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RMS - How to fight software patents

by Patrick Useldinger

article by RMS (dated yesterday, 9/9) http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/09/09/1612239

21 years, 3 months

Spamassassin

by Alex

Hello I like to speak about Spamassassin. I use it now for ~3 months. The first two months, spam wasn't always detected, but the detection rate grows from time to time (of course, I did a sa-learn bla). A month now, spam is correctly detected, with a quota of >99%. Spam is redirected in a folder, and I regulary do a sa-learn...). So it works very good for me. That's all I wanna say. Al

21 years, 3 months

nonpalladium

by pierre

http://www.nonapalladium.be.tf/

21 years, 3 months

[Fwd: CALIBRE project -- EU boost to open source software (Techworld.com)]

by Serge Marelli

Pour info, ca aurait l'air intéressant s'ils ne poussaient pas les brevets en même temps Serge -----Forwarded Message----- Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 07:06:14 +0200 "The European Union (E.U.) is hoping to give the European open source software industry a competitive boost through a Euro 1.5 million (AUD$2.68m) research project kicking off this week. The focus of the two-year CALIBRE (Co-ordination Action for Libre Software) project is to improve the way open-source projects work, through organized research and collaboration with industry, and to bring open source more into the mainstream." "The group also hopes to address the issue of software patents, which Fitzgerald and others see as having the potential to derail the progress of open-source." full text: http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;201676706;fp;2;fpid;1 EU boost to open source software Matthew Broersma, Techworld.com 06/09/2004 08:52:42 The European Union (E.U.) is hoping to give the European open source software industry a competitive boost through a Euro 1.5 million (AUD$2.68m) research project kicking off this week. The focus of the two-year CALIBRE (Co-ordination Action for Libre Software) project is to improve the way open-source projects work, through organized research and collaboration with industry, and to bring open source more into the mainstream. Ultimately this will put Europe a step ahead of the rest of the U.S.-dominated software industry, the project's leaders hope. CALIBRE will launch on Sept. 10 at University College Cork. "Interestingly, the majority of open source contributions come from Europe, but strategic thinking and leadership of many open-source projects is probably very much U.S.-dominated," said Prof Brian Fitzgerald of the University of Limerick's department of science and information systems. The University of Limerick and University College Cork are leading the project, with the National Microelectronics Application Centre and 12 academic and industrial research teams from France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, the U.K. and China also taking part. Open-source software development, generally speaking, allows individuals and companies to collaborate on software that isn't owned by a single entity, and which can be distributed and modified by anyone. In recent years companies such as IBM Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Novell Inc. have begun to back high-profile open-source projects such as the Linux operating system as a way to challenge the dominance of proprietary software vendors such as Microsoft Corp. However, the development model is still largely informally organized and remains poorly understood, Fitzgerald said. To put open source on the industry agenda, researchers need to carry out detailed analysis, massive collection of data and studies from the software engineering and economic points of view, CALIBRE believes. For example, part of the project will be to compile a database of open-source success stories and to codify and distribute best practices. In particular, Europe has competitive strengths in the "secondary" software sector -- areas such as automotive, telecommunications and consumer electronics -- but this sector doesn't currently have an effective approach to open source, Fitzgerald said. "As CALIBRE represents the leading authorities on open source in Europe, or indeed worldwide, we are in a unique position to transfer these lessons to European industry," he told Techworld. More generally, the project plans to tackle open-source issues such as ensuring code quality and supply of developer talent, and how businesses can plan strategy around open source. Researchers will even examine the socio-cultural challenges to open source projects, such as 'alpha-male' territorial squabbles and the tendency of developers to burn out. The group also hopes to address the issue of software patents, which Fitzgerald and others see as having the potential to derail the progress of open-source. "Clearly some form of protection for non-obvious innovation is necessary for industry," he said. "However, copyrights and patents come from a different era, and we need to derive more suitable versions which will work in today's software marketplace and are palatable to industry." CALIBRE will also examine two related trends currently cropping up in software development: distributed development -- factors such as outsourcing and globalization -- and unconventional, or "agile", development methods. The project's first meeting will be held in November at the Hague, which will also see the establishment of a permanent industry-research forum called Calibration. Fitzgerald stressed that CALIBRE isn't about abstract, theoretical research cut off from practical concerns. "Industry obviously do carry out a lot of research. However, the CALIBRE partners represent the leading players in this area, whose research is actually drawn upon by these companies," he said. The project partners are University of Limerick, the Business Innovation Centre of Alto Adige-SÃ¼dtirol, Chinasoft, Groupe des Ecoles de Telecommunications, National Microelectronics Applications, Poznan University of Technology, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, IMRI Â University of Paris Dauphine, University College Cork, University of Lincoln, University of Maastricht / MERIT and University of Sk"vde (H"gskolan i Sk"vde), with ITEA and Open Forum Europe as official observers. CALIBRE will coordinate with existing EU projects around open source, including COSPA (Consortium for Open Source in the Public Administration) and FLOSS-POLS, which examines the use of open standards and open source in government. _______________________________________________ bxl mailing list (un)subscribe via http://lists.ffii.org/mailman/listinfo/bxl and http://aktiv.ffii.org/. If you subscribed via the latter, you can unsubscribe only by going to both. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/

21 years, 3 months

Keyboard w/ Trackpoint

by Eric Dondelinger

Hi, since having experienced the niceties of the trackpoint on my old laptop, I've always been dreaming about a standard PC keyboard with such a trackpoint. It is my subjective impression, but I prefer it very much to a classic mouse, a trackball or a touchpad - even if it won't be good for certain games. As I found yesterday, such a thing actually exists: http://www.pckeyboard.com/pdf/EnduraPro.pdf or a similar model, without Windows keys: http://www.pckeyboard.com/pdf/Onthestick.pdf Essentially, this is an old-style IBM keyboard (the excellent piece of hardware that very few people want to get replaced) with a trackpoint and 2 mouse keys - connectors are PS/2. Actually, this is the manufacturer of those very IBM keyboards. The main advantage is that you can use keyboard & mouse without having to move your hand(s) much - ergonomically interesting, you can work faster, and you need less desktop space. I'm seriously considering ordering such a keyboard. If anyone else is interested... Oh yes - on the website, they only talk about the U.S. layout. I asked about other layouts, i.e. swiss-french. They haven't made one of those yet, but are willing to do so. They'd cost as much as the other ones ($99), plus shipping of course (which can be a hefty amount). I'll still have to ask whether they'd need a minimum number of sales before manufacturing such a layout. Greetings, Eric

21 years, 3 months

Reduction of ADSL prices in Luxembourg

by Brent Frère

I don't want any reply to this. It is pure information. I'm not shareholder of any involved parties and I dont give here advice on the best technology to get connected to the Internet. This information has been checked. If you don't believe it, please just delete the e-mail. This e-mail is not related to any previous thread. Alternet has modified its offer. The rate for a ADSL flat rate connection, requiring an existing phone line (either POTS or ISDN) is now * * *33 EUR/month* including V.A.T. for an unlimited 1 Mb/s ADSL Internet access. Uplink is 128 Kb/s. This means the ADSL service AND the Internet access. I know EPT is about to upgrade its 256 Kb/s service, I know other providers are also giving promotions on such services, I know some like other techiques and some do not require flat rates, but I THINK this is still the best ADSL flat rate Internet access offer in Luxembourg. Availability is everywhere EPT can deliver DSL services, as Alternet provides services on EPT network where their own equipment is not yet available at the same price. For more information, please consult Alternet web site (http://www.alternet.lu) but please note that this web site is ofthen out of date, so the information I give you here is more accurate than their web site. For up-to-date information, I would suggest you to directy call them. My experience as private and professional user with their service is good. -- 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 This e-mail signature can be checked if you have the CaCERT certificate installed. Check http://www.CaCERT.org for details.

21 years, 3 months

le mythe des logiciels gratuits

by Gilles Maria-Sube

http://www.lesechos.fr/GU/jjjdj20040827/lec1_idees/4149341.htm article paru dans "les echos" d'aujourd'hui, c'est assez navrant � lire mais le site (http://www.lesechos.fr) offre aussi un forum ou des lecteurs sont invit�s � donner leur opinion sur divers sujets d'actualit�, nottemment la question 'en condamant Microsoft la CE condamne t-elle l'innovation dans les logiciels' ce qui a fait r�agir (plutot bien) pas mal de monde. _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush

21 years, 3 months

[Fwd: [Fsfe-france] [01net] DRM: EMI et la Fnac mis en examen pour tromperie sur la qualité des CD]

by Serge Marelli

Bonne nouvelle "of some sort"... Brent, heureux? -----Forwarded Message----- To: fsfe-france(a)gnu.org <fsfe-france(a)gnu.org> Subject: [Fsfe-france] [01net] DRM: EMI et la Fnac mis en examen pour tromperie sur la qualité des CD Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 20:01:57 +0200 <http://www.01net.com/article/249587.html> Le temps se gâte pour les CD protégés: "La Direction départementale de la consommation, de la concurrence et de la répression des fraudes (DDCCRF) des Hauts-de-Seine est parvenue à aller un peu plus loin que les associations de consommateurs sur le front des CD protégés. EMI France et la Fnac, en tant que distributeur, viennent d'être mis en examen pour « tromperie sur la qualité substantielle d'un bien ». En l'occurrence, des CD munis de dispositifs anti-copie, qui s'avèrent illisibles sur certains lecteurs. (..)" --- Xavier Roche roche at httrack dot com _______________________________________________ Liste de discussion FSF France. http://lists.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/

21 years, 3 months

desktop linux course

by Eric Dondelinger

Hi, SlashDot readers among you have seen this link yesterday already. I thought I'd republish it here: http://www.iosn.net/training/end-user-manual/ It's a desktop linux user guide, available in OOo and PDF formats, written by some UN agency. Its license allows for modification and redistribution. I haven't looked into it yet (still downloading - after /. it seems their server is still overloaded), but it might be helpful for our own Linux Basic Course. Greetings, Eric

21 years, 3 months

Last call for restaurant-meeting on Thursday 26th 2004

by Pascal.Steichen＠linux.lu

Hi all, Our summer restaurant-meeting will take place on Thursday 26th 2004 at the 'Il Fragolino', if you want to join and haven't told us please do before tomorrow noon. We are 7 at the moment ! ciao, pst

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