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| Thursday 11 March, 2010 |
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What is GNU: RMS on UnitedLinux, Free Software
Richard M. Stallman is the founder of the Free Software movement that created the basis of the GNU/Linux operating system. Since founding the project back in 1984, Stallman, known by the community as RMS, has spent his time programming and promoting free software in the hopes of eliminating the need for non-free software completely.
Open For Business features an interview with Richard Stallman.
"RMS: Free software means you control what your computer does. Non-free software means someone else controls that, and to some extent controls you. Non-free software keeps users divided and individually helpless; free software empowers the users. All these reasons apply just as well to business users as to individuals."
"For a business, there is the added advantage that support for a free program comes from a free market. Support for a proprietary program is usually a monopoly, since only the company that owns the program can change it either to fix a bug or add a feature. If you are willing to pay for support, you will usually get better support for your money when you use free software." Thanks to Timothy R. Butler.
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 Zeljko Stojakovic - Barristers and Solicitors
This week featured website. http://www.stojakovic.com.au (Zeljko Stojakovic - Barristers & Solicitors) 
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OptimumRealestate.com.au launched
A new Australian Real Estate web site is launched. The unique characteristics are that the site is independent from the other big companies, and is managed independently.
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DNetZone.Net launched
DNetZone.net is a newly launched website that has a discussion forum for newbie programmers who desperately need help. Go to the website forum, register, ask your question and expect an answer in a day or two.
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Debian is Distribution Number One
The Debian project was honored recently with the Linux New Media Award (German only). Whereas two years ago Debian was not even nominated, the jury of 35 well-known people from the Free Software community chose Debian as the winner of the category 'Linux distributions', and Debian-based Live CD Knoppix in second place.
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No Business to small
ShopFast, one of Australias leading e-tailers, has agreed to pay $35,000 compensation and implement a comprehensive software licensing compliance program under a settlement with the Business Software Association of Australia (BSAA) and its members.
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Free OnLine Virus Scan Service
In order to better serve our customers and offer complete security solutions we offer bitDefender OnLine Virus Scan Service at our domain. Additionaly are available Real Time Virus Reports about computer virus outbreaks.
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| The LWN.net Weekly Edition for March 11, 2010 is available. |
| [$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for March 11, 2010 |
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| The SCO case has long since dropped off the radar for most. It is worthnoting, though, that the Novell "slander of title"trial is now underway inUtah. Groklaw has detailedcoverageof the testimony thus far. "Why did Novell slanderSCO's title? Because of Linux. Linux started as a hobbyist tool. It's opensource; 'nobody can be completely sure where the code comes from'. Startingaround 2000, IBM inserted into Linux stuff that belonged to SCO. SCO sued,and started their licensing program (SCOsource). Novell stated that SCOdoesn't have the copyrights and can't sue IBM." |
| Meanwhile, back in Utah... |
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| Debianhas updated tdiary(cross-site scripting).Fedorahas updated samba(F11: filesystemaccess privilege escalation).Mandrivahas updated php(twosafe_mode bypass vulnerabilities). |
| Wednesday's security updates |
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| The Mozilla Foundation has launched aprocess to update the Mozilla Public License. The project is describedthis way:We've been usingversion 1.1 of the Mozilla Public License for about a decade now. Itsspirit has served us well, helping to communicate some of the values thatunderpin our large and growing community. However, some of its wording maybe showing its age. Keeping both those things in mind, we're launching thisprocess to update the license, hoping to modernize and simplify it whilestill keeping the things that have made the license and the Mozilla projectsuch a success.While the update process is inspired by the GPLv3 update, the objectivesare far less ambitious: Mozilla would like to smooth various rough edgeswithout making major changes to the license. They hope to have the processcomplete - after releasing three drafts for comments - by November of thisyear. |
| Mozilla to update the MPL |
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| Jonathan Schwartz writes about patent attacks, and Apple's attack on Android in particular. "Having watched this movie play out many times, suing a competitor typically makes them more relevant, not less. Developers I know aren’t getting less interested in Google’s Android platform, they’re getting more interested - Apple’s actions are enhancing that interest."He also says that Microsoft tried to shake down Sun with patent claims on OpenOffice.org. |
| Schwartz: Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal |
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