ComputerNewsDaily: “Washington last week, there are signs
the nation’s computer networks could begin to shift to a war footing.

Some of the nation’s top Internet service providers, including America Online and Earthlink, are
handing over log files and stored e-mail messages left behind by suspects in the case. The Senate
on Thursday passed legislation to make it easier for federal prosecutors to intercept Internet
communications when someone is suspected of involvement in terrorism.”

PCWorld: “The company’s new Tecra 9000 and Portege 4000 notebooks each will include Wi-Fi (the trademarked name for products using the 802.11b wireless standard)
and Bluetooth antennas embedded in their lids. According to Toshiba, the two notebooks are the first to offer the dual integration. The company launched its Tecra
8200 with integrated 802.11B early this year, but it required an additional PC Card to also access Bluetooth.”

MSNBC: “NIPC said a virus dubbed “WTC” – which arrives in an e-mail attachment
called “wtc.txt.vbs” – has been spreading. The virus is actually a renamed
version of the “Life Stages” virus, which when opened leaves behind
documents and sends itself to others listed in the recipient’s address book.
The virus is considered low risk.”

NewScientist: “Law enforcement groups have suggested that the terrorist groups associated
with devastating attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon used
encryption to communicate securely over the internet.”

ZDNET: “During the weekend, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller indicated that disposable
phones are one of the reasons they want to give the U.S. law enforcement community more legal power to fight
terrorism, using techniques such as tapping phones.”

Slashdot: “I’ve written a comparison of current file sharing software; what’s interesting is that the original centralized
indexing concepts are losing ground because of filters, and most relevant file sharing systems by now use at least a
server-network, or a completely decentralized architecture.”

“The Free
Software Foundation and Finite State Machine Labs (FSMLabs) have come to
an agreement on a fully GPL-compliant version of FSMLabs RTLinux Open
Patent License. FSF and FSMLabs are working to finalize the license
language; FSMLabs will be publishing on its website the text of that
license, with a statement by FSF confirming its GPL-compliant status, in
the very near future.”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media Contact: Free Software Foundation
               Bradley M. Kuhn 
               Phone: +1-617-542-5942

     FSF and FSMLabs come to agreement on a GPL-compliant version of
                       RTLinux Open Patent License

Boston, Massachusetts, USA - Tuesday, September 18, 2001 - The Free
Software Foundation and Finite State Machine Labs (FSMLabs) have come to
an agreement on a fully GPL-compliant version of FSMLabs RTLinux Open
Patent License.  FSF and FSMLabs are working to finalize the license
language; FSMLabs will be publishing on its website the text of that
license, with a statement by FSF confirming its GPL-compliant status, in
the very near future.

The FSF has already withdrawn its press statement (issued Friday, 14
September 2001) concerning RTLinux license terms.  Our differences turned
out to be mostly a result of unfortunate miscommunications and we urge
everyone to put this dispute behind them.  FSF and FSMLabs expect to
continue their cooperation to secure availability of FSMLabs patented
technology for use in GNU/Linux systems.

The FSF thanks FSMLabs for its contribution of this patent license to the
free software community, and for its longstanding support and publication
of free software under the GPL.


About GNU/Linux:

GNU is a Free Software Unix-like operating system. GNU/Linux is the
integrated combination of the GNU operating system with the kernel, Linux,
written by Linus Torvalds in 1991.  The various versions of GNU/Linux have
an estimated 20 million users.

Some people call the GNU/Linux system "Linux", but this misnomer leads to
confusion (people cannot tell whether you mean the whole system or the
kernel, one part), and spreads an inaccurate picture of how, when and
where the system was developed.  Making a consistent distinction between
GNU/Linux, the whole operating system, and Linux, the kernel, is the best
way to clear up the confusion.


About the Free Software Foundation:

The Free Software Foundation, founded in 1985, is dedicated to promoting
computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute
computer programs.  The FSF promotes the development and use of free (as
in freedom) software---particularly the GNU operating system and its
GNU/Linux variants---and free documentation for free software.  The FSF
also helps to spread awareness of the ethical and political issues of
freedom in the use of software.  Their web site, located at
http://www.gnu.org, is an important source of information about GNU/Linux.
They are headquartered in Boston, MA, USA.

LinuxPlanet: “As cold as this probably sounds, one of the disasters that didn’t take place last Tuesday was the loss of significant data. And that’s important.
Many of the companies in the World Trade Center were securities dealers, including some of the world’s largest. Had customer order information,
account information, inventories of customer securities held by the company, and other important data not been duplicated off-site, a very bad
economic situation would have been made immeasurably worse.”

Wired: “A retooled e-mail and server worm, combining the worst traits of SirCam and Code Red, spreads rapidly across the Internet on Tuesday.” Other stories at BBC and ComputerNewsDaily.

TheDot: “The KDE Project has just released KDE 2.2.1. Though a week and a few days late, I am happy to report that the delay made
this (perhaps the last stable release of the KDE 2 series) better.”