Hmm....It sure seems like there are a whole lot of jealous people lurking around here on SlashDot. Techies and Techie-wannabes alike should be very, very happy that this has happened to Slashdot, as it is incentive to other people to come up with good ideas and be rewarded. I have been put in a situation much like CmdrTaco, from hobbyist freeware to salary+equity...its a sweet deal, and I hope others have the same chance to luck into something which allows them to be paid to do what they want to do.
If we evaluated all movies based on how beleivable they were, George Lucas would not be still milking Star Wars, and there wouldn't be 4 diffrent Star Trek series'.
I think that the most obvious point to consider is that the Linux community is not worried about losing face. If there is a problem, it needs only fixing, not fixing + PR Damage Control.
Hmm...well, how do we make any money if anyone has the right to just take our stuff and use it? If everyone does this, then if we want to do things like eat...we would have to have a kind of gov't system which makes sure everyone has the necessities. I know...its a slippery slope argument, but our economy is based on trade secrets. M$, as evil as they are, did not become rich by sharing their work.
When they initially purchase them, they pay more than the initial price...sort of a licensing fee. The video store down the road here charges $CAD90 if you lose the video..they have special markings and stuff on the cassettes to know if you are ripping them off.
It is still theft. What you are stealing is not something physically tangible, but it is still someone's intellectual property. If we don't respect intellectual property, we might as well abolish all private property and become communists. Many of us don't like this idea.
These lechers are really giving the internet a bad name. I wonder what regulation could be used without infringing upon freedom of speech? Maybe if we ever stop bombing europe we could address this =]
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Hmm....It sure seems like there are a whole lot of jealous people lurking around here on SlashDot. Techies and Techie-wannabes alike should be very, very happy that this has happened to Slashdot, as it is incentive to other people to come up with good ideas and be rewarded. I have been put in a situation much like CmdrTaco, from hobbyist freeware to salary+equity...its a sweet deal, and I hope others have the same chance to luck into something which allows them to be paid to do what they want to do.
..I even saw iMac-alike CD racks, and other related accessories.
If we evaluated all movies based on how beleivable they were, George Lucas would not be still milking Star Wars, and there wouldn't be 4 diffrent Star Trek series'.
I would like a semi-transparent, all black case. That would be spiffish.
I think that the most obvious point to consider is that the Linux community is not worried about losing face. If there is a problem, it needs only fixing, not fixing + PR Damage Control.
Hmm...well, how do we make any money if anyone has the right to just take our stuff and use it? If everyone does this, then if we want to do things like eat...we would have to have a kind of gov't system which makes sure everyone has the necessities. I know...its a slippery slope argument, but our economy is based on trade secrets. M$, as evil as they are, did not become rich by sharing their work.
Track 08 - Rob Zombie - Dragula (Hotrod Herman Remix) ;]
When they initially purchase them, they pay more than the initial price...sort of a licensing fee. The video store down the road here charges $CAD90 if you lose the video..they have special markings and stuff on the cassettes to know if you are ripping them off.
I suppose that you think Blockbuster pays $15 bucks for a movie that they rent too, right? try $90 or more each. Rental shops pay to play.
It is still theft. What you are stealing is not something physically tangible, but it is still someone's intellectual property. If we don't respect intellectual property, we might as well abolish all private property and become communists. Many of us don't like this idea.
These lechers are really giving the internet a bad name. I wonder what regulation could be used without infringing upon freedom of speech? Maybe if we ever stop bombing europe we could address this =]