Problems with SILO (Sparc slink)

1999-12-06 Thread Detlev Zundel
Hi, I just got hold of an old Sparc IPC that nobody used anymore and tried to install Debian on it after swapping the defective first hard disk with an old scsi disk lying around (with an old i386 Debian on it..) The installation worked quite well (it /is/ fun seeing tux for the first time on a S

Re: Danger of software patents in Europe

1999-06-16 Thread Detlev Zundel
Hello Sami, What's a software patent ?? A software patent is for software what normal patents are for normal products, i.e. a way "to protect" inventions from being exploited. Usually this means that if you invent something and get granted a patent on it that everybody using your invention in

Danger of software patents in Europe

1999-06-14 Thread Detlev Zundel
Hi, Software patents are threating the freedom of programmers and users of free software in Europe alike. If this becomes a reality then the Free Software Community will suffer a hard blow to say the least. So if you live in Europe please take this seriously, make your voice heard and tell all oth