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Nic Ferrier |
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[Trans-coord-news] GNU news update |
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Tue, 08 Mar 2005 14:00:07 -0500 |
* 08 March 2005
FSF associate members should <a href="mailto:address@hidden">RSVP</a> for this
year's <a href="http://www.fsf.org/associate/meetings/2005">annual meeting</a>.
Richard Stallman, Eben Moglen, Lawrence Lessig and more will be speaking.
18 February 2005
The FSF is hiring a full-time <a
href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-program-assistant-news.html">Program
Assistant</a>.
* 16 February 2005
There will be <a href="http://wiki.ffii.org/DemoBrussels050217En">a
demonstration against software patents in Brussels</a>
* 16 February 2005
<a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/new-executive-director.html">The FSF
has appointed a new Executive Director</a> and got a new, distinct
<a href="http://www.fsf.org">website</a>.
22 January 2005
<b>URGENT</b>: The European software patent directive is being introduced at
the Council for Agriculture and Fishery on January 24. More info <a
href="http://kwiki.ffii.org/Fish0501En">here</a>. <a
href="http://kwiki.ffii.org/FishDemo0501En">Immediate action</a> is necessary!
More information can be found on <a
href="http://www.ffii.org/index.en.html">Foundation for a Free Information
Infrastructure</a>'s website.
14 January 2005
<a href="http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/">Free Software Magazine</a> is
the free magazine for the free software world, available on paper and in
electronic format. The first issue of this new magazine has become available
now!
04 January 2005
Current FSF associate members will receive a <a
href="http://member.fsf.org/referral-2004">customized message recorded by RMS
or Eben Moglen</a>, suitable for use as the greeting on their answering
machine, voicemail or home page, when they inspire three new people to join as
annual members!
03 January 2005
We have revised the music to the <a
href="http://www.gnu.org/music/free-software-song.html">Free Software Song</a>.
The <a href="http://www.cs.uu.nl/%7Ehanwen/lilypond/index.htm">Lilypond</a> are
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/music/free-software-song.ly">here</a> and <a
href="http://www.gnu.org/music/free-software-song.ps.gz">here</a>.
03 January 2005
GNU founder <a href="http://www.stallman.org">Richard Stallman</a> will be
doing an interview with <a href="http://radioactiveradio.org/">radioActive San
Diego</a> on Thursday, 06 Jan 2005 at 7PM PST (GMT -8). Those living in San
Diego, CA, USA can listen to it on 106.9 FM. A press release can be found <a
href="http://livejournal.com/users/dj_lotus">here</a>.
02 January 2005
Thanks to Turkish artist Kursad Karatas we now have <a
href="http://www.gnu.org/graphics/kafa.html">abstract art of our mascot</a>.
29 December 2004
There is a <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/for-windows.html">new page up
for Windows users</a>, aimed at the Free Software curious.
24 December 2004
We have placed a banner on top of the main page to thank Poland for blocking
the European software patent vote. We urge all proponents of software Freedom
to not only do the same with their own sites, but also send a letter thanking
them for doing so. More information can be found <a
href="/thankpoland.html">here</a>.
14 Decemeber 2004
www.gnu.org now provides an RSS feed for our <a
href="/server/whatsnew.html">what's new</a> page. We are gradually
internationalizing our news. You should soon be able to read GNU RSS
in your own language.
19 November 2004
<a href="/jobs/fsf-sysadmin.html">FSF is currently seeking a full-time Senior
GNU/Linux Systems Administrator and Programmer</a>
14 September 2004
Added Richard Stallman's new article: <a
href="/philosophy/fighting-software-patents.html">Fighting Software Patents -
Singly and Together</a>, with a link from the <a
href="/philosophy/philosophy.html#LicensingFreeSoftware">Philosophy</a> page.
14 September 2004
Added a new SVG logo to the <a href="/graphics/gnusvgart.html" >GNU SVG Art
page</a>.
21 August 2004
Added a <a href="/home.ru.html">Russian translation</a> of the main page.
21 July 2004
FSF is offering <a href="http://patron.fsf.org/sf2004seminar.html">two days of
seminars at Stanford University</a> on the <abbr>GPL</abbr> and Free Software
Licensing on August 24 and 25 of 2004.
6 July 2004
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/people/speakers.html#Stallman">Richard M.
Stallman</a> put a short note on the <a
href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html">license page</a>
explaining why the <a
href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/rpl.php">Reciprocal Public License</a>
is a non-free license.
6 July 2004
<a
href="http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/story.jsp?story=537951">The
Independent</a> reports a US Computer Emergency Response Team alert regarding
Microsoft's Internet Explorer security vulnerabilities. "It is possible to
reduce exposure to these vulnerabilities by using a different web browser."
<br/> (However, they should not refer to the people who exploit these security
holes as <a
href="http://www.stallman.org/articles/on-hacking.html">"hackers"</a>.)
1 July 2004
The Dutch parliament voted to take its support away from the EU software patent
directive. If a few other countries change their votes, software patents in
Europe may be defeated in the Council of Ministers. <a
href="http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20040702085542832">http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20040702085542832</a>
21 June 2004
FSF <a href="http://member.fsf.org">The Associate Membership site has a new
interface</a>.
21 June 2004
FSF <a href="/jobs/fsf-db.html">seeks a system analyst/database guru</a>.
4 June 2004
Added a <a href="/server/takeaction.html">Take Action</a> page, and linked to
it from the front page, and from <a
href="/keepingup.html#takeaction">/keepingup.html</a>. The purpose was to allow
for greater flexibility of description of what actions we can take, while still
providing a brief summary on the front page to explain what we need help with.
Take Action is modeled after the What's New page.
21 May 2004
Added new instructions for mirroring www.gnu.org to <a
href="/server/mirror.html">www.gnu.org/server/mirror.html</a>. We are now
recommending using rsync to update mirrors (from ibiblio.org, rather than
directly from us).
18 May 2004
Added <a href="/fun/jokes/merry-xmas.xhtml">Merry Christmas in 4 languages</a>
to the <a href="/fun/humor.html">humor page</a>.
13 April 2004
<a href="http://agia.fsf.org/associate/leadership">Larry Lessig joins the Board
of Directors of the Free Software Foundation.</a>
13 April 2004
Added Richard Stallman's new article: <a href="/philosophy/java-trap.html">Free
But Shackled - The Java Trap</a>, with a link from the <a
href="/philosophy/philosophy.html#LicensingFreeSoftware">Philosophy</a> page.
11 April 2004
Added a link to the UTUTO-e GNU/Linux distribution to the <a
href="http://www.gnu.org/links/links.html#OtherFreeSoftware">Links to Other
Free Software Sites</a> page.
1 March 2004
Added a link to Prof Eben Moglen's speech at Harvard, to the <a
href="/philosophy/philosophy.html#Speeches">Philosophy</a> page.
25 February 2004
New action item on the <a href="/home.html">home page</a> regarding proposed
U.S. copyright bill
24 February 2004
Added a new picture - <a href="/graphics/gnu-jacket.html">a Gnu wearing a
jacket</a> - to the <a href="/graphics/graphics.html">GNU art</a> page.
22 February 2004
Added RMS essay, <a href="/philosophy/my_doom.html">MyDoom and You</a>
12 February 2004
Added the new FSF bulletin Issues 1 and 2 to <a href="/bulletins">Bulletins
page</a>.
29 January 2004
Added a link on the <a href="/home.html">home page</a> requesting suggestions
for free software packages to add to the <a href="/directory">Free Software
Directory</a>.
23 January 2004
New look to the gnu.org <a href="/home.html">home page</a>.
20 January 2004
<a href="/events/nyc-2004-01.html">Events in New York between January 20 -
23</a>
14 January 2004
<a href="/press/2004-01-14-record-straight.html">FSF to host press conference
on the General Public License and SCO versus IBM</a>.
12 January 2004
Added a link on the <a href="/graphics/graphics.html">graphics page</a> to an
<a href="/graphics/supergnu-ascii.html">ASCII Super Gnu</a>.
8 January 2004
New essay by Richard Stallman: " <a
href="/philosophy/use-free-software.html">The Free Software Community After 20
Years: With great but incomplete success, what now?</a> "
8 January 2004
Added a link on the <a href="/home.html">home page</a> to the <a
href="http://efn.no/jonjohansen-en.html">English version</a> of the EFN's web
page about the Jon Lech Johansen ("DVD Jon") case.
7 January 2004
Added a link on the <a href="/home.html">home page</a> to a news article: The
Norwegian appeals court sustained the ruling that <a
href="http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article.jhtml?articleID=696330">DeCSS
is not illegal</a>.
6 January 2004
Article about the <a href="/philosophy/wsis.html">World Summit on the
Information Society</a> by Richard Stallman.
6 January 2004
Added a link to the <a href="http://linux.bnv-bamberg.de/">GNU/Linux User Group
Bamberg/Forchheim</a> website on the <a href="/gnu/gnu-user-groups.html">User
Groups</a> page.
5 January 2004
Added the <a href="/keepingup.html">Keeping Up With GNU and the FSF</a> page.
2 January 2004
<a href="/fun/jokes/gcc.html">Another humorous email</a> received by rms, this
time suggesting new options to gcc.
2 January 2004
<a href="/press/2004-01-02-nyc-seminars.html">FSF To Host Free Software
Licensing Seminars and Discussions on SCO v. IBM in New York</a>. (<a
href="/press/2004-01-02-nyc-seminars.txt">A plain text version is also
available</a>.)
- [Trans-coord-news] GNU news update,
Nic Ferrier <=