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Windows XP EULA Compared to GPL
cranos writes "The Sydney Morning Herald is running an article comparing the XP EULA to the GPL. Basically it's just reinforcing what we already knew but it could be a nice little piece to show your PHB next time."
to something like this:
GPL: "Do what you want with it, but give credit where credit is due"
MS: "You have no rights. All your base belong to us."
So rise up, all ye lost ones, as one, we'll claw the clouds.
"Voila! Apples are different from Oranges" said American Agricultural Research magazine today.
.ACMD setaloiv siht gnidaeR
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(To keep the Australian flavour)
In other news today an Australian newspaper compared huge man-eating white sharks with soft, nice furry koalas.
The short version: Koalas are nicer (despite their sharp little teeths).
Sorry... Could not resist... =)
The right to offend is far more important than the right not to be offended. (Rowan Atkinson)
We compare and contrast an ass-reaming with a splintered baseball bat with a blowjob from a Playboy model...
Offtopic, but what does "Study puts paid to common myth" mean? Is that Australianese?
with Patriot Act III, they won't knock, they'll have the right to *bomb* you immediately!
.. That you never need to astalavista keygens for GPL software.
exactly!
and if you ever use a GPL software, YOU are GPL'ed as well!!
DO NOT USE GPL SOFTWARE, IT IS EVIL!!
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There is only the skcula (scottk kc user license agreement) which means if you don't do what they say they will 'skcula' fsck you.
His "article" on Mono, for instance. [smh.com.au]
Man, mono sucks, I dunno what your problem is. First time I tried it, I got it from my girlfriend, and I couldn't even get out of bed for a week. Damned doctor had to run all kinds of tests on me. I tell ya, I don't ever want to try using mono again.
If this guy says .NET is worse than mono, that's pretty bad. I don't know what this .NET thing is, but it sounds like plague or polio or something.
>>The only thing I could come up with was "Player's Handbook"
>Hang your head in shame!! You call yourself a geek??
Someone who knows the AD&D reference but misses the business reference? I'd let him keep the geek status....
+++ UGUCAUCGUAUUUCU
As a law student, I certainly have read the entire document. How can you accuse anyone of blowing smoke up asses when you read Slashdot, king of said practice.
Ballmer: A file server? What is it?
Gates: It's a network attached computer with files on it. But that's not important. We need to increase profits.
Someone needs to write the definitive GEULA. (or should that be GNEULA?)
Though it would be essentially redundant, I guess our GNEULA could look like this:
#1 - Please read up on Copyright law to learn what you are able to do with this software. This is basically your distribution/fair-use rights. We could have written the law text here, but since the gov't has done it already we figure we'll save our breath.
#2 - Read our included LICENSE.GPL, LICENSE.BSD, or other file to learn about the additional freedoms you have.
#3 - Instead of Yes/No, there is only an 'OK' button. This is because you have to accept Copyright law (it is not a question), and we don't care if you accept #2 or not (if you don't want your extra freedoms, no harm to us).
But turds are the industry standard. Besides, a billion flies can't be wrong...
Ita erat quando hic adveni.
GPL: My program is finished! You can take my baby and do whatever you want with it!
MS EULA: You use our program and your first born baby belongs to us.