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Moglen On Enforcing The GPL
jdavidb writes: "The GNU Project has a new essay today by Eben Moglen, general legal counsel for GNU, about enforcing the GPL. People ranting about the GPL not holding up in court should read this. Very interesting, but I felt that this paragraph looked bad: 'In such situations we work with organizations to establish GPL-compliance programs within their enterprises, led by senior managers who report to us, and directly to their enterprises' managing boards, regularly.' I'm all for the GPL, but this sounds suspiciously like an Software Publishers' Association audit. On the other hand, circumstances of something like this would be completely different, i.e., illegally taking copyright privileges over software you didn't write, as opposed to illegally copying software." Actually, I also think they sound alike in certain ways, but that it makes sense -- since both are about unauthorized reproduction of software. I like the FSF's terms a lot more. Update: 09/18 19:53 PM GMT by T : As Dr. Nonsense points out, davidb "probably meant the dreaded audits by the Business Software Alliance," rather than the SPA.
PATRIOTISM, n. 1) The inability to distinguish between the government and one's "country"; 2) A highly praiseworthy virtue characterized by the desire to dominate and kill; 3) A feeling of exultation experienced when contemplating heaps of charred "enemy" corpses; 4) The first, last, and perennial refuge of scoundrels.
PATRIOT, n. A dangerous tool of the powers that be. A herd member who compensates for lack of self-respect by indentifying with an abstraction. An enemy of individual freedom. A fancier of the rich, satisfying flavor of boot leather.
am i the winner...could it be. I can only hope.
What would the US do if, after expending (m/b)illions of dollars on hunting and destroying bin Laden, this whole thing turns out to not be his fault. Sure, it looks pretty obvious at this point and increasingly so as the evidence mounts, but what if it were China or your good buddies in Iraq who have engineered this so as to shift the blame to a person everyone expects to be guilty? It wouldn't be rocket science for a country to plant evidence that points toward someone that is liked by few anyway. So, which of the following feelings would be most present in Americans if the WTC attack turns out to be someone else's fault:
1) Jesus Christ, we just killed a guy (and probably a nation) that, although is responsible for some other terrorist activities, was actually innocent of the crime for which he died. This was wrong, wrong, wrong and is a serious black-eye for the US.
2) Meh, he deserved it anyway. It just saved us from having to hunt him down at a later time.
3) Some other explanation.
Frankly, most of the outside world fully expects number 2 to be the obvious choice based on the undeniably bloated US ego, but I thought it would be nice to get a point of view from actual Americans. While it's difficult to fault the knee-jerk "blow them up" responses due to what has happened, isn't one of the hallmark US philosophies that one is innocent until proven guilty? That's not to mention the vast piles of cash that may be required to flush him out to begin with.
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The Sierra Club, America's oldest green group has abruptly turned off its campaign against the anti-environmental program of the Bush administration cuz they suck.
live wild or die.
Do nothing. Let them kill anyone and everyone. There, are all you peace queers happy now?
the anarchist beat you.
its because we anarchists orginize and take down the rich.
It can actually sense what you are about to post.
You seem like a confused young man. Hopefully you will get past this phase without hurting yourself.