Uhm... if it has no value, why are you committing your time to it?
The one thing, however, that concerns me about these high piracy figures...... is that they (in at least World of Goo's case) compared unique IPs accessing leaderboards to sales of the game.... the problem is the vast majority of home users on the internet have dynamic IP addresses that rotate once every couple of days.... so it's likely multi-counting people a LOT.
I think the point moreso stands that the GPL says that if you are unable to fulfill this license, you can't use the accompanies software in the first place.
So it's not "What do I do in this pickel between my employer and the license now?" -- it is "I shouldn't have taken this contract" (or at least fulfilled it in a different way)
Should the bandwidth on the thin-net (10Base-5) in your moms basement connecting all your Linux boxes together be under government regulation like the other bandwidth is? How about the wire leading to your doorbell button? And don't get me started on that electric fence out there surrounding that cornfield...
Why should any of it be under government regulation? We're not a socialist State.
Uhm, they all are under Government regulation...... it must be approved by the FCC to not interfere with the wireless communication of other products except on certain spectrum (such as 2.4 GHz)
As for socialism -- social programs are the way to keep a competitive market open. The point of an open market is to have the lowest possible barrier of entry. Public Education and Antitrust laws are two examples of programs designed to lower the barrier of entry into the market.
If the market's barrier of entry is too high, it doesn't matter what type of Government you have -- the market overpowers it and your liberty as a citizen is just as gone.
The debate has been over with political scientists for YEARS now -- Laisez-Faire and Command Economies don't work. You need the market open, and you need government control to keep it open. *Neither* can overthrow the other.
Wow... depending on how you look at it...
The MPAA is claiming they're doing it not to be powerhungry people who hate their customers... they're powerhungry people who hate their customers who are also being anticompetitive...
Wow... my mind is officially blown.
Their justification is MORE illegal than the real reason.
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Uhm... if it has no value, why are you committing your time to it? The one thing, however, that concerns me about these high piracy figures... ... is that they (in at least World of Goo's case) compared unique IPs accessing leaderboards to sales of the game. ... the problem is the vast majority of home users on the internet have dynamic IP addresses that rotate once every couple of days. ... so it's likely multi-counting people a LOT.
I used to use it as a cooler. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v342/Phopojijo/comp1.jpg
Someone needs to take the video of their experiment if it fails and put it on Youtube. Play them off, Shrödinger's Cat.
He probably is talking about the closing down of the BSD kernel (even though it's permitted in its license agreement). Otherwise, don't know.
Since the RIAA failed in doing it themselves.
I think the point moreso stands that the GPL says that if you are unable to fulfill this license, you can't use the accompanies software in the first place. So it's not "What do I do in this pickel between my employer and the license now?" -- it is "I shouldn't have taken this contract" (or at least fulfilled it in a different way)
Should the bandwidth on the thin-net (10Base-5) in your moms basement connecting all your Linux boxes together be under government regulation like the other bandwidth is? How about the wire leading to your doorbell button? And don't get me started on that electric fence out there surrounding that cornfield...
Why should any of it be under government regulation? We're not a socialist State.
Uhm, they all are under Government regulation... ... it must be approved by the FCC to not interfere with the wireless communication of other products except on certain spectrum (such as 2.4 GHz)
As for socialism -- social programs are the way to keep a competitive market open. The point of an open market is to have the lowest possible barrier of entry. Public Education and Antitrust laws are two examples of programs designed to lower the barrier of entry into the market.
If the market's barrier of entry is too high, it doesn't matter what type of Government you have -- the market overpowers it and your liberty as a citizen is just as gone.
The debate has been over with political scientists for YEARS now -- Laisez-Faire and Command Economies don't work. You need the market open, and you need government control to keep it open. *Neither* can overthrow the other.
You know china has "Internet Drivers Licenses"...
Wow... depending on how you look at it... The MPAA is claiming they're doing it not to be powerhungry people who hate their customers... they're powerhungry people who hate their customers who are also being anticompetitive... Wow... my mind is officially blown. Their justification is MORE illegal than the real reason.