The program XPDF respects copyprotection bits in PDF files, but a patch has been written to work around it. Would it be moral patch the program and distribute?

The OSI group has modified its definitions of what qualifies as OpenSource in responce to changes in the industry. Slashdot has the full details of this.

Slashdot brings back a bit of nostalgia with a history of Pong.

Nandotimes reports on some of the problems of encrypted email, most importantly the lack of widespread adoption.

Debian is gearing up for r3 of the 2.2 stable tree, as reported by Debianplanet.

Emmanuel Dreyfus writes: “The Linux compatibility feature has been enabled on NetBSD PowerPC
ports (macppc, prep, bebox, ofppc, and amigappc). This means it
is now possible to run Linux binaries such as Netscape Communicator
on theses ports. More information is available from the

NetBSD web site.”

The Agenda, a PDA which is 100% Linux based, has been announced over at Linuxinsider.com.

Alasdair Kergon writes: “Linux 2001 – The UK Linux Developers’ Conference returns to Manchester this year, the birthplace of The Baby, the world’s first stored-program electronic digital computer. This is a GNU/Linux technical conference and as with last year’s successful event in London, the UK Unix User Group is seeking to attract speakers and delegates from around the world.

Read the Call For Papers here or contact us with your ideas (or offers of sponsorship!) at
linux2001@ukuug.orgIf you’re considering a trip abroad, I have placed a handy list of URLs of conferences with a UK/European bias incl. LinuxTag, LSM etc. here.”

As ZDNet is reporting, Fujitsu’s back in SPARC space, retailing their own line of SPARC boxes.

Linuxdevices.com has a Linux-powered camera review. I wonder how much it’d cost to wire the house.