[Glastonbury] [Fsfe-uk] Brixton Linux distro shut down by the FBI? (fwd)

[Martin Wheeler]

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Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 14:37:12 +0100
From: Chris <chris at slugbug.org.uk>
To: fsfe-uk at gnu.org
Subject: [Fsfe-uk] Brixton Linux distro shut down by the FBI?

Hi

The UK based BLAG linux distro [1] was hosted on one of
the London web servers that appear to have been taken out
by the FBI [2] at the behest of the Swiss and Italian
governments, probably with the agreement of David
Blunkett.

Details on this here:

   http://www.indymedia.org/en/static/fbi.shtml

And a couple of good articles on el reg:

- Home Office in frame over FBI's London server seizures
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/11/home_office_fbi_mlat_request/

- Feds seize Indymedia servers
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/08/fbi_indymedia_raids/

I think this is a matter that should concern the Free
software movement. I wonder if there is anything the AFFS
can do about this, like asking some akward queations,
doing a press release, circulating the news the UK LUGs?

Chris


[1] http://blagblagblag.org/

[2] http://lists.freshrpms.net/pipermail/freshrpms-list/2004-October/011194.html

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