[Neurodebian-upstream] [lwn at lwn.net: LWN.net Daily Summary for May 27, 2011]

[Yaroslav Halchenko]

Todays LWN has few interesting posts which I thought would be of
interest to everyone on the list:


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http://lwn.net/Articles/444981/
The Architecture of Open Source Applications
[Announcements] Posted May 26, 2011 21:29 UTC (Thu) by corbet

The Architecture of Open Source Applications[1] is a new book with
chapters on the design of a wide variety of programs, including
Asterisk, bash, Eclipse, LLVM, Mercurial, Sendmail, Telepathy, and many
more. It's available for purchase or downloadable under the terms of the
CC Attribution 3.0 license; some readers have already taken advantage of
that license to make an epub version[2] available. Revenue from sales go
to Amnesty International.

 [1] http://www.aosabook.org/en/
 [2] http://media.dropdo.com.s3.amazonaws.com/2Wo/Architecture%20of%20Open%20Source%20Applications.epub

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http://lwn.net/Articles/444982/
openSUSE renames OBS (openSUSE News)
[Distributions] Posted May 26, 2011 21:27 UTC (Thu) by jake

The openSUSE project has renamed openSUSE Build Service[1] to the
simpler and less confusing "Open Build Service", which has the nice
property of retaining the OBS acronym. "In highlighting the benefits of
OBS to the masses, the over-reaching assumption that the service is
openSUSE-specific proved to be a deterrent. It clearly takes additional
effort to convince a potential user that despite the name, openSUSE
Build Service was not just for openSUSE. And the
distribution-independent technological benefits became lost in the
confusion. This effect is very apparent in face to face communication as
you’ll almost immediately hear others saying "No, I'm a Fedora packager,
this has nothing to do with me. Sorry." when they hear about OBS. This
same effect [led] to less people reading articles or attending talks on
the subject."

 [1] http://news.opensuse.org/2011/05/26/opensuse-renames-obs/


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http://lwn.net/Articles/444900/
FSF: Announcing our license recommendations guide
[Announcements] Posted May 26, 2011 15:15 UTC (Thu) by jake

Brett Smith of the Free Software Foundation has announced[1] a license
recommendation guide. "Today I'm happy to share something we've been
working on for a little while: "How to choose a license for your own
work[2]" is a comprehensive set of license recommendations for new
projects. This page explains what factors are important to consider when
making licensing decisions, and suggests specific licenses for different
scenarios. If you're starting a new project (whether it's software,
documentation, or something else related) and unsure what license to
use, you just need this one link to find our recommendations." (Bradley
Kuhn has some comments[3] on the recommendation site on his blog as
well.)

 [1] http://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/new-license-recommendations-guide
 [2] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-recommendations.html
 [3] http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2011/05/26/choose.html

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