2005 Linux and free software timeline: August [LWN.net]

Reading some of the comments on the Internet, the long hair smelly's are indicating that we have not turned off our Linux downloads?

--SCO gets a clue

Security support for Debian on amd64 is launched (announcement).

Novell asks the court for SCO's "licensing revenue" from Microsoft and Sun (Groklaw).

[Mozilla] The Mozilla Corporation is founded to carry out activities which cannot be done in a non-profit context (press release).

The OpenSUSE project is launched (press release).

Red Hat says the Fedora Foundation is moving forward but we're still waiting (press release).

The evidence must be presented to Hollywood and other content owners, and they must agree that it provides the required level of security. Written proof from at least three of the major Hollywood studios is required.

--New criteria for operating systems design

The DCC Alliance announces its existence; initial members include credativ, KNOPPIX, LinEx, Linspire, MEPIS, Progeny, Sun Wah, UserLinux, and Xandros (press release).

The OSDL Patent Commons project launches (press release).

The Open Source License 3.0 is released (article).

It's very unwise for organizations like the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) to rush to the aid of piracy-enablers. It makes it look like software patent critics are against copyright, which most of us are not.

--Florian Mueller on bnetd

Sun announces its plan to create an open source digital restrictions management package; it is part of its "Open Media Commons" initiative.

The 2.6.13 kernel is released (announcement).

Microsoft invites OSDL to cooperate on a study on Windows and Linux. OSDL declines.

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