Mark J. Wielaard

Fun stuff to play with this weekend:

Fedora 7

Fully free 1.5 java programming language stack:

$ gcj --version
gcj (GCC) 4.1.1 20070105 (Red Hat 4.1.1-51)
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

GPLv3 final draft

Changes in this draft include:

• GPLv3 is now compatible with version 2.0 of the Apache License.
• Distributors who make discriminatory patent deals after March 28 may not convey software under GPLv3. Novell is not prohibited from distributing this software because the patent protection they arranged with Microsoft last November can be turned against Microsoft to the community’s benefit.
• Terms have been added clarifying how you can contract for private modification of free software, or for a data center to run it for you.
• A reference to a US consumer protection statute has been replaced by explicit criteria, for greater clarity outside the US.

GNU Emacs 22

Emacs version 22 includes GTK+ toolkit support, enhanced mouse support, a new keyboard macro system, improved Unicode support, and drag-and-drop operation on X, plus many new modes and packages including a graphical user interface to GDB, Python mode, the mathematical tool Calc, the remote file editing system Tramp, and more.