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Monthly Archives: February 2006
Internet Governance Forum Day 1: Many discussions, few conclusions
Having been mandated by the Tunis phase of the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), the first day of the consultations on the establishment of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is coming to an end in Geneva. … Continue reading
Tagged Conference, IGF, Politics, UN, WSIS
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Following the Consultations on the Internet Govenance Forum (IGF) in Geneva
The United Nations premises in Geneva currently host the preliminary consultations on the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) which came out of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). Right now the discussions mostly focus on the question of defining … Continue reading
Tagged Conference, IGF, Politics, UN, WSIS
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Kalzium receives 2005 Intevation Award
Intevation, a German company that also publishes the FreeGIS CD just gave out their 2005 award for achievement in Free Software: The "Intevation Award for Achievement in Free Software" at theUniversity of Osnabrück has been awarded to Carsten Niehaus fordeveloping … Continue reading
Tagged Free Software
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The invention of cookyright
German cook asking to introduce copyright-like right for recipes. Remember the parody about Cold Pizza Piracy? Here is another one, only this time it is not a joke. Imagine yourself in the year 2025, you open your virtual mail box … Continue reading
Tagged Church of IPR, EU, Fun, Idiocies, Politics
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Copyright perspectives: obligation to publish and DRM?
There have been a couple of interesting articles and statements regarding Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) that I would like to share with you and comment on. One was a blog entry by Shane, titled "DRM is not evil. People are … Continue reading
Authenticating SSH logins with the Fellowship crypto card
There is a German aphorism that would translate to "ask someone holes into their stomach." If that were true, Werner should have holes in his stomach from my questions — but at last the SSH login with the Fellowship crypto … Continue reading
Tagged Fellowship, Free Software, Fun, GNU
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Fellowship crypto card: the cool way!
From the very first day we started planning the Fellowship about 1.5yrs ago, I always wanted a PCMCIA smart card reader for my notebook. Believe it or not: The design incorporated that idea from the start. When you plug the … Continue reading
Tagged Fellowship, Free Software, Fun, GNU
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