Um, actually, music doesn't come with a license. You're violating copyright law if you distribute it for free.
People giving out GPL binaries without the source are violating the General Public Licence, and, if they manage to knock the GPL down, they'll have no license at all to distribute it, so if they continue to do so, they will be violating copyright law at that point.
Yes, but if you don't sign, then you have to assume that normal copyright law holds, which means you can do whatever you want to your copy, but cannot distribute it. Just like a book. The GPL, contrary to what people think, only gives rights, i.e., the right to distribute copywritten material, it takes none away. (And, yes, BSD gives more, and public domain gives even more.)
Getting to keep is not the same as getting to give it away. Everyone who's downloaded GPL software would basically be allowed to run it, and maybe even modify it. They couldn't give it away in any format, though.
It really amazes me that people rate the book so high...or it would if I had not done so at one time. I first read this book when I was 15. I stuggled though it, and was proud of myself. I thought it was a pretty good book.
I recently (a year ago, I was 20) sat down in a library and started reading this book again. I stopped about page 75, an hour later, and said 'What a stupidly slow book.' and put it back on the shelves.
I realized what I had 'liked' about his book was the fact I actually managed to read such a fucking long and drawn out book, the 'War and Peace' (lengthwise) of sci-fi. The pride I felt at reading the book had gotten linked with the book itself, when, in reality, it was the dumbest book ever. I also have discovered the same thing about the 'Mission: Earth' books...although those are okay if you skim past the stupid Scientology messages, like the pschyologist bashing, and the brain modifications, and the 'spying on everyone' paranoia, as they actually have a somewhat cool plot. Battlefield Earth has a cool plot, maybe, but you'll never find it in all the crap that book has in it.
Oh, and there is no way it is an 'epic'. Lord of the Rings is an epic. Star Wars is an epic. Gone with the Wind is an epic. Battlefield Earth is a way too fucking long book, filled with irrelevent details.
Personally, I always thought the book was (length of book - 200) pages too long. I mean, damn, that thing was long. Talk about getting bogged down in technical details. Heinlein manages to tell someone's entire life story in 350 pages. If this was a Heinlein story, it would be a short story, or a novelette at most. And Clarke, while he sometimes got a little descriptive with details, at least had interesting stories behind them. I have a feeling if Elron had described Rama, we would have about 800 pages talking about people walking from one end to the other, and in 2001 Dave would have had a very very long and drawn out four chapters right after he said 'My God, it's full of stars!' where he learns to communicate with the monolith.
Here's a clue for all aspiring sci-fi writers: If you have a magical 'teaching device', just use the damned thing. We're willing to accept alien race X has a way of teaching humans, but we don't need to watch it work! Again and again and again!
Um...send troups by train? That's really, really clever, except the fact they'd have problems getting though customs. Plus, one well placed bomb could render the French very wet.
I want to start a country, and claim my waters extend 10,000 km. Assuming I remember right, that should be almost the entire world. Does anyone find it extremely stupid a country can just claim waters? Shouldn't they have to either occupy the waters, like they do with land, or else get allocated, say, 5 miles, period, for each country?
This idea is little more than a few people's idea to avoid having to follow laws or respect intellectual property rights. While many may not agree with the current laws, it is not right to abandon them simply for one's own personal gain.
What laws, exactly, are being broken here? NONE! DUH! If Sealand votes the intellectual property doesn't exist, then it doesn't exist in Sealand. You, on the other hand, when you speak of 'stopping' this, are talking about the invasion of a country, something that is an act of war, and definately illegal in the country you are invading...
I finally figured out this 'quantum leap' thing. A quantum leap may be small, but it is also a leap. One of the few times you'll ever say 'This ws here, then it was there, taking no space in between.'
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Guess I wasn't paying enough attention. :)
-David T. C.
Yes, Apache's site got hacked...by the FTP server. And, AFAIK, Apache is still the most used HTTP server software.
-David T. C.
I think I speak for all of us when I say 'Can I have some of what you're smoking?'
You know what I hate about the Disney channel? It makes me pay for watching movies I created, like the Little Mermaid, and Snow White...
-David T. C.
People giving out GPL binaries without the source are violating the General Public Licence, and, if they manage to knock the GPL down, they'll have no license at all to distribute it, so if they continue to do so, they will be violating copyright law at that point.
-David T. C.
While I am a fan of the GPL over BSD, even I have to admit that BSD culture created the internet.
-David T. C.
Yes, but if you don't sign, then you have to assume that normal copyright law holds, which means you can do whatever you want to your copy, but cannot distribute it. Just like a book. The GPL, contrary to what people think, only gives rights, i.e., the right to distribute copywritten material, it takes none away. (And, yes, BSD gives more, and public domain gives even more.)
-David T. C.
Getting to keep is not the same as getting to give it away. Everyone who's downloaded GPL software would basically be allowed to run it, and maybe even modify it. They couldn't give it away in any format, though.
-David T. C.
Why would they want to embrace something as antiquated as a free Unix clone?
The word you're looking for is 'trollishly', not 'rhetorically'.
-David T. C.
You drive 20 miles to work?!? WTF? Here in Atlanta we drive 60 miles to work, and, no, I am not making that up. If only they'd extend MARTA...morons.
-David T. C.
Nononono, you put the smooth pieces over it.
-David T. C.
This is not the real DavidTC!
-David T. C.
I read it. I know it wasn't. :)
-David T. C.
I recently (a year ago, I was 20) sat down in a library and started reading this book again. I stopped about page 75, an hour later, and said 'What a stupidly slow book.' and put it back on the shelves.
I realized what I had 'liked' about his book was the fact I actually managed to read such a fucking long and drawn out book, the 'War and Peace' (lengthwise) of sci-fi. The pride I felt at reading the book had gotten linked with the book itself, when, in reality, it was the dumbest book ever. I also have discovered the same thing about the 'Mission: Earth' books...although those are okay if you skim past the stupid Scientology messages, like the pschyologist bashing, and the brain modifications, and the 'spying on everyone' paranoia, as they actually have a somewhat cool plot. Battlefield Earth has a cool plot, maybe, but you'll never find it in all the crap that book has in it.
Oh, and there is no way it is an 'epic'. Lord of the Rings is an epic. Star Wars is an epic. Gone with the Wind is an epic. Battlefield Earth is a way too fucking long book, filled with irrelevent details.
-David T. C.
Now, let's not exagerate. It was only about 1000 pages. It might have seemed like a few years, but it probably was only a few weeks. ;)
-David T. C.
Sorry, I have to take issue with assumption number 1. :)
-David T. C.
...thus making the sequel easier. Nope, not a winner. :)
-David T. C.
How old were you when you read this book? If you were under 16, and that was more then three years ago...go back and read it again, if you can.
-David T. C.
Here's a clue for all aspiring sci-fi writers: If you have a magical 'teaching device', just use the damned thing. We're willing to accept alien race X has a way of teaching humans, but we don't need to watch it work! Again and again and again!
-David T. C.
It's not very bad, it's just not as good as the first.
-David T. C.
Yes, but they haven't charged him with it.
-David T. C.
I'm glad you feel we should be using more black people, though. :) What jobs, exactly, do you feel there are not enough black people in? :)
Next time you post racist tripe, put the phrase 'the word' after 'Please use', and before that other one.
-David T. C.
Um...send troups by train? That's really, really clever, except the fact they'd have problems getting though customs. Plus, one well placed bomb could render the French very wet.
-David T. C.
I want to start a country, and claim my waters extend 10,000 km. Assuming I remember right, that should be almost the entire world. Does anyone find it extremely stupid a country can just claim waters? Shouldn't they have to either occupy the waters, like they do with land, or else get allocated, say, 5 miles, period, for each country?
-David T. C.
What laws, exactly, are being broken here? NONE! DUH! If Sealand votes the intellectual property doesn't exist, then it doesn't exist in Sealand. You, on the other hand, when you speak of 'stopping' this, are talking about the invasion of a country, something that is an act of war, and definately illegal in the country you are invading...
Looks to me like you're the criminal here.
-David T. C.
Of course, it's probably really from the TV show.
-David T. C.