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Submission + - PC-BSD 1.4 Released

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wolf369T
wolf369T writes: "PC-BSD evolved in the last year, after aquisition from iXsystems. They have a new website and recently they've launched PC-BSD, version 1.4, the KDE based FreeBSD flavour for the desktop users. PC-BSD offers a graphical installer, the PBI package system and various applets, that makes life easier for most users. PC-BSD 1.4 was built on FreeBSD 6.2 with KDE 3.5.7, X.Org 7.2, compiz, flash7 and NVIDIA driver enabled out-of-the box. Very impressive work, as PC-BSD might be one of the most easy to install BSD out there."
Spam

Submission + - Hitting back at spammers with BSD and spamd (hungryhacker.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: This article shows how you can use spamd available with OpenBSD and in the Free/NetBSD ports to waste a spammers processor cycles, backup his mail queue and waste his bandwidth. All on a personal machine not running a public mail server. This would include all BSD users who don't run a a public MTA. First log you will enjoy looking at! http://www.hungryhacker.com/articles/misc/spamd
Programming

Theo de Raadt On Relicensing BSD Code 613

Posted by kdawson from the read-the-berne-convention dept.
iBSD writes "KernelTrap has an interesting article in which Theo de Raadt discusses the legal implications of the recent relicensing of OpenBSD's BSD-licensed Atheros driver under the GPL. De Raadt says, 'it has been like pulling teeth since (most) Linux wireless guys and the SFLC do not wish to admit fault. I think that the Linux wireless guys should really think hard about this problem, how they look, and the legal risks they place upon the future of their source code bodies.' He stressed that the theory that BSD code can simply be relicensed to the GPL without making significant changes to the code is false, adding, 'in their zeal to get the code under their own license, some of these Linux wireless developers have broken copyright law repeatedly. But to even get to the point where they broke copyright law, they had to bypass a whole series of ethical considerations too.'"
Operating Systems

Submission + - NetBSD LiveCD (aydogan.de)

Submitted by
Zafer Aydogan
Zafer Aydogan writes: "There is a new NetBSD LiveCD called "Jihbed" that I frequently build and release from the latest NetBSD sources. And that's the main difference. It is tracking current. It's useful for rescue purposes and for everyone who wants to get in touch with NetBSD. A download link, screenshots and more info is provided on the website http://www.jihbed.net/
Cheers, Zafer Aydogan."
Announcements

Submission + - DragonFlyBSD 1.10, Matthew Dillon Interviewed

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The sixth major DragonFly BSD release, version 1.10, was recently announced by project creator Matthew Dillon. Billed as "more stable than the 1.8 release", it includes improved virtual kernel support, a new disk management infrastructure, improvements to wireless networking, and support for the new syslink protocol. As to what all that means, KernelTrap has just posted a fascinating in-depth interview with Dillon. Going beyond today's 1.10 release, the interview explores DragonFly's new clustering high-availability filesystem which sounds superior to ZFS, the project's goals for the 2.0 release expected in six months, and an interesting comparison of the BSD license versus the GPL.
Software

Submission + - BMC Software embraces open source 1

Submitted by Tookis
Tookis writes: Management software vendor BMC has flung open its doors to the open source community in a calculated move designed to maintain its lead over arch rivals HP and IBM. BMC, which specialises in system monitoring and control software, believes the decision will provide its 15,000 customers with new tools that can help them more easily manage their complex IT systems. "It's our first few steps in this space," says BMC's enterprise systems management group vice president Jim Grant. "We want to make ourselves very friendly to the open source development community." http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/13779/53/
BSD

OpenBSD Foundation Announced 151

Posted by samzenpus from the check-it-out dept.
OpenBDSfan writes "KernelTrap is reporting on the creation of the OpenBSD Foundation, a Canadian not-for-profit corporation intended to support OpenBSD and related projects, including OpenSSH, OpenBGPD, OpenNTPD, and OpenCVS. The announcement explains, "the OpenBSD Foundation will initially concentrate on facilitating larger donations of equipment, funds, documentation and resources. Small scale donations should continue to be submitted through the existing mechanisms.""
Programming

Submission + - AjaxLife, Second Life-via-Web hack, goes BSD (blogs.com)

Submitted by
wjamesau
wjamesau writes: "Last week, a 15 year old British girl named Katharine Berry created AjaxLife, a groundbreaking hack that lets you access some functions of Second Life via the Web. (This is possible because Linden Lab open sourced their client viewer in January.) This week, she's released the source code under a limited BSD license. Up to now, accessing SL requires a separate client download and a powerful graphics card; now, things are likely to get very interesting very fast."
Censorship

Submission + - Pirate Bay founders defendhosting pedophilia site

Submitted by
Jared
Jared writes: "Though disagree with its subject matter and opinions, they defend the site owner's freedom of speech. "I have read the material and personally I don't agree. They claim among other things that children can have voluntary love affairs with adults, and that is completely ridiculous. But I believe more in an open debate than in burying our heads in the sand. They have the right to say this," said Svartholm Warg, one of the founders of the Pirate Bay."
Security

Submission + - Russian Users on LiveJournal Being Censored (livejournal.com)

Submitted by
Sidepocket_Pro
Sidepocket_Pro writes: "LiveJournal user fragiletender posted in the LiveJournal Community dark_christian:

"The Russian LJ-ers are currently complaining in LJ News that they are being censored (they fear by the KGB or similar government areas). As I understand it, they can't post the letters d-p-n-i without dashes. The censorship of Russian LJ-ers is interesting enough and something that should obviously be addressed if true but what really interests me is that this may not be confined to the 'Russian area' of LJ but may be across the whole of LJ. I just tried a little test. I attempted to post the letters d-p-n-i in my journal. It failed twice, I got an LJ StreamError_1_54 message. I immediately tried with the word 'test', which posted instantly. I also attempted to post the disputed letters in LJ News without the dashes and it wouldn't post there either. I had to close my window, cut and paste and add the dashes in to be able to post my comment.""
The Internet

Submission + - Teen gets bizarre popularity, lewd comments on Net

Submitted by Anonymous
Anonymous writes: Internet and law is not always fair. An 18 year-old Allison Stokke never post inappropriate photos of herself on the Internet, yet gets bizarre popularity and lewd comments, all because of one misleading photo. Hundreds of message boards and chat forums users have posted sexual fantasies. Some of the comments are pretty crude. Unwanted attention is out of control. Legally, probably nothing can be done unless someone steps further over the line," said Allan Stokke, father of Allison, a prominent Orange County defense attorney. Experts in 1st Amendment and Internet law also say the family has little control over where or how photos of Stokke are used, even those taken of her when she was a minor. The photographer can sue but Allison Stokke can't. All of it is unfair to Stokke.

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