This is a sign of things to come, as several people have pointed out. Being in the early stages of designing my own linux distribution, issues like this will certainly come up. What may be nescasary is a conference where advocates of the various open source licenses come together to work out their differences. Perhaps creat a definition, and put clauses in each of the licenses that say "This software may be linked to software with licenses conforming to Open Source Definition and the following other licenses... (insert other linkable licenses)"
This would allow more cooperation between BSD, GPL, MPL, etc. without requiring everyone to use the same license. So long as the licenses conform to some general guidelines, which would be determined by a commitee of the people controlling all of the various OSS licenses, it could be linked to other licenses. This would also allow people to use their own licenses if needed without causing the problems that can cause today.
This system has the potential to be a great tool for system administrators. With many schools having over 1,000 students they need as many tools as possible to determine who is a potential threat to themselves and others. However, this system must not be allowed to make the decisions for the administration. Any school that gets this system, their administration better have the authority and will to overrule any and all judgements made by it. Otherwise it will become a mockery of its intended purpose. But with that authority and the willingness to use it, Mosaic will probably help in cutting school violence, as administrations will be able to track down the few kooks out of their hundereds of students alot faster.
The.org domain is intended for noncommercial ventures. If Slashdot was meant to be a profit making venture, the proper domain would be.com, or maybe.net. If there are no laws preventing a profit making site from.org, there should be. As for microsoft, its fine for them to set up.org sites, for purposes of Msoft sponsored charitys, research ventures shared by the community(propritary research should be.com) and other similar sites. The.org domain is meant for nonprofit use. If it is abused, that does not change its intended purpose.
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This is a sign of things to come, as several people have pointed out. Being in the early stages of designing my own linux distribution, issues like this will certainly come up. What may be nescasary is a conference where advocates of the various open source licenses come together to work out their differences. Perhaps creat a definition, and put clauses in each of the licenses that say "This software may be linked to software with licenses conforming to Open Source Definition and the following other licenses... (insert other linkable licenses)"
This would allow more cooperation between BSD, GPL, MPL, etc. without requiring everyone to use the same license. So long as the licenses conform to some general guidelines, which would be determined by a commitee of the people controlling all of the various OSS licenses, it could be linked to other licenses. This would also allow people to use their own licenses if needed without causing the problems that can cause today.
You are right there. Next time I will be more careful exactly how I state things.
This system has the potential to be a great tool for system administrators. With many schools having over 1,000 students they need as many tools as possible to determine who is a potential threat to themselves and others. However, this system must not be allowed to make the decisions for the administration. Any school that gets this system, their administration better have the authority and will to overrule any and all judgements made by it. Otherwise it will become a mockery of its intended purpose. But with that authority and the willingness to use it, Mosaic will probably help in cutting school violence, as administrations will be able to track down the few kooks out of their hundereds of students alot faster.
The .org domain is intended for noncommercial ventures. If Slashdot was meant to be a profit making venture, the proper domain would be .com, or maybe .net. If there are no laws preventing a profit making site from .org, there should be. As for microsoft, its fine for them to set up .org sites, for purposes of Msoft sponsored charitys, research ventures shared by the community(propritary research should be .com) and other similar sites. The .org domain is meant for nonprofit use. If it is abused, that does not change its intended purpose.