__/ [ ray ] on Thursday 05 October 2006 01:28 \__
> On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 22:54:22 +0100, B Gruff wrote:
>
>>
>> ....to another Linux!
>>
>> The six branches of the Howard County Library system in Maryland provide
>> 300 computers to their clients. This week, every computer has been
>> upgraded from a "homegrown" Linux kernel, to Groovix, an Ubuntu Linux
>> derivative.
>>
>> http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/09/22/1542254
>
> On a much smaller scale, the Portneuf District Library added a four seat
> Userful station (runs RHEL) this spring to the existing four Linux
> computers used for public internet access (transitioning from Mandrake to
> Ubuntu right now).
It's only natural for libraries, whose purpose is to preserve and spread
knowledge, to embrace openness.
British Library calls for digital copyright action
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| In a manifesto released on Monday at the Labor Party Conference
| in Manchester, the United Kingdom's national library warned that the
| country's traditional copyright law needs to be extended to fully
| recognize digital content.
|
| "Unless there is a serious updating of copyright law to recognize
| the changing technological environment, the law becomes an ass,"
| Lynne Brindley, chief executive of the British Library, told ZDNet
| UK.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6119043.html
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