[Beds] Supporting Free Software

[David Pashley]

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On Thursday 17 October 2002 8:43 am, Tom Chance wrote:
> I wonder what this means for UKLinux, which gives exactly the same kind of
> service, with the same benefits to Free Software, and employed/employs
> Jason Clifford... I can't find any details on either web site to suggest a
> merge. hrm.
>
> Tom
>

- From my understanding, UKFSN is set up by someone who originally setup uklinux 
and fell out with the other people running it. This would appear to be Jason 
Clifford. This is completely rumour. IANAL etc etc

I will attempt to find out more information at the weekend.

Sadly from what I could tell from my stand opposite the UKFSN.ORG stand, it 
was completely deserted both days.


> > Hi All,
> >
> > This has been passed-down through the LUG hierarchy. It may be of general
> > interest to some of you.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Neil Darlow M.Sc.
> >
> > ----------  Forwarded Message  ----------
> >
> > On October 9th the UK Free Software Network - UKFSN.ORG - launched at
> > Linux Expo.
> >
> > UKFSN is an Internet Service Provider with a difference - all of the
> > profits from the operation will be donated to fund Free Software projects
> > in the UK.
> >
> > Each month UKFSN will release a public statement clearly showing how much
> > income was raised during the preceeding month and how much is cost to run
> > the service. The surplus will then be paid to the Association for Free
> > Software (http://www.affs.org.uk/) who have agreed to handle the
> > distribution of the money raised.
> >
> > The UK Free Software Network offers all the standard services one expects
> >
> > >from an ISP including 0845 dialup access, email, web hosting and usenet.
> >
> > These standard offerings are beefed up with the inclusion of perl, PHP
> > and python and MySQL support for the web hosting and extensive SPAM
> > control measures in the email service.
> >
> > The service is not just for geeks however. As well as subscription free
> > Internet access and services UKFSN.ORG offers professional hosting
> > options for businesses and domain registration services.
> >
> > Business users will especially appreciate the WorldPay payment system
> > perl module that has been written to support ecommerce transactions by
> > UKFSN hosted sites.
> >
> > UKFSN is being run by Jason Clifford, the person behind Definite Linux -
> > the now defunct British Linux distribution.
> >
> > The UKFSN website is http://www.ukfsn.org/
> > info@ukfsn.org for more information.
> >
> > The Association for Free Software is a membership organisation which
> > promotes and defends Free Software in the UK and is an associate
> > organisation of the Free Software Foundation Europe.
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> > Beds@mailman.lug.org.uk
> > http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/beds

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David Pashley
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