Re: [ilugd] Re: [LIG] [OT] Sarovar, Fairplay, Apple

2004-04-17 Thread Viksit Gaur
Hmm.. Just some thoughts.. I'm totally with the Freedom to create and distribute tag. But, what if you think from the corporate viewpoint? Suppose my company (i dont work for any, btw :) has spent a million bucks in developing and promoting a technology, would I like it if someone was to

Re: [ilugd] Re: [LIG] [OT] Sarovar, Fairplay, Apple

2004-04-17 Thread Sandip Bhattacharya
Viksit Gaur wrote: Suppose my company (i dont work for any, btw :) has spent a million bucks in developing and promoting a technology, would I like it if someone was to develop something which circumvents my security measures and possibly eat into or even trivialize my profits? This is actually a

[ilugd] (fwd) [SECURITY] [DSA 431-2] New perl packages fix information leak in suidperl

2004-04-17 Thread Raj Mathur
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[ilugd] (fwd) [SECURITY] [DSA 488-1] New logcheck packages fix insecure temporary directory

2004-04-17 Thread Raj Mathur
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[ilugd] Re: [LIH](fwd) [SECURITY] [DSA 431-2] New perl packages fix information leak in suidperl

2004-04-17 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
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Re: [ilugd] Re: [LIG] [OT] Sarovar, Fairplay, Apple

2004-04-17 Thread Raj Mathur
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Viksit == Viksit Gaur [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Viksit Hmm.. Just some thoughts.. Viksit I'm totally with the Freedom to create and distribute Viksit tag. But, what if you think from the corporate viewpoint? Viksit Suppose my

Re: [ilugd] Re: [LIG] [OT] Sarovar, Fairplay, Apple

2004-04-17 Thread Viksit Gaur
This is actually a gray area - while Free Software is about *creating* gray area and not stealing ideas from others, some times it becomes imperative that a proprietary technology is made available to the public(through a Free software ofcourse) when the technology becomes critical

Re: [ilugd] Re: [LIG] [OT] Sarovar, Fairplay, Apple

2004-04-17 Thread Viksit Gaur
Hey! No. If you want to protect your music don't protect the people who write software -- prosecute those who use the software to perform illegal acts. True. Brings to mind the RIAA suing that 12 year old girl though! Brianna Something, from NYC. Remember -- it's not the tool that is

Re: [ilugd] Re: [LIG] [OT] Sarovar, Fairplay, Apple

2004-04-17 Thread Sandip Bhattacharya
Raj Mathur wrote: Remember -- it's not the tool that is illegal, it's the use to which it is put by an individual that is or is not. I agree. This is probably the assumption under which guns are allowed in USA. But what about a country like ours, where people are not allowed (easily) to keep

Re: [ilugd] Re: [LIG] [OT] Sarovar, Fairplay, Apple

2004-04-17 Thread Viksit Gaur
I agree. This is probably the assumption under which guns are allowed in USA. But what about a country like ours, where people are not allowed (easily) to keep guns because they have a potential of hurting others? The reasons are probably political, not to mention archaic laws and the

Re: [ilugd] Re: [LIG] [OT] Sarovar, Fairplay, Apple

2004-04-17 Thread Sanjeev \Ghane\ Gupta
On Saturday, April 17, 2004 2:49 PM [GMT+0800=SGT], Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You may not like it but you'd have to live with it. Just as you have the right to embed security into your software, others have the right to study, hack and bypass that security. Rights are defined by

Re: [ilugd] Re: [LIG] [OT] Sarovar, Fairplay, Apple

2004-04-17 Thread Raj Mathur
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Ghane, Ghane == Sanjeev Gupta Sanjeev writes: Ghane On Saturday, April 17, 2004 2:49 PM [GMT+0800=SGT], Raj Ghane Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You may not like it but you'd have to live with it. Just as you have the right

[ilugd] Open Source Software:-

2004-04-17 Thread Arun Kumar.A,delhi
Hi all, Can anyone provide a single session lecture on Open Source Software.This is for a few group. Kindly advice. regards, ARUN KUMAR.A ___ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at:

[ilugd] (fwd) [SECURITY] [DSA 490-1] New Zope packages fix arbitrary code execution

2004-04-17 Thread Raj Mathur
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[ilugd] debian linux cds i am totally confused

2004-04-17 Thread Surendra Verma
Hi, I downloaded the Debian Linux 3.02 but i am totally confused as to why there are so many cds there (totalling 8 as compared to generally 3 in others). Is it becuase that it has a lot more packages there or is it because the source code is included in it.the site