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Gentoo/FreeBSD On Hold Due To Licensing Issues 200

Posted by Hemos on Monday January 08, 2007 @11:20AM from the the-hangover-of-license-versions dept.

Alan Trick writes "Flameeyes (a Gentoo/FreeBSD developer) recently came up with some serious problems among the various *BSD projects who use BSD-4 licensed code (which is all of them). Even other projects like Open Darwin may be affected.

The saga started when he discovered the license problems with libkvm and start-stop-daemon. "libkvm is a userspace interface to FreeBSD kernel, and it's licensed under the original BSD license, BSD-4 if you want, the one with the nasty advertising clause." start-stop-daemon links to libkvm, but it's licensed under the GPL which is incompatible with the advertising clause. The good new is that the University of California/Berkley has given people permission to drop the advertising clause. The bad news is that libkvm has code from many other sources and each of them needs to give their permission for the license to be changed.

At the moment, development on the Gentoo/FreeBSD is on hold and the downloads have been removed from the Gentoo mirrors."

A New Kind of OS 393

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday August 28, 2006 @11:22PM from the dreams-and-things dept.

trader writes "OSWeekly.com discusses a possibility of futuristic OSes with both negatives and positives. From the article: 'Imagine if you will, a world where your ideas and perhaps, even your own creative works became part of the OS of tomorrow. Consider the obvious advantages to an operating system that actually morphed and adapted to the needs of the users instead of the other way around. Not only is there no such OS like this, the very idea goes against much of what we are currently seeing in the current OS options in the market.'"

OpenDocument Voted In By ISO 179

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday May 03, 2006 @11:04AM from the well-isn't-that-special dept.

cduffy writes "OpenDocument has been voted in as ISO/IEC 26300, with no dissenting votes and a small number of abstentions. There are still several formalities to take place before final issuance. Now the question: Will OpenXML get the same treatment, despite its technical weaknesses? There's also coverage on Groklaw."

Comment Re:Rule of 13 (Score 1) 678

by landaker on Monday April 24, 2006 @10:10AM (#15189570) Attached to: Leaving Early May Cost You Time

But if I rolled in at 13:00, I wouldn't have to work at all...

No, start and leave times have to ADD UP to 13:00. So if you come in and leave at 13:00, that would be 26. In order to add up to 13, you'd have to work until 00:00. ;)

Leaving Early May Cost You Time 678

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Sunday April 23, 2006 @07:29PM from the time-for-a-telecommute dept.

markmcb writes "OmniNerd has an interesting traffic article demonstrating how leaving early for work may cost you time. Brandon Hansen uses a year's worth of data collected on his urban drive to and from work along with statistical analysis to show the effects of varying departure times and considering external factors like nearby school districts' schedules. In the end, a minor shift in his departure time results in saving driving hours equivalent to over a third of the vacation time given annually by his employer."

Comment Fan-arranged sheet music (Score 1) 194

by qirien on Wednesday December 15, 2004 @11:33AM (#11092512) Attached to: Final Fantasy Concert Series Coming to the States

If you're a musician yourself, you might also be interested in the fan-arranged Final Fantasy sheet music at http://www.nobuouematsu.com

Not just piano stuff; they have a few full orchestra pieces, and some percussion pieces, as well as solos for various instruments (flute, clarinet, guitar, etc).

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