Free software is all about community. I don't see anything in that list that I would *want* in my community. What's so controversial about having a policy that says you need to not be jerks to each other? This is behavior that would not be tolerated in a workplace or just about anywhere else.
I think you mean $1,200 for the 75" set which is still pretty amazing for such a large screen. A 55" Sceptre can be had for $310. Either way, Sceptre is probably the only brand right now still making non-smart TVs.
We just picked up the generic Adrenaclick from CVS for $12 after they automatically applied a $100 off coupon (even without insurance). The major difference between Adrenaclick and EpiPen is that Adrenaclick doesn't retract the needle after injection. If Mylan's pricing nonsense continues I think we'll see more people being trained on Adrenaclick than EpiPen just due to the cost.
This is exactly the kind of thing Core Infrastructure Initiative is meant to help with and I'm happy to see it being used for gpg. Anyone with an underfunded Open Source project that is in wide use can apply for a grant from http://www.linuxfoundation.org.... There's no need to wait until you are in dire straits.
Just Mayo tastes much better than Vegenaise. My son has a severe egg allergy so we've eliminated eggs from our diet. To my taste buds, Just Mayo tastes as good as Hellmanns, which is probably why Unilever is so upset...
This doesn't sound like it would cover sudo to me, or even a GUI-wrapper for sudo. While I am not a patent attorney, I have been hacking on sudo for the past 15+ years.
My reading of the patent indicates that it is geared towards GUI-based environments where the user may need to perform some action (such as setting the clock in a control panel) that requires increased privileges. The actual "invention" appears to be that the user is able to perform an action as a different user without having to type in the name of that other user when authenticating. One example given in that patent is the ability to click on a name in a list of privileged users as opposed to having to type in a user name.
Sudo simply doesn't work this way. When a command is run via sudo the user is actively running the command as a different user. What is described in the patent is a mechanism whereby an application or the operating system detects that an action needs to be run with increased privileges and automatically prompts the user with a list of potential users that have the appropriate privilege level to perform the task.
The sudo systrace support is part of an experimental feature ("monitor mode") not present in any of the real sudo releases (though the code is available via anonymous cvs). Given the deficiencies of systrace (and ptrace) it is unlikely that this feature will be present in any future sudo release.
Or it may simply lead to the replacement of micropayments from advertising agencies like doubleclick to micropayments directly from the reader/consumer.
One way or another, once ad blocking attains critical mass there will have to be a sea changing in the way advertising is done. The same holds true for television advertising (all the major cable/satellite companies offer DVR boxes for low monthly fees).
Is it the end of advertising as we know it? I tend to doubt it but I think we'll see a gradual shift to different ad revenue models as time goes on. DoubleClick can adapt or die...
What's the point? Well, the main point is I need to eat:-) But in all seriousness, various people have enquired about commercial support over the years so this is an attempt to provide that. While the average user with a simple sudoers file won't need support, large installations with complex configs may wish it.
This is also an experiment to see if I can make free software pay the bills. I'm currently without regular employment and I need to find ways to fund my sudo and OpenBSD developement work...
In other news, sudo 1.6.8 was announced today...
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What an auspicious start. Maybe M$ will decide to patent some of the new features.
The stock TiVo kernel doesn't support anything better than LBA28 but with a custom kernel you can do better (I have a 300GB maxtor in mine). Currently Series1 only but now that people are hacking Series2 TiVo proms it would be trivial to add LBA48 support to the 2.4 kernel on those boxes.
That is completely false, please get your facts straight and back up your claims. Heck, up until very recently SSH Communications had a link from their website to the OpenSSH site.
As for openssh.com you've got it backwards. The OpenSSH folks had to register openssh.com because someone grabbed openssh.org shortly after the first release of openssh. Granted, the person in question had good intentions, but still...
The ssh 1.2.16 code base, form which OpenSSH is ultimately derived, has the following license:
Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen , Espoo, Finland
All rights reserved
As far as I am concerned, the code I have written for this software can be used freely for any purpose. Any derived versions of this software must be clearly marked as such, and if the derived work is incompatible with the protocol description in the RFC file, it must be called by a name other than "ssh" or "Secure Shell".
Based on this, the OpenSSH folks believed that they were using the term "ssh" in good faith and in accordance with the license.
Furthermore, there are other ssh implementations that have been using "ssh" in their name since at least 1997. The earliest one I am aware of is Ian Goldberg's "Top Gun SSH" for the palm pilot (upon which terraterm ssh was originally based).
Four years of not protecting a trademark is a long time. It also seems strange that none of the authors of programs with "ssh" in their name have been contacted. It certainly does not seem like Tatu has a strong case for the ssh trademark.
As an OpenBSD developer I see this as a positive thing that can only help the other BSD's. We're talking about proprietry code being made free, which can only help the other projects...
I don't know why you would feel this way; all the BSDi folks I've met have been cool and amiable people. I think the fears of a 'culture clash' are mistaken, as BSDi doesn't really have a 'coporate culture'. Spreading fear without knowing any of the participants seems silly.
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Free software is all about community. I don't see anything in that list that I would *want* in my community. What's so controversial about having a policy that says you need to not be jerks to each other? This is behavior that would not be tolerated in a workplace or just about anywhere else.
I think you mean $1,200 for the 75" set which is still pretty amazing for such a large screen. A 55" Sceptre can be had for $310. Either way, Sceptre is probably the only brand right now still making non-smart TVs.
We just picked up the generic Adrenaclick from CVS for $12 after they automatically applied a $100 off coupon (even without insurance). The major difference between Adrenaclick and EpiPen is that Adrenaclick doesn't retract the needle after injection. If Mylan's pricing nonsense continues I think we'll see more people being trained on Adrenaclick than EpiPen just due to the cost.
This is exactly the kind of thing Core Infrastructure Initiative is meant to help with and I'm happy to see it being used for gpg. Anyone with an underfunded Open Source project that is in wide use can apply for a grant from http://www.linuxfoundation.org.... There's no need to wait until you are in dire straits.
Just Mayo tastes much better than Vegenaise. My son has a severe egg allergy so we've eliminated eggs from our diet. To my taste buds, Just Mayo tastes as good as Hellmanns, which is probably why Unilever is so upset...
Not a lot of detail here:
http://www.rfcexpress.com/lawsuits/copyright-lawsuits/massachusetts-district-court/82641/astrolabe-inc-v-arthur-david-olson/summary/
http://dockets.justia.com/docket/massachusetts/madce/1:2011cv11725/139342/
but appears to be a copyright infringement suit.
This doesn't sound like it would cover sudo to me, or even a GUI-wrapper for sudo. While I am not a patent attorney, I have been hacking on sudo for the past 15+ years.
My reading of the patent indicates that it is geared towards GUI-based environments where the user may need to perform some action (such as setting the clock in a control panel) that requires increased privileges. The actual "invention" appears to be that the user is able to perform an action as a different user without having to type in the name of that other user when authenticating. One example given in that patent is the ability to click on a name in a list of privileged users as opposed to having to type in a user name.
Sudo simply doesn't work this way. When a command is run via sudo the user is actively running the command as a different user. What is described in the patent is a mechanism whereby an application or the operating system detects that an action needs to be run with increased privileges and automatically prompts the user with a list of potential users that have the appropriate privilege level to perform the task.
The sudo systrace support is part of an experimental feature ("monitor mode") not present in any of the real sudo releases (though the code is available via anonymous cvs). Given the deficiencies of systrace (and ptrace) it is unlikely that this feature will be present in any future sudo release.
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Or it may simply lead to the replacement of micropayments from advertising agencies like doubleclick to micropayments directly from the reader/consumer.
One way or another, once ad blocking attains critical mass there will have to be a sea changing in the way advertising is done. The same holds true for television advertising (all the major cable/satellite companies offer DVR boxes for low monthly fees).
Is it the end of advertising as we know it? I tend to doubt it but I think we'll see a gradual shift to different ad revenue models as time goes on. DoubleClick can adapt or die...
What's the point? Well, the main point is I need to eat :-) But in all seriousness, various people have enquired about commercial support over the years so this is an attempt to provide that. While the average user with a simple sudoers file won't need support, large installations with complex configs may wish it.
This is also an experiment to see if I can make free software pay the bills. I'm currently without regular employment and I need to find ways to fund my sudo and OpenBSD developement work...
What an auspicious start. Maybe M$ will decide to patent some of the new features.
The stock TiVo kernel doesn't support anything better than LBA28 but with a custom kernel you can do better (I have a 300GB maxtor in mine). Currently Series1 only but now that people are hacking Series2 TiVo proms it would be trivial to add LBA48 support to the 2.4 kernel on those boxes.
The song is available under the same license as OpenBSD itself :-)
The 3.2 song is available via ftp from:
ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/
ftp://ftp.usa.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/
(other mirrors have not caught up yet)
The lyrics are available from:
http://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html#32
This has been true of OpenBSD since day one. OpenBSD was the first OS to ship with ipf integrated. Indeed, it's the reason I started running OpenBSD.
That is completely false, please get your facts straight and back up your claims. Heck, up until very recently SSH Communications had a link from their website to the OpenSSH site.
As for openssh.com you've got it backwards. The OpenSSH folks had to register openssh.com because someone grabbed openssh.org shortly after the first release of openssh. Granted, the person in question had good intentions, but still...
Based on this, the OpenSSH folks believed that they were using the term "ssh" in good faith and in accordance with the license.
Furthermore, there are other ssh implementations that have been using "ssh" in their name since at least 1997. The earliest one I am aware of is Ian Goldberg's "Top Gun SSH" for the palm pilot (upon which terraterm ssh was originally based).
Four years of not protecting a trademark is a long time. It also seems strange that none of the authors of programs with "ssh" in their name have been contacted. It certainly does not seem like Tatu has a strong case for the ssh trademark.
As an OpenBSD developer I see this as a positive thing that can only help the other BSD's. We're talking about proprietry code being made free, which can only help the other projects...
I don't know why you would feel this way; all the BSDi folks I've met have been cool and amiable people. I think the fears of a 'culture clash' are mistaken, as BSDi doesn't really have a 'coporate culture'. Spreading fear without knowing any of the participants seems silly.
Personally, I agree. However, a lot of people seem to want this so it is available in OpenBSD 2.6. Of course, you can turn it off if it offends you ;-)
It was for his consulting biz (ie: pre-OpenBSD).