Classic Forum 3.1.1 (Default branch)

Grok Headline matches for Classic Forum 3.1.1 (Default branch)

Classic Forum 3.2 (Default branch)

Classic Forum 3.2 (Default branch) 04/08/2005 10:31 AM
The Classic Forum is a classical threaded forum that consists of a daemon that holds all data in RAM and client programs that query the daemon or use shared memory to retrieve the data. It's designed to be very fast and flexible and has a very well designed plugin interface. The user interface features 72 configuration options and includes very nifty filtering options.

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This release introduces a new Javascript interface using the XMLHttpRequest object. It is not necessary to reload the posting or the main forum page to view the results of your actions; they will be performed via DHTML on the page.

Classic Forum 3.2.1 (Default branch)

Classic Forum 3.2.1 (Default branch) 04/13/2005 04:07 AM
The Classic Forum is a classical threaded forum that consists of a daemon that holds all data in RAM and client programs that query the daemon or use shared memory to retrieve the data. It's designed to be very fast and flexible and has a very well designed plugin interface. The user interface features 72 configuration options and includes very nifty filtering options.

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This release is a pure bugfix release. It fixes many problems caused by the new ReadMode collector introduced by the previous version.

Classic Forum 3.1 (Default branch)

Classic Forum 3.1 (Default branch) 03/17/2005 03:34 AM
The Classic Forum is a classical threaded forum that consists of a daemon that holds all data in RAM and client programs that query the daemon or use shared memory to retrieve the data. It's designed to be very fast and flexible and has a very well designed plugin interface. The user interface features 72 configuration options and includes very nifty filtering options.

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This release supports full RSS and ATOM integration. It also implements different views to threads (a list view like in boards, the nested view known from slashdot.org, and the classic single-thread view).

Classic Forum 3.1.2 (Default branch)

Classic Forum 3.1.2 (Default branch) 03/29/2005 02:42 AM
The Classic Forum is a classical threaded forum that consists of a daemon that holds all data in RAM and client programs that query the daemon or use shared memory to retrieve the data. It's designed to be very fast and flexible and has a very well designed plugin interface. The user interface features 72 configuration options and includes very nifty filtering options.

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Changes:
This release is a pure bugfix release. It fixes a bug in cf-cleanup.pl and a bug in fo_userconf.

1060 Forum 1.0.0 (Default branch)

1060 Forum 1.0.0 (Default branch) 03/22/2005 04:19 PM
1060 Forum is a very high performance bulletin board application which runs on 1060 NetKernel. It is a service-oriented application written to take advantage of the 1060 NetKernel infrastructure. Features include multiple forums, extensive moderation facilities, user privacy protection, extensive search facility, RSS feeds for site, forums, topics, mediated anonymous email service, and fine-grained comprehensive caching. It is easy to extend and restyle, and runs comfortably on NetKernel with a 32MB Java Virtual Machine.

Classic Forum 2.2

Classic Forum 2.2 01/06/2005 09:17 AM
A highly configurable threaded forum.

Display Classic icon in dock only when
Classic runs

Display Classic icon in dock only when
Classic runs 07/12/2004 07:29 AM
I run Classic apps very rarely and often forget to quit the Classic Environment when I quit the Classic application. I didn't want to add a permanent icon to the menu bar or dock to indicate Classic status; I only wanted som...

Forum Stories: Set default font on Excel

Forum Stories: Set default font on Excel 09/20/2004 06:53 PM

KBoard Forum 0.6.1 (Stable branch)

KBoard Forum 0.6.1 (Stable branch) 04/09/2005 10:50 PM
KBoard Forum is a PHP/MySQL forum that is designed to be lightweight and efficient but as fully featured as possible. It can be deployed with minimal configuration and there are easy-to-follow instructions included as code comments. If you've ever struggled with getting other forum tools to run on your server, then KBoard may be just what you've been looking for.

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Changes:
A couple of major bugs pertaining to administrative tasks have been fixed, several smaller bugs have been fixed, and a few minor features have been added.

KBoard Forum 0.6 (Stable branch)

KBoard Forum 0.6 (Stable branch) 04/07/2005 02:40 AM
KBoard Forum is a PHP/MySQL forum that is designed to be lightweight and efficient but as fully featured as possible. It can be deployed with minimal configuration and there are easy-to-follow instructions included as code comments. If you've ever struggled with getting other forum tools to run on your server, then KBoard may be just what you've been looking for.

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This release is mostly designed to drastically increase server compatibility.

Expert forum for knowledge presentation:
Resources for communication & Forum for
discussion, planning, and collaboration

Expert forum for knowledge presentation:
Resources for communication & Forum for
discussion, planning, and collaboration 12/04/2003 07:14 AM

Forum Systems Previews Forum XWall(TM)
3.0 Data-Level Networking for The
XML-Internet at NetWorld + Interop

Forum Systems Previews Forum XWall(TM)
3.0 Data-Level Networking for The
XML-Internet at NetWorld + Interop 05/10/2004 02:46 PM
XMLMania.com May 10 2004 6:43PM GMT

PMD 3.2 (Default branch)

PMD 3.2 (Default branch) 06/22/2005 02:26 AM
PMD is a Java source code analyzer. It finds unused variables, empty catch blocks, unnecessary object creation, and more. It includes CPD, a tool to detect chunks of identical code.

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License: BSD License (original)

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Changes:
Three new rules were added. Bugfixes were made. Various internal improvements were done to make writing rules easier.

nut 10.16 (Default branch)

nut 10.16 (Default branch) 03/23/2005 04:56 PM
nut is nutrition software to record what you eat and analyze your meals for nutrient composition. The database included is the USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 17, which contains 6,839 foods and 128 nutrients. This database contains values for vitamins, minerals, fats, calories, protein, carbohydrates, fiber, etc., and includes the essential polyunsaturated fats, Omega-3 and Omega-6. Nutrient levels are expressed as a percentage of the Daily Value, the familiar standard of food labeling in the United States, but also can be fully customized. Foods can be added from recipes or food labels, and nutrient intake can be graphed. The program is completely menu-driven and there are no commands to learn.

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This release fixes a segfault that occurs when analyzing added and subtracted foods that total zero calories.

dqd 0.22 (Default branch)

dqd 0.22 (Default branch) 03/31/2005 03:38 PM
dqd is a qmail distribution based on the dirqmail patch and intended to be used by qmail power users.

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This release updates the dirqmail part to 0.13, fixes problems with getting many (over 10000) new messages via POP3, and has better support for OpenBSD systems.

Maw 1.1 (Default branch)

Maw 1.1 (Default branch) 06/22/2005 02:26 AM
Maw is mostly black, but it's got lots of blues, purples, and reds in it too. There is also a GTK theme and a GKrellM theme. There are several backgrounds bundled with this theme, including some original ones. It uses the Nexis font.

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License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

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This release fixes some sloppy graphics editing on the opening pixmap and scales it to not tile on displays as high as 2048x1536.

lat 0.5 (Default branch)

lat 0.5 (Default branch) 03/27/2005 10:12 AM
LAT stands for LDAP Administration Tool. It allows you to browse LDAP-based directories and add/edit/delete entries contained within. It can store profiles for quick access to different servers.

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Changes:
A search builder and support for user-defined views were added. Various bugfixes were made.

PAS 3.4 (Default branch)

PAS 3.4 (Default branch) 03/31/2005 12:28 PM
PAS is a framework to build business applications using databases. It breaks down Web applications into small XML and PHP files. It features code reuse, packaging, forms, reporting, a registry, database abstraction, an event controller, and logs, and applies the M.V.C. pattern (separate business logic and frontend GUI). It makes a good foundation for a rapid application development system. Its independent XML components can easily be integrated into IDEs and GUI tools.

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Changes:
This new release includes a lot of bugfixes, PHP5 compatibility, and multilanguage support.

SAM Jr 0.1 (Default branch)

SAM Jr 0.1 (Default branch) 04/07/2005 08:07 AM
SAM Jr is a real-time analysis tool for Snort data. It can easily be extended using plugins.

P4A 0.15 (Default branch)

P4A 0.15 (Default branch) 04/18/2005 11:02 AM
P4A (PHP For Applications) is a PHP object oriented framework for building Web-based event-driven applications. It features tableless HTML, accesskey support, point and click app generator, auto data type recognition, UTF-8 support, advanced i18n/l10n support, and PEAR integration.

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This release fixes some i18n/l10n bugs in the "products_catalogue" application and allows p4a_message to handle messages without icons.

VCD-db 0.971 (Default branch)

VCD-db 0.971 (Default branch) 02/06/2005 03:08 AM
VCD-db is Web-based movie catalog software. It supports multiple users to collect, manage, and work with their media catalog. New movies can easily be added through several methods, for example by fetching data straight from websites such as imdb.com and dvdempire.com.

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In this release, two new language files are included (Dutch and French), direct play from the Web is now possible, and the user can now personalize their front page with selected RSS feeds. There were also some minor fixes.

nut 10.17 (Default branch)

nut 10.17 (Default branch) 04/03/2005 07:54 AM
nut is nutrition software to record what you eat and analyze your meals for nutrient composition. The database included is the USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 17, which contains 6,839 foods and 128 nutrients. This database contains values for vitamins, minerals, fats, calories, protein, carbohydrates, fiber, etc., and includes the essential polyunsaturated fats, Omega-3 and Omega-6. Nutrient levels are expressed as a percentage of the Daily Value, the familiar standard of food labeling in the United States, but also can be fully customized. Foods can be added from recipes or food labels, and nutrient intake can be graphed. The program is completely menu-driven and there are no commands to learn.

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This release corrects the formatting of the man page and restores the correct alpha-linolenic acid reference value, which was too low in the last release.

kf 0.5.3 (Default branch)

kf 0.5.3 (Default branch) 03/24/2005 07:42 PM
kf is a small Jabber client for GNU/Linux. It aims to be both simple and powerful, and is designed for the advanced user.

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kf now displays links in headline message boxes. In group chats, nicknames are colored.

pyc 0.5 (Default branch)

pyc 0.5 (Default branch) 06/05/2005 11:22 PM
pyc compiles Python source code to Python bytecode. Since it is written entirely in Python, it is easy to modify and add new features to the Python programming language.

ANA-MP 0.9.7.4 (Default branch)

ANA-MP 0.9.7.4 (Default branch) 04/05/2005 06:49 PM
ANA-MP is a player for music files (modules) in the .MOD, .XM, and .S3M formats. It runs on any platform with a Java 1.3 implementation, and can be used as a library for playing music in games or demos.

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This release makes the player API much easier to use and understand. Several simple code examples of how to create command line or applet based module players have been added.

PMD 3.0 (Default branch)

PMD 3.0 (Default branch) 03/23/2005 04:55 PM
PMD is a Java source code analyzer. It finds unused variables, empty catch blocks, unnecessary object creation, and more. It includes CPD, a tool to detect chunks of identical code.

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Changes:
PMD now has support for parsing JDK 1.5 source code, including enumerations, generics, annotations, and variable length arguments. There are also 17 new rules, and several of the existing rules have been optimized.

VCD-db 0.973 (Default branch)

VCD-db 0.973 (Default branch) 03/26/2005 06:20 PM
VCD-db is Web-based movie catalog software. It supports multiple users to collect, manage, and work with their media catalog. New movies can easily be added through several methods, for example by fetching data straight from websites such as imdb.com and dvdempire.com.

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Changes:
SQLite support was added. Three new translations were written for German, Finnish, and Bulgarian. A statistics page was added for better collection overview. Other new features were added.

CVS 1.11.19 (Default branch)

CVS 1.11.19 (Default branch) 03/22/2005 03:52 PM
CVS is a version control system, which allows you to keep old versions of files (usually source code), keep a log of who, when, and why changes occurred, etc., like RCS or SCCS. Unlike the simpler systems, CVS does not just operate on one file at a time or one directory at a time, but operates on hierarchical collections of directories consisting of version controlled files. CVS helps to manage releases and to control the concurrent editing of source files among multiple authors. CVS allows triggers to enable/log/control various operations and works well over a wide area network.

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This release fixes a few serious bugs in both the CVS client and server. An intermittent assertion failure on checkout was fixed. A final fix for the infamous "Red File" bug on Windows was included. An upgrade is recommended for all clients and servers.

ara 1.0.9 (Default branch)

ara 1.0.9 (Default branch) 04/01/2005 03:26 AM
Ara is a command-line utility for querying the Debian package database. It has a query syntax allowing you to search for boolean combinations of regular expressions. It includes a simple syntax and line-editing. A graphical interface, xara, is also provided.

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Some Debian packaging issues have been fixed. Files have been recompiled for Ocaml 3.08.3.

svc 1.4 (Default branch)

svc 1.4 (Default branch) 04/04/2005 06:55 PM
svc is a service toolbox for building trigger-launched programs, wrapping TTYs, and making lock files.

SAM Jr 0.3 (Default branch)

SAM Jr 0.3 (Default branch) 04/18/2005 11:04 AM
SAM Jr is a real-time analysis tool for Snort data. It can easily be extended using plugins.

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This release adds a script to email the whois and other info of any IP address with a very high threat index, serving as a complex script example, JavaMail jar files and a SimpleMailSender class, database port number configurability, a whois lookup facility, and keyboard shortcuts for menus.

Wi.Ser 0.6.9 (Default branch)

Wi.Ser 0.6.9 (Default branch) 04/05/2005 05:35 PM
Wi.Ser is a Java/XML server-side GUI-framework which enables an application to run as either a monolithic Swing app, a client/server Swing app, or as a Web app without any change. It includes a mixed deployment mode, which supports one server to serve Swing clients and Web clients at the same time. The framework uses XML to define an application's GUI. It provides a common widget-based, object-oriented programming interface for Web and Swing GUIs, which prevents the developer from struggling with HTML and HTTP or with the internals of Swing. For Swing client/server applications the client/server split as well as the client/server communication is handled transparently by the framework. The project includes a GUI builder that is based on the framework's functionality (screenshot, deployed as a Web/HTML application).

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This release includes a template pool to speed up HTML rendering. A CSS class can be set for all Web Widgets. A bug in the color settings method of forms has been fixed. New tags for additional widget properties are available within the GUI builder. A fix in the listBox HTML template for Mozilla is included, and the GPL version comes with a build.xml to integrate into the full distribution again.

DBI 1.48 (Default branch)

DBI 1.48 (Default branch) 03/22/2005 03:52 PM
The DBI module enables your Perl applications to access multiple database types transparently. You can connect to MySQL, MSSQL, Oracle, Informix, Sybase, ODBC, and other database systems without having to know the different underlying interfaces of each. The API defined by DBI will work on all these database types and many more. You can connect to multiple databases of different types at the same time and easily move data between them.

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DBI::DBD::Metadata generation of type_info_all was fixed. Driver authors who have used it should rerun it. fetchall_hashref() now supports multi-keyfield nested hash fetching.

SMK 0.4.2 (Default branch)

SMK 0.4.2 (Default branch) 04/09/2005 02:37 PM
SMK is a software building system, similar in purpose to the popular make and scons tools, but with its own set of wrinkles.

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The new -p/--prefix option was added. The -a/--all option and the -n/--dry-run option were implemented.

Ivy 0.8 (Default branch)

Ivy 0.8 (Default branch) 03/31/2005 09:17 AM
Ivy is a simple but powerful dependency manager. Its key features are ease of use, extreme flexibility, easy extensibility, Ant integration, and transitive dependencies. It is ready to use with the Maven ibiblio repository. It eases continuous integration, and makes your software component a lot simpler to use.

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This release feature a new public repository of ivy files, ivyrep, which helps leverage the transitive dependencies feature. The URL resolver handles file and HTTP URLs, and you can use the continuous integration feature with ibiblio. A publish artifacts feature allows you to easily publish declared artifacts of a module to a repository. Conflict management at resolve time allows you to detect and remove modules that will cause problems before downloading them.

bdb 0.2.6 (Default branch)

bdb 0.2.6 (Default branch) 03/22/2005 03:52 PM
bdb is a bibliography database with a flexible Web-based interface. One can easily add items to the database, search for information in the database, and generate reports.

Snd 7.11 (Default branch)

Snd 7.11 (Default branch) 03/19/2005 03:22 AM
Snd is a freeware sound editor modelled loosely after Emacs and an old, sorely-missed PDP-10 sound editor named Dpysnd. It can accommodate any number of sounds, each with any number of channels. It can be customized and extended using Guile or Ruby.

AGR 0.5.0 (Default branch)

AGR 0.5.0 (Default branch) 04/12/2005 11:54 PM
AGR (Amiga Guide Reader) is an Amiga Guide file viewer.

GTK+ 2.6.2 (Default branch)

GTK+ 2.6.2 (Default branch) 02/07/2005 01:18 AM
GTK, which stands for the Gimp ToolKit, is a library for creating graphical user interfaces. It is designed to be small and efficient, but still flexible enough to allow the programmer freedom in the interfaces created. GTK provides some unique features over standard widget libraries.

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This is the first announcement and the third release in the 2.6 series of GTK+. This series brings various enhancements. This release fixes several bugs.
Grok Description matches for Classic Forum 3.1.1 (Default branch)
GrokA matches for Classic Forum 3.1.1 (Default branch)

Time Is Money Network Announces New
Fully Web-based Time Billing and Project
Management System for Software
Developers and Service Providers – Free
During Extended Trial Period

Time Is Money Network Announces New
Fully Web-based Time Billing and Project
Management System for Software
Developers and Service Providers – Free
During Extended Trial Period 06/24/2005 04:11 PM
TimeIsMoney.net is being offered at no cost for a limited time to anyone who wishes to try this new fully on-line, web-based time sheet management, time billing and project management system. TimeIsMoney.net was designed to serve the needs of large and small organizations with teams managing project resources locally or remotely. [PRWEB Jun 23, 2005]

Geological time gets a new period

Geological time gets a new period 05/17/2004 07:29 PM
Scientists add a new time period to their official calendar of Earth's history - the first new geological time period in 120 years.

Picasso Work From Rose Period Sets
All-Time Record for a Painting Sold at
Auction

Picasso Work From Rose Period Sets
All-Time Record for a Painting Sold at
Auction 05/05/2004 11:56 PM
A rare Rose Period Picasso, "Boy With a Pipe (The Young Apprentice)," sold for $104.1 million on Wednesday, eclipsing the world record set in 1990.

Semaphore Partners Announces PUSH
Honorees

Semaphore Partners Announces PUSH
Honorees 11/18/2003 07:51 PM
PUSH selected Google, There.com, and Knoll's A3i site as forward-looking approaches that are pushing interactivity toward greater business potential. ...

PhotoRescue 2.0 released

PhotoRescue 2.0 released 12/17/2003 01:05 PM
DataRescue sa/nv has released PhotoRescue v2.0, a new version of its digital photo recovery software for Mac OS X and Windows. PhotoRescue recovers photos otherwise lost on digital film storage devices, like Smartmedia, CompactFlash, Memory Stick, Microdrive and other devices. It provides previews of recoverable images and other functionality.

PhotoRescue Wizard 2.0

PhotoRescue Wizard 2.0 12/17/2003 09:38 PM
Will undelete, unerase and recover pictures, images and files lost on corrupted, erased or damaged compact flash, etc.

Digital PhotoRescue Professional v1.5

Digital PhotoRescue Professional v1.5 05/15/2004 04:13 PM
Recover lost data from whole host of multimedia devices - from digital cameras, PDAs and mobile phones to PC Hard Drives. Program support recovery from CompactFlash cards (type I/II), IBM Microdrives, SmartMedia cards, MultiMedia cards (MMCs), Secure Digital (SD) cards and Memory Sticks with addition of wide range file formats: JPEG, GIF, BMP, CRW, etc. [Shareware $29.95 1.10 MB]

IPO Lock-Up Period

IPO Lock-Up Period 05/21/2004 11:26 AM
Understand how IPOs work before you invest in any.

Is the BSA "Grace Period" a Scam?

Is the BSA "Grace Period" a Scam? 02/05/2003 10:52 PM
A Google new search [google.com] reveals all sorts of interesting articles, including some cases where people were [itnews.com.au] busted [dailytimes.com.pk]. ...

Intellectual property's blue period

Intellectual property's blue period 07/06/2004 08:30 PM
ITBusiness.ca Jul 6 2004 11:30PM GMT

3G lock-in period doubled in Denmark

3G lock-in period doubled in Denmark 09/15/2004 12:12 AM
Telecoms.com Sep 15 2004 3:29AM GMT

Windows XP SP2 Grace Period Expires

Windows XP SP2 Grace Period Expires 04/12/2005 11:29 PM
The April 12, 2005 deadline passed Tuesday and Microsoft has followed through with its pledge to revoke the grace period that provided enterprise customers the option to postpone the adoption of Windows XP Service Pack 2. The update will now be pushed to customers and has become a requirement to receive future upgrades.

Google's Quiet-Period Paranoia

Google's Quiet-Period Paranoia 08/09/2004 05:39 AM
Forbes.com - Mon Aug 9, 10:01 am GMT

Official Mourning Period for Pope Ends

Official Mourning Period for Pope Ends 04/16/2005 10:15 AM
The cardinals who will elect Pope John Paul II’s successor held their last formal meeting today. The conclave begins Monday.

The Well-Timed Period: Grand Rounds XXVI

The Well-Timed Period: Grand Rounds XXVI 03/22/2005 07:23 PM
The Well-Time Period .. Grand Rounds

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track this site | 2 links

Domain Redemption Period Farce Exposed!

Domain Redemption Period Farce Exposed! 02/23/2003 09:49 PM
WebmasterBase Feb 23 2003 8:42PM ET

ScreenSaverMax available for a reduced
price for a limited period

ScreenSaverMax available for a reduced
price for a limited period 04/19/2004 08:24 AM

Official Mourning Period for Pope Ends
(AP)

Official Mourning Period for Pope Ends
(AP) 04/16/2005 05:16 AM
AP - The Roman Catholic Church was completing its official nine-day mourning period for Pope John Paul II on Saturday while its cardinals made final preparations to select his successor.

uDevGame 2003 Voting Period Begins

uDevGame 2003 Voting Period Begins 11/05/2003 09:49 AM

Microsoft Extends Windows XP SP2 Grace
Period

Microsoft Extends Windows XP SP2 Grace
Period 09/09/2004 02:45 PM

After a Period of Brightness, Earth
Dims, Researchers Say

After a Period of Brightness, Earth
Dims, Researchers Say 05/28/2004 12:20 AM
Tracking the brightness of Earth by looking at its reflection on the Moon, scientists have concluded that sunshine on Earth brightened in the 1990's, then dimmed after 2000.

Opinion: Microsoft Needs to Secure All
Users-Period

Opinion: Microsoft Needs to Secure All
Users-Period 09/14/2004 08:23 PM
eWeek Sep 15 2004 0:31AM GMT

About two-thirds of Canadians used
Internet over one-month period: poll

About two-thirds of Canadians used
Internet over one-month period: poll 12/21/2003 02:31 PM
Canadian Press via Canada.com Dec 21 2003 1:41PM ET

64 per cent of Canadians used Internet
over one-month period: poll

64 per cent of Canadians used Internet
over one-month period: poll 12/21/2003 02:31 PM
globetechnology.com Dec 21 2003 2:01PM ET

Public review period for Creative
Commons 2.0 licenses

Public review period for Creative
Commons 2.0 licenses 01/28/2004 01:12 AM
Creative Commons, the organization founded by Lawrence Lessig dedicated to expansion of public culture, is revising its very successful series of Open Content licenses. The draft of the next version of the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike, which contains all the stipulations used in the other 11 licenses, is available here. The review period extends until February 15, 2004.

Forum Stories: SUS Client Update Check
Period

Forum Stories: SUS Client Update Check
Period 07/12/2004 02:08 AM

"Cartographic Images from the Ancient
Period- 6200 BC to 400 AD
(illustrated!)"

"Cartographic Images from the Ancient
Period- 6200 BC to 400 AD
(illustrated!)" 05/12/2004 11:09 PM

Motorola phones only have a short fame
period and they dissapear as soon as
they come!

Motorola phones only have a short fame
period and they dissapear as soon as
they come! 08/17/2004 02:53 PM
TechTree Aug 17 2004 6:42PM GMT

Comments Period Drawing to a close for
Draft License Version 2.5

Comments Period Drawing to a close for
Draft License Version 2.5 06/05/2005 11:40 PM

The comments period announced here for the minor tweak to the attribution language across all of our core licenses proposed for version 2.5 is drawing to a close. As befits a minor tweak, there has not been a tremendous amount of criticism or issues raised with the revised suggested language. Some important comments, however, raised some complex issues and require some discussion.

Firstly, concern was expressed that the attribution language would interfere with copyright notices; that because the attribution could now be, not to the author, but to a wiki or a university or funding entity, that this would cause a removal of copyright notices. This tweaked attribution language, however, does not to impact a copyright notice. The tweaked attribution language does not require attribution to follow copyright ownership or copyright notices. Who owns copyright in a work is a separate matter (a behind-the-scenes matter, if you like) between the parties involved in the process of creating the work. So, for example, an author may own copyright in an article they prepare but the agreement between the author and the institute that funded the work requires some form of attribution that acknowledges that the work was produced with funds from the institute. Similarly, an author may wish to be credited as the author of the work for reputational purposes but their university actually owns the copyright to their work, pursuant to their employment agreement. In the case of wikis, attribution can be to the wiki but each author may still own copyright to their contribution to the wiki (unless there is a separate agreement transferring ownership to the wiki). Finally, journals, particularly open access journals, may wish to be acknowledged as the source of first publication of the work even though they publish the article under only an exclusive or non-exclusive license (and do not take an assignment of title). It should also be noted that the status of copyright notices and the issue of correctly identifying the copyright owner(s) of a work are no more complex under the tweaked attribution language than under the existing attribution language. Under the existing attribution language, credit had to be given to the author; however, as noted above, due to employment relationships or other contractual relationships, the author may have transfered title to the work to some other party and retained only the right of accreditation.

Secondly, there was concern that the tweaked attribution language was somehow proscriptive - that it now dictated to wikis how they had to structure attribution. This is not the case. The tweaked attribution language contains "and/or" language - thus, it allows a variety of different attribution posssibilities - to the author, to a wiki, to an author and a publisher, to an author and a wiki - as many parties as the author or licensor see fit.

This minor tweak is important to enable flexibility in attribution and thereby facilitate a larger number of adopters, including those who have more complex requirements regarding attribution - such as wikis and academic journals. Consequently, Creative Commons is working to give effect this change as soon as possible. If anyone has any additional concerns, please feel free to contribute them to the discussion taking place here. We are looking to close the comments period on Tuesday May 31, 2005.

The number of new alliances has
increased ten-fold within a 10 year
period (1992-2001)

The number of new alliances has
increased ten-fold within a 10 year
period (1992-2001) 06/05/2004 02:41 AM
[PRWEB Jun 5, 2004]

Classic Forum 3.1.1 (Default branch)

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