Re: LSR 0.3.2 - BSD Licensed!
- From: Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>
- To: parente cs unc edu
- Cc: gnome-announce-list gnome org, blinux-list-bounces redhat com, lsr-list gnome org, speakup braille uwo ca, gnome-accessibility-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: LSR 0.3.2 - BSD Licensed!
- Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:05:55 -0500
Congrats on the move to BSD licensing. This is excellent news!
And, the rpms for LSR-0.3.2 are now also available as follows. Please
note that thee directory structure at the SpeakupModified.Org domain has
changed in preparation for our launch of yum repositories coming soon.
the lsr-0.3.2 binary rpm is available at:
http://SpeakupModified.Org/current/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/lsr-0.3.2-1.i386.rpm
the lsr-0.3.2 source rpm is available at:
http://SpeakupMOdified.Org/current/source/SRPMS/lsr-0.3.2-1.src.rpm
Or, if you prefer, use anonymous ftp or rsync:
ftp://ftp.SpeakupModified.Org/speakupmodified/fedora/current/
rsync -l SpeakupModified.Org::speakupmodified/current/
Peter Parente writes:
> ==============
> * What is it ?
> ==============
>
> Linux Screen Reader (LSR) is an extensible assistive technology for people with
> disabilities. The design philosophy behind LSR is to provide a core platform
> that enables the development of LSR extensions for improving desktop
> application accessibility and usability and shields extension developers from
> the intricacies of the desktop accessibility architecture.
>
> The primary use of the LSR platform is to give people with visual impairments
> access to the GNOME desktop and its business applications (e.g. Firefox,
> OpenOffice, Eclipse) using speech, Braille, and screen magnification. The
> extensions packaged with the LSR core are intended to meet this end. However,
> LSR's rich support for extensions can be used for a variety of other purposes
> such as supporting novel input and output devices, improving accessibility for
> users with other disabilities, enabling multi-modal access to the GNOME
> desktop, and so forth.
>
> ==================
> * What's changed ?
> ==================
>
> The purpose of this release is to publicly announce the change of license on
> the LSR code base from the Common Public License to the New Berkeley Software
> Distribution License (BSD) official and public. The BSD license is
> GPL-compatible but has no copyleft restriction. This change helps LSR better
> fit into the GNOME ecosystem and allows other projects to build on it with
> few restrictions.
>
> Some of the features planned for 0.4.0 are present in this release. A full
> record of those features will appear in the announcement for that version and
> are available in the ChangeLog in the meantime.
>
> Translations
>
> * ar (Djihed Afifi)
>
> ======================
> * Where can I get it ?
> ======================
>
> Source code release:
> http://live.gnome.org/LSR#downloads
>
> For more information, visit the LSR home page:
> http://live.gnome.org/LSR
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