If there is enough evidence that says you did it, you have to prove that the evidence is incorrect. Yes, you are innocent until proven guilty, but enough circumstantial evidence can prove guilt incorrectly.
If nothing else, the investigation would land on your doorstep when they discovered that the weapon belongs to you. They'd subpoena your weapon, and it would be up to you to show evidence that you didn't kill the cashier, 'cause they already have evidence that you did.
The subpoenas are going to the owners of the computers, as these are the ones who can be found. From the article:
Since Boggs used her roommates' Internet account, the roommates' name and address were being turned over to music industry lawyers.
Your computer belongs to you. What happens with that computer is your responsibility. It should be apparent, but for some reason it isn't to most people.
At the point where they hire you to write MORE code, it is legally theirs, as they paid for it.
This depends on licensing terms. The company may purchase a license to use the software, and possibly a license to modify the software, while the developer still owns the copyright.
Now, if the developer is hired as an employee, the situation may be different; it still depends on the contents of the contract.
After all, as a mechanical engineer anything I develop while I work for a company they own.
Slight nitpick - anything you develop on company time belongs to them. Also, possibly anything related to the company's business. Your own projects, on your own time, still belong to you. This is where the currently existing code fits in this article; new code depends on the contract.
In addition, they want to hire me to further the development of the framework as well as participate in the development.
If the poster can make a satisfactory arrangement with the client WRT licensing, I think he already has this covered.
Remember, it is possible to make money with open-source software (or even free-as-in-beer software). Accept payment for implementation of specific features. You can continue to do the work you want, and others are free to add their own features (in open-source), and you can accept payment to add someone else's requests.
Of course, this depends on the software. Nobody will pay you to add features to a small script; however, since someone is already offering to pay for added features, it may be a viable business model for this project.
I say targeted because we have not yet selected a licensing model and placed the code in the public domain
If you actually put this in the public domain, you're screwed WRT the code already written. However, if you didn't explicitly put it in the PD, then your "natural" copyright protects you.
If it is in the PD, you should still be able to copyright new code. However, you may be limited in the licenses you use. For example, public domain is not GPL-compatible (it doesn't have the GPL's added restrictions in the name of freedom).
As others have mentioned, look into dual-licensing. Have a lawyer write up a contract and license for you - it may save you headaches later.
Re:$1550 just to use it? No thanks.
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If you are going to write software for a living, $1550 isn't even two weeks of pay.
Hmm...looks like a month's pay to me. Try to avoid false generalizations.
On a computer, there are many variations that need to be supported. The programmer has no idea what hardware you have, what apps are running in the background, etc. All of these can have a detrimental effect on your gaming experience.
Consoles, however, should be identical. The X-Box they test on is exactly the same as the X-Box that you play it on. This means that they should be able to test much more for console games than for computer games. There is no excuse for this trend.
My understanding, after reading the article, is that NVidia doesn't play nice with Half-Life 2. HL2, when in full-screen anti-aliasing mode, triggers bugs in some video cards. ATI is able to work around these bugs (driver upgrade?), while NVidia seems to be either unable or unwilling to do so.
The original post also said that plug-ins were inconvenient.
However, the article mentioned Flash and Java, both of which require plugins.
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If you consider it that way. However I'd consider a 'blogger to be someone who has their own weblog, usually about themselves and their own lives. You could possibly include those users with journals as bloggers, but not most of the regular, read-the-article (or at least the writeup)-and-comment users.
Unfortunately, it looks like they are canceling it to focus on the use of the same technology in the warehouses and distribution centers instead
So, you don't want them to track large boxes of product? It's not like these can be used to track them to the eventual purchaser. They use these for inventory control on bulk items. They can track it to the store, to ensure that the store gets what they requested. The store can scan them, so they can be sure they have what they need. Then, they take them out of the RFID-enabled box, and onto the shelves. No RFID for the individual items.
Then how would people find it? It's a catch-22 situation for these guys - either say what it is, and have it filtered, or don't say what it is, and don't let anybody find it.
Why should a company be forced to include a competitors product with their own?
Maybe we should ask Microsoft why they felt that IBM, who was working with Linux, should be required to ship Windows, a competing product, with their systems?
No, I've never been prosecuted. I didn't advocate people turning themselves in. However, if I did get caught doing something illegal, I wouldn't expect any sympathy, just as I have no sympathy for those who have been caught.
I have no sympathy for those who are sued (assuming reasonable penalties). They break the law, they get caught, they get punished. I don't see anything wrong with that.
He had to install OpenOffice *himself* before Mom got on.
I had to install MS office *myself* before I used it on my home computer. He wanted a fast test - he didn't want Mom to have to go to install, then wait forever for OpenOffice to download, then install any dependencies. Instead, he sat his mother down in front of a fully-configured computer. This is the same situation you'd have with a regular Windows machine. Someone (maybe the OEM) installs Office, users use it.
He had to prompt Mom, after waiting for her to find MS Office, that she should be looking for something else.
This is exactly my point. She assumed it worked the same as Windows, and so looked for Windows software. This is where mindshare comes in.
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Here in Canada, you'd probably get careless storage of a firearm.
If nothing else, the investigation would land on your doorstep when they discovered that the weapon belongs to you. They'd subpoena your weapon, and it would be up to you to show evidence that you didn't kill the cashier, 'cause they already have evidence that you did.
I don't have any details, but AFAIR, these clauses are unenforcable. But IANAL, so ask before you sign.
In most cases, I'd agree with you. In this case, however, it looks like the company came to him; that can be a rather large lever in negotiations.
Now, if the developer is hired as an employee, the situation may be different; it still depends on the contents of the contract.
Slight nitpick - anything you develop on company time belongs to them. Also, possibly anything related to the company's business. Your own projects, on your own time, still belong to you. This is where the currently existing code fits in this article; new code depends on the contract.Remember, it is possible to make money with open-source software (or even free-as-in-beer software). Accept payment for implementation of specific features. You can continue to do the work you want, and others are free to add their own features (in open-source), and you can accept payment to add someone else's requests.
Of course, this depends on the software. Nobody will pay you to add features to a small script; however, since someone is already offering to pay for added features, it may be a viable business model for this project.
If it is in the PD, you should still be able to copyright new code. However, you may be limited in the licenses you use. For example, public domain is not GPL-compatible (it doesn't have the GPL's added restrictions in the name of freedom).
As others have mentioned, look into dual-licensing. Have a lawyer write up a contract and license for you - it may save you headaches later.
Hmm...looks like a month's pay to me. Try to avoid false generalizations.
Consoles, however, should be identical. The X-Box they test on is exactly the same as the X-Box that you play it on. This means that they should be able to test much more for console games than for computer games. There is no excuse for this trend.
My understanding, after reading the article, is that NVidia doesn't play nice with Half-Life 2. HL2, when in full-screen anti-aliasing mode, triggers bugs in some video cards. ATI is able to work around these bugs (driver upgrade?), while NVidia seems to be either unable or unwilling to do so.
If you consider it that way. However I'd consider a 'blogger to be someone who has their own weblog, usually about themselves and their own lives. You could possibly include those users with journals as bloggers, but not most of the regular, read-the-article (or at least the writeup)-and-comment users.
What's wrong with this?
Er...where do you get that idea from? 3.5 is a replacement to 3.0. The shows the differences between the two; you don't need 3.0 in order to use 3.5.
Then how would people find it? It's a catch-22 situation for these guys - either say what it is, and have it filtered, or don't say what it is, and don't let anybody find it.
Move to the beginning of the word, then either 'dw' for cut or 'yw' for copy, then go to the new location and 'p'.
No, I've never been prosecuted. I didn't advocate people turning themselves in. However, if I did get caught doing something illegal, I wouldn't expect any sympathy, just as I have no sympathy for those who have been caught.
That would, of course, be where "reasonable penalties" comes in.
Why is this "stuff that matters"?
- People will now wonder why the interface is different, and complain.
- People will think that MS software works on their machine, and try to install the latest version. This will fail, people will complain.
- Microsoft will notice this. Their lawyers will complain.
I don't think this is what we need.