Linux Weekly News for October 18, 2001
Oct 18, 2001, 13:03 (1 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Jonathan Corbet)
The LWN.net Weekly Edition for October 18, 2001 has been
published.
Inside this LWN.net Weekly Edition:
- Front Page: Liberty Alliance, Half-free licenses, W3C
update.
- Security: Aleph1 passes the Bugtraq baton, Microsoft against
disclosure.
- Kernel: News from the VM front; fun with module symbols.
- Distributions: The Common Linux Installer Group; Progeny Debian
is no more.
- Development: Open Source BIOS Projects, MySQL 4.0, Samba 2.2.2,
GNU Bayonne telephone system, new Mozilla and Galeon, Manta fast
Java compiler.
- Commerce: SafeDisc LT copy protection comes to Linux; Trolltech
releases Qt 3.0; Navy to Test the Water With Open-Source
Software.
- History: Jonathan Postel dies; LinuxToday acquired by
Internet.com; Sun released Open Office.
- Letters: 2.5, ending the monopoly.
...plus the usual array of reports, updates, and
announcements.
Complete Story
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