I inherited this mess from the
|
||
previous administration," is what a US president would say.)
|
||
<p>
|
||
A new development series has been started, 2.5.x. However, 2.5.0 is
|
||
the same as 2.4.15, so it has the same horrible bug. In other words,
|
||
don't use it.
|
||
LWN have <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/1129/kernel.php3">reported</a> the
|
||
availability of a 2.5.1-pre3 prepatch that fixes this bug. No major changes
|
||
(cleanups and fixes mostly). This ends the over-a-year hiatus in which there
|
||
was no development kernel.
|
||
|
||
<P> <hr> <P>
|
||
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
||
<FONT COLOR="green">Amazon Saves $$ With Linux and MS vs Linux
|
||
</FONT>
|
||
</H3>
|
||
|
||
<P>
|
||
<a href="http://news.cnet.com/">
|
||
CNet</a> recently
|
||
<a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7720536.html?tag=owv">
|
||
reported</a> that
|
||
"Amazon.com was able to cut $17 million in technology expenses in the
|
||
last quarter largely because of a switch to Linux." This was also
|
||
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/22576.html">
|
||
reported</a> at The Register who have links to Amazon's SEC filing.
|
||
<P>
|
||
Before everyone starts predicting the demise of Windows, its worth pointing
|
||
out that this gain was
|
||
<a href="http://www.wininformant.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=23086">
|
||
at the expense of</a> UNIX servers (WinInfo). Still it is certainly encouraging.
|
||
Especially so in light of The Register's report of a
|
||
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/22770.html">
|
||
Microsoft memo</a> describing Linux as "<i>the</i> long-term
|
||
threat against our core business. Never forget that!". You should really
|
||
take a look at The Reg's report: the
|
||
original memo is included at the end of the page, complete with references
|
||
to butt-tattoos (don't ask!). The contents indicate that MS sees Linux as
|
||
being an obstacle to their plan of replacing UNIX servers with MS powered
|
||
(there's an oxymoron) servers. Sales folk are urged to identify UNIX
|
||
systems in their customer's organisations, and then focus on getting MS
|
||
into those functions (presumeably before some geek slips Linux in).
|
||
(Story also
|
||
<a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/11/12/136243&mode=nested">
|
||
featured</a> on Slashdot.)
|
||
<p>
|
||
This brings to mind the
|
||
<a href="http://www.opensource.org/halloween">
|
||
Halloween memo</a> of 1998. To refresh your memory of the documents, and
|
||
also on the intervening history, take a look at LWN's
|
||
<a href="http://lwn.net/2001/1101/">
|
||
editorial</a>
|
||
revisiting the memos. They ask--and answer--the question "How many of the
|
||
predictions came true?"
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
<P> <hr> <P>
|
||
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
||
<FONT COLOR="green">Microsoft PR Spin Continues While Browser Lockout Still in Effect
|
||
</FONT>
|
||
</H3>
|
||
Last month we briefly reported on the issue of
|
||
<a href="http://www.msn.com/">MSN</a> not working with non-Internet
|
||
Explorer browsers, and <a href="http://www.opera.com/">Opera Software</a>'s
|
||
comments on the situation. Since then, Opera have issued a
|
||
<a href="http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/20011101.html">
|
||
press release</a> detailing apparent inaccuracies/spin being fed into the
|
||
media by Microsoft spokespeople. Also, not all site features are made
|
||
available to non "MSIE 5" browsers. Seems the only way to get proper service
|
||
is to set the browser identity to "MSIE 5". These kinds of behaviour
|
||
(taking the Opera statement at face value) bode ill for the future of the
|
||
open internet.
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
<P> <hr> <P>
|
||
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
||
<FONT COLOR="green">Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Powers New Particle Discovery With 96-Processor Linux NetworX Cluster Supercomputer
|
||
</FONT>
|
||
</H3>
|
||
|
||
<p><a href="http://www.linuxnetworx.com">
|
||
Linux NetworX</a> have announced
|
||
that scientists at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab)
|
||
are using a Linux NetworX cluster to help identify new particles as part
|
||
of a worldwide scientific collaboration to find subatomic clues to reveal
|
||
the building blocks of the universe.
|
||
Fermilab scientists are studying the collisions of protons and
|
||
antiprotons in an effort to identify new particles that are produced as a
|
||
result of the collisions.
|
||
<P> Located in Batavia, Ill., Fermilab's 48-node cluster from Linux NetworX
|
||
includes 96 Pentium III 1.0 GHz processors, 48 GB of memory (RAM) and a
|
||
Fast Ethernet interconnect.
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
<P> <hr> <P>
|
||
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
||
<FONT COLOR="green">Linux Clusters
|
||
</FONT>
|
||
</H3>
|
||
|
||
The Register brought
|
||
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/53/22849.html">
|
||
the story</a> that
|
||
Compaq has followed through on its promise to GPL its NSC, or Non Stop
|
||
Clusters code (the
|
||
code that SCO licensed and co-developed as UnixWare Non Stop
|
||
Clusters). Compaq announced two projects - The CI Project (for the
|
||
infrastructure) and SSI.
|
||
"...and here with one blow is a pretty comprehensive applications platform:
|
||
Oracle can failover from node to node", Peter Braam.
|
||
|
||
<P>
|
||
On the commercial front,
|
||
<a href="http://www.ibm.com/">IBM</a> have introduced the world's first
|
||
pre-packaged Linux cluster, a powerful and scalable system that has been
|
||
optimized for e-business.
|
||
The IBM eServer Cluster meets the demand of corporate customers who
|
||
have neither the time nor inclination to "roll their own" Linux clusters
|
||
from a collection of mismatched piece parts. They want an easy-to-order
|
||
system delivered and supported by a single vendor.
|
||
IBM gave no link to the press release.
|
||
|
||
<P> <hr> <P>
|
||
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
||
<FONT COLOR="green">Linux is Number 1 at Lyris
|
||
</FONT>
|
||
</H3>
|
||
<P>
|
||
<a href="http://www.lyris.com">
|
||
Lyris Technologies, Inc.</a>, developer of email
|
||
messaging and filtering software, have revealed that downloads of its
|
||
applications for Linux have surpassed all other Unix-based versions combined.
|
||
Lyris' core products include
|
||
<a href="http://www.lyris.com/products/listmanager/">
|
||
ListManager</a>
|
||
for opt-in email newsletters, and
|
||
MailShield for server-based protection against unsolicited email.
|
||
Linux versions of Lyris software have grown from 40% to
|
||
more than 60% of the company's Unix downloads since January 2001.
|
||
|
||
<a name="distro"></a>
|
||
<p><hr><p>
|
||
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<center><H3><font color="green">Distro News</font></H3></center>
|
||
|
||
|
||
<P> <hr> <P>
|
||
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
||
<FONT COLOR="green">Debian
|
||
</FONT>
|
||
</H3>
|
||
The lates revision of the Debian 2.2 series of releases,
|
||
<a href="http://www.debian.org/News/2001/20011105">
|
||
Debian 2.2r4</a>, has been unleashed. This release "mostly includes
|
||
security updates, along with a few corrections of serious bugs in the
|
||
stable distribution."
|
||
|
||
<hr noshade width="20%">
|
||
|
||
A vulnerability in the packages ssh-nonfree and ssh-socks has been
|
||
<a href="http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-086">
|
||
reported</a>.
|
||
Migration to OpenSSH is recommended, but updated non-free packages have been
|
||
released.
|
||
|
||
<hr noshade width="20%">
|
||
|
||
Debian Weekly News
|
||
<a href="http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2001/31/">
|
||
reported</a> that Javier Fern<72>ndez-Sanguino Pe<50>a has contributed
|
||
a <a href="http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-euro-support/">
|
||
Debian Euro HOWTO</a> to the Debian Documentation Project. This will be
|
||
important reading for anyone living in or doing business with the European
|
||
Union after January 1st.
|
||
|
||
<P> <hr> <P>
|
||
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
||
<FONT COLOR="green">LynuxWorks / BlueCat
|
||
</FONT>
|
||
</H3>
|
||
<a href="http://www.lynuxworks.com">
|
||
LynuxWorks Inc.</a>,
|
||
a provider of open source and real-time embedded solutions, have
|
||
unveiled the latest version of its popular BlueCat Linux distribution.
|
||
|
||
|
||
<P> <hr> <P>
|
||
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
||
<FONT COLOR="green">Mandrake
|
||
</FONT>
|
||
</H3>
|
||
<a href="http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/">Mandrake Linux</a> have
|
||
announced
|
||
<a href="http://www.mandrakesoft.com/products/81/gaming-edition">
|
||
Mandrake Linux Gaming Edition</a>. This new edition comes on 4 CD's, and is
|
||
powered by TransGaming Technologies' portability layer. The distro comes
|
||
complete with Electronic Arts' <i>The Sims</i>.
|
||
Reports on the release are available
|
||
<a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/20/1755210">
|
||
here</a> [Slashdot]
|
||
and
|
||
<a href="http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&threadid=29767">
|
||
here</a> [BluesNews].
|
||
|
||
|
||
<P> <hr> <P>
|
||
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
||
<FONT COLOR="green">SuSE
|
||
</FONT>
|
||
</H3>
|
||
|
||
<P>
|
||
<a href="http://www.suse.de/en/">
|
||
SuSE Linux</a>
|
||
have announced SuSE Linux
|
||
<a href="http://www.suse.de/en/products/suse_business/connectivity/">
|
||
Connectivity Server</a>. The company's
|
||
latest business product is a pre-configured Linux network solution,
|
||
especially adapted to the requirements of SME and suitable for file and
|
||
print services in company networks as well as secure connections to the
|
||
Internet.
|
||
|
||
<hr noshade width="20%">
|
||
|
||
SuSE Linux, have made an agreement with IBM to
|
||
distribute IBM's entire line of software for Linux in Europe,
|
||
Middle East and Africa as a Value Added Linux Distributor.
|
||
|
||
<hr noshade width="20%">
|
||
|
||
FirstLinux.com have
|
||
<a href="http://www.firstlinux.com/articles/suse7.3/">
|
||
reviewed</a>
|
||
SuSE 7.3, which has also recently been released in its
|
||
<a href="http://www.suse.de/en/products/suse_linux/ppc/index.html">
|
||
PowerPC Edition</a>.
|
||
|
||
|
||
<a name="commercial"></a>
|
||
<p><hr><p>
|
||
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<center><H3><font color="green">Software and Product News</font></H3></center>
|
||
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<P> <hr> <P>
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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<FONT COLOR="green">OpenSSH
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</FONT>
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</H3>
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<p>
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OpenSSH 3.0 has been
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<a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-11-07-001-20-PS">
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released</a> (as reported by Linux Today). Go to their
|
||
<a href="http://www.openssh.com/">
|
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homepage</a> for details and downloads (3.0.1 was later released on Nov.
|
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15th).
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<P> <hr> <P>
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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<FONT COLOR="green">XNotesPlus V3.4.0 Debuts
|
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</FONT>
|
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</H3>
|
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|
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<P>Michael J. Hammel, the Graphics Muse, is
|
||
pleased to announce the release of version 3.4.0 of XNotesPlus, a Personal
|
||
Information Manager for the Linux and Unix desktop. XNotesPlus includes
|
||
support for all major features on the Palm Pilot, including Memos, Todo
|
||
Lists, the Address Book and Calendaring. All data from each feature can be
|
||
downloaded from the Pilot, edited within XNotesPlus and uploaded back to
|
||
the Pilot. Additionally, backups and restores of a Pilot PDA can be
|
||
managed from within XNotesPlus.
|
||
|
||
<P> The release of XNotesPlus includes numerous bug fixes, many of which were
|
||
serious problems in earlier releases. Users of older versions are highly
|
||
encouraged to upgrade.
|
||
|
||
<P> XNotesPlus is available in both
|
||
<a href="http://www.graphics-muse.org/source/XNotesPlus/XNotesPlus-v3.4.0.tar.gz">
|
||
source</a>
|
||
and
|
||
<a href="http://www.graphics-muse.org/source/XNotesPlus/XNotesPlus-v3.4.0-Linux-gtk.tar.gz">
|
||
Red Hat Linux 7.0</a>
|
||
dynamically built binary distributions.
|
||
|
||
<P> <hr> <P>
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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<FONT COLOR="green">Creatures on Linux
|
||
</FONT>
|
||
</H3>
|
||
|
||
<P>
|
||
Creature Labs Ltd and Linux Game Publishing Ltd have
|
||
announced that Creatures Internet Edition, the latest in the
|
||
breakthrough Creatures series, is to be released for Linux.
|
||
Creatures Internet Edition is a bundle of Creatures 3 and Creatures
|
||
Docking Station and it also includes 4 different Norn breeds (the
|
||
creatures within the game). The game allows interaction with other
|
||
players over the internet. For more information about Creatures
|
||
Internet Edition, please visit
|
||
<a href="http://ds.creatures.net/expansion/cie.pl">
|
||
http://ds.creatures.net/expansion/cie.pl</a>.
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
<P> <hr> <P>
|
||
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|
||
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
||
<FONT COLOR="green">Rackspace Partners with Red Hat on E-commerce
|
||
</FONT>
|
||
</H3>
|
||
|
||
<a href="http://www.rackspace.com">
|
||
Rackspace Managed Hosting</a>
|
||
a provider of managed hosting services, and
|
||
<a href="http://www.redhat.com/">
|
||
Red Hat Linux</a> have launched E-Commerce Complete, a comprehensive,
|
||
hosted e-commerce solution. The offering features the Red Hat E-Commerce
|
||
Suite installed and pre-configured on a Rackspace hosting platform, and it
|
||
includes support and services from both companies to ensure complete
|
||
integration and smooth management of the application.
|
||
|
||
<P> <hr> <P>
|
||
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
||
<FONT COLOR="green">Sharp Goes for Opera in Embedded Software Solution
|
||
</FONT>
|
||
</H3>
|
||
|
||
<P>Opera Software today announced that Sharp
|
||
<a href="http://www.opera.com">
|
||
Opera Software</a>
|
||
have announced that Sharp will use its Opera 5 for Linux Web browser in the
|
||
Zaurus SL-5000D developer unit. The Zaurus SL-5000D is a robust
|
||
Linux/Java-based handheld. The Opera Web browser will be used as part of
|
||
<a href="http://www.lineo.com">
|
||
Lineo, Inc's</a>
|
||
powerful
|
||
software solution Embedix Plus PDA, launched at JavaOne in June this year.
|
||
Apart from Opera 5 for Linux, the Embedix Plus PDA solution contains Lineo's
|
||
Embedix Linux,
|
||
<a href="http://www.trolltech.com">
|
||
Trolltech's</a>
|
||
Qt/Embedded and QT Palmtop graphical user
|
||
interfaces, and
|
||
<a href="http://www.insignia.com">
|
||
Insignia Solution's</a>
|
||
Jeode PDA Edition.
|
||
|
||
|
||
<P> <hr> <P>
|
||
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|
||
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
||
<FONT COLOR="green">Linux Application Appliance and Application Partner Program from Tricord
|
||
</FONT>
|
||
</H3>
|
||
|
||
<P>
|
||
<a href="http://www.tricord.com">
|
||
Tricord Systems</a>,
|
||
developer of the IlluminaTM clustering software and
|
||
Lunar FlareTM NAS appliance-- have
|
||
<a href="http://www.tricord.com/appliance/aggregation?PID=detail.html&CID=7051ad7e699e436ea18a62bf5fd78096&DID=595eab195be04f09910c9e0d9e9e9afa">
|
||
announced</a> a new application appliance
|
||
series for independent software developers and systems integrators. The
|
||
Lunar Flare AA 1100 and AA 1200 support Linux-based applications,
|
||
consolidating them on an easy-to-manage, fault tolerant, scalable platform
|
||
with unique clustering and storage capabilities.
|
||
Tricord's application appliance series combines a high-performance Linux
|
||
server with built-in clustered storage, making it an optimal appliance
|
||
solution for content-hungry applications.
|
||
<p>
|
||
Additionally Tricord Systems,
|
||
and
|
||
<a href="http://www.tarantella.com">
|
||
Tarantella</a>,
|
||
have
|
||
<a href="http://www.tricord.com/appliance/aggregation?PID=detail.html&CID=7051ad7e699e436ea18a62bf5fd78096&DID=449ad8dd7d9e4b149ddf17bbe207b3ff">
|
||
announced</a> that Tarantella Enterprise 3 software has been
|
||
certified on Tricord's Lunar Flare Application Appliance (AA) platform.
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
<P> <hr> <P>
|
||
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
||
<FONT COLOR="green">GUI Programming with Python
|
||
</FONT>
|
||
</H3>
|
||
<P> The Python/QT book; GUI Programming with Python: QT Edition is in final
|
||
edit and will be shipping by the end of the month. For those who are unaware
|
||
QT is the toolkit behind many powerful applications, including the KDE
|
||
Desktop for Linux/UNIX.
|
||
<P> The new book covers the use of Python and QT extensively, including the
|
||
Blackadder RAD environment for Windows and Linux.
|
||
For those interested please visit:
|
||
<a href="http://stage.linuxports.com/projects/pyqt">
|
||
http://stage.linuxports.com/projects/pyqt</a>
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
<P> <hr> <P>
|
||
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|
||
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
||
<FONT COLOR="green">Grey Zone Announces the 3 Minute Extranet with SecureZone 5
|
||
</FONT>
|
||
</H3>
|
||
|
||
|
||
<a href="http://www.greyzone.com">
|
||
Grey Zone</a>, a developer of
|
||
out-of-the-box Linux-based Web content management software, announces the
|
||
release of SecureZone 5. SecureZone 5 enables business users to create a
|
||
completely functioning extranet, including users and content, in as little as 3
|
||
minutes. SecureZone empowers non-technical professionals to rapidly spawn an
|
||
unlimited number of distinct Web sites from a single platform. The product
|
||
combines security, content management, and audience-based publishing
|
||
capabilities that simplify the Web publishing process, helping companies
|
||
rapidly and cost-effectively conduct business over the Web.
|
||
Although ease of use is a major priority, SecureZone is also very feature
|
||
rich. For more information consult
|
||
<a href="http://www.greyzone.com">
|
||
Grey Zone's web page</a>. SecureZone pricing begins at
|
||
$50,000.
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
<P> <hr> <P>
|
||
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
||
<FONT COLOR="green">XML/PosgreSQL Application Server LXP 0.8
|
||
</FONT>
|
||
</H3>
|
||
|
||
<a href="http://www.commandprompt.Com"> Command Prompt, Inc.</a> announced the release of
|
||
<a href="http://www.commandprompt.com/products_lxp.lxp">
|
||
LXP</a>
|
||
version 0.8.0, Command Prompt's PostgreSQL application server.
|
||
The LXP application server provides easy access to the advanced features of
|
||
PostgreSQL. LXP offers a suite of services to assist the Linux web developer
|
||
produce easily managed, dynamic websites, data driven websites. Beyond the
|
||
LXP markup language you can also utilize the following languages through our
|
||
direct URI support: Java, PHP, C, C++, Python, and Perl. LXP also
|
||
offers a fast valid XML parsing engine, useful to support industry
|
||
standard DTDs such as RDF/RSS.
|
||
An example of LXP application can be
|
||
found at <A HREF="http://LinuxPorts.Com">LinuxPorts.Com</A>.
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
<P> <hr> <P>
|
||
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|
||
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
||
<FONT COLOR="green">Teamware Office 5.3 for Linux Edition 4
|
||
</FONT>
|
||
</H3>
|
||
|
||
<P>
|
||
<a href="http://www.teamware.com">
|
||
Teamware Group</a>, a Fujitsu subsidiary, have released edition 4 of
|
||
Teamware Office 5.3 for Linux, a complete set of ready-to-run groupware
|
||
applications for today's business professionals. In the new edition the
|
||
main emphasis is on web service enhancements.
|
||
Edition 4 is the first Teamware Office for Linux version with the main
|
||
focus on the browser side. The new look & feel for the web service client
|
||
templates has been developed according to extensive usability research and
|
||
customer requests.
|
||
Via the renewed web service Teamware Office modulescan be easily
|
||
accessed with standard web browsers. The service enables fixed www
|
||
addressing for any Teamware Office object over standard HTML templates
|
||
making integration with other web based systems as well as search engines
|
||
easy.
|
||
|
||
<p>Teamware Office can be purchased online through the Teamware web site at
|
||
<a href="http://www.teamware.com/linux"> www.teamware.com/linux</a>. Also
|
||
a free 90-day evaluation version can be downloaded at the site.
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
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|
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|
||
<H5 ALIGN=center>
|
||
Copyright © 2001, Michael Conry and
|
||
the Editors of <A HREF="mailto:gazette@ssc.com"><I>Linux Gazette</I></A>.<BR>
|
||
Copying license <A HREF="../copying.html">http://www.linuxgazette.com/copying.html</A><BR>
|
||
Published in Issue 73 of <i>Linux Gazette</i>, October 2001</H5>
|
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