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Mixing GPL and BSD code just takes care

The Software Freedom Law Center has released a set of guidelines for projects that need to mix BSD and GPL code. This follows a highly-publicized dispute over Atheros driver code for the Linux kernel, during which OpenBSD head Theo de Raadt and other OpenBSD leaders got, shall...

Tags: Developer, GPL, OpenBSD, BSD, Software Freedom Law Center, Raadt, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-09-28

de Raadt, the suits, and the rebellion

de Raadt, the suits, and the rebellionThe Cathedral and the BazaarIt really comes down to that, after all. The BSDs operate on the basis of selecting the [i]coders[/i], and the Linux community operates on the basis of selecting the [i]code.[/i]You won't get any broad consensus on which approach is...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Raadt, Linux, BSD, Unix

Discussion threads 2006-03-16

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A quick note on Ubuntu for netbooks

A quick note on Ubuntu for netbooksThat was funnyA bit tongue in cheek though, I suppose.... :-)In chivalrous defense of the unhappy Matusow: there is good reason to suppose that the quality of education in South Africa has deteriorated in the past years. Brain drain and all that. So...

Tags: Ubuntu, quick note

Discussion threads 2008-05-23

A quick note on Ubuntu for netbooks

Few details are available yet, but Mark Shuttleworth revealed in an interview with the Guardian that a version of Ubuntu customized for the netbook market would be released in early June. Unfortunately, details are scarce; here's the line from the interview: [The Guardian]: Will you be...

Tags: Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth, Jason Matusow, Operating System, South Africa, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-05-22

Mixing GPL and BSD code just takes care

Mixing GPL and BSD code just takes careWho's stealing what?Before De Raadt compains about GPL boys "stealing" code, he better review his license. Don't proprietary companies "steal" BSD code when they make proprietary programs from BSD code? If that's allowed by the license, then why are the GPL people to...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, De Raadt, BSD Code, BSD, MADWiFi, Madwifi developer, OpenBSD, GPL

Discussion threads 2007-09-28

Bias is a wonderful thing

When Theo de Raadt went public last week with comments about bugs in the Intel Core Duo I believed everything he said - and for two reasons:(1) he's the key developer for OpenBSD - the most security aware small systems Unix available - and therefore highly credible on...

Tags: Media bias/incompetence, Linux, Hardware, General, Development, Apple

Blog posts 2007-07-06

Linus contradicts OpenBSD founder on Intel TLB issue

Linus contradicts OpenBSD founder on Intel TLB issueIntel's viewI am from Intel, and I thought I would give you our perspective. Months ago, we addressed a processor issue by providing a BIOS update for our customers that in no way affects system performance. We publicly documented this as an erratum...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Intel Corp., Linus, Intel TLB, OpenBSD, processor

Discussion threads 2007-06-29

Linus contradicts OpenBSD founder on Intel TLB issue

OpenBSD founder Theo de Raadt has been making a lot of noise over a change in Intel's current generation Core 2 microprocessor goes as far to claim that this will lead to serious security flaws. Linus Torvalds by contrast has given a completely opposite view of the situation while...

Tags: Servers, Security, Processors, News, Microsoft, Linux, Intel, Hardware, Desktop, AMD

Blog posts 2007-06-29

OpenBSD founder: Intel leaves open-source out in the cold

OpenBSD founder Theo de Raadt wants Intel to come clean on the severity of bugs in the Intel Core 2 processors, warning that some of the bugs "will *ASSUREDLY* be exploitable from userland code."de Raadt's comments follow Intel's release of a BIOS patch to cover potential unpredictable system behavior on...

Tags: Botnets, Browsers, Data theft, Exploit code, Hackers, Metasploit, Open source, Patch Watch, Pen testing, Punditocracy, Responsible disclosure, Vulnerability research

Blog posts 2007-06-28

GPL tries to make legal language fit lofty goals

GPL tries to make legal language fit lofty goalsWorks for meAfter reading the proposed license I don't see what the big deal is.It's all about protecting freedom for all. The terms are acceptable in exchange for being able to use free software. Those who don't wish to obey the terms...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., GPLv3, BSD, GPL, software

Discussion threads 2007-03-28

Open source pressure is free

Intel is under pressure right now. Its high-priced PR machine is under assault.From a letter. Thats right, a letter.The letter, from OpenBSD founder Theo de Raadt, demands documentation and greater distribution rights over a binary blob in Intels Pro/Wireless drivers (ipw3945) which enforces compliance with FCC regulations. Damian Bergiami has...

Tags: open source

Blog posts 2006-10-07

OpenBSD update promises better protection

OpenBSD update promises better protectionCome on people, OpenBSD is a great distribution, and Linux benifits fromthem as well. Give a hand to preserve the diversity. This is also the most secure open source OS, actually probably the most secure of all including comercial.OpenBSD update promises better protectionAnd I was starting...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, OpenBSD, Linux, BSD, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-05-03

de Raadt, the suits, and the rebellion

I stumbled into a fascinating question the other day while looking at an identity management implementation requiring near total reliability and enormous resilience against external network attack; but not a lot of capacity. Here's the background. The software selected is all open source, so it can run on just about...

Tags: openBSD

Blog posts 2006-03-16