Any subject matter that's close enough to infringe a patent AFTER it's been filed should be likewise close enough to count as prior art BEFORE it's filed.
The two standards for each point, whatsoever they may be, have to match, or you'll have predatory patents pulling the rug out from under established projects.
Again, if it's bad enough to infringe, it's also good enough to invalidate.
Most likely because username/password databases for both of them can't easily be merged and because google won't have a clue how to determine who is who on which site.
I think it's because of the Anonymous hack attacks turning Geohot into an unwilling scapegoat. Sony could bludgeon him pretty hard with trumped up felony hacking charges.
Interesting this settlement came so soon after the Anonymous attacks on Sony, and that the settlement "absolves geohot of wrongdoing"
I think what happened is that Sony's lawyers in the Hotz case got wind of the attack, and decided to blame it on Geohot and his jailbreak, and took a gamble that they could pin responsibility for it on him and get away with it.
With Hotz facing a whopping new batch of potential felony charges, it wouldn't be surprising to see him back down.
There is no way in hell Hotz backed down willingly. Sony had something very ugly on him, and I bet it's Anonymous letting Geohot assume the role of scapegoat.
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Any subject matter that's close enough to infringe a patent AFTER it's been filed should be likewise close enough to count as prior art BEFORE it's filed.
The two standards for each point, whatsoever they may be, have to match, or you'll have predatory patents pulling the rug out from under established projects.
Again, if it's bad enough to infringe, it's also good enough to invalidate.
Also, this is a hospital.
Wouldn't this also be a HIPAA violation?
It's not in the spirit of free software to mop up "free" code and turn around and slap it into a proprietary product.
It's like eating fruit without planting a seed.
The Civil Rights act says differently.
The issue isn't that politicians aren't stupid scum. They are.
The issue is that they are not actually the ones at the top controlling everything.
Most likely because username/password databases for both of them can't easily be merged and because google won't have a clue how to determine who is who on which site.
Cronyism will likely ensure that they will be practically immune from punishment.
Loaning a disc to a friend isn't infringement unless you use a private copy while it is in their possession, since a single copy is changing hands.
The problem with NATing one subset of devices that "doesn't need it" only puts ISPs in the position to dictate what devices "do" need it.
Even now, ISPs are using NAT as a backdoor to throttle P2P and choke home servers.
You'd think that Ring 0 hacks would constitute unlawful modification of the OS itself.
Where's Microsoft in this?
No no...
COMPELLED is the tag.
TRUTH is an attribute with the value of ON
The appropriate closing tag is COMPELLED, not TRUTH
Indeed, I think all Anonymous did was give more ammo to Sony.
And it backfired.
I think it's because of the Anonymous hack attacks turning Geohot into an unwilling scapegoat. Sony could bludgeon him pretty hard with trumped up felony hacking charges.
Interesting this settlement came so soon after the Anonymous attacks on Sony, and that the settlement "absolves geohot of wrongdoing"
I think what happened is that Sony's lawyers in the Hotz case got wind of the attack, and decided to blame it on Geohot and his jailbreak, and took a gamble that they could pin responsibility for it on him and get away with it.
With Hotz facing a whopping new batch of potential felony charges, it wouldn't be surprising to see him back down.
There is no way in hell Hotz backed down willingly. Sony had something very ugly on him, and I bet it's Anonymous letting Geohot assume the role of scapegoat.
That's called a citizen's arrest.
The problem with not being a cop is strict liability if you fuck it up.
He may well have a duress defense if he was blackmailed into it with threats of a bigger sentence.
Considering the version number though it gives a whole new meaning to the term EOL.
Unfortunately it was in a version of gnome that is now EOL.
I think that Groklaw might be watched well by the same corporate overlords in charge of sourceforge and slashdot, really.
Maybe even the EFF.
Simple.
If Toyota doesn't play ball Apple's way, Apple throws a tantrum and kicks Toyota out of its walled garden.
More like GP did worse and got AND and OR mixed up.
That's AND you moron.
Seriously, that sort of mistake is simply unforgivable on an news for nerds site.
Please hand in your geek card at the door.
Simple. Sue comodo for breach of warranty or something.
Actually this is good if it disrupts the microsecond arbitrage in Wall Street.
Which wouldn't really be all that bad of an idea.
We could have judges on the bench before corporate influences have an opportunity to corrupt them.
More importantly, they won't have any corporate payrolls on their history to contaminate their objectivity.
Let this slippery slope roll, because it lands at an oasis.