I contacted the Hayward office of the FBI and spoke with a plesant young man who had never heard of Slashdot. He will be passing a suggestion up the chain of command of adding the source code of find_ddos to SourceForge as well as making it available on the FBI web site.
This conversation took place prior to the update pointing to Dave Dittrich's site. It appears the source code is public domain, so perhaps one of the knowledgeable people here can start a source tree on SourceForge for this tool.
Appreciate the suggestion regarding GPL legal help. I've called the firm you suggested and will speak with the attorney there when she gets back on Wednesday.
I've also been appointed GPL compliance officer effective today so we'll be working to ensure we have all our products properly licensed.
1. Mr. Norton, we are meeting today to discuss the results of the LinuxWorld Expo. You are invited to come out at our expense to review our technology plan going forward. We are moving forward to correct past mistakes and create new software.
Please contact me: Richard Bottoms Dir. Business Development LinuxOne rbottoms@linuxone.net
or call
650.948.6201
2. To Andover and Slashdot, as an African-American it is troubling to read threats of lynching on this board, but if that's how VA Linux Systems and Slashdot choose to handle its business competitors, so be it.
That we've fucked up is not in dispute. That we had the balls to come to New York should also not be in dispute. And, when we succed in our re-engineering and overhaul of our practices we'll expect the same level of coverage of that too.
I am sorry that the email address is such a problem. Mr. Morrison was under this mistaken impression, probably that who he used for his email was his own damn business. Also, he had this idea that it should be easy to access his email anywhere in the world.
But be of good cheer, I've suggested he look into another provider just to reduce the noise level.
Hi Cmdr Taco, please give me a call. Check your email for the number. Cheers, and see everyone at our LinuxWorld booth. Richard Bottoms Dir. Business Development LinuxOne
Our site linuxsoft.net ran from April of last year until early summer when cash became tight. During that time we interviewed Richard Stallman, provided a small business take on Linux in our editorial content and handed our tech gear. The current trademark issue is of interest since it appears that business entities offering similar services have power over who else gets a trademark in the Linux community. We are re-launching the site in early February now that funding is no longer an issue, with continued specialization in small/minority business issues in Open Source. I support Linus Torvald's right to determine how trademarks involving his creation are used, but I'd like to know that any decisions over trademark use get made by independent committee. rlb
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This conversation took place prior to the update pointing to Dave Dittrich's site. It appears the source code is public domain, so perhaps one of the knowledgeable people here can start a source tree on SourceForge for this tool.
Richard Bottoms
r.b.
BTW, my travel invitation was extended to Peter C. Norton. Assuming you can produce an ID with that name on it at the airport it's still open.
Richard Bottoms
I've also been appointed GPL compliance officer effective today so we'll be working to ensure we have all our products properly licensed.
You calm approach to the issue is appreciated.
Thanks again, Richard Bottoms
Plus I've taken Bruce Perens up on his offer about some legal help in the GPL arena and taken on the role of GPL compliance officer for the company.
You have my private email for reply.
Thanks,
Richard Bottoms
Please contact me:
Richard Bottoms
Dir. Business Development
LinuxOne
rbottoms@linuxone.net
or call
650.948.6201
2. To Andover and Slashdot, as an African-American it is troubling to read threats of lynching on this board, but if that's how VA Linux Systems and Slashdot choose to handle its business competitors, so be it.
That we've fucked up is not in dispute. That we had the balls to come to New York should also not be in dispute. And, when we succed in our re-engineering and overhaul of our practices we'll expect the same level of coverage of that too.
r.b.
But be of good cheer, I've suggested he look into another provider just to reduce the noise level.
r.b.
The net guys were happy we've got the FTP problems worked out. r.b.
I've asked Cmdr Taco to give me a call. Richard Bottoms Dir. Business Development LinuxOne
Hi Cmdr Taco, please give me a call. Check your email for the number. Cheers, and see everyone at our LinuxWorld booth. Richard Bottoms Dir. Business Development LinuxOne
Our site linuxsoft.net ran from April of last year until early summer when cash became tight. During that time we interviewed Richard Stallman, provided a small business take on Linux in our editorial content and handed our tech gear. The current trademark issue is of interest since it appears that business entities offering similar services have power over who else gets a trademark in the Linux community. We are re-launching the site in early February now that funding is no longer an issue, with continued specialization in small/minority business issues in Open Source. I support Linus Torvald's right to determine how trademarks involving his creation are used, but I'd like to know that any decisions over trademark use get made by independent committee. rlb