While I do think that this is a problem for wikipedia, in open source projects, there are often people who find those duties (UI and docs) important and fascinating. Just my 2 cents. That said...no clue what a horcrux is.
We are releasing some code, but remember that the redistribution requirement noted in the story applies to GPL v3 code, which doesn't exist yet. A lot of code won't be going to v3 (The linux kernel, for one).
Also, I think that the open source community has to handle this very carefully, and clearly, otherwise there will be a lot of confusion around who has to post code and when. That said, we're just seeing drafts now for a license that won't officially exist until January 2007, so making any kind of substantive commentary on it is difficult.
One last thing, the web server (apache) that most people use isn't released under the GPL, so this has nothing to do with that.
Please, talking to me about heat....you don't realize that if you don't address peoples misconceptions, then those misconceptions becomes 'truth' in the public eye.
Yes, there are times when just watching people trash you is the best course, but this isn't one of them. Also, I don't really care about googles under/overdog status. We're doing a lot of work with open source and if we want people to take that seriously, we have to take credit os that future works will be taken seriously and not just a sops to curry favor.
I think that asking people what they've done is completely appropriate...if people want to stay on their high horses, I want to see thier credentials.
Pathetic? Please see the Summer of Code and our other work with open source.. Yes, we're behind on porting to other platforms, but the Google Toolbar for firefox works cross platform. Lets not even go into the fact that we employ a ton of people to work on Firefox and other projects. Or our patches into Axis, Apache, and other projects.
As far as us violating the 'spirit' of the GPL. You have no clue what you are talking about. This kind of crap drives people away from using free software in the first place. What have you done to help open source?
Uh, that's 419 projects at $4500 a piece (plus $500 per student to the mentoring organization). That's not next to nothing and it is not a minimal investment, that's 2 million+
In fact, I'm not even sure I said Microsoft at all during my few minutes up there. I was trying to say that one of thde truly cool things about Linux is that you don't have to talk to anyone outside the company or whatever if you want to mess with it.
I may have said 'Microsoft, or any other commercial os'. I mean, hate to say it, but the Microsoft XP Kernel isn't terrible, I just don't want all the stuff around it (windowing systems, etc..).
It was more like 36 hours. And it was enough for the 30+ groups we added. I like debian a bunch, and should we do this again, I'll be pleased to include them.
While we do get some data from government sources, there are a lot of images there that come from private companies who pay to have pilots takes pictures from cameras mounted on planes.
Slashdot Mirror
Google Student pizza program.
See subject, O'Reilly just doesn't have it up on their site yet.
While I do think that this is a problem for wikipedia, in open source projects, there are often people who find those duties (UI and docs) important and fascinating. Just my 2 cents. That said...no clue what a horcrux is.
Also, I think that the open source community has to handle this very carefully, and clearly, otherwise there will be a lot of confusion around who has to post code and when. That said, we're just seeing drafts now for a license that won't officially exist until January 2007, so making any kind of substantive commentary on it is difficult.
One last thing, the web server (apache) that most people use isn't released under the GPL, so this has nothing to do with that.
Seriously, we do.
Hmm...I'll get right on that.
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Yes, there are times when just watching people trash you is the best course, but this isn't one of them. Also, I don't really care about googles under/overdog status. We're doing a lot of work with open source and if we want people to take that seriously, we have to take credit os that future works will be taken seriously and not just a sops to curry favor.
I think that asking people what they've done is completely appropriate...if people want to stay on their high horses, I want to see thier credentials.
As far as us violating the 'spirit' of the GPL. You have no clue what you are talking about. This kind of crap drives people away from using free software in the first place. What have you done to help open source?
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And that's a crapton of open source software.
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I may have said 'Microsoft, or any other commercial os'. I mean, hate to say it, but the Microsoft XP Kernel isn't terrible, I just don't want all the stuff around it (windowing systems, etc..).
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See Google Code for a link to the kml docs and tutorial.
Have fun!
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Here's reaction: It's not hacking, it's just compiling. We gave the world the patch for god's sake.
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I'm just sayin...
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While we do get some data from government sources, there are a lot of images there that come from private companies who pay to have pilots takes pictures from cameras mounted on planes.