The gpl-violations.org homepage has been slashdotted

The news about the CeBIT letter action yesterday has made it to slashdot.

While this is good news (since more people learn about my project), it also has the disadvantage that my SDSL line was fully filled. Now I moved the site to vishnu.netfilter.org, the main web-server of the netfilter.org project.

Also, I really regret that the amount of information at gpl-violations.org is still quite limited, especially the database of documented gpl violations and enforcement cases is still not there :(

The best source of information is probably my blog, and the slides of my various presentations.

CCCeBIT negative award for Bundesdruckerei

The CCC has presented it's 2005 CCCeBIT negative award to the Bundesdruckerei, the formerly state-owned now-privatized company in charge of printing passports in Germany.

They are one of the strong forces in Germany behind the announced introduction of biometric information in passports. To understand this, you have to know that the law still requires passports being produced by Bundesdruckerei, even though they're now a private company.