X Window System Test Suite
Contributed by ApTest and Open Group to The X.Org Foundation
Released under "X" Open Source License.
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Brookline Massachusetts, 18 April 2005.
The X.Org Foundation, global steward of the X Window System* and Standards,
announced today that ApTest and Open Group have together donated their VSW5
Test Suite to The X.Org Foundation, where it shall be released under
their standard Open Source license as XTS 5.0.2. The X Window System is
released by the X.Org Foundation under the MIT ("X") License. The VSW5 Test
Suite is the industry best practice in testing the X Window System.
All Official X.Org releases are free and available for download from
ftp://www.x.org/pub and at mirror-sites world-wide.
"ApTest is excited by the opportunity X.Org offers the X community. We are
pleased to contribute our technology and look forward to participating in
ensuring the ongoing quality of X releases" said Shane McCarron, Managing
Director of ApTest Minnesota
"The Open Group congratulates the X.Org Foundation on making the free
availability of the X Window System Test Suite (VSW5) under an open source
license possible and establishing a test working group" said Andrew Josey,
Director of Certification at The Open Group. "This initiative will further
enhance the quality of the X Window System and we look forward to working
with X.Org. As part of that cooperation we plan to contribute a number of
patches to the code base.
To support the development of this critical and unique testing technology in
tandem with the X Window System itself, the X.Org Foundation also announces
the formation of a Testing Workgroup, to be lead by Stuart Anderson, for
maintenance and extension of the test suites. Information about this
workgroup can be found at http://www.x.org/TestGroup. Membership in all
X.Org work groups is open and free.
About VSW5:
The VSW5 Test Suite is the latest in an evolutionary series of test
suites for the X Window System that began in the early 1990's. The VSW
Test Suite is built on the Open Group's Test Environment Toolkit (TET)
framework (http://tetworks.opengroup.org/). The VSW test suite is a part
of the branding program for both UNIX and Linux Standard Base (LSB) systems.
About ApTest:
Applied Testing and Technology has provided testing analysis, design,
development, and execution services to its clients since 1993. ApTest
specializes in outsourced product testing and the development of automated
test suites, test tools, and test technology. We also develop and market the
ApTest Manager test management system - a web-based product for managing QA
testing across the enterprise. Further information on ApTest can be found at
http://www.aptest.com or from Andy Silverman at 408-399-1930.
About the Open Group:
The Open Group is a specialist in the development and operation of
certification programs for software specifications endorsed by industry
standards bodies. The Open Group has a fifteen-year history of the
provision of high quality test suites and certification related services to
the software industry, and has been the active maintainer of VSW5 and X
Window System certification for a number of years. Further information on
The Open Group can be found at http://www.opengroup.org.
About the X.Org Foundation:
X.Org Foundation L.L.C. is a Delaware company organized to operate as a
scientific charity under IRS code 501(c)(3), chartered to develop and
execute effective strategies that provide worldwide stewardship of the X
Window System technology and standards. The group is currently managed
by its Board of Directors that includes: Stuart Anderson (Free Standards
Group), Egbert Eich (Novell), Jim Gettys (HP), Stuart Kreitman (SUN
Microsystems), Kevin Martin (Red Hat), Jim McQuillan (Linux Terminal
Server Project), Keith Packard (HP), and Leon Shiman (Shiman Associates).
The website for the X.Org Foundation can be found at http://www.x.org/.
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Please Contact Leon Shiman, Secretary, X.Org Foundation at leon(a)shiman.com
with any questions.
Begin forwarded message:
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 13:37:20 +0100
From: "Kiran Raosaheb Patil" <krp(a)biocentrum.dtu.dk>
To: <office(a)fsfeurope.org>
Subject: Query about GNU-GPL
Dear FSF-Europe team,
I have developed some C++ codes for my study which I wish to make available "freely" to other resarch communities.
But since my program is linked to GPL licensed libraries and non-free libraries as well, I can not distibute it under GPL.
Is there any way that I can distribute only the GPL covered libaries (/parts of libarries used by program) under GPL and rest under different license? It is not possible to make the program work without non-free libaries, unles I invest lot of time for implementing it by myself, which is not feasible for me.
Any suggestions are welcome. If this is not possible, UNFORTUNATELY I many need to turn to a completely non-free system to keep my work available for reserachers acros the world.
Sincerely,
Kiran R. Patil
PhD Student
Center for Microbial Biotechnology,
Biocentrum-DTU, Technical University of Denmark
Phone: +45 45252703
Fax: +45 45884148
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Join the Fellowship and protect your freedom!
www.fsfe.org
Hi all,
the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is at a turning
point: For the first time, there is a comparatively massive call for
WIPO to take into consideration issues of development and the interests
of developing countries. Until now, WIPO holds a very conservative
position on copyright, trademarks, patents and the like.
Together with Georg Greve, I'm participating in the meetings where this
discussion takes place. If you a interested in a non-impartial account,
you might want to check out my blog:
http://www.fsfe.org/Members/gerloff/blog/
1. Henrik Sandklef becomes a member of the FSFE association
2. Fellowship a big success
3. Karsten Gerloff begins internship with FSFE
4. Freedom Party in Berlin
5. Free Software Workshop in Damascus
6. Conference on Free Software in Istanbul
7. Free Software Conference in Sarajevo
8. Linuxforum in Copenhagen
9. Microsoft trial getting increased public attention
10. Georg Greve visits FSF in Boston
1. Henrik Sandklef becomes a member of the FSFE association
Henrik Sandklef, who has been a member of the Swedish FSFE team for
several years, has now become an official member of the association.
This will strengthen the FSFE in Sweden politically and operationally.
http://www.fsfeurope.org/about/members.en.html
2. Fellowship a big success
The Fellowship of FSFE, officially announced on 28 February 2005, has
already become a huge success. More than 300 people already registered
within the first month, and more than 180 of them have activated their
@fsfe.org email address, blogging on https://www.fsfe.org, and are
looking forward to their personalised crypto cards, which are being
prepared right now. If you have not yet signed up to protect your
freedom, please do!
https://www.fsfe.org/
3. Karsten Gerloff begins internship with FSFE
After the experience with FSFE's first intern Matthias Kirschner was
so positive, FSFE is more than happy to have found Karsten Gerloff to
continue this work. Karsten is studying Applied Cultural Sciences at
the University of Lüneburg and is working closely with Georg Greve in
Hamburg. The focus of his activities is the Fellowship. If you want to
know how he is doing, you can check out his blog.
https://www.fsfe.org/Members/gerloff/blog/
4. Freedom Party in Berlin
At the Freedom Party in Berlin, Fellows and interested users got
together to celebrate the launch of the Fellowship. At the invitation
of the FSFE and the Newthinking Network, about eighty guests exchanged
inside knowledge on Free Software, watched a demonstration of the
cryptocard, and had a good time.
https://www.fsfe.org/news/party2
5. Free Software Workshop in Damascus
Karin Kosina and Jonas Öberg gave talks at the Free Software Workshop
in Damascus, Syria. Karin spoke about the economic aspects of Free
Software and Jonas talked about formal education on Free Software on
a university level. This was an interesting opportunity to get into
contact with the Free Software community in the Middle East, and we
are happy to see the the global Free Software network getting stronger
all the time.
6. Conference on Free Software in Istanbul
A conference on Free Software was held at Istanbul Bilgi University,
having the focus on the opportunities Free Software offers for the
Turkish economy. Georg Greve and Matthias Kirschner had very
interesting discussions with local Free Software activists and Georg
Greve spoke on commercial, practical and sociological aspects of Free
Software and the GNU Project.
7. Free Software Conference in Sarajevo
Alessandro Rubini has been at the Engineering Faculty in Sarajevo,
Bosnia, where he held a conference about "Free Software in a Free
Society". During his staying at the University, in an activity
sponsored by "Fondazione Willy Brandt", based in Rome, he managed
to build the initial ties with relevant user-group members and some
faculty staff that may help in setting up a local FSFE chapter in the
future.
8. Linuxforum in Copenhagen
LinuxForum 2005 was held in Copenhagen, Denmark. The FSF Europe was
represented by Henrik Sandklef, together with the Danish organisation
IT-Politisk Forening that is working for information freedom in
Denmark.
9. Microsoft trial getting increased public attention
After it became apparent that Microsoft continued trying to drag its
feet on the December 2004 decision of the European Court, FSFE and the
Samba Team have now decided to take the initiative and present the
European Commission with the exact terms to set for Microsoft in order
to implement the EC antitrust decision. This created a very strong and
positive media echo for Free Software in many major publications, such
as the Wall Street Journal.
http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/press-release/2005q1/000097.html
10. Georg Greve visits FSF in Boston
March was also the month during which Georg Greve took the time to
visit FSFE's sister organisation, the Free Software Foundation in the
United States and spend some time with its employees and directors.
He also participated again in FSF's yearly Associate Member Meeting,
where he kept the people supporting FSF in the United States informed
about what is going on in Europe.
You can find a list of all FSF Europe newsletters on
http://www.fsfeurope.org/news/newsletter.en.html
See
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/06/group_backs_ec/
Does anyone know the "European Committee for Interoperable Systems"?
Googling doesn't show that much, but they seemed to be active in the
early 1990s, defending the right to reverse engineer in order to
produce interoperable software (and this right is included in the EU's
directive).
Jeroen Dekkers
Because I almost missed that information myself:
http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=353
RMS: I had better correct a common confusion. The Firefox binaries
distributed by the Mozilla developers, like all their binaries, are
not free. To use Firefox as free software, you have to build it
yourself from the source code. We're talking with the Mozilla
project about cooperating to change this, but in the mean time,
we're looking for people who would like to build and release free
binaries that we can recommend.
It seems that Firefox binaries are covered by an end user license
agreement that might even not allow redistribution
and they contain proprietary code for error reporting: Talkback.
I do assume that Debian's binary packets will be okay.
what can we do:
Tell people about Firefox's problems to
help pressuring binary producers to not create such problems
and learn to pay attention.
Bernhard
A report posted by a member of the Georgia Institute of Technology
and others will be discussed in an online forum on 22 April 2005.
It recommends international oversight, restarting ICANN elections
and decentralising the root DNS zone.
The paper is available at the Internet Governance Project site:
http://www.internetgovernance.org
FUD: An acronym for Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. A typical tactic used
by the opponents of Free Software to prevent its widespread adoption.
Con: In opposition or disagreement with; against.
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FUDCon II, the second gathering of Fedora Users and Developers, will be
held at LinuxTag, on the 24th and 25th of June in Karlsruhe, Germany.
FUDCon II will feature presentations from prominent members of the
Fedora Project, both from Red Hat and from the Fedora community.
Attendance is free to anyone attending LinuxTag; visit
http://www.linuxtag.org for more details.
The FUDCon staff requests that those who plan to attend FUDCon II reply
via email to fudcon-register(a)fedoraproject.org.
Thanks, and we'll see you in Karlsruhe!
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Please submit an abstract of no more than 250 words to
fudcon-cfp(a)fedoraporject.org.
Submission deadline: Friday, April 22nd, 2005
Notification of decision: Friday, May 6th, 2005
Final version deadline: Friday, May 27th, 2005
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Red Hat Summit, New Orleans 2005
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Hello FSF Europe
Does anybody have information on the development of open source
initiatives in the middle east? E.g. information on public perception,
acceptance of the open source idea and if there are any specific
projects around especially in the governmental sector?
Thank you
Carole.
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