The next step in the bullying will be to contact companies like Winzip Computing and force them to change the names of their software. Microsoft will claim to own "Win" and claim exclusive use.
And that means they go after all of the Spammers who send out the "Win a free vacation" emails. Slashdot will be forced to take the sides of spammers, which will be a distasteful but neccesary alliance.
And ultimately Microsoft goes after the companies that make those big clear glass things you look through.
"'We may disclose information about you to our affiliates..."
Typically a financial institution considers an affiliate to be another (smaller) bank owned by the same corporate parent. An affiliate may also be another company in the corporate structure. It does not necesarilly mean a 3rd party or independant company with a working relationship to the first company.
That said, I still consider my financial (or any personal info of mine) to be mine, and I want the right to know when this information is being traded or sold, and the right to opt out.
IANAL, but it sound like you've made a good faith effort to contact the old developer. I would make an effort to find out if they claim any ownership over the NAME of the program before taking it.
Remember: Linux is GPL, and you can do what you want with it, but Linus owns the name. If the boys in Redmond try to put out something called Linux they will get a knock on the door from attorneys representing Mr. Torvolds. Same goes for you. Find out if the name is trademarked (unlikely, but hey, CYA).
Also, you have large an audience here at/. at this moment. Why not just tell everyone what program you have your eye on? Perhaps someone knows the author. Or you may get some volunteers to help you comb the code.
Rear Adm. John Poindexter is going to spend a buttload of money to build a supercomputer when a phone call would do - yep, I dig porn. I hope that satisfies your curiousity. I stop in the adult book store occasionally. And he's going to log all of my web hits? Mostly porn sites. You want a back door to my computer? Just to save you the effort it's full of porn. Go figure.
So by everyone just speaking up and admitting they dig porn, perhaps we won't need to build this computer. Maybe we can save some tax money and spend it on KILLING THE FUCKING TERRORISTS!!!!!
I mean, for christ sake! Logging everything the CITIZENS of this contry do and say and buy! Hey, why not track who we fuck? What we eat? Stick our DNA in there for good measure! How we vote! Record every one of our phone calls and store them!
I know you're a bit freaked out after Sept. 11, but TRACKING THE CITIZENS of this country doesn't make much sense when the attacks were carried out by NON-CITIZENS!!! Track them! Prove it by tracking one! Just one. Track OBL and snuff him!
Wanna make a difference?? CONTROL OUR FUCKING BORDERS and reform the INS!
PS - Being that the supercomputer and database are likely to exist already, and the law was just a nice formality, then I imagine this message will actually make it's way to you. I hope it provides you with some amusement, being that I am just a pion, insignificant. Just an American.
Gotta go, Big Brother! Gonna eat a cheeseburger and watch the Victoria's Secret show. You probably knew that already, but I'm just making sure.
IANAL, but it seems to me the company that stole your code has an obligation to point out what code they added to yours. Have them give you some documentation of what code they added, and then filter out everything you cannot account for.
Also, if this is a matter of Plug-in publishers bullying you, cripple plug ins. If they want to still market their products, they will begin to panic when they realize they are not supported under new versions of your program. If they won't play nice, take your ball and go. Make them beg to get back in the game.
Alice 1: We are the space robots We are here to protect you Alice 2: We are the space robots We are here to protect you Alice 1: We are the space robots We are here to protect you Alice 2: We are here to protect you From the terrible secret of space
Alice 1: I am the pusher robot I shove around the blind people We are here to protect you From the terrible secret of space
Alice 2: I am the shover robot I push bread down their throats We are here to protect you From the terrible secret of space
Turing Shruged.
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Has it ever occured to anyone to do this with Deep Blue? Perhaps the only reason Deep Blue appears to be good at chess is the skill of the opponent compliments the AI. If Kasparov looked on quietly as a flunky of the game played Deep Blue, the errors in gameply might become more obvious. Kasparov would then grade the game, rather than participate.
I own a sit down Star Trek - Strategic Operation Simulator. The game is in working order (but needs some work on the monitor). As an owner of the original ROMs, I consider MAME to be my Fair Use backup. I am legally using the ROMs for that game.
Just like Stan created all of Marvel's most famous characters, er, no, wait...that was Jack Kirby...
You know, seeing how many of Marvel's finest creators have been used, mistreated, and screewed out of royalties over the years, it's rather amusing to see Stan get a taste.
Looks to me like M$ will finally be motivated to document it's APIs. Now the question is will M$ still do a click thru before you can read the documentation?
"D. Starting at the earlier of the release of Service Pack 1 for Windows XP or three months after the entry of this Final Judgment, Microsoft shall disclose to ISVs, IHVs, IAPs, ICPs, and OEMs, for the sole purpose of interoperating with a Windows Operating System Product, via the Microsoft Developer Network ("MSDN") or similar mechanisms, the APIs and related Documentation that are used by Microsoft Middleware to interoperate with a Windows Operating System Product. For purposes of this Section III.D, the term APIs means the interfaces, including any associated callback interfaces, that Microsoft Middleware running on a Windows Operating System Product uses to call upon that Windows Operating System Product in order to obtain any services from that Windows Operating System Product. In the case of a new major version of Microsoft Middleware, the disclosures required by this Section III.D shall occur no later than the last major beta test release of that Microsoft Middleware. In the case of a new version of a Windows Operating System Product, the obligations imposed by this Section III.D shall occur in a Timely Manner."
Well, let's just pave the way for M$ to return to the old ways. By all means Caldera, don't offer anyone the chance to base a future court case off of those documents.
Unions mean you work when you are told and under the conditions of the union. Entrepreneurs are going to constantly be presured to tow the line or leave town. No moonlighting. Competitive wages will be gone. You'll work for scale, and give a (large) percent of your income to the union.
In the case of United Auto Workers, unions costs have doubled the price of most cars. Expect IT to become more expensive and go overseas. The tech sector is already hurting. Unions could kill it.
Re:BL is BS!
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Ton spoke with RMS about this addition to the GPL and Stallman gave it his OK.
Blender foundation has alwys had as one of it's goals to become a viable business again. I imagine that there will be a commercial blender fork someday.
Bitch'n moan about the UI...
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People who find the UI difficult to use remind me of people who can't read sheet music bitching about how hard it is to play the violin. Perhaps the reason you find blender difficult is you lack a foundation in 3d to base your knowledge upon.
The other camp that complains about the UI is the Lightwave and Max crowd who are comparing this relatively small program to a full featured suite.
Blender is a good tool. It is about to get better. I dig the fact that it will be part of Linux distros from now on.
I believe in Blender so much I gave my fifty and became a member. And yes, I'm very happy right now.
Scams such as this could bring about the end of the click-through license. I think it has been well demonstrated recently that people do not read them.
These companies are going to have their asses handed to them if they think "the user gave us permission to steal these commissions" will stand up in court.
One could make the argument that if you recognize the current Batman as "canon" then you recognize DC as the current author or caretaker for the character. By that rational, the 60's series is also canon, because it was created with permission from DC.
Most fanfics are easy to filter because they are created without permission from the owners. But if corporate ownership is your criteria, you are going to be stuck with Bat-mite, Man-Bat, the 60's bat-suit, and all sorts of other wackiness. If you narrow Batman to Bob Kane, then you ignore the first (true) Dark Knight Returns series, Alex Ross' recent work, Dick Giordano's Batman stories, etc.
Original intent goes as far as Bob Kane. The rest is up to you.
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The next step in the bullying will be to contact companies like Winzip Computing and force them to change the names of their software. Microsoft will claim to own "Win" and claim exclusive use.
And that means they go after all of the Spammers who send out the "Win a free vacation" emails. Slashdot will be forced to take the sides of spammers, which will be a distasteful but neccesary alliance.
And ultimately Microsoft goes after the companies that make those big clear glass things you look through.
Perhaps someone could make a laundry detergent named Windows and Microsoft would be forced to get a sense of humor.
It was better than Space Invaders! I still play it on Mame sometimes. I had it on the Atari 2600 too!
(What? Pheonix BIOS? They think they have first dibs on the name?)
Um.... PRIOR ART?!?! I this consitutes a piece of software with the name that pre-dates the BIOS.
"'We may disclose information about you to our affiliates..."
Typically a financial institution considers an affiliate to be another (smaller) bank owned by the same corporate parent. An affiliate may also be another company in the corporate structure. It does not necesarilly mean a 3rd party or independant company with a working relationship to the first company.
That said, I still consider my financial (or any personal info of mine) to be mine, and I want the right to know when this information is being traded or sold, and the right to opt out.
IANAL, but it sound like you've made a good faith effort to contact the old developer. I would make an effort to find out if they claim any ownership over the NAME of the program before taking it.
/. at this moment. Why not just tell everyone what program you have your eye on? Perhaps someone knows the author. Or you may get some volunteers to help you comb the code.
Remember: Linux is GPL, and you can do what you want with it, but Linus owns the name. If the boys in Redmond try to put out something called Linux they will get a knock on the door from attorneys representing Mr. Torvolds. Same goes for you. Find out if the name is trademarked (unlikely, but hey, CYA).
Also, you have large an audience here at
Dear Pentagon,
Rear Adm. John Poindexter is going to spend a buttload of money to build a supercomputer when a phone call would do - yep, I dig porn. I hope that satisfies your curiousity. I stop in the adult book store occasionally. And he's going to log all of my web hits? Mostly porn sites. You want a back door to my computer? Just to save you the effort it's full of porn. Go figure.
So by everyone just speaking up and admitting they dig porn, perhaps we won't need to build this computer. Maybe we can save some tax money and spend it on KILLING THE FUCKING TERRORISTS!!!!!
I mean, for christ sake! Logging everything the CITIZENS of this contry do and say and buy! Hey, why not track who we fuck? What we eat? Stick our DNA in there for good measure! How we vote! Record every one of our phone calls and store them!
I know you're a bit freaked out after Sept. 11, but TRACKING THE CITIZENS of this country doesn't make much sense when the attacks were carried out by NON-CITIZENS!!! Track them! Prove it by tracking one! Just one. Track OBL and snuff him!
Wanna make a difference?? CONTROL OUR FUCKING BORDERS and reform the INS!
PS - Being that the supercomputer and database are likely to exist already, and the law was just a nice formality, then I imagine this message will actually make it's way to you. I hope it provides you with some amusement, being that I am just a pion, insignificant. Just an American.
Gotta go, Big Brother! Gonna eat a cheeseburger and watch the Victoria's Secret show. You probably knew that already, but I'm just making sure.
IANAL, but it seems to me the company that stole your code has an obligation to point out what code they added to yours. Have them give you some documentation of what code they added, and then filter out everything you cannot account for.
Also, if this is a matter of Plug-in publishers bullying you, cripple plug ins. If they want to still market their products, they will begin to panic when they realize they are not supported under new versions of your program. If they won't play nice, take your ball and go. Make them beg to get back in the game.
But that's just my opinion.
Have we really seen you go over the top with your acting yet?
Alice 1: We are the space robots
We are here to protect you
Alice 2: We are the space robots
We are here to protect you
Alice 1: We are the space robots
We are here to protect you
Alice 2: We are here to protect you
From the terrible secret of space
Alice 1: I am the pusher robot
I shove around the blind people
We are here to protect you
From the terrible secret of space
Alice 2: I am the shover robot
I push bread down their throats
We are here to protect you
From the terrible secret of space
Has it ever occured to anyone to do this with Deep Blue? Perhaps the only reason Deep Blue appears to be good at chess is the skill of the opponent compliments the AI. If Kasparov looked on quietly as a flunky of the game played Deep Blue, the errors in gameply might become more obvious. Kasparov would then grade the game, rather than participate.
Grandma knows the terrible secret of space?
I own a sit down Star Trek - Strategic Operation Simulator. The game is in working order (but needs some work on the monitor). As an owner of the original ROMs, I consider MAME to be my Fair Use backup. I am legally using the ROMs for that game.
You mean Steve Ditko.
Just like Stan created all of Marvel's most famous characters, er, no, wait...that was Jack Kirby...
You know, seeing how many of Marvel's finest creators have been used, mistreated, and screewed out of royalties over the years, it's rather amusing to see Stan get a taste.
I only have 40 hours of vacation!!! What do I do then!!?!?! I think I can overcome the sleep thing, but I need to eat!!
Do not trust the Pusher Robot. I am here to protect you.
This ISP better get ready to fork up 65k + damages.
Looks to me like M$ will finally be motivated to document it's APIs. Now the question is will M$ still do a click thru before you can read the documentation?
"D. Starting at the earlier of the release of Service Pack 1 for Windows XP or three months
after the entry of this Final Judgment, Microsoft shall disclose to ISVs, IHVs, IAPs,
ICPs, and OEMs, for the sole purpose of interoperating with a Windows Operating
System Product, via the Microsoft Developer Network ("MSDN") or similar
mechanisms, the APIs and related Documentation that are used by Microsoft Middleware
to interoperate with a Windows Operating System Product. For purposes of this Section
III.D, the term APIs means the interfaces, including any associated callback interfaces,
that Microsoft Middleware running on a Windows Operating System Product uses to call
upon that Windows Operating System Product in order to obtain any services from that
Windows Operating System Product. In the case of a new major version of Microsoft
Middleware, the disclosures required by this Section III.D shall occur no later than the
last major beta test release of that Microsoft Middleware. In the case of a new version of
a Windows Operating System Product, the obligations imposed by this Section III.D shall
occur in a Timely Manner."
Well, let's just pave the way for M$ to return to the old ways. By all means Caldera, don't offer anyone the chance to base a future court case off of those documents.
BTW - your distro sucks.
Unions mean you work when you are told and under the conditions of the union. Entrepreneurs are going to constantly be presured to tow the line or leave town. No moonlighting. Competitive wages will be gone. You'll work for scale, and give a (large) percent of your income to the union.
In the case of United Auto Workers, unions costs have doubled the price of most cars. Expect IT to become more expensive and go overseas. The tech sector is already hurting. Unions could kill it.
Ton spoke with RMS about this addition to the GPL and Stallman gave it his OK.
Blender foundation has alwys had as one of it's goals to become a viable business again. I imagine that there will be a commercial blender fork someday.
People who find the UI difficult to use remind me of people who can't read sheet music bitching about how hard it is to play the violin. Perhaps the reason you find blender difficult is you lack a foundation in 3d to base your knowledge upon.
The other camp that complains about the UI is the Lightwave and Max crowd who are comparing this relatively small program to a full featured suite.
Blender is a good tool. It is about to get better. I dig the fact that it will be part of Linux distros from now on.
I believe in Blender so much I gave my fifty and became a member. And yes, I'm very happy right now.
Thank god Uranus has never been invaded!!!
Pluto is a dog that ownes another dog....
What is this world coming to?
Scams such as this could bring about the end of the click-through license. I think it has been well demonstrated recently that people do not read them.
These companies are going to have their asses handed to them if they think "the user gave us permission to steal these commissions" will stand up in court.
One could make the argument that if you recognize the current Batman as "canon" then you recognize DC as the current author or caretaker for the character. By that rational, the 60's series is also canon, because it was created with permission from DC.
Most fanfics are easy to filter because they are created without permission from the owners. But if corporate ownership is your criteria, you are going to be stuck with Bat-mite, Man-Bat, the 60's bat-suit, and all sorts of other wackiness. If you narrow Batman to Bob Kane, then you ignore the first (true) Dark Knight Returns series, Alex Ross' recent work, Dick Giordano's Batman stories, etc.
Original intent goes as far as Bob Kane. The rest is up to you.