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by Brent Frère

_L'armée américaine passe sous Linux_ Source : CommunauTech Par GENIUS - Le 03-11-2003 à 06:51:56 L'US ARMY vient d'adopter Linux en lieu et place de Windows pour l'un de ses programmes le "LAN WARRIOR" qui consiste en une création d'un réseau sans fil entre soldats en opérations, permettant des transmissions voix/données à courte distance. C'est le futur moyen de communication "Commander's Digital Assistant", qui bénéficiera de la stabilité de Linux au détriment de Windows. /«The LW SI will have a single processor. The previous LW had a dual processor, which frequently malfunctioned. Other changes include a more simplified data bus and a Linux-based operating system, as opposed to Windows. "Evidence shows that Linux is more stable. We are moving in general to where the Army is going, to Linux-based OS," said Gallop./ Le site www.communautech.com souligne: « On peut comprendre les GI's : quand on se fait canarder à la Kalachnikov ou au mortier lourd, l'expression "Ecran Bleu de la Mort" prend une tonalité très particulière parce que tout à fait définitive. » -- Brent Frère Private e-mail: Brent(a)BFrere.net Postal address: 5, rue de Mamer L-8280 Kehlen Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg European Union Mobile: +352-021/29.05.98 Fax: +352-26.30.05.96 Home: +352-307.341 URL: http://BFrere.net

22 years, 3 months

Meeting tonight

by Thierry Coutelier

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 For the meeting tonight we have some stuff to discuss: - - Journée du Libre next week (small) - - Participation on the 15th of April to the Event in Bruxelles - - Signing of the new amendments to our statutes Miscellaneous discussions. CU tonight. - -- Thierry Coutelier No Patents on Software: http://www.linux.lu/epatent -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFAWZQfPOfrcNNQX7oRAoQQAJ4zsKtmsRBWBrvTqatRFkbjg59t/wCcDqOI iI53s6nIjr1LEPsvxx7h0OE= =3HLF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

22 years, 3 months

[Fwd: planning for FFII 2004 membership assemby]

by Serge Marelli

Hi everyone, I'm passing this along as I believe it might be of interest to some of you. I don't know (yet) what the requisites are, but if you feel interested enough you may still become a member of FFII. I believe it's a worthy cause Serge -----Forwarded Message----- From: FFII/Eurolinux - Holger Blasum <blasum(a)ffii.org> Subject: planning for FFII 2004 membership assemby Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 02:01:29 +0100 Dear active FFII member, according to the statutes [1] the "board calls for a membership assembly at least once a year". Last year this was done on July 1 in Strasbourg. I am wondering when and where to do it this year, I would say the decision on the choice of location and time should depend on the opinion of active members (at least those who (would) care to come). The first possible meaningful "venue" would be around the 14/15 April Brussels activities. To give *a flavor how this might look like*, see [2]. But there is no need to haste, other opportunities could be trade shows such as eg in June Linuxtag Karlsruhe, in October the Munich Systems or the Brno invex. The software patent directive also might be due for a second reading in autumn or winter triggering events or even another demonstration in Brussels and Strasbourg (of course this is unpredictable). Also in autumn there might be an academic conference on the limits of patentability. Probably even more important then either fixing a date or getting a consensus on a good time-frame is finding candidates for a board that better represents our more European scope (we have up to 4 vacant positions on the board) as well as the formation of teams around tasks. If sb is really keen on becoming treasurer, i'll also gladly hand that one over ;) In the hasty preparation of last year's membership assembly the chance to work out a better sharing of work was not grasped - sth like [3] may be bitterly needed in future challenges and (b) hopefully is so sustainable that it saves us from exhaustion nonetheless ;) Please do not be surprised if phoned if your number is in aktiv.ffii.org - there are 57 active members (about one sixth of FFII total membership), with about half of you with phone numbers in aktiv.ffii.org - so that's doable ;) Of course you can also reach me at +49-174-7313590. [1] http://www.ffii.org/assoc/statut/ [2] https://secure.vrijschrift.nl/ffii/events/2004/bxl04/ffii/index_html [3] https://secure.vrijschrift.nl/ffii/events/2004/bxl04/ffii/board.html -- Holger Blasum FFII -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Serge Marelli, Luxembourg E-mail : serge.marelli(a)linux.lu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LiLux, Luxembourg LUG : http://www.linux.lu/ Defending Innovation against Patent Inflation http://swpat.ffii.org/

22 years, 3 months

New stuff online

by Pascal Steichen

Hi all, Online news : As most of you probably already noticed, we have a new website, if not check it out at http://www.linux.lu. Added to that a wiki platform (http://www.linux.lu/wiki/) as well as a Forum (http://www.linux.lu/forum/) was created to enable/enhance the inter-LiLux communications. Now we need users ! Feel free to go testing these tools and get me feedback or remarks of any. Ciao, -- Pascal Steichen pascal.steichen(a)linux.lu Lilux ASBL www.lilux.lu " Linux is like a woman, hard to understand But very nice once you get under the hood. "

22 years, 3 months

Pourquoi ne pas utiliser Word ?

by Brent Frère

http://www.lesnouvelles.net/afficher.php?id=534 SCO victime des indiscrétions de Word. par Jerome Saiz, le 8/3/2004 C'est bien connu : les documents Word sont particulièrement indiscrets. Ils conservent la trace des commentaires et autres modifications apportées au texte, même une fois celles-ci effacées. Dernière victime en date de ces indiscrétions : SCO, qui utilise Word pour assigner ses victimes en justice. Tout à sa croisade anti-Linux, le groupe SCO aurait pourtant été mieux avisé d'utiliser un traitement de texte Open Source dans la rédaction de ses lettres de menace aux utilisateurs de Linux ! Ses dernières victimes en date, les sociétés DaimlerChrysler et AutoZone, ont en effet été averties de l'action judiciaire à leur encontre par un document Word un peu trop bavard ! Il apparaît en étudiant ce dernier que les conseils de SCO visaient initialement Bank of America, qu'ils avaient émaillés le document de commentaires stratégiques et changés plusieurs fois leurs demandes en cours de route. Il ne nous appartient pas de commenter ici la teneur du document ni la légitimité de l'action de SCO. En revanche, la fuite d'informations stratégiques qui résulte d'un fichier Word trop bavard est une menace à prendre très au sérieux. La chose n'est pourtant guère nouvelle. La mésaventure de SCO, qui apparaît désormais comme faisant feu de tout bois et adaptant ses menaces à la tête du client, est une très belle illustration des dangers posés par Word dans un environnement /corporate/ et de leur impact sur la crédibilité d'une entreprise. De quoi considérer avec plus de ferveur encore les formats ouverts ! -- Brent Frère Private e-mail: Brent(a)BFrere.net Postal address: 5, rue de Mamer L-8280 Kehlen Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg European Union Mobile: +352-021/29.05.98 Fax: +352-26.30.05.96 Home: +352-307.341 URL: http://BFrere.net

22 years, 3 months

Bad News

by Thierry Coutelier

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I you are a software engineer stop programming immediately. Writing a line of code may infringe some obscure patent and you may go to jail because of this. They have lost their mind... - --- Intellectual Property Rights - European Parliament The Fourtou report on intellectual property passed today as the rapporteur wished. This means that the package proposed by Mrs Fourtou (and supported by her own group, the PSE, the ELDR and the UEN) after unofficial meetings with the Council working group and the Commission was adopted in it's entirety. All other amendments - those from V/ALE, Marco Cappato/others/GUE and EDD - were defeated. The majority in all the roll call votes was of the order 300-350 with Fourtou, 100-200 against. This result means: - - patents are included within the scope of the directive. This is of serious concern to a number of sectors including software developers and the free software movement, generic pharmaceutical companies, the automobile spare parts industry, farmers at threat from GM contamination etc. - - only 3 parts of the directive are limited to "commercial scale". This means that the provisions of Articles 7(1), 8 and 9 can potentially be used against consumers. In the US this kind of legislation has been used to target, amongst others, children and their parents for downloading music. - - there are concerns amongst ISPs that they can be attacked for "providing" the means to download content which is protected by copyright. During the plenary discussion and right before the votes, Neil MacCormick and Claude Turmes raised the issue of family connections in relation to conflicts of interest. This is in the light of numerous recent articles highlighting Mrs Fourtou's husband being CEO of Vivendi Universal. Pat Cox indicated that this would be raised in the Parliament Bureau. - -- Thierry Coutelier No Patents on Software: http://www.linux.lu/epatent -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFATditPOfrcNNQX7oRAl3nAJwPAzB0Eh6PRDtBdGlY8wcDkiZKegCfWbWw TbLzlFr/G/zX6BnLLbyADuY= =NcJa -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

22 years, 3 months

[Fwd: IPJ News: Consumers Rally at EU Today Against Dangerous IP Enforcement Directive]

by Thierry Coutelier

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -- Thierry Coutelier No Patents on Software: http://www.linux.lu/epatent -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFATDqPPOfrcNNQX7oRAs6UAKCwo6qlQgWyHOLM+1Qun98/XX2tTACgqXBn 0DLbGjwt9GZ4omjrYeslikg= =YunV -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

22 years, 3 months

Losing Control of Your TV [FW: TV moucharde]

by Serge Marelli

Ca fait froid dans le dos. To: fsfe-france(a)gnu.org Subject: [Fsfe-france] TV moucharde Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 13:12:29 +0100 Attention ça ne reste en ligne que quelques jours, après c'est payant *Garfinkel: Losing Control of Your TV* Starting in just 16 months, the Motion Picture Association of America will take a huge step toward controlling the way we can use our television sets. As of July 1, 2005, every TV sold in the United States will come equipped with an electronic circuit that will search incoming programs for a tiny electronic “flag.” If the flag is present, your TV will go into a special high-security mode and lock down its high-quality digital outputs. This high-security mode is not designed to protect the television from viruses or computer hackers—it’s designed to protect TV programs from being copied by viewers in ways that the entertainment industry doesn't like. Columnist Simson Garfinkel argues that this is a very ominous development. http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/wo_garfinkel030304.asp?trk=nl <http://www.uptilt.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=5fo,5gvh,4rw,97de,3i5a,8vs6,1po4> _______________________________________________ Liste de discussion FSF France. http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-france -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Serge Marelli, Luxembourg E-mail : serge.marelli(a)linux.lu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LiLux, Luxembourg LUG : http://www.linux.lu/ Defending Innovation against Patent Inflation http://swpat.ffii.org/

22 years, 3 months

[Fwd: Invitation - Opening the windows on Linux]

by Eric Dondelinger

22 years, 3 months

[Fwd: [ffii] CODE rally March 8th]

by Thierry Coutelier

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Important: - -- Thierry Coutelier No Patents on Software: http://www.linux.lu/epatent -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFARg96POfrcNNQX7oRArGYAJ0Ua+CbOEwR31yWAvm4LL2qXyq2FQCguWyl Tt9bno67p3qL0z+aOIXStOI= =7Fa2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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