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[osdn business] January 07, 2003
Date: Tue Jan 07 2003 - 03:30:28 EST
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January 07, 2003 BUSINESS SERIES
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Slashdot
'DVD Jon' Acquitted On All Counts in DeCSS Case
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/07/1230212
[0]benh57 writes "Jon Johansen, the author of DeCSS, has been acquitted
on all charges by the Norwegian Supreme Court.'Johansen and his defense
attorney Halvor Manshaus won on all counts, with the Oslo court ruling
that Johansen did nothing wrong when he helped cracked the code on a
DVD that was his own personal property.'" Here's [1]Aftenposten's
story, in English. Read on below for some more links, and please post
others in the comments.
Links
0. http://bhines AT alumni DOT ucsd DOT edu
Lord of the Rings, as Written By Everyone Else http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/07/0251242
sn0rt writes "A thread on Straight Dope asks what would happen if [0]someone else had written the Lord of the Rings. Reader submissions include Ernest Hemingway, Douglas Adams, Mark Twain, HP Lovecraft, ee cumings, Milton, Mickey Spillane, Danielle Steele, Ayn Rand(!!), Ray Bradbury, Gilbert and Sullivan and Tom Clancy. My favourite is Dr. Suess: 'Gandalf, Gandalf! Take the ring! I am too small to carry this thing!' 'I can not, will not hold the One. You have a slim chance, but I have none. I will not take it on a boat, I will not take it across a moat. I cannot take it under Moria, that's one thing I can't do for ya. I would not bring it into Mordor, I would not make it to the border.'" Links
California Supremes To Decide If Domains Are Property http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/07/0335210
[0]Richard W.M. Jones writes "Are domain names property like plots of land? The California Supreme Court has been [1]asked to rule in the case of [2]sex.com which was transferred using a forged letter to Network Solutions. [3]Wired news also has the story." Links
0.
http://www.annexia.org/
1.
http://www.metnews.com/articles/krem010603.htm
2.
http://sex.com/
3.
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,57065,00.htmlNetwork Associates Aquires Deersoft Inc. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/07/0247234
[0]Duncan Findlay writes "[1]Network Associates Inc. has just [2]
acquired [3]Deersoft, Inc., which is known by many as the creator of
SpamAssassin Pro, the proprietary (Windows) version of the GPL/PAL
licensed [4]SpamAssassin (Mirrors: [5]Eastern US, [6]Europe). It seems
that we may see parts of SpamAssassin under the McAfee name within 6
months. You can also read the story [7]at Yahoo or [8]at Reuters.
Unfortunately, the SpamAssassin [9]trademark was owned by Deersoft, so
hypothetically, NAI could force us to call the Open Source project
something else!"
Links
0. mailto:duncf@debian.org
1.
http://www.nai.com/
2.
http://www.mcafeeb2b.com/other/jump/deersoft.asp
3.
http://www.deersoft.com/
4.
http://www.spamassassin.org/
5.
http://useast.spamassassin.org/
6.
http://eu.spamassassin.org/
7.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030106/sfm029_1.html
8.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=1997874
9.
http://www.spamassassin.org/dist/TRADEMARKCleveland Public Library Readies E-book Downloads http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/07/0035213
rtphokie writes "C|Net is reporting that the [0]Cleveland Public Library is [1]making ebooks available. Sounds like the 1000 books in the system initially will feature more than just public domain titles including 'the latest from authors such as Michael Crichton, Clive Barker and Joyce Carol Oates.'" The article also mentions that "only a limited number of each eBook will be available, and after a preset number of days, the eBook will lock out the current reader so another patron can check it out." A good time to re-read [2]The Right to Read. Links
0.
http://www.cpl.org/
1.
http://msnbc-cnet.com.com/2100-1023-979337.html?type=pt&part=msnbc&tag=alert&form=feed&subj=cnetnews
2.
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.htmlLinux Security: Reflections on 2002, Eye on 2003 http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/06/2230229
[0]Mirko Zorz writes "Here are the reflections on Linux security in
2002 and predictions for 2003 by Bob Toxen, one of the 162 recognized
developers of Berkeley UNIX and author of the acclaimed book "[1]Real
World Linux Security" already in its 2nd edition. [2]Read more at Help
Net Security."
Links
0.
http://www.net-security.org
1.
http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/17/0234224&tid=172
2.
http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=332Lessig Wagers His Job On Anti-Spam Theory http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/07/0014250
kien writes "Lawrence Lessig is [0]betting his position at Stanford on
his anti-spam legislative recommendations. From his blog:'First the
analysis: Philip Jacob has a great piece about spam and RBLs. The essay
not only identifies the many problems with RBLs, but it nicely maps a
mix of strategies that could be considered in their place. But, alas,
missing from the list is one I've pushed: A law requiring simple
labeling, and a bounty for anyone who tracks down spammers violating
the law. Here goes: So (a) if a law like the one I propose is passed on
a national level, and (b) it does not substantially reduce the level of
spam, then (c) I will resign my job. I get to decide whether (a) is
true; Declan can decide whether (b) is true. If (a) and (b) are both
true, then I'll do (c) at the end of the following academic year.' The
Declan referred to in point (b) is [1]Declan McCullagh." Update: 01/07
02:45 GMT by [2]T: Speaking of whom, here is Declan's [3]acceptance of
Larry's bet.
Links
0.
http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/lessig/blog/#000787
1.
http://www.politechbot.com/
2.
http://www.monkey.org/~timothy/
3.
http://www.politechbot.com/p-04286.html
Slashback: Disputes, Clones, Audio
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/05/0531209
Slashback this fine 23:59 GMT brings you a response to MS GPL FUD, an update on Lessig's challenge, a followup question regarding domain disputes, a reminder that clone claims aren't new, and more. Read on for the details.
Still Hope for Farscape
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/06/146234
An anonymous reader wrote in to say that the [0]"Save Farscape" campaign thinks there is still hope. If the next 11 episodes (starting Friday, January 10 on the [1]SciFi Channel) pull the right numbers ). According to [2]this interview with David Kemper:"If we were to do 2s, straight across the boards for these eleven eps, I would be expecting to have phone conversations with people immediately..." Of course that is pretty unlikely- but my household won't miss an episode. To bad the cats don't count in the nielsons ;) Links
0.
http://www.watchfarscape.com/
1.
http://www.scifi.com/farscape
2.
http://www.shriftweb.org/sf/DK-long.zip
Ring Of Stars Found Around Milky Way
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/06/226258
[0]LoPingHo writes "Scientists have found [1]a ring of stars around our galaxy that has previously been undetected due to the faintness of the stars. The article says that it only amounts to 1% of the galaxies mass, but if they are just now finding those, that means there could be even fainter ones there too. Could this be part of the elusive 'dark matter' talked about so much lately?" Links
0. mailto:jeff_pegg@hotmail.com
Newsforge Reports
Mandrake 9.0: It takes two, baby
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/04/1357253
- by Tina Gasperson - The first thing I noticed about Mandrake 9.0 Linux is that the goofy cross-eyed penguin is gone. Mandrake is pointing itself in a more sophisticated direction - it's not drab like Red Hat, but elegant and inviting. It looks expensive.
Red Hat 8 or SuSE 8.1 for the desktop user? http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/06/1417226
- By Pete White - As both operating systems get easier and easier for the desktop user, which is the best for the less experienced Linux user and why?
Linux can do hot backups on Oracle now
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/02/2244205
- by Tina Gasperson -Data backups are essential in the enterprise - not just a good idea. STORserver has an interesting backup appliance that installs in fifteen minutes, they say. Now, they're releasing a product that will allow companies to run "hot" backups on Oracle databases, in Linux. It is called SDP - STORserver Data Protection.
Newsforge Newsvac
SCO Linux 4 Is Rough Around the Edges but Shows Promise
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/06/2055233
As much as Linux is pitted against Windows in the popular imagination, Linux has enjoyed perhaps more success supplanting Unix in the enterprise. The SCO Group's SCO Linux 4 (brand-new, despite its enumeration) can provide companies with an effective path to such migrations, particularly at sites that are running SCO's UnixWare.
Aethera RC 1 Review
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/06/1522228
Anonymous Reader writes "A mini review of theKompany's Aethera PIM/Groupware application, with screenshots."
GNUnify - The All India Free Software Festival http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/06/1515254
Unify, the annual festival of Symbiosis Institute Of Computer Studies & Research (SICSR), is composed of various cultural and academic events & contests. From this year we are adding a new feather to our cap, "GNUnify - The All India Free Software Festival", our own way of contributing & encouraging the free software movement.
php|architect January issue available for free http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/06/148256
Marco Tabini writes "php|architect has published the January issue and made it available for all to download free of charge from its website."
LinuxLaboratory.org Re-Launch Complete!
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/06/148232
njcajun writes "I'm pleased to announce that the long awaited and fairly drastic overhaul of LinuxLaboratory.org has been successfully completed. If you've never been to the site, I invite you to have a look at the official release announcement."
Prentice Hall To Publish Open Content Licensed Books http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/06/1353253
Slashdot: lma writes "Bruce Perens has convinced Prentice Hall to publish a series of books under an Open Source license."
Open-source Pick-like database being developed http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/06/1353211
Developers with an outfit called the MaVerick Maintenance Team are building an open-source version of a Pick-like MultiValue database, with the project founder saying this data management format remains superior to SQL databases that have succeeded it.
Transmeta Will Start Selling Cooler-Running Chips http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/06/1352227
Transmeta Corp. will start selling processors for retail kiosks, devices that monitor oil wells and other systems that require chips that run at cooler temperatures and consume lower amounts of energy.
Red Hat offers TCO savings: de Visser
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/06/1351255
Red Hat beats Microsoft on TCO, and reaches profitability. What's next?
Microsoft Belgium's GPL attack refuted in detail http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/06/1023218
leonbrooks writes "Recently, images from a presentation by Microsoft
Belgium were published on the web. The presentation made some startling
(for Microsoft) concessions to Open Source, then set about FUDding the
GPL into the ground. I whacked together a point-by-point answer to the
anti-GPL FUD and here it is."
Freshmeat
Abuse-SDL 0.7.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108578/
Abuse-SDL is a port of Abuse, the classic Crack-Dot-Com game, to the SDL library. It can run at any color depth, in a window or fullscreen, and it has stereo sound with sound panning.
adama's TV episode database 0.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108465/
adama's TV episode database is a Web-based database designed for cataloging a TV episode collection composed of XviD/MPEG/DivX files. The database was inspired by Wuff's movieDB, but is more suited to dealing with episodes and series than single movies.
aEGiS nanoweb 2.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108598/
Nanoweb is a modular HTTP server written in PHP. It is designed to be small, secure, and extensible. It has decent performance, an HTTP/1.1 implementation, CGI and FastCGI support, a nice configuration system, name-based virtual hosts, server side includes, authentication, gzip content encoding support, Apache combined format and MySQL logging, and many advanced features.
Apache Toolbox 1.5.64
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108622/
Apache Toolbox provides a means to easily compile Apache (IPv4/6) SSL, PHP(v3/v4), MySQL, Jakarta, a large number of modules (61 3rd party modules and 36 default Apache modules, static or as DSOs), and GD libraries with PNG+JPEG+Freetype2+zlib support. It is fully customizable and menu-driven. Everything is compiled from source, and wget is used to download any missing modules. It can also check for RPMs that might cause problems and create an RPM with your selections.
AutoPKG 0.5.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108624/
AutoPKG lets you keep your Slackware system up to date. It functions similarly to apt-get, the Debian package manager.
Bacula 1.28b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108635/
Bacula is a set of programs that allow you to manage the backup, recovery, and verification of computer data across a network of different computers. It is based on a client/server architecture and is efficient and relatively easy to use, while offering many advanced storage management features that make it easy to find and recover lost or damaged files.
BHL 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108601/
BHL is an Emacs mode which enables you to convert plain text files into HTML, LaTeX, and SGML (Linuxdoc) files. The BHL mode handles common font-styles, three levels of sections, any kind of lists, tables, URLs and horizontal rules. BHL handles a table of contents: you can browse the toc, insert the toc where you want, and update the sections' numbers with one keystroke.
Binary diff utility 1.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108590/
bdiff is a simple and small program to do what the very common utilities "diff" and "patch" do with text files, but also works with binary files.
Boss Ogg 0.9.1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108587/
Boss Ogg is a Postgres-based client/server ogg player, targeted at entertainment centers, and people that want to use their spare computer for full-time music. The idea is to have other people develop all sorts of different clients for it, but the author is also developing an SDL client simultaneously, which is perfect for a TV-out card.
CD Detect & Execute 0.0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108563/
CDDE is a program that detects when a CDROM drive has a disc inserted. When it finds a disc inserted in the drive it will attempt to determine the type of disc, and execute a specified command. This means a DVD can be inserted and your favorite DVD software will start, or a data CD can be automatically mounted.
CleanIce 1.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108544/
CleanIce is a simplistic, semi-flat theme engine for GTK+ 2.x, based on the ThinIce and Clean engines of old. The GTK+ 2.x engine has many benefits over the original theme. The arrows are more consistent, the colors are slightly revised to be more usable, etc.
CLIP 0.99.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108589/
CLIP is a Clipper/XBase compatible compiler with initial support for FoxPro, Flagship, and CAVO syntax. It supports Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and Win32 (via Cygwin). It features support for international languages and character sets, including two-bytes character sets like Chinese and Japanese. It also features OOP, a multiplatform GUI based on GTK/GTKextra, all SIX/Comix features (including hypertext indexing), SQL, a C-API for third-party developers, a few wrappers for popular libraries (such as BZIP, GZIP, GD, Crypto, and Fcgi), multitasking, mouse events, and more.
course 1_1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108568/
course is a program for sports events (in French). It is divided into two parts, a server and a client written with GTK+ 2. Runners are sorted by their position and by a unique ID.
EasyTAG 0.26 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108567/
EasyTAG is an utility for viewing and editing tags for MP3, MP2, FLAC and Ogg files. It features a simple and attractive GTK+ interface.
ego file manager 0.7.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108582/
The ego file manager is a GTK+2 file manager that uses libferris for its VFS and provides evas2 and GTK tree views.
execline 0.15
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108638/
execline is a very light, non-interactive scripting language, which is similar to a shell. Simple shell scripts can be easily rewritten in the execline language, improving performance and memory usage. execline was designed for use in embedded systems, but works on most Unix flavors.
flyspell.el 1.7a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108573/
Flyspell is a Emacs minor mode which performs on-the-fly spelling checking.
FSlint 1.21
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108597/
FSlint is a toolkit to find various forms of lint on a filesystem. At the moment it reports duplicate files, bad symbolic links, troublesome file names, empty directories, non stripped executables, temporary files, duplicate/conflicting (binary) names, and unused ext2 directory blocks.
GNet 1.1.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108636/
GNet is a simple network library. It is object-oriented, written in C, and built upon GLib. It is intended to be small, fast, easy to use and easy to port. GNet supports abstract Internet addresses, TCP, UDP, IP Multicast, asynchronous DNS lookup, TCP connections, and SOCKS. It comes with documentation and examples.
GnoTime 2.1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108239/
GnoTime is a to-do list tracker and project timer with a built-in invoice generator. It allows users to keep track of how much time they have spent working on particular tasks, maintain a diary of that work, and create invoices with task-specific billing fees and rates.
GnuCash 1.7.7 RC 2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108576/
GnuCash allows you to track bank accounts, stocks, income, and expenses. As quick and intuitive to use as a checkbook register, it is based on professional accounting principles to ensure balanced books and accurate reports. It is backed by an active development community and is blossoming into a full-fledged accounting system.
Guco 0.50 (Beta)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108609/
Guco is a basic commandline accounting system for small or medium enterprises, written in Catalan and adapted to Spanish law.
Hackbot 2.17 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108605/
Hackbot is a host exploration tool and bannergrabber. It scans numerous services and vulnerabilities.
Hibernate 1.2.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108553/
Hibernate is a powerful, high performance object/relational persistence and query service for Java. It lets you develop persistent objects following common Java idiom, including composition, association, inheritance, polymorphism, and the Java collections framework. To allow a rapid build procedure, Hibernate rejects the use of code generation or bytecode processing. Instead, runtime reflection is used and SQL generation occurs at system startup time. It supports Oracle, DB2, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Sybase, Interbase, Microsoft SQL Server, Mckoi SQL, Progress, SAP DB, and HypersonicSQL.
IRC for .NET 0.1.0 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108485/
IRC for .NET is an event driven framework for connecting .NET applications to an IRC network.
Java SOS 3.20
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108562/
Java SOS is a set of configurable Java servlets for fast site building, including Forums, Chat, and Calendar servlets, etc.
Jay's Iptables Firewall 0.8.2 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/108588/
Jay's Iptables Firewall is a script with support for multiple
(external/internal) interfaces, TCP/UDP/ICMP control, masquerading,
synflood control, spoofing control, port forwarding, upload limits
(experimental), VPNs, ToS, denying hosts, ZorbIPTraffic, Spyware list
IP, log options and more. It doesn't flush all your existing iptables
rules.
JGraph 1.0.7 (For Java 1.3)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108556/
JGraph is a robust and complete graph component that is better than many of its commercial competitors. With the JGraph zoomable component, you can display objects and relations (networks) in any Swing UI. It can also be used on the server-side to read an GXL graph, apply a custom layout algorithm, and return the result as an SVG image.
jMax 4.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108570/
jMax allows one to interactively design dataflow circuits. The basic data types that can go through are integers, symbols, lists, etc. It is an event-driven system and has been used for MIDI processing. A second part of the system (DSP) allows a continuous signal to flow through a circuit, which is most useful for PCM sound (ie. microphone, sound files, etc). The system is extensible by using shared libraries, you may add data processor types, data types, GUI elements, device types, and more. Data processors may also be designed as circuits and reused.
Jpedal 1.82 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108620/
Jpedal (Java PDF Extraction and Decoding Library) is a pure Java library to extract content from Adobe's PDF file format and provide a rasterizer. Text fragments are extracted as XML elements with font and location information. Images are extracted in both their raw formats and their clipped and scaled formats as TIFF, PNG, or JPEG files. Jpedal is used in both commerical and open source projects and continues to be actively enhanced.
JSch 0.0.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108607/
JSch is a pure Java implementation of SSH2. It allows you to connect to an sshd server and use port forwarding, X11 forwarding, file transfer, etc. You can integrate its functionality into your own Java programs.
Kannel WAP and SMS Gateway 1.3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108586/
Kannel is a WAP gateway. It attempts to provide this essential part of the WAP infrastructure freely to everyone so the market potential for WAP services, both from wireless operators and specialized service providers, will be realized as efficiently as possible. It also works as an SMS gateway for GSM networks. Almost all GSM phones can use it to send and receive SMS messages, so this is a way to serve many more clients than just those using a WAP phone. Kannel was among the first WAP gateways to be certified as WAP 1.1 compliant by the Open Group, responsible for certifications of WAP Forum specifications.
KVIrc 3.0.0-beta2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108612/
KVirc is a Visual Internet Relay Chat Client based on the Qt library. Features include a MDI user interface, drag & drop, built-in scripting language (aliases, popups and events), customizable backgrounds and colours, DCC (chat, send with resume, voice), CTCP functions, mIRC colour support with preview, notify list, online help and configurable logging.
Lepton's Crack 1.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108560/
Lepton's Crack is a generic password cracker. It is easily-customizable
with a simple plugin system and allows system administrators to review
the quality of the passwords being used on their systems. It can
perform a dictionary-based (wordlist) attack as well as a brute force
(incremental) password scan. It supports standard MD4 hash, standard
MD5 hash, NT MD4/Unicode, Lotus Domino HTTP password (R4), and SHA-1
hash formats.
lesspipe.sh 1.35
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108618/
lesspipe.sh is an input filter for the pager less as described in less's man page. The script runs under a ksh-compatible shell (ksh, bash, zsh) and allows you to use less to view compressed files, archives, and files contained in archives. Viewing files by accessing a device file is implemented to some extent (DOS filesystems and tar files). It supports the following formats (both as plain and compressed files using compress, gzip, bzip2, or zip): tar, nroff, (sh)ar, HTML, executables, directories, RPM and Debian (.deb) archives, MS-Word, ps, DVI, and PDF.
libferris 0.9.91
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108581/
libferris is a virtual filesystem that exposes hierarchical data of all
kinds through a common C++ interface. Access to data is performed using
C++ IOStreams and Extended Attributes (EA) can be attached to each
datum to present metadata. Ferris uses a plugin API to read various
data sources and expose them as contexts and to generate interesting
EA. Current implementations include Native (kernel disk IO with event
updates using fam), xml (mount an xml file as a filesystem), edb (mount
a berkeley database), ffilter (mount an LDAP filter string) and mbox
(mount your mailbox). EA generators include image, audio, and animation
decoders.
libSigC++ Extras 0.5.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108580/
libSigC++ Extras is a library consisting of new features built on top of libSigC++ and features that formerly were in libSigC++ and were removed from it. The new features focus on thread support and provide type safe inter-thread communication.
Libxml 2.5.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108595/
Libxml is the XML C library developed for the Gnome project. The library code is portable (to Linux, Unix, Windows, embedded systems, etc.) and modular; most of the extensions can be compiled out. Libxml implements a number of existing standards related to markup languages, including the XML standard, Namespaces in XML, XML Base, RFC 2396, XPath, XPointer, HTML4, XInclude, SGML Catalogs, and XML Catalogs. In most cases, libxml tries to implement the specifications in a relatively strict way. To some extent, it provides support for the following specifications, but doesn't claim to implement them: DOM, FTP client, HTTP client, SAX, and DocBook SGML. Support for W3C XML Schemas is in progress.
lignumCAD 0.2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108591/
lignumCAD is a computer-aided design (CAD) program geared specifically to aid the woodworker in designing custom furniture and other hand-made objects. It supports both two-dimensional and three-dimensional representations of the design with full parametric interrelations. Additional features include optimized layout of the bill of materials on custom stock and photo-realistic rendering of the final design.
LuDAP 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108574/
LuDAP is a Web interface to manage a simple LDAP database based on users and groups. It includes an XML import/export capability for external syndication.
LUFS Userland Filesystem 0.9.0pre1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108584/
LUFS is a hybrid userspace filesystem framework supporting an indefinite number of filesystems (localfs, sshfs, ftpfs, httpfs, socketfs, freenetfs, and nutellafs) transparently for any application. It can be regarded as doing the same job as the VFS (virtual filesystem switch) in the kernel: it is a switch, distributing the filesystem calls to its supported filesystems. However, LUFS filesystems are implemented in userspace. This would be a drawback for local filesystems where the access speed is important, but proves to be a huge advantage for networked filesystems where the userland flexibility is most important.
materm 0.0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108555/
materm is a multi-terminal for the X Windows system based on aterm that provides tabbed functionality without requiring KDE or GNOME.
Moodle 1.0.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108610/
Moodle is a learning management system for producing Internet-based course Web sites. It is written in PHP and is easy to install and use on Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X. It has been designed to support modern pedagogies based on social constructionist theory, and includes activity modules such as forums, resources, journals, quizzes, surveys, choices, and assignments. It has been translated into 20 languages, with more on the way. Moodle offers a free alternative to commercial software such as WebCT and Blackboard, and is being used by a growing number of universities, schools, and independent teachers for distance education or to supplement face-to-face teaching.
Non-Networked File System 2.1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108579/
NNFS (Non-Networked File System) provides a consistent file system over several non-networked Unix computers (or slow networked).
OpenCM 0.1.2alpha3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108623/
OpenCM is designed as a secure, high-integrity replacement for CVS. It includes features such as file renaming, branch and file level access control, cryptographic authentication, and end-to-end integrity controls.
OSSP ex 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108613/
OSSP ex is a small ISO-C++ style exception handling library for use in the ISO-C language. It allows you to use the paradigm of throwing and catching exceptions in order to reduce the amount of error handling code without making your program less robust. This is achieved by directly transferring exceptional return codes (and the program control flow) from the location where the exception is raised (throw point) to the location where it is handled (catch point), usually from a deeply nested sub-routine to a parent routine. All intermediate routines no longer have to make sure that the exceptional return codes from sub-routines are correctly passed back to the parent.
OSSP sa 1.0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108615/
OSSP sa is an abstraction library for the Unix socket application
programming interface (API). It features stream and datagram oriented
communication over Unix Domain and Internet Domain (TCP and UDP)
sockets. It provides the following key features: address abstraction
(local, IPv4, and IPv6), type abstraction, I/O timeouts, I/O stream
buffering, and convenience I/O functions.
Package DataBase View 1.2.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108637/
Package DataBase View generates an HTML view of an RPM or a dpkg database. Its modular design allows support for other database formats and other output formats (like XML).
PHP ShoutBox 0.1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108566/
PHP ShoutBox allows developers to add a instant message shout box to websites. The shoutbox is an iframe element, and the script operates using javascript and stores the messages in a MySQL database (a file gets complicated with synchronous posts, so a database was favored). The look of the box is controlled through styles. All the modern browsers are supported. It handles some of the details that other shout boxes do not. When the new message is displayed, the shoutbox is scrolled down so that the new message comes into view. It also checks for new messages.
PircBot 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108602/
PircBot is a Java framework for writing IRC bots quickly and easily. Its features include an event-driven architecture to handle common IRC events, flood protection, DCC support, ident support, and more. Its comprehensive logfile format is suitable for use with pisg to generate channel statistics. Full documentation is included, and the Web site contains a 5-minute step-by-step guide to making your first IRC bot.
PPMy 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108608/
PPMy is a simple Web-based administration utility to administer users and groups to a ProFTPD server, storing users and groups in a MySQL database.
qconfirm 0.8.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108600/
qconfirm is an implementation of a delivery confirmation process for a mail address or ezmlm mailing list. It is invoked by qmail-local through a .qmail file, and can reduce the amount of junk mail hitting a mailbox or the mailboxes of mailing list subscribers.
RPG1 0.0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108532/
RPG1 is a text-mode console role playing game written in Perl. It features ASCII graphics provided by the ANSI::Color module, an inventory, a magic system, food depletion, killing, getting killed, a library system, and themes. It also features a top-down view orientation.
SetiStat 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108585/
SetiStat reads the files of your SETI@home client and extracts and shows data related to your account, such as the total and average time spent on processing work units, the progress of the current work unit, the time spent on it, the expected time required for processing it, etc.
Simple Picture Gallery Manager 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108557/
Simple Picture Gallery Manager is a basic PHP script that displays picture galleries on the Web. It is highly configurable, and includes several features (such as new picture highlighting) that make galleries very easy to set up and integrate into a Web site.
Smart Cache 0.80 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108631/
Smart Cache is full-featured pure Java proxy cache server. It can cache any pages and make them available for offline browsing. Other features include a URL filter, cookie filter, ability to fake User-Agents, Referer, and Cookie headers, Web forwarder (accelerator) mode, background downloading, multiple logs, fast operation, very configurable garbage collection, cache directory structure copies server structure, and cached files are ready for use (no headers inside).
SouRCe PacKaGer 0.1.3-1.0rc1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108594/
SouRCe PacKaGer (srcpkg) is a program for managing separate software packages under the same directory hierarchy. It is especially useful for packages distributed as source. It is similar to GNU Stow, Depot, etc., but works by creating packages from new files found in the directory tree, allowing it to manage large, complex, interdependent packages such as those of KDE and GNOME.
Swiss-PdbViewer 3.7 beta 2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108571/
Swiss-PdbViewer is an application that provides a user friendly interface for analyzing several proteins at the same time. The proteins can be superimposed in order to deduce structural alignments and to compare their active sites or any other relevant parts. Amino acid mutations, H- bonds, angles, and distances between atoms are easy to obtain with the intuitive graphic and menu interface.
Tapestry 2.4-alpha-1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108606/
Tapestry is a rich, component-based object model for developing dynamic, robust, highly interactive Web applications. Applications are constructed in terms of Java objects, methods and properties, instead of URLs and query parameters. It builds and interprets all URLs, dispatching directly to application-specific "listener" methods. It includes complete source code, documentation, tutorials and a complete example J2EE application.
The Daily Journal 0.6.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108593/
fltdj, The Daily Journal, is a PIM program that is written using the Fast Light Tool Kit. It manages daily notes, appointments, holidays, contact and to-do lists, and issues alerts before scheduled appointments.
The Tamber Project 1.1.31 (Pogo)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108604/
The Tamber project is a componentized n-tier Web site engine that uses open languages such as XML and JavaScript. Content is stored in separate XML files, in databases, or other data objects. Business functions are carried out by JavaScript and ASP. Presentation is controlled by an XSL transformation, which allows for delivery over multiple channels such as HTML, WAP, and MHEG. Currently, Tamber can deliver to HTML and WAP, and contains modules that support e-commerce shopping carts, secure sign in, data access and conversion services, and advanced session management.
Turbo Vision 2.0.1 RC2 (Beta)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108592/
Turbo Vision is a C++ library that provides a very nice user interface
for console applications. This UNIX port is based on Borland's version
2.0 with fixes. It was made to create RHIDE, a nice IDE for gcc and
other GNU compilers. The library supports /dev/vcsa devices for fast
access to local consoles, and it uses ncurses to run from telnet and
xterm. This port, in contrast to the Sigala's port, doesn't have
"100% compatibility with the original library" as goal.
Instead, many modifications were made for the sake of security
(especially buffer overflows). This port is also available for the
original platform (DOS).
Typing Trainer 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108554/
Typing Trainer is designed for exercising typing speed and typing accuracy, by providing an environment to type in a copy of an original text within a specific time period. It also has the ability to store the results of such an exercise for exam purposes.
ucspi-ipc 0.60
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108564/
ucspi-ipc implements D. J. Bernstein's UCSPI protocol in the Unix domain, making it trivial to set up clients or servers on Unix sockets. ucspi- ipc comes with utilities using credential passing on Unix sockets, which are designed to act like a fine-grained and efficient sudo without the need for setuid programs.
UnixODBC.pm 0.18
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108558/
UnixODBC.pm provides Perl programs with a subset of the X/Open ODBC API to the EasySoft unixODBC DBMS libraries, as well as a peer to peer API for querying ODBC data sources on networked systems. In addition, it provides peer client and server scripts and configuration files, sample clients that perform ODBC queries on local and networked systems, and two multi-host data managers: one that uses Apache and CGI to provide a Web browser interface, and another that uses Perl/Tk.
VCDphp 2.25
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108577/
VCDphp is a little PHP script that uses MySQL to catalog your VCD/DivX
& SVCD Collection on a Web site. It's easy to install on an Apache
Web server with PHP and MySQL. There's an easy-to-use,
password-protected admin-interface to manage (add & change) your
movies. It also automaticaly adds the rating supplied by imdb
(www.imdb.com) and the movie-picture to every entry.
Verlof 0.4.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108596/
Verlof is a Web application for registering and viewing leave
information. It records hours of leave rights and hours of leave within
categories like normal leave, special leave, reduced working-hours
(ADV), and the begin and end dates for the leave's period. The few
rules imposed on the entries are mainly sanity checks like "begin
date is in the weekend". The act of entering a new leave entry
sends an email to the group manager and a copy to the employee. The
advantages of this electronic version over the paper version are: there
is a single information location (no employee-card and mother-card
discrepancies), questionable entries immediately draw the manager's
attention (with email), and various up-to-date views of the leave
history are available (total, year, and list). Verlof is a Dutch-only
application and a little specific to Leiden University.
VideoDB 2003-01-06
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108572/
VideoDB is a database to manage your personal video collection. It's mainly designed for videofiles but you can also put your DVDs and VHS tapes in it. It features fetching movie data/covers from the Internet Movie Database (IMDb), local caching of coverimages, an option to mark movies as seen, a search by genre or title/subtitle/plot/cast data, a filter for TV episodes, a random movie function and a simple borrow manager. It is a personal database, so no user management/authentication scheme is implemented. Everybody may add/edit/delete movies.
WebConference 2.21
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108633/
WebConference is a CGI-based streaming/real-time chat solution. It has a full suite of features such as custom colors, private rooms, seamless jumping, advanced security features, stealth mode, and much more.
XMMS Autoplay Plugin 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108561/
XMMS Autoplay Plugin is a small plugin for XMMS that starts playing on starting XMMS. It can start at the beginning of the playlist, at a random position or, with a small patch for XMMS, at the position the last XMMS session stopped.
XWine 0.3 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108616/
XWine is a graphical user interface for the WINE emulator. It provides
an interface for configuring and running MS-Windows applications
(MS-DOS, Windows 3.x, or Win32).
Zope 2.6.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/108640/
Zope is a free, Open Source Web application platform used for building high-performance, dynamic Web sites. It contains a powerful and simple scripting object model and high-performance, i