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Infrastructure Linux News for Aug 17, 2001
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Slashdot: The FSF's Bradley Kuhn Responds (2001-08-17 23:30:11)
"Last week you asked Bradley Kuhn, VP of the Free Software
Foundation (FSF) questions about working with RMS, his views on
software freedom, and much more. He's answered at length below, on
everything from becoming a saint to the "web app loophole," perl,
and the next iteration of the GPL."
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Making the KB Gear JamMP3 Portable MP3 Player Work under Linux (2001-08-17 22:30:43)
Fred Mobach writes: "Theodore Kilgore, a long time Linux user
and Linux Today reader, has sent me a funny story. Funny, because
the manufacturer delivered only Windows support to this device
which didn't work at all. And he got this device working under
Linux without so much problems. And that his son is impressed with
Linux and what his father can do with that."
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NetworkWorldFusion: IBM's embrace of Linux a little too tight, analyst says (2001-08-17 21:30:00)
"IBM is focused on enabling high-end functionality in Linux for
the enterprise, but the Linux community is not necessarily focused
on that," said Stacey Quandt, analyst at Giga Information Group.
"There is tension between IBM's goals and the origins of the Linux
community, which is focused on the Internet and appliances."
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Mandrake 8.1Beta1 Available for download and tests. (2001-08-17 18:25:51)
"The Beta1 of the upcoming Mandrake Linux 8.1 for x86 has hit
the mirrors!"
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Eric Raymond: Freedom, Power, or Confusion? [ESR on debate between O'Reilly and FSF] (2001-08-17 17:38:44)
"Perplexing, isn't it? Tim and the FSFers both claim to stand
for `freedom'. Both assert that each others' definition of
"freedom" is actually a covert form of control, a claim of power
over others. The only difference is in who the victims of
"Powerplay Zero" are, users or developers."
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AlterNet: Microsoft Goes McCarthy in War Against Linux (2001-08-17 14:30:55)
"Through shared source, Microsoft has made available a fraction
of their program code. But unlike open source, a developer is
severely limited in the ability to modify and reuse that code. The
open source community is not buying it."
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"Freedom Zero" and "Freedom or Power": Tim O'Reilly and FSF Leaders Debate (2001-08-17 12:28:19)
A weblog entry by Tim O'Reilly in which he asserted "Freedom
Zero for me is to offer the fruit of your work on the terms that
work for you. I think that is what is absolutely critical here. Let
there be competition in the marketplace; that is the answer. Let
people use whatever license they choose and if their customers
don't like it they will have other choices. Because of the
technological changes, we are entering an era of greater choice.
The fact is, Microsoft's past history is past. We are entering a
new era, not of just open source but of profound technological
changes. The future is open and we can make that future be what we
want it to be." sparked a response by Bradley Kuhn and Richard
Stallman of the FSF: "In the world that O'Reilly proposes, a few
make the basic software decisions for everyone. That is power, not
freedom. He should call it "powerplay zero" in contrast with our
"freedom zero."
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GNU libc 2.2.4 Release Notes Include Hard Words for Richard Stallman (2001-08-17 06:00:06)
An otherwise typical set of release notes for the latest version
of GNU libc 2.2.4 ended in an angry broadside against Richard
Stallman, accusing the Free Software Foundation's President of
trying to stage a "hostile takeover" of the project's
development.
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TheLinuxReview: KDE Wishlist and Overview (2001-08-17 04:22:05)
That was fast. jd of the Linux Review offers a cursory look at
KDE 2.2 and a wishlist for KDE 3: " The sad fact is that there is
no Linux desktop that can yet match the ease of use, and
comfortable usage of Microsoft Windows or Mac OS. KDE is getting
there but still lacks some refining touches. My guess is that KDE
3.0 is going to provide a revolutionary step towards the desktop
with Linux."
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GNU libc 2.2.4 Release Notes Include Hard Words for Richard Stallman (2001-08-17 01:45:30)
An otherwise typical set of release notes for the latest version
of GNU libc 2.2.4 ended in an angry broadside against Richard
Stallman, accusing the Free Software Foundation's President of
trying to stage a "hostile takeover" of the project's
development.
[ Reposted due to a backend error. -ed. ]
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