As for user-space code, I see no reason why using it should be seen as a breach of the spirit of the GPL. They're not using any pre-existing GPL'd code, so there's no problem. I would say that's pretty clear-cut.
Even if they made no changes, they still have to provide a copy of the GPL itself, and tell the user where they can obtain the source.
As for "legal ways of circumventing the GPL", I've seen plenty of people spout this line, but never seen any of them produce an actual legal loophole in the GPL. I'd bet that you're no different.
ESR's been doing this for years - ever since he took over maintenance of the Jargon File, he's been adding crap definitions that exist only to push his views.
That's why I treasure my original copy of the GLS-edited Hacker's Dictionary...
Oh for God's sake, RTFA. They state several times that the problem is that the machines can reach a state where there is no winning option with a two-way choice - obviously illegal.
RNG seeding should be done from a source that changes over time - the classic is the internal clock. However, that's not the problem. What you (and several other posters) have missed is that according to the article, there are situations where, no matter what the user does, only a losing result is possible. This is most definitely illegal in most countries - it's be like making a bet on a blackjack table where the next card is guaranteed to bust you.
Try coming over to Japan some time. If there weren't rules about where you can and cannot walk, etc., parks would quickly be denuded by the sheer traffic. Some of these places get more people through in a weekend than Grand Central Station.
Well, since I dare say China probably has no intention of providing positioning information to anyone outside of China, three satellites is almost certainly sufficient to provide GPS-like functionality within Chinese borders.
That's the result of confusion on the part of the journalist. On her site, Katy Johnson says that she was "Miss Vermont 1999" and "Miss Vermont USA 2001". Obviously, the journalist didn't realize that they're actually two different titles.
Not "house". The kanji taku when used in combination with other characters means house (takuhai, jitaku, etc.), but the word otaku is a formal pronoun meaning "you". That's how it came to have its current meaning - the group of people who came to be called otaku used it when talking to each other.
WoT too complicated? Puh-LEEZE. It's just long, not complicated. A three-year-old could keep track of his plot development - the question is, does anybody care what Jordan does with the series anymore?
No, your memory isn't rusty. Jordan really can't write his way out of a wet paper bag, even if it was made out of toilet paper.
I agree with large chunks of your list, although as most of them are reasonably well-known, I don't need to add anything to your summary, other than that yes, Michael Shea's stuff is good. He doesn't take himself too seriously and the Nifft stories are wonderful yarns.
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I wasn't being snide - more realistic ;)
As for user-space code, I see no reason why using it should be seen as a breach of the spirit of the GPL. They're not using any pre-existing GPL'd code, so there's no problem. I would say that's pretty clear-cut.
And the use of Linux benefits people other than Linksys how?
Circumventing the intent == circumventing the license itself. Please specify how you consider these to be different.
What, exactly, was Linksys releasing for free?
I call bullshit.
Even if they made no changes, they still have to provide a copy of the GPL itself, and tell the user where they can obtain the source.
As for "legal ways of circumventing the GPL", I've seen plenty of people spout this line, but never seen any of them produce an actual legal loophole in the GPL. I'd bet that you're no different.
ESR's been doing this for years - ever since he took over maintenance of the Jargon File, he's been adding crap definitions that exist only to push his views.
That's why I treasure my original copy of the GLS-edited Hacker's Dictionary...
LOL...
Your parent did indeed misspell it, but your post was unintentionally funny - seeing as how 'weta' is a New Zealand word...
Unfortunately, it doesn't use any other known language either.
find -name "*.[ch]" | xargs wc -l
Where's my billion dollars?
Going FreeBSD for the web box, Oracle and Linux for the application server, and Windows for the file servers, just isn't piratical.
;^)
Depends on where you got that copy of Windows, doesn't it?
(And yes, I know you meant 'practical'.)
Oh for God's sake, RTFA. They state several times that the problem is that the machines can reach a state where there is no winning option with a two-way choice - obviously illegal.
RNG seeding should be done from a source that changes over time - the classic is the internal clock.
However, that's not the problem. What you (and several other posters) have missed is that according to the article, there are situations where, no matter what the user does, only a losing result is possible. This is most definitely illegal in most countries - it's be like making a bet on a blackjack table where the next card is guaranteed to bust you.
Try coming over to Japan some time. If there weren't rules about where you can and cannot walk, etc., parks would quickly be denuded by the sheer traffic. Some of these places get more people through in a weekend than Grand Central Station.
Well, since I dare say China probably has no intention of providing positioning information to anyone outside of China, three satellites is almost certainly sufficient to provide GPS-like functionality within Chinese borders.
1054626160 timestamp
Yep, looks like it (time from the Unix epoch).
1054630291 timestamp?
Don't think so... depends on when you grabbed this capture, but I'd say it's more likely to be a session timeout of some kind.
1044120269 login time?
This is approximately 121 days prior to the two previous times, so I'd say not. Build time of the binary?
Didn't you know? In the proprietary software world, 0.2 IS 2.0 - hell, if it compiles, it's shippable!
That's the result of confusion on the part of the journalist. On her site, Katy Johnson says that she was "Miss Vermont 1999" and "Miss Vermont USA 2001". Obviously, the journalist didn't realize that they're actually two different titles.
Not "house". The kanji taku when used in combination with other characters means house (takuhai, jitaku, etc.), but the word otaku is a formal pronoun meaning "you". That's how it came to have its current meaning - the group of people who came to be called otaku used it when talking to each other.
WoT too complicated? Puh-LEEZE. It's just long, not complicated. A three-year-old could keep track of his plot development - the question is, does anybody care what Jordan does with the series anymore?
No, your memory isn't rusty. Jordan really can't write his way out of a wet paper bag, even if it was made out of toilet paper.
I agree with large chunks of your list, although as most of them are reasonably well-known, I don't need to add anything to your summary, other than that yes, Michael Shea's stuff is good. He doesn't take himself too seriously and the Nifft stories are wonderful yarns.
I wouldn't call Songs of Fire and Ice sappy... any series that has the mortality rate of that one rates as pretty non-sappy in my book.
You know that Tolkien considered LotR to have been too short? I agree with him, actually.
That's what I'm talking about - currently, Google is the only way to find torrents, and it simply isn't fast enough at updating.
Nah, puresute is just another Japanese contraction - puresuteshon = puresute. 99% of the people using it don't consider it to be derogatory.