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4 <title>Petter Reinholdtsen</title>
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6 <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/</link>
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10 <title>I want the courts to be involved before the police can hijack a news site DNS domain (#domstolkontroll)</title>
11 <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/I_want_the_courts_to_be_involved_before_the_police_can_hijack_a_news_site_DNS_domain___domstolkontroll_.html</link>
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13 <pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2016 13:55:00 +0200</pubDate>
14 <description>&lt;p&gt;I just donated to the
15 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nuug.no/dns-beslag-donasjon.shtml&quot;&gt;NUUG defence
16 &quot;fond&quot;&lt;/a&gt; to fund the effort in Norway to get the seizure of the news
17 site popcorn-time.no tested in court. I hope everyone that agree with
18 me will do the same.&lt;/p&gt;
19
20 &lt;p&gt;Would you be worried if you knew the police in your country could
21 hijack DNS domains of news sites covering free software system without
22 talking to a judge first? I am. What if the free software system
23 combined search engine lookups, bittorrent downloads and video playout
24 and was called Popcorn Time? Would that affect your view? It still
25 make me worried.&lt;/p&gt;
26
27 &lt;p&gt;In March 2016, the Norwegian police seized (as in forced NORID to
28 change the IP address pointed to by it to one controlled by the
29 police) the DNS domain popcorn-time.no, without any supervision from
30 the courts. I did not know about the web site back then, and assumed
31 the courts had been involved, and was very surprised when I discovered
32 that the police had hijacked the DNS domain without asking a judge for
33 permission first. I was even more surprised when I had a look at
34 &lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://popcorn-time.no&quot;&gt;the web
35 site content on the Internet Archive&lt;/A&gt;, and only found news coverage
36 about Popcorn Time, not any material published without the right
37 holders permissions.&lt;/p&gt;
38
39 &lt;p&gt;The seizure was widely covered in the Norwegian press (see for
40 example &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hegnar.no/Nyheter/Naeringsliv/2016/03/Popcorn-time.no-beslaglagt-av-OEkokrim&quot;&gt;Hegnar Online&lt;/a&gt; and
41 &lt;a href=&quot;http://itavisen.no/2016/03/08/okokrim-har-beslaglagt-popcorn-time-no/&quot;&gt;ITavisen&lt;a/&gt;
42 and
43 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nrk.no/kultur/okokrim-gar-til-aksjon-mot-popcorn-time-1.12842452&quot;&gt;NRK&lt;/a&gt;),
44 at first due to the press release sent out by Økokrim, but then based
45 on
46 &lt;a href=&quot;http://blogg.torvund.net/2016/03/09/okokrims-beslag-i-domenet-popcorn-time-no/&quot;&gt;protests
47 from the law professor Olav Torvund&lt;/a&gt; and
48 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.klassekampen.no/article/20160311/ARTICLE/160319995&quot;&gt;lawyer
49 Jon Wessel-Aas&lt;/a&gt;. It even got some
50 &lt;a href=&quot;https://torrentfreak.com/norwegian-authorities-sued-over-popcorn-time-domain-seizure-160418/&quot;&gt;coverage
51 on TorrentFreak&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
52
53 &lt;p&gt;I
54 &lt;a href=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/NUUG_contests_Norwegian_police_DNS_seizure_of_popcorn_time_no.html&quot;&gt;
55 wrote about the case a month ago&lt;/a&gt;, when the
56 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nuug.no/&quot;&gt;Norwegian Unix User Group&lt;/a&gt; (NUUG)
57 where I am a member decided to ask the courts to test this seizure.
58 The request was denied, but NUUG and its co-requestor EFN have not
59 given up, and now they are rallying for support to get the seizure
60 legally challenged. They accept both bank and Bitcoin transfer for
61 those that want to support the request.&lt;/p&gt;
62
63 &lt;p&gt;If you as me believe news sites about free software should not be
64 censored, even if the free software have both legal and illegal
65 applications, and that DNS hijacking should be tested by the courts, I
66 suggest you &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nuug.no/dns-beslag-donasjon.shtml&quot;&gt;show
67 your support by donating to NUUG&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/a&gt;
68 </description>
69 </item>
70
71 <item>
72 <title>Debian now with ZFS on Linux included</title>
73 <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_now_with_ZFS_on_Linux_included.html</link>
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75 <pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2016 07:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
76 <description>&lt;p&gt;Today, after many years of hard work from many people,
77 &lt;a href=&quot;http://zfsonlinux.org/&quot;&gt;ZFS for Linux&lt;/a&gt; finally entered
78 Debian. The package status can be seen on
79 &lt;a href=&quot;https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/zfs-linux&quot;&gt;the package tracker
80 for zfs-linux&lt;/a&gt;. and
81 &lt;a href=&quot;https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=pkg-zfsonlinux-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org&quot;&gt;the
82 team status page&lt;/a&gt;. If you want to help out, please join us.
83 &lt;a href=&quot;http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg-zfsonlinux/zfs.git&quot;&gt;The
84 source code&lt;/a&gt; is available via git on Alioth. It would also be
85 great if you could help out with
86 &lt;a href=&quot;https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/dkms&quot;&gt;the dkms package&lt;/a&gt;, as
87 it is an important piece of the puzzle to get ZFS working.&lt;/p&gt;
88 </description>
89 </item>
90
91 <item>
92 <title>What is the best multimedia player in Debian?</title>
93 <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/What_is_the_best_multimedia_player_in_Debian_.html</link>
94 <guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/What_is_the_best_multimedia_player_in_Debian_.html</guid>
95 <pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2016 09:40:00 +0200</pubDate>
96 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Where I set out to figure out which multimedia player in
97 Debian claim support for most file formats.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
98
99 &lt;p&gt;A few years ago, I had a look at the media support for Browser
100 plugins in Debian, to get an idea which plugins to include in Debian
101 Edu. I created a script to extract the set of supported MIME types
102 for each plugin, and used this to find out which multimedia browser
103 plugin supported most file formats / media types.
104 &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/BrowserMultimedia&quot;&gt;The
105 result&lt;/a&gt; can still be seen on the Debian wiki, even though it have
106 not been updated for a while. But browser plugins are less relevant
107 these days, so I thought it was time to look at standalone
108 players.&lt;/p&gt;
109
110 &lt;p&gt;A few days ago I was tired of VLC not being listed as a viable
111 player when I wanted to play videos from the Norwegian National
112 Broadcasting Company, and decided to investigate why. The cause is a
113 &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.debian.org/822245&quot;&gt;missing MIME type in the VLC
114 desktop file&lt;/a&gt;. In the process I wrote a script to compare the set
115 of MIME types announced in the desktop file and the browser plugin,
116 only to discover that there is quite a large difference between the
117 two for VLC. This discovery made me dig up the script I used to
118 compare browser plugins, and adjust it to compare desktop files
119 instead, to try to figure out which multimedia player in Debian
120 support most file formats.&lt;/p&gt;
121
122 &lt;p&gt;The result can be seen on the Debian Wiki, as
123 &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMultimedia/PlayerSupport&quot;&gt;a
124 table listing all MIME types supported by one of the packages included
125 in the table&lt;/a&gt;, with the package supporting most MIME types being
126 listed first in the table.&lt;/p&gt;
127
128 &lt;/p&gt;The best multimedia player in Debian? It is totem, followed by
129 parole, kplayer, mpv, vlc, smplayer mplayer-gui gnome-mpv and
130 kmplayer. Time for the other players to update their announced MIME
131 support?&lt;/p&gt;
132 </description>
133 </item>
134
135 <item>
136 <title>The Pyra - handheld computer with Debian preinstalled</title>
137 <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/The_Pyra___handheld_computer_with_Debian_preinstalled.html</link>
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139 <pubDate>Wed, 4 May 2016 10:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
140 <description>A friend of mine made me aware of
141 &lt;a href=&quot;https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/pages/pyra/&quot;&gt;The Pyra&lt;/a&gt;, a
142 handheld computer which will be delivered with Debian preinstalled. I
143 would love to get one of those for my birthday. :)&lt;/p&gt;
144
145 &lt;p&gt;The machine is a complete ARM-based PC with micro HDMI, SATA, USB
146 plugs and many others connectors, and include a full keyboard and a 5&quot;
147 LCD touch screen. The 6000mAh battery is claimed to provide a whole
148 day of battery life time, but I have not seen any independent tests
149 confirming this. The vendor is still collecting preorders, and the
150 last I heard last night was that 22 more orders were needed before
151 production started.&lt;/p&gt;
152
153 &lt;p&gt;As far as I know, this is the first handheld preinstalled with
154 Debian. Please let me know if you know of any others. Is it the
155 first computer being sold with Debian preinstalled?&lt;/p&gt;
156 </description>
157 </item>
158
159 <item>
160 <title>NUUG contests Norwegian police DNS seizure of popcorn-time.no</title>
161 <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/NUUG_contests_Norwegian_police_DNS_seizure_of_popcorn_time_no.html</link>
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163 <pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2016 10:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
164 <description>&lt;p&gt;It is days like today I am really happy to be a member of
165 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nuug.no/&quot;&gt;the Norwegian Unix User group&lt;/a&gt;, a
166 member association for those of us believing in free software, open
167 standards and unix-like operating systems. NUUG announced today it
168 will
169 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nuug.no/news/Pressemelding__NUUG_og_EFN_begj_rer_rettslig_pr_ving_for_DNS_domenebeslag_av_popcorn_time_no.shtml&quot;&gt;try
170 to bring the seizure of the DNS domain popcorn-time.no as
171 unlawful&lt;/a&gt;, to stand up for the principle that writing about a
172 controversial topic is not infringing copyrights, and censuring web
173 pages by hijacking DNS domain should be decided by the courts, not the
174 police. The DNS domain was seized by the Norwegian National Authority
175 for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime
176 a month ago. I hope this bring more paying members to NUUG to give
177 the association the financial muscle needed to bring this case as far
178 as it must go to stop this kind of DNS hijacking.&lt;/p&gt;
179 </description>
180 </item>
181
182 <item>
183 <title>Ny utgave (v2.2) av den frie norske stavekontrollen gitt ut</title>
184 <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Ny_utgave__v2_2__av_den_frie_norske_stavekontrollen_gitt_ut.html</link>
185 <guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Ny_utgave__v2_2__av_den_frie_norske_stavekontrollen_gitt_ut.html</guid>
186 <pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2016 21:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
187 <description>&lt;p&gt;I dag tok jeg mot til meg og pakket sammen en ny versjon av den
188 frie norske stavekontrollen, ca. tre og et halvt år etter forrige
189 gang. Resultatet kan lastes ned fra
190 &lt;a href=&quot;http://no.speling.org/&quot;&gt;no.speling.org-prosjeksiden&lt;/a&gt;, både
191 som kildekodepakke og som &quot;pack&quot;-fil som kanskje fortsatt kan brukes
192 av OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice. Byggesystemet trenger oppussing, men i
193 denne omgang hadde jeg bare tid til å fikse byggefeil forårsaket av
194 endringer i GNU grep. De øvrige endringene var gjort tidligere i
195 påvente av en ny utgave.&lt;/p&gt;
196
197 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Her er det som er nytt (fra NEWS-fila i
198 kildekodepakken):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
199
200 &lt;p&gt;Release 2.2 (2016-04-15)&lt;/p&gt;
201
202 &lt;ul&gt;
203
204 &lt;li&gt;Rewrite how scripts/speling2words handle tripple consonants, to
205 avoid importing duplicate words from no.speling.org, and getting
206 rid of the existing duplicates in norsk.words.&lt;/li&gt;
207 &lt;li&gt;Remove duplicate entries with tripple consonants from norsk.words.&lt;/li&gt;
208 &lt;li&gt;Update frequency for entries in norsk.words based on
209 &lt;URL:http://helmer.aksis.uib.no/nta/ordlistf.zip&gt; (ran &#39;make
210 freq-update&#39;).&lt;/li&gt;
211 &lt;li&gt;Correct nn ispell build, avoid crash in munchlist causing lots of
212 words to fall out of the database.&lt;/li&gt;
213 &lt;li&gt;Use grep -a to convince grep it is working on text files, to work
214 with newer grep versions.&lt;/li&gt;
215
216 &lt;li&gt;Remove some words disputed in the no.speling.org review process:
217 &lt;ul&gt;
218 &lt;li&gt;apparent (nb)&lt;/li&gt;
219 &lt;li&gt;likke (nb)&lt;/li&gt;
220 &lt;li&gt;ugjest, ugjesten, ugjestens (nb)&lt;/li&gt;
221 &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
222
223 &lt;/ul&gt;
224 </description>
225 </item>
226
227 <item>
228 <title>I.F. Stone - an inspiration for us all</title>
229 <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/I_F__Stone___an_inspiration_for_us_all.html</link>
230 <guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/I_F__Stone___an_inspiration_for_us_all.html</guid>
231 <pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2016 21:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
232 <description>&lt;p&gt;I first got to know I.F. Stone when I came across an article by Jon
233 Schwarz on The Intercept
234 &lt;a href=&quot;https://theintercept.com/2015/05/07/new-documentary-legacy-f-stone/&quot;&gt;about
235 his extraordinary contribution to investigative journalism in
236 USA&lt;/a&gt;. The article is about a new documentary in two parts
237 (&lt;a href=&quot;https://vimeo.com/123974841&quot;&gt;part one is 12 minutes&lt;/a&gt; and
238 &lt;a href=&quot;https://vimeo.com/123974842&quot;&gt;part two is 30 minutes&lt;/a&gt;), and
239 I found both truly fascinating. It is amazing what he was able to
240 find by digging up public sources and government papers. He
241 documented lots of government abuse and cover ups, and I find
242 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ifstone.org/weekly.php&quot;&gt;his weekly news letters&lt;/a&gt;
243 inspiring to read even today.&lt;/p&gt;
244
245 &lt;p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;
246 All governments are run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.
247 &lt;br&gt;- I. F. Stone
248 &lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
249
250 &lt;p&gt;His starting point was that reporters should not assume governments
251 and corporations are telling the truth, but verify all their claims as
252 much as possible. I wonder how many Norwegian reporters can be said
253 to follow the principles of I. F. Stone. They are definitely in short
254 supply. If you, like me half a year ago, have never heard of him,
255 check him out.&lt;/p&gt;
256 </description>
257 </item>
258
259 <item>
260 <title>A French paperback edition of the book Free Culture by Lawrence Lessig is now available</title>
261 <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/A_French_paperback_edition_of_the_book_Free_Culture_by_Lawrence_Lessig_is_now_available.html</link>
262 <guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/A_French_paperback_edition_of_the_book_Free_Culture_by_Lawrence_Lessig_is_now_available.html</guid>
263 <pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2016 10:40:00 +0200</pubDate>
264 <description>&lt;p&gt;I&#39;m happy to report that
265 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lulu.com/shop/lawrence-lessig/culture-libre/paperback/product-22645082.html&quot;&gt;the
266 French paperback edition&lt;/a&gt; of
267 &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/free-culture-lessig&quot;&gt;my
268 project to translate&lt;/a&gt; the &lt;a href=&quot;http://free-culture.cc/&quot;&gt;Free
269 Culture&lt;/a&gt; book by Lawrence Lessig is now available for sale on
270 Lulu.com. Once I have formally verified my proof reading copy, which
271 should be in the mail, the paperback edition should be available in
272 book stores like Amazon and Barnes &amp; Noble too.&lt;/p&gt;
273
274 &lt;p&gt;This French edition, Culture Libre, is the work of the
275 &lt;a href=&quot;http://dblatex.sourceforge.net/&quot;&gt;dblatex&lt;/a&gt; developer Benoît
276 Guillon, who created the PO file from the initial translation
277 available from
278 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wikilivres.ca/wiki/Culture_libre&quot;&gt;the Wikilivres
279 wiki pages&lt;/a&gt; and completed and corrected the translation to match
280 the original docbook edition my project is using, as well as
281 coordinated the proof reading of the final result. I believe the end
282 result look great, but I am biased and do not read French. In
283 addition to the paperback edition, the book is available in PDF, EPUB
284 and Mobi format from the github project page linked to above.&lt;/p&gt;
285
286 &lt;p&gt;When enabling book store distribution on Lulu.com, I had to nearly
287 triple the price to allow the book stores some profit. I also had to
288 accept that I will get some revenue when a book is sold via Lulu.com.
289 But because of the non-commercial clause in the book license
290 (CC-BY-NC), this might be a problem. To bypass the problem I
291 discussed how to handle the revenue with the author, and we agreed
292 that the revenue for these editions go to the
293 &lt;a href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons non-profit
294 Corporation&lt;/a&gt; who handle donations to the Creative Commons project.
295 So far they have earned around USD 70 on sales of the
296 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lulu.com/shop/lawrence-lessig/free-culture/paperback/product-22440520.html&quot;&gt;English&lt;/a&gt;
297 and
298 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lulu.com/shop/lawrence-lessig/fri-kultur/paperback/product-22441576.html&quot;&gt;Norwegian
299 Bokmål&lt;/a&gt; editions, according to Lulu.com. They will get the revenue
300 for the French edition too. Their revenue is higher if you buy the
301 book directly from Lulu.com instead of via a book store, so I
302 recommend you buy directly from Lulu.com.&lt;/p&gt;
303
304 &lt;p&gt;Perhaps you would like to get the book published in your language?
305 The translation is done using a web based translator service, so the
306 technical bar to enter is fairly low. Get in touch if you would like
307 to make this happen.&lt;/p&gt;
308 </description>
309 </item>
310
311 <item>
312 <title>Lets make a Norwegian Bokmål edition of The Debian Administrator&#39;s Handbook</title>
313 <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Lets_make_a_Norwegian_Bokm_l_edition_of_The_Debian_Administrator_s_Handbook.html</link>
314 <guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Lets_make_a_Norwegian_Bokm_l_edition_of_The_Debian_Administrator_s_Handbook.html</guid>
315 <pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2016 23:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
316 <description>&lt;p&gt;During this weekends
317 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nuug.no/news/Oslo__Takk_for_feilfiksingsfesten.shtml&quot;&gt;bug
318 squashing party and developer gathering&lt;/a&gt;, we decided to do our part
319 to make sure there are good books about Debian available in Norwegian
320 Bokmål, and got in touch with the people behind the
321 &lt;a href=&quot;http://debian-handbook.info/&quot;&gt;Debian Administrator&#39;s Handbook
322 project&lt;/a&gt; to get started. If you want to help out, please start
323 contributing using
324 &lt;a href=&quot;https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/debian-handbook/&quot;&gt;the
325 hosted weblate project page&lt;/a&gt;, and get in touch using
326 &lt;a href=&quot;http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/debian-handbook-translators&quot;&gt;the
327 translators mailing list&lt;/a&gt;. Please also check out
328 &lt;a href=&quot;https://debian-handbook.info/contribute/&quot;&gt;the instructions for
329 contributors&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
330
331 &lt;p&gt;The book is already available on paper in English, French and
332 Japanese, and our goal is to get it available on paper in Norwegian
333 Bokmål too. In addition to the paper edition, there are also EPUB and
334 Mobi versions available. And there are incomplete translations
335 available for many more languages.&lt;/p&gt;
336 </description>
337 </item>
338
339 <item>
340 <title>One in two hundred Debian users using ZFS on Linux?</title>
341 <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/One_in_two_hundred_Debian_users_using_ZFS_on_Linux_.html</link>
342 <guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/One_in_two_hundred_Debian_users_using_ZFS_on_Linux_.html</guid>
343 <pubDate>Thu, 7 Apr 2016 22:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
344 <description>&lt;p&gt;Just for fun I had a look at the popcon number of ZFS related
345 packages in Debian, and was quite surprised with what I found. I use
346 ZFS myself at home, but did not really expect many others to do so.
347 But I might be wrong.&lt;/p&gt;
348
349 &lt;p&gt;According to
350 &lt;a href=&quot;https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=spl-linux&quot;&gt;the popcon
351 results for spl-linux&lt;/a&gt;, there are 1019 Debian installations, or
352 0.53% of the population, with the package installed. As far as I know
353 the only use of the spl-linux package is as a support library for ZFS
354 on Linux, so I use it here as proxy for measuring the number of ZFS
355 installation on Linux in Debian. In the kFreeBSD variant of Debian
356 the ZFS feature is already available, and there
357 &lt;a href=&quot;https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=zfsutils&quot;&gt;the popcon
358 results for zfsutils&lt;/a&gt; show 1625 Debian installations or 0.84% of
359 the population. So I guess I am not alone in using ZFS on Debian.&lt;/p&gt;
360
361 &lt;p&gt;But even though the Debian project leader Lucas Nussbaum
362 &lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2015/04/msg00006.html&quot;&gt;announced
363 in April 2015&lt;/a&gt; that the legal obstacles blocking ZFS on Debian were
364 cleared, the package is still not in Debian. The package is again in
365 the NEW queue. Several uploads have been rejected so far because the
366 debian/copyright file was incomplete or wrong, but there is no reason
367 to give up. The current status can be seen on
368 &lt;a href=&quot;https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=pkg-zfsonlinux-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org&quot;&gt;the
369 team status page&lt;/a&gt;, and
370 &lt;a href=&quot;http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg-zfsonlinux/zfs.git&quot;&gt;the
371 source code&lt;/a&gt; is available on Alioth.&lt;/p&gt;
372
373 &lt;p&gt;As I want ZFS to be included in next version of Debian to make sure
374 my home server can function in the future using only official Debian
375 packages, and the current blocker is to get the debian/copyright file
376 accepted by the FTP masters in Debian, I decided a while back to try
377 to help out the team. This was the background for my blog post about
378 &lt;a href=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Creating__updating_and_checking_debian_copyright_semi_automatically.html&quot;&gt;creating,
379 updating and checking debian/copyright semi-automatically&lt;/a&gt;, and I
380 used the techniques I explored there to try to find any errors in the
381 copyright file. It is not very easy to check every one of the around
382 2000 files in the source package, but I hope we this time got it
383 right. If you want to help out, check out the git source and try to
384 find missing entries in the debian/copyright file.&lt;/p&gt;
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