Discussion October 2001

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IBM Wep Page Templates Patent
by Karin Kosina 18 Oct '01

18 Oct '01

Hi everybody, I guess most of you have seen this, but I would like to bring this up here anyway... Can't believe the US PTO is really *that* stupid :(( Any comments? IBM Patents Web Page Templates http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/17/005232 [0]jalefkowit writes: "More follies from the [1]US Patent & Trademark Office ... now [2]IBM has been awarded US Patent #6,304,886 for software that automatically "generates [a] customized Web site without the Web site creator writing any HTML or other programming code", based on "a plurality of pre-stored templates, comprising HTML formatting code, text, fields, and formulas" that are then customized through the process of asking the user a few questions. In other words, they've patented the ubiquitous wizards found in [3]FrontPage and other newbie-oriented HTML editors. This was submitted to the USPTO on June 19, 1998 -- surely someone out there knows of prior art for this?" Links 0. mailto:jalefkowit@NOSPAMaol.com 1. http://www.uspto.gov/ 2. http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/ne… 3. http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/ -- Karin "kyrah" Kosina (gpg - public key 0x1FE281EB) http://kyrah.net Coin3D (by Systems In Motion) http://www.coin3d.org +-----------------------------------><---------------------------------+ In the beginning was the word, and the word was content-type: text/plain

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please help me
by maryam abacha 18 Oct '01

18 Oct '01

ATTN; I am Hajia Maryam Abacha, widow of the Late Gen. Sani Abacha former Nigerian Military Head of State who died as a result of cardiac arrest. The name of you company appeared in one of our directories as one of the companies my late husband wanted to do businesswith before he died. I therefore decided to contact you in confidence so that I can be able to move out the sum of US$35,760,000.00 ( Thirty Five Million Seven hundred and Sixty Thousand U. S. Dollars ) which was secretly defaced and seal in big metal box for security reasons in your account. I personally therefore appeal to you for your urgent assistance to move this money into your country where I believe it will be safe since I cannot leave the country due to the restriction of movement imposed on me and members of my family by the Nigerian government. You can contact me through . or my family lawyer . Upon the receipt of your acceptance to assist me, my lawyer shall arrange with you for a face to face meeting outside Nigeria in order to liaise with him towards the effective completion of this transaction. However, arrangement has been put in place to move this money out of the country in batches in a secret vault through a diplomatic security company to any of the European country as soon as you indicate your interest. I also want you to be assured that all necessary arrangement for the hitch-free of thistransaction has been concluded. Conclusively, I have decided to offer you 25% of the total sum 5% will be for whatever expenses that will be incurred, while 70% is to be used in buying share in your company subsequent to our free movement by theNigerian government. Please reply urgently and treat with absoluteconfidentiality and sincerity. Best regards, HAJIA M. ABACHAc/o Ba __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com

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FYI: FSF Europe on the Systems in Munich, Germany
by Georg C. F. Greve 15 Oct '01

15 Oct '01

Hi all, although it is certainly slower than last year, the Systems still is one of the major business IT conventions in Europe, so the FSF Europe is present to spread the word. Once the web server has processed it, you'll be able to find a few pictures at http://fsfeurope.org/events/Systems-2001/index.en.html *Important*: Due to unexpectable problems, Georg Jakob from the FFS, who wanted to help manning the booth cannot come on Thursday and Friday, so if someone decides shortly that a trip to Munich might be a good idea, we'd be very happy to provide you with an exhibitioners pass. Regards, Georg -- Georg C. F. Greve <greve(a)gnu.org> Free Software Foundation Europe (http://fsfeurope.org) Brave GNU World (http://brave-gnu-world.org)

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Re: NDA's
by MJ Ray 13 Oct '01

13 Oct '01

John Peter Tapsell <tapselj0(a)cs.man.ac.uk> writes: > Basically I wasn't allowed to write a website (for a year) that "allows the > user to enter username/password and then can customize the website" I mean > ... that is just about every website I've ever done. That is a hard term! I find it amazing that anyone would even try to impose such a term on their employees, but I guess with the currently depressed state of the Internet market, employers think that it is a "buyer's market". (I sometimes wish we'd waited a few more weeks before recruiting, as it changes so fast and wasn't that easy when we recruited.) > I dunno.. I know this is totally the wrong place... but where do I go? This is probably as good a place as any, but if I had the answers, I might well be working there instead of having started my own company. I wonder what the more experienced members on the list will say... > I'm used to handling large projects from start to end, and hiring people, > but if i go in a large company, there is no way I'd get to do that kind of > stuff for many years. Oh well, if we achieve World Domination as planned, then ask me again in a few months... I've so many people that I *want* to hire, but we need to get more orders in... any advice or help from the list on that would be quite welcome too. ;-) -- MJR Do you need advice about the Internet or particular net services? Why not talk to my employers? See http://www.luminas.co.uk/ for details.

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Re: NDA's
by MJ Ray 13 Oct '01

13 Oct '01

John Peter Tapsell <tapselj0(a)cs.man.ac.uk> writes: > I'm 19, and a company wants me to sign a particulary horrible NDA for me to > do about 1 week of evening work :( I'd ask what was particularly offensive about this NDA, but NDAs normally prevent you from discussing the contents of the NDAs with people not covered by it... I hate them, but we have to use them sometimes. At least we have two strengths of NDA: mild and very specific; or the "you say anything and we own you and your little dog too". I only recall using the latter type once. If anyone has pointers or suggestions on how to safely conduct the sort of business transactions usually covered by NDAs without using them, I'd love to hear them. -- MJR Do you need advice about the Internet or particular net services? Why not talk to my employers? See http://www.luminas.co.uk/ for details.

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Re: NDA's
by Janet Casey 12 Oct '01

12 Oct '01

I looked pretty thoroughly on the GNU site but did not find anything specifically about NDAs. These two might help: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/18/1833229&mode=thread Dealing with the NDA question in job interviews http://slashdot.org.article.pl?sid=00/05/15/2357243&mode=thread Compromises between companies and hackers re: NDAs Hope this helps. Janet Casey Free Software Foundation http://www.gnu.org jcasey(a)gnu.org

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NDA's
by John Peter Tapsell 12 Oct '01

12 Oct '01

Hi guys, I'm 19, and a company wants me to sign a particulary horrible NDA for me to do about 1 week of evening work :( It's good pay, but I've turned it down because of the contract. I'm trying not to burn this bridge, and trying to explain to him why I won't sign it from a technical pov. However I remember an article about Why Not NDA or something, but I cannot find anything on the website. I know this is the wrong place, but I trust you guys - can you help me out with this please. Am I just being stupid? JohnFlux

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[FSF System Staff <sysadmin@fsf.org>] Explanation of old resent messages
by Georg C. F. Greve 10 Oct '01

10 Oct '01

Hi all, here is the explanation for the ancient mails this list (and possibly some of you personally) has (have) been receiving. I found myself replying to some old mail thinking that a serious problem had suddenly reappeared and hope none of you made the same mistake. Regards, Georg -- Georg C. F. Greve <greve(a)gnu.org> Free Software Foundation Europe (http://fsfeurope.org) Brave GNU World (http://brave-gnu-world.org)

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Associazione Software Libero (AsSoLi) becomes associate of FSF Europe
by FSF Europe 09 Oct '01

09 Oct '01

"Associazione Software Libero (AsSoLi) becomes associate of the FSF Europe" The FSF Europe is pleased to announce that the Associazione Software Libero (AsSoLi) is now an associate organization of the Free Software Foundation Europe. The AsSoLi has joined the FSF Europe to actively support its activities and work for Free Software in Europe, beginning in Italy where the association has already begun a compaign providing high-quality information for Free Software. The first and most important task AsSoLi is currently working on is the new italian law 248/2000, which is damaging to Free Software in Italy. (http://www.softwarelibero.it/docs/siae-en.shtml) The AsSoLi will start working together with Free Software Foundation Europe on relevant topics for Italy and, if possibile, for all of Europe. "When we built the basis for this cooperation earlier this year, I experienced the Italian Free Software community to be very lively and energetic. We are very glad that AsSoLi wants to work so closely with the FSF Europe on building a Free Software Europe." says Georg Greve, President of Free Software Foundation Europe "I'm really satisfied that the FSF Europe recognized AsSoLi as an associated organization. We see this fact as the first step of a great collaboration in the diffusion and spreading in Italy of Free Software and its philosophy, which determined its born and allow its development." says Simone Piccardi, President of Associazione Software Libero About the Associazione Software Libero: The Associazione Software Libero is a non-profit association with the primary goal of spreading Free Software in Italy. More information: http://www.softwarelibero.it About the Free Software Foundation Europe: The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSF Europe) was founded in 2001 as the sister organization of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) in the USA to take care of all aspects of Free Software in Europe. More information: http://www.fsfeurope.org

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Ägypten
by Bernhard Reiter 06 Oct '01

06 Oct '01

http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/10/05/1611215&mode=thread "German government email contract could lead to agencies switching to Free Software" | Friday October 05, 12:39 PM EDT - By Grant Gross - | Just as the U.S. Congress begins considering a bill | that some advocates believe will outlaw Open Source operating | systems, the German government has hired three companies to create | Free Software email options for its IT security agency's email | project. | | The German Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der | Informationstechnik (Federal Agency for IT Security, also known as | BSI) has contracted with the German Free Software companies | Intevation and g10 Code and Swedish platform-independent software | company Klarälvdalens Datakonsult for its Sphinx secure email | project. Company officials predict the contract could lead to wider | adoption of Free Software by the German government. | | The three companies' Project Ägypten will focus on | making Open Source email programs KMail and mutt compatible with | Sphinx, which include standards S/MIME and X.509v3. The results of | the project will be released under the GNU GPL. ... If you look closely you will find some of the usual suspects involved. :) -- Professional Service around Free Software (intevation.net) The FreeGIS Project (freegis.org) Association for a Free Informational Infrastructure (ffii.org) FSF Europe (fsfeurope.org)

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