FOSS devs can collect damages from license violators: "ars Technica: 'Robert Jacobson, the developer behind the open source Java Model Railroad Interface (JMRI) project, finally prevailed in a long-running open source software license enforcement lawsuit against Matthew Katzer, the owner of a company that sells commercial model train software.'"
How-To install Brother MFC 7340 Ubuntu 9.10
Download all these files
Open a terminal window and move to the folder containing the files downloaded.
Install the drivers.
Check if the driver was installed correctly.sudo dpkg -l | grep Brother
Install scanner drivers
- 1. Open "/lib/udev/rules.d/40-libsane.rules" file.
- 2.Add the following two lines to the end of the device list. (Before the line "# The following rule will disable ..."): The lines to be added---------------------------
# Brother scanners ATTRS{idVendor}=="04f9", ENV{libsane_matched}="yes"
- 3. Restart the OS.
Inkscape used in schools
Inkscape used in schools: "In the Los Altos School District in California, they have a Digital Design program to teach the students about graphics software and programming. For the vector graphics course they are teaching the students how to use Inkscape. Here is a gallery of art created by approximately 175 4th grade students of the seven schools that this course is being taught at. There is a link next to each of the images on the following page which will take you to the corresponding sub-gallery."
Digg.com allows multigender users
Today I decided to join Digg. I have been too lazy to do that before, but today was the day. I went through the procedure to sign up and I was surprised ! after I got my email confirmation I could enter some of my private info such as name, gender etc... I was glad to see that for gender there was multiple options like Guy, Girl, Male, Female among others as well as Trangender and None of the Above I was amazed that Digg took the time to add those I have never seen that and it was great to know that they decided not to discriminate against people that have different gender views.
Petition to stop software patents in Europe
Petition to stop software patents in Europe:
Our petition aims to unify the voices of concerned Europeans, associations and companies, and calls on our politicians in Europe to stop patents on software with legislative clarifications. The patent system is misused to restrain competition for the economical benefit of a few but fails to promote innovation. A software market environment is better off with no patents on software at all.