[Savannah-hackers] Re: Request for shell account.

[Mathieu Roy]

Tommy Dugandzic <address@hidden> said:

> Hello Hackers of Savannah,
> 
> I used to use a shell account from sf.net. They seem to limit what one can 
> do with it, bit by bit. Is it possible for FSF to host a shell acct for 
> me, and if so, what would I have to do to qualify for one?
> 
> I need one currently for testing purposes. I would want to see if I have 
> configured my sshd correctly. SF has disabled ssh to computers outside 
> their domain.
> 
> I would consume low bandwidth, cpu and disk usage. I would prefer if the 
> shell server would run GNU/Debian. Hurd would be interresting too :).

We cannot provide a service for a limited list of person defined by an
arbitrary choice. It would be really unfair for users.

If we provide such a service, any Savannah user should be able
to use it.

  * It would means that in the long time it will consume a lot
    bandwidth, cpu 
    and disk usage. 

  * Subversion, the savannah machine, is a server. It would be really a
    bad idea to use it for another purpose, since all ressources are 
    needed.. 

  * Providing such a service require a lot of time, looking for
    security holes et caetera.



So shell account are restricted to people that administer the server.

Maybe this service will be provided in the future, but I will probably
not be on Subversions.
 
> You may also be able to help me find an alternative to Slashdot? I
> would like to get my news from a free source. OSDN represents an
> open news source. Maybe gnu.org should host a free alternative to
> Slashdot? Has that been discussed?

Gnu-Friends is a slashdot like project.
http://www.gnu-friends.org/
Check it out.

> Is there a place one can post ideas for new software? I would like to post 
> a couple of ideas publicly for the purpose of claiming "prior art" if a 
> company suddenly seeks patents for ideas that are not original.

See http://nongnu.org/projects/padb/


Regards,

-- 
Mathieu Roy
 
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