I am a student at the University of Illinois and I just finished a two-semester sequence on "Software Engineering" taught by (maybe this will ring some bells) Ralph Johnson, co-author of "Design Patterns".
We created a java based Music Sequencer for our project. One of the earlier assignment for the CS329 semester was to establish bug tracking and a revision control system. Johnson himself suggested the use of SourceForge, which I'm sure you all know requires a project to have some open source license. I assure you that probably everyone in the class that used SourceForge chose GPL.
Does this go against the policy of the University (we're encouraged to capitalize that)? I'm not sure. We were practically given consent by our prof and we even told him specifically that it was GPL'd. I'm still working on the project as are other group members. We even won a "software engineering award" from the University for the project. Unless I run into problems in the future, I'm gonna assume GPL is okay.
Ani Difrancoowns her label, Righteous Babe Records. I think there may be one or two other artists on it, but i can't say for sure. I looked through the list of RIAA members, and she's not on it.
Maybe the people who read/. wouldn't like her interesting mixture of folk music (with some punk mixed in), but the themes of freedom and anti-corporatism might touch a nerve (or Katz' nerve at least). I can say that i'm more than a fan tho (with two concerts under my belt).
She's just one example, but she's not completely unknown. Also, i don't know her stance on MP3 and Napster, but you can definitely buy her music during your boycott.
Lastly, let me shout a warning to those misogynists hanging around...
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Papers? I heard that Dell Dude has some of these he's looking to get rid of. Cheap too!
Wait, wrong kind of papers...
I am a student at the University of Illinois and I just finished a two-semester sequence on "Software Engineering" taught by (maybe this will ring some bells) Ralph Johnson, co-author of "Design Patterns".
We created a java based Music Sequencer for our project. One of the earlier assignment for the CS329 semester was to establish bug tracking and a revision control system. Johnson himself suggested the use of SourceForge, which I'm sure you all know requires a project to have some open source license. I assure you that probably everyone in the class that used SourceForge chose GPL.
Does this go against the policy of the University (we're encouraged to capitalize that)? I'm not sure. We were practically given consent by our prof and we even told him specifically that it was GPL'd. I'm still working on the project as are other group members. We even won a "software engineering award" from the University for the project. Unless I run into problems in the future, I'm gonna assume GPL is okay.
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Ani Difranco owns her label, Righteous Babe Records. I think there may be one or two other artists on it, but i can't say for sure. I looked through the list of RIAA members, and she's not on it.
/. wouldn't like her interesting mixture of folk music (with some punk mixed in), but the themes of freedom and anti-corporatism might touch a nerve (or Katz' nerve at least). I can say that i'm more than a fan tho (with two concerts under my belt).
Maybe the people who read
She's just one example, but she's not completely unknown. Also, i don't know her stance on MP3 and Napster, but you can definitely buy her music during your boycott.
Lastly, let me shout a warning to those misogynists hanging around...
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