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Meet the people behind the Open Source Initiative (video)
08-03-2008 06:00 AM
The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is the group that decides whether a software license merits a seal of approval as actual, genuine open source software. It has never been a secret group -- its license-discuss email list has always been open to all comers, for example -- but not many open source users or developers know who belongs to the board or what they do. This impromptu, hand-held video -- shot at OSCON 2008 -- is, we believe, the first time the OSI board has been introduced to the public on-camera as a single body. We may have missed a member or two, but this is still a valuable introduction to the people who run OSI and how their meetings work.</p>

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crypt::random::source::base

Crypt::Random::Source::Base(3pm)			User Contributed Perl Documentation			  Crypt::Random::Source::Base(3pm)

NAME

       Crypt::Random::Source::Base - Abstract base class for Crypt::Random::Source classes

SYNOPSIS

	   use Moose;
	   extends qw(Crypt::Random::Source::Base);

DESCRIPTION

       This is an abstract base class.

       In the future it will be a role.

METHODS

   get $n, %args
       Gets $n random bytes and returns them as a string.

       This method may produce fatal errors if the source was unable to provide enough data.

   read $buf, $n, [ $off ]
       This method is cannibalized from IO::Scalar. It provides an IO::Handle work-alike.

       Note that subclasses override this to operate on a real handle directly if available.

   seed @stuff
       On supporting sources this method will add @stuff, whatever it may be, to the random seed.

       Some sources may not support this, so be careful.

   available
       This is a class method, such that when it returns true calling "new" without arguments on the class should provide a working source of
       random data.

       This is use by Crypt::Random::Source::Factory.

   rank
       This is a class method, with some futz value for a ranking, to help known good sources be tried before known bad (slower, less available)
       sources.

   get_data %Params
       Provided for compatibility with Crypt::Random

AUTHOR

	 Yuval Kogman <nothingmuch@woobling.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Yuval Kogman.

       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

perl v5.14.2							    2011-01-05					  Crypt::Random::Source::Base(3pm)