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Update: Fellowship crypto card with PCMCIA and for SSH logins
After figuring out how to use the Fellowship crypto card with a PCMCIA reader and then setting up SSH authentication with the card, I had a lot of fun with my card at the United Nations and elsewhere. And so … Continue reading
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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
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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
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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
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Question: illegal copies of proprietary software — good or bad?
Someone asked by email whether I considered illegal copies of proprietary software a good or bad idea. Apparently someone else had argued that since the FSFs say that software must be free to copy, we should also copy proprietary software; … Continue reading
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GPLv3: Official start of the revision process
MIT lecture room 10-250 in Boston just saw the release of the the first discussion draft for version 3 of the world’s first Copyleft and most used Free Software license, the GNU General Public License (GPL). As expected, it contains … Continue reading
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RMS Interview: Free Software as a Social Movement
For your pre-Christmas reading, and to possibly evade the stress this season usually brings, ZNet carries a very interesting interview with Richard Stallman, titled "Free Software as a Social Movement". For those familiar with his writings, much will be familiar, … Continue reading
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LACFREE 2005
As you may know, I am currently in Recife and Olinda in the Brazilian Northeast. While most people come here for vacation on some of the most beautiful beaches in the world, I hardly found time to enjoy any of … Continue reading
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First pictures of the FSF Latin America
As promised, here are the pictures from the official presentation of the Free Software Foundation Latin America to give you an idea of the event and the people behind FSFLA. The introduction of FSF Latin America and welcoming in the … Continue reading
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Congratulations, it is an FSF!
It is done. The world has another Free Software Foundation. As my personal highlight of the 5tas Jornadas Regionales de Software Libre in Rosario, Argentina, the Free Software Foundation Latin America (FSFLA) has just been officially introduced and the bylaws … Continue reading
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