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<li><b>27 March 2006 -- Software Freedom Law Center representing BusyBox and uClibc</b>
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<p>One issue Erik Andersen wanted to resolve when handing off BusyBox
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maintainership to Rob Landley was license enforcement. BusyBox and
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uClibc's existing license enforcement efforts (pro-bono representation
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by Erik's father's law firm, and the
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<a href=http://www.busybox.net/shame.html>Hall of Shame</a>), haven't
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scaled to match the popularity of the projects. So we put our heads
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together and did the obvious thing: ask Pamela Jones of
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<a href="http://www.groklaw.net">Groklaw</a> for suggestions. She
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referred us to the fine folks at softwarefreedom.org.</p>
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<p>As a result, we're pleased to announce that the
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<a href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org">Software Freedom Law Center</a>
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has agreed to represent BusyBox and uClibc. We join a number of other
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free and open source software projects (such as
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<a href=http://lwn.net/Articles/141806/>X.org</a>,
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<a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/135413/">Wine</a>, and
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<a href=http://plone.org/foundation/newsitems/software-freedom-law-center-support/>Plone</a>
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in being represented by a fairly cool bunch of lawyers, which is not a
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phrase you get to use every day.</p>
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<li><b>22 March 2006 -- BusyBox 1.1.1</b>
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<p>The new maintainer is Rob Landley, and the new release is <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.1.1.tar.bz2">BusyBox 1.1.1</a>. Expect a "what's new" document in a few days. (Also, Erik and I have have another announcement pending...)</p>
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<p>Update: Rather than put out an endless stream of 1.1.1.x releases,
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the various small fixes have been collected together into a
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<a href="http://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.1.1.fixes.patch">patch</a>,
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and new fixes will be appended to that as needed. Expect 1.1.2 around
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June.</p>
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<li><b>11 January 2006 -- 1.1.0 is out</b>
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<p>The new stable release is
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<a href="http://www.busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.1.0.tar.bz2">BusyBox
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1.1.0</a>. It has a number of improvements, including several new applets.
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(It also has <a href=http://www.busybox.net/lists/busybox/2006-January/017733.html>a few rough spots</a>,
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but we're trying out a "release early, release often" strategy to see how
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that works. Expect 1.1.1 sometime in March.)</p>
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<li><b>31 October 2005 -- 1.1.0-pre1</b>
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<p>The development branch of busybox is stable enough for wider testing, so
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you can now
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<a href="http://www.busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.1.0-pre1.tar.bz2">download</a>,
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the first prerelease of 1.1.0. This prerelease includes a lot of
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<a href="http://www.busybox.net/downloads/BusyBox.html">new
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functionality</a>: new applets, new features, and extensive rewrites of
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several existing applets. This prerelease should be noticeably more
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<a href="http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/">standards
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compliant</a> than earlier versions of busybox, although we're
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still working out the <a href="http://bugs.busybox.net">bugs</a>.</p>
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<li><b>16 August 2005 -- 1.01 is out</b>
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<p>A new stable release (<a href="http://www.busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.01.tar.bz2">BusyBox
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1.01</a>) is now available for download, containing over a hundred
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<a href="http://www.busybox.net/lists/busybox/2005-August/015424.html">small
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fixes</a> that have cropped up since the 1.00 release.</p>
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<li><b>13 January 2005 -- Bug and Patch Tracking</b><p>
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Bug reports sometimes get lost when posted to the mailing list. The
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developers of BusyBox are busy people, and have only so much they can keep
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in their brains at a time. In my case, I'm lucky if I can remember my own
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name, much less a bug report posted last week... To prevent your bug report
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from getting lost, if you find a bug in BusyBox, please use the
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<a href="http://bugs.busybox.net/">shiny new Bug and Patch Tracking System</a>
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to post all the gory details.
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<p>
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The same applies to patches... Regardless of whether your patch
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is a bug fix or adds spiffy new features, please post your patch
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to the Bug and Patch Tracking System to make certain it is
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properly considered.
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<li><b>13 October 2004 -- BusyBox 1.00 released</b><p>
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When you take a careful look at nearly every embedded Linux device or
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software distribution shipping today, you will find a copy of BusyBox.
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With countless routers, set top boxes, wireless access points, PDAs, and
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who knows what else, the future for Linux and BusyBox on embedded devices
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is looking very bright.
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<p>
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It is therefore with great satisfaction that I declare each and every
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device already shipping with BusyBox is now officially out of date.
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The highly anticipated release of BusyBox 1.00 has arrived!
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<p>
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Over three years in development, BusyBox 1.00 represents a tremendous
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improvement over the old 0.60.x stable series. Now featuring a Linux
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KernelConf based configuration system (as used by the Linux kernel),
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Linux 2.6 kernel support, many many new applets, and the development
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work and testing of thousands of people from around the world.
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<p>
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If you are already using BusyBox, you are strongly encouraged to upgrade to
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BusyBox 1.00. If you are considering developing an embedded Linux device
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or software distribution, you may wish to investigate if using BusyBox is
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right for your application. If you need help getting started using
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BusyBox, if you wish to donate to help cover expenses, or if you find a bug
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and need help reporting it, you are invited to visit the <a
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href="FAQ.html">BusyBox FAQ</a>.
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<p>
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As usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>.
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<p>Have Fun!
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