
Gegen Community-Richtlinien: Entwickler soll sich an GPL-Durchsetzung bereichert haben
Möglicherweise hat sich ein Linux-Entwickler mit Hilfe der GPL und Schadenersatzansprüchen finanziell bereichert. Dieses Vorgehen entspreche aber nicht den Community-Richtlinien der FSF und der SFC und wirft grundsätzliche Fragen auf. (GPL, Urheberrecht)

Feds will pay $475,000 to settle “illegal body cavity search” case
ACLU: Hospitals must know border agents lack authority to force bodily searches.

El Paso, Texas border crossing as seen in 2009. (credit: Robin Kanouse)
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will now have to pay “Jane Doe,” a New Mexico woman, $475,000 to settle a lawsuit filed in December 2013. In the suit, Jane Doe alleged that she was detained at the US-Mexico border then subjected to an illegal cavity search by nearby hospital personnel. Authorities believed she had drugs on her person, but they found nothing after six hours of intimate searches.
This case is separate from, but has remarkable similarities to, a pending case that was filed last month in Arizona by another woman, Ashley Cervantes.
Doe’s attorneys are spread across two activist organizations, the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas and the ACLU of New Mexico. The team previously won a $1.1M settlement on her behalf to settle related claims filed against the University Medical Center of El Paso. Under the terms of the new settlement with the feds, the two ACLU organizations will send advisory letters to hospitals from San Diego to Houston, notifying them of their rights and responsibilities. In addition, hundreds of CBP agents will have to undergo retraining.
Samsung fixes Galaxy S7 Active flaw, now it really should be waterproof
The Samsung Galaxy S7 Active is a variant of the Galaxy S7 line of smartphones designed for use outdoors or in other rough environments. The phone has a rugged case, a big battery, and a waterproof design.
Well, it’s supposed to be waterproof anyway. But when the folks at Consumer Reports put that claim to the test earlier this month, they discovered that the the phone had stopped working when it was removed from a water tank.

The Samsung Galaxy S7 Active is a variant of the Galaxy S7 line of smartphones designed for use outdoors or in other rough environments. The phone has a rugged case, a big battery, and a waterproof design.
Well, it’s supposed to be waterproof anyway. But when the folks at Consumer Reports put that claim to the test earlier this month, they discovered that the the phone had stopped working when it was removed from a water tank.
Streaming-Dienst: Watchever soll abgeschaltet werden
Wolkenkratzer: Wer will schon 2.900 Stufen steigen?
Wer ganz oben wohnt, kann weit schauen. Aber wie kommt man auf Wohntürme, die Hunderte Meter hoch sind? Und wie hinaus, wenn’s brennt? Forscher arbeiten an originellen Fahrstuhlkonzepten – und die Feuerwehr experimentiert mit Jetpacks. Hinweis: Um sich diesen Text vorlesen zu lassen, klicken Sie auf den Player im Artikel. (Technologie, Hyperloop)

Aquila: Facebook lässt Solardrohne steigen
Steig hoch, Du solarer Adler: Facebook hat seine mit Sonnenstrom betriebene Drohne Aquila zum ersten Mal aufsteigen lassen. Der Test verlief so erfolgreich, dass die Flugzeit gleich verlängert wurde. (Facebook, Technologie)
