With a free license, you don't need to read it. The point of a free software license is that all it does is remove certain copyright restrictions from you. So, if you just use the software, and don't redistribute or modify it, there is no need to read the license as the use is subject to normal copyright law.
Of course you need to read it. How will you know if its a free license or not, or who's definition of free it adheres to ? What does free for non-commercial use mean ? does it mean I can't use it at work or that i can't use it to make money ? You need to read the license. Thats where the answers are.
The GPL says that the users of the software have should access to the source code. If you dont have the software you are not entitled to the source. How many people understand that ?
I accept your point about not accepting the GPL, but if you dont read it how can you be sure that you are entitled to use the software and that you have obtained it legally ?
As a side note, I'm not sure that the Debian Free Software Guidelines are actually released under the Debian Free Software Guidelines. Look at this part:
Other organizations may derive from and build on this document.
Please give credit to the Debian project if you do.
It allows organisations to modify the document and requests that they give credit. Surely that contradicts item 6 "No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor" ? Just a thought.
There is no constitutional amendment for "privacy" and although it's a nice thing to have, no society *ever* has had the level of privacy that some of you privacy fanatics want.
It is important to understand not only why privacy is important but also what you are entitled to under the law. A few hints can be found here:
Privacy and Human Rights
Actually arent most Windows machines pre-installed by the vendor ? The few that install Windows themselves could handle a Linux install too if they cared to try.
this page says that the appearance of the flare depends on the kind of camera that produced it. So if you want to simulate a flare the first question should be "what type of camera am I trying to simulate?"
I'm pretty sure you are talking about vbscript, correct me if I'm wrong. A buffer overflow is generally used to elevate privileges on an os. It seems that usually any process you can get to run on a windows machine has the highest privileges available. You dont need to break out of the scripting language if it allows you to act like a nimda worm.
On the other hand, we have Java, which trades convenience for security. Sure, it's easy to get started coding in Java, but heaven help you if you want to distribute a Java-based application to everyday (non-hacker) computer users..
GCC compiles Java. Im sure other compilers do too. Dont confuse the language with the virtual machine. A Java-written program can be distributed in binary format in an rpm, deb, or zip file. We are no longer limited to java applets running in our browsers virtual machines. We no longer limited to running Java applications in a sandbox.
So if you feel that java (the language) protects you from making mistakes, then by all means use it, but dont think you are limited to producing crappy effects on a web page.
But do have a look at Haskell too.
That page says that wdm.h is a subset of ntddk.h, not that the functions named in those headers dont behave completely differently on different windows platforms.
You didnt read the WDM Versions section did you ?
That's the problem isnt it. Its always windows first. If the game is really popular and makes the publisher rich, they wont need to bother with that linux version at all.
Ive taken to shunning windows games completely. I dont want to run windows at home, so I dont look at windows games. I've still not seen Black & White, and I refuse to look at Max Payne. Id rather not be tempted.
When my windows friends are raving about their latest game, I say "Fancy a game of Urban Terror, or BZFlag ?" That seems to work.
Korelib is released under the GPL. You actively encourage contibution to this project from the community.
How do you maintain the copyright if not all of the code is your own ?
Do you expect contributions to be submitted in terms other than the GPL ?
How can you use community modified versions of Korelib in a commercial product like Kapital ?
you still got dependecies problems- both in Redhat, in SuSE
I notice you left out debian. You seem to recognise that the problem is not with gnucash but with your package manager. Perhaps you should be using debian if you cant handle the dependancy problems. I apt-got it just fine.
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I like the GPLFarm idea. If it takes off one day I could make a living writing apps for the farm..
and if the chip includes writable memory, to even record its own history.
Like an automated version of the Doshtracker then ?
With a free license, you don't need to read it. The point of a free software license is that all it does is remove certain copyright restrictions from you. So, if you just use the software, and don't redistribute or modify it, there is no need to read the license as the use is subject to normal copyright law.
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Of course you need to read it. How will you know if its a free license or not, or who's definition of free it adheres to ? What does free for non-commercial use mean ? does it mean I can't use it at work or that i can't use it to make money ? You need to read the license. Thats where the answers are.
The GPL says that the users of the software have should access to the source code. If you dont have the software you are not entitled to the source. How many people understand that ?
I accept your point about not accepting the GPL, but if you dont read it how can you be sure that you are entitled to use the software and that you have obtained it legally ?
As a side note, I'm not sure that the Debian Free Software Guidelines are actually released under the Debian Free Software Guidelines. Look at this part
Other organizations may derive from and build on this document. Please give credit to the Debian project if you do.
It allows organisations to modify the document and requests that they give credit. Surely that contradicts item 6 "No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor" ?
Just a thought.
Look here
There is no constitutional amendment for "privacy" and although it's a nice thing to have, no society *ever* has had the level of privacy that some of you privacy fanatics want.
It is important to understand not only why privacy is important but also what you are entitled to under the law.
A few hints can be found here:
Privacy and Human Rights
Actually arent most Windows machines pre-installed by the vendor ? The few that install Windows themselves could handle a Linux install too if they cared to try.
this page says that the appearance of the flare depends on the kind of camera that produced it. So if you want to simulate a flare the first question should be "what type of camera am I trying to simulate?"
The one thing I wanted in the next linux version and its not there. Oh well.
You are pondering creating such a language or using one ? Anyway have a look at Haskell and other functional programming languages.
Show me a buffer overflow attack on the VB VM
I'm pretty sure you are talking about vbscript, correct me if I'm wrong. A buffer overflow is generally used to elevate privileges on an os. It seems that usually any process you can get to run on a windows machine has the highest privileges available. You dont need to break out of the scripting language if it allows you to act like a nimda worm.
On the other hand, we have Java, which trades convenience for security. Sure, it's easy to get started coding in Java, but heaven help you if you want to distribute a Java-based application to everyday (non-hacker) computer users. .
GCC compiles Java. Im sure other compilers do too. Dont confuse the language with the virtual machine.
A Java-written program can be distributed in binary format in an rpm, deb, or zip file. We are no longer limited to java applets running in our browsers virtual machines. We no longer limited to running Java applications in a sandbox.
So if you feel that java (the language) protects you from making mistakes, then by all means use it, but dont think you are limited to producing crappy effects on a web page.
But do have a look at Haskell too.
That page says that wdm.h is a subset of ntddk.h, not that the functions named in those headers dont behave completely differently on different windows platforms.
You didnt read the WDM Versions section did you ?
Or am I missing something?
Are you forgetting that WinNT will soon be unsupported ? Everyone will be expected to use XP and that drivers will no longer be NT compatible.
Yet, I wonder which one is technically farther along, PetrOS or WINE?
Well WINE is obviously. I can run Counter-Stike under wine. PetrOS can run a test application.
More like it signals police if ANYONE in your car has been drinking.
What a really good idea.
2.4.x supports >4GB of ram.
See http://www.spack.org/index.cgi/LinuxRamLimits
read the long installation instructions in the help file, then create an empty ~/.gdkxft.
You now have all of your fonts antialiased.
E is taken too. Its one on Wouter's languages.
See here
and they have an linux version in the works
That's the problem isnt it. Its always windows first. If the game is really popular and makes the publisher rich, they wont need to bother with that linux version at all.
Ive taken to shunning windows games completely. I dont want to run windows at home, so I dont look at windows games. I've still not seen Black & White, and I refuse to look at Max Payne. Id rather not be tempted.
When my windows friends are raving about their latest game, I say "Fancy a game of Urban Terror, or BZFlag ?" That seems to work.
See http://www.linux.org.uk/
I also like Karicature, but I'd still like to see it called FancyPencil or SuperKrayon.
Perhaps you can clear this up for me.
Korelib is released under the GPL. You actively encourage contibution to this project from the community.
How do you maintain the copyright if not all of the code is your own ?
Do you expect contributions to be submitted in terms other than the GPL ?
How can you use community modified versions of Korelib in a commercial product like Kapital ?
you still got dependecies problems- both in Redhat, in SuSE
I notice you left out debian. You seem to recognise that the problem is not with gnucash but with your package manager. Perhaps you should be using debian if you cant handle the dependancy problems. I apt-got it just fine.
I do, but without all the color.
export PS1='\u@\h:\w/\n\$ '
But the software doesnt do the illustration, thats the job of the user surely ?
That's why I suggest the name FancyPencil.