Where do I go to let Northwest airlines know they just lost me as a customer? I may also add that I will spend 1 month actively advising others I know to use alternative carriers for their air-travel needs. -CS
IANAL, but please note that DeCSS actually fails to conform with (2)(c) of the DMCA in that it is not actually being marketed in the common sense of the word by any of the parties concerned.
It looks to me like this section of the DMCA cannot technically be applied to Free Software.
It used to be that Dell had a single page with links to all for their systems that you can get with Linux, but when they redesigned their site, it disappeared.
If you would like an easier way to find Dell computers with Linux pre-installed, please visit MetaSystema.org, where they are all laid out on one page:
This is actually not the first case where this tactic has been used. A guy in Sweden used it against the Church of Scientology which was sueing him for copyright violation.
This site has the details, there are a lot of good tactics in here that we might be able to use. In any case, it is an amusing read:
Here's a copy of the e-mail I just sent to the authors:
I thought that your article was pretty good. However, I would like to point out a few errors about Red Hat Linux in your article:
1) "Red Hat offers the standard Linux command-line tools for monitoring the server, such as iostat and vmstat. It has no graphical monitoring tools."
There are actually several. I am not sure which ones are installed in which installation option, but the rpms are certainly on the CD, and would be installed in an "everything" install.
Under GNOME there are several tools, all under the Utilites menu.
GNOME system monitor: shows cpu, mem, swap, and load average, as well as diplaying the process table like top does. It has a graphic display of resident sizes of processes as well.
GNOME stripchart: produces a stripchart of cpu, load, swap, net in, net out and ppp usage, and is highly configurable.
Even if you have not installed GNOME, there are three generic X programs.
xosview shows load, cpu, mem, swap, page, disk and interupts. It supports multiple processors. This is my personal favorite. You may need to enlarge the window to make full use of its detail.
xsysinfo shows load average, load, memory and swap. It does not support multiple processors.
xcpustate just shows cpu usage. It also supports multiple processors.
Of course, all of these programs can be displayed remotely using X.
2) "Linux has a set of command-line file system configuration tools for mounting and unmounting partitions. Samba ships with the product and provides some integration for Windows clients. You can configure Samba only through a cryptic configuration ASCII file - a serious drawback."
This is just not true. You can configure Samba with LinuxConf. The samba configuration tool is under Config/Networking/Server tasks/Samba file server. Similarly, NFS can be configured under Config/ServerTasks/Exported file systems (NFS). File systems are defined under Config/File Systems and can be mounted and unmounted under Control/Mount&Unmount file systems.
I believe there is also a web-based configuration tool for Samba called SWAT (Samba Web Administration Tool). I have never used it, but there seems to be a man file for it on my system. Type 'man swat' for details.
I certainly hope that you will revise your article to correct these errors.
But what I want to know is, where does your app go when you iconize it? There's no icon. And then I thought maybe it was behind the panel, so I closed the panel. But no, it wasn't. And that's the second question, how do you get the panel back after you've closed it? I had to logout with ctrl-alt-bksp!
You may charge a fee for the physical act of tranferring a copy...
2. Refers to a modified program
b) You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this License. (emhasis added)
3. regarding binary distibutions...you must
a) Accompany it with the... source code b) Accompany it with a written offer.. three year... source code
All of the above require that what is released be released under the GPL.
So, they only have to distribute to their customers, BUT they CAN'T prevent their customers from redisributing.
Set things up so that all A/C posts have to be moderated up to be seen by default. If you are going to post anonymously and want your comment to be seen by default - then it better be good, and be prepared to wait for the moderators to get to it.
This will encourage people to sign in. It's not censorship, as people will still be able to read these comments by choice. And if they've chosen to do so, then they have no right to get upset.
Of course, A/C's will not be able to see their own posts by default - but this is as it should be, because the casual viewer who might be offended may very well be an A/C on their first visit.
A/C's should not be catered to. They are IMNSHO second-class citizens on Slashdot, and are so by their own choice. Don't be afraid to treat them as such.
Another thing that could help is a filter which just drops and post with a large percentage of CAPS in the title or body.
Actually, you own the copyright, whether you put notice on the article or not. You should INSIST that they put your copyright notice on your article, and add "Used by Permission". If they refuse, ask them to remove your article from their site. If you have trouble, hire a lawyer to send them a "bark letter", wait a while, and call them again. A bark letter should cost you $25, $50 at most.
Well, I think the Purchase Circles are interesting.
But making them all available to the public is NOT.
You should only be able to access a Purchase Circle if you are a member of that Purchase Circle. That way they can't be used for industrial espionage and by marketeers.....
Looks like it may have stabilized at $65 today, but will it come down another $10 tomorrow? What about the next day?
I'm also really surprised that RHAT is the only stock people are talking about. Some of you must have taken some profits from RHAT. Are you holding on to the cash to buy some back at $35 (or whatever), or is there some other Linux related company worth investing in at the moment?
What about SGI? I've seen stories about them dumping NT, focusing on Linux, and building a Beowulf cluster in Ohio. Anybody have any thoughts on whether their stock might be a profitable long-term buy?
I just noticed that www.rangzen.com, a site which promotes Independence for Tibet, is down today.
Not only are they down, it seems that their name servers at netdirect.net are down, and thus netdirect.net site itself, and every domain they serve is out.
I noticed this a few hours ago, and they are not back up yet.
Slashdot Mirror
Where do I go to let Northwest airlines know they just lost me as a customer? I may also add that I will spend 1 month actively advising others I know to use alternative carriers for their air-travel needs. -CS
That would be here.
The whole css-auth tarball steganographically stored in a PNG file!
IANAL, but please note that DeCSS actually fails to conform with (2)(c) of the DMCA
in that it is not actually being marketed in the common sense of the word by any of the parties
concerned.
It looks to me like this section of the DMCA cannot technically be applied to Free Software.
I am definitely planning on doing that. I would have added them today, but they really aren't listed on Dell's site yet :-(
Glad you like the site!
The 7500 is already available, although Dell makes it hard to find the Linux boxes on their web site.
This site has a direct link to all of the Dell machines available with Linux:
www.metasystema.org/dell.mhtml
It used to be that Dell had a single page with links to all for their systems that you can get with Linux, but when they redesigned their site, it disappeared.
If you would like an easier way to find Dell computers with Linux pre-installed, please visit MetaSystema.org, where they are all laid out on one page:
www.metasystema.org/dell.mhtml
This is actually not the first case where this tactic has been used. A guy in Sweden used it against the Church of Scientology which was sueing him for copyright violation.
This site has the details, there are a lot of good tactics in here that we might be able to use. In any case, it is an amusing read:
http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/~d 1dd/cos/zenon-eng.html
Here's a copy of the e-mail I just sent to the authors:
I thought that your article was pretty good. However, I would like to
point out a few errors about Red Hat Linux in your article:
1) "Red Hat offers the standard Linux command-line tools for monitoring
the server, such as iostat and vmstat. It has no graphical monitoring
tools."
There are actually several. I am not sure which ones are installed in
which installation option, but the rpms are certainly on the CD, and would
be installed in an "everything" install.
Under GNOME there are several tools, all under the Utilites menu.
GNOME system monitor: shows cpu, mem, swap, and load average, as well as
diplaying the process table like top does. It has a graphic display of
resident sizes of processes as well.
GNOME stripchart: produces a stripchart of cpu, load, swap, net in, net
out and ppp usage, and is highly configurable.
Even if you have not installed GNOME, there are three generic X programs.
xosview shows load, cpu, mem, swap, page, disk and interupts. It supports
multiple processors. This is my personal favorite. You may need to enlarge
the window to make full use of its detail.
xsysinfo shows load average, load, memory and swap. It does not support
multiple processors.
xcpustate just shows cpu usage. It also supports multiple processors.
Of course, all of these programs can be displayed remotely using X.
2) "Linux has a set of command-line file system configuration tools for
mounting and unmounting partitions. Samba ships with the product and
provides some integration for Windows clients. You can configure Samba
only through a cryptic configuration ASCII file - a serious drawback."
This is just not true. You can configure Samba with LinuxConf. The samba
configuration tool is under Config/Networking/Server tasks/Samba file
server. Similarly, NFS can be configured under Config/ServerTasks/Exported
file systems (NFS). File systems are defined under Config/File Systems and
can be mounted and unmounted under Control/Mount&Unmount file systems.
I believe there is also a web-based configuration tool for Samba called
SWAT (Samba Web Administration Tool). I have never used it, but there
seems to be a man file for it on my system. Type 'man swat' for details.
I certainly hope that you will revise your article to correct these
errors.
Sincerely,
Simon Hill
http://www.metasystema.org/
http://www.azleg.state.az.us/members/jmcgrath.h
But what I want to know is, where does your app go when you iconize it? There's no icon. And then I thought maybe it was behind the panel, so I closed the panel. But no, it wasn't. And that's the second question, how do you get the panel back after you've closed it? I had to logout with ctrl-alt-bksp!
Umm.... Excuse me?
Are you really advocating that we help MS do to RealNetworks what they did to Netscape?
Why do you THINK MS backend software is CHEAPER?
You won't win the respect of your peers. You'll be the laughingstock of the Linux community!
Here's one point against eBay. There is an accepted method of posting a "No Trespassing" sign for robots, and eBay is NOT USING IT.
http://www.ebay.com/robots.txt
P.S. Be careful, clicking this link may be considereed trespassing!
Here is a site where you can get some firsthand accounts, streaming video, and other good stuff.
Check it out.
www.indymedia.org
Yes, some variety in the portfolio.
Red and Blue.
No, not Big Blue, Cobalt Blue.
Maybe Red Hat should work on a MIPS version,
we could call the result "Red Hot Blues" !!
/usr/src/linux/COPYING
... source code .. three year ... source code
or, if you for some reason are not running Linux:
here
1. Refers to the orignal program's source code
You may charge a fee for the physical act of tranferring a copy...
2. Refers to a modified program
b) You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this License. (emhasis added)
3. regarding binary distibutions...you must
a) Accompany it with the
b) Accompany it with a written offer
All of the above require that what is released be released under the GPL.
So, they only have to distribute to their customers, BUT they CAN'T prevent their customers from redisributing.
Actually simpler: just make the default browsing level 1.
Or have A/C posts start out at -1 or -2.
Set things up so that all A/C posts have to be moderated up to be seen by default. If you are going to post anonymously and want your comment to be seen by default - then it better be good, and be prepared to wait for the moderators to get to it.
This will encourage people to sign in. It's not censorship, as people will still be able to read these comments by choice. And if they've chosen to do so, then they have no right to get upset.
Of course, A/C's will not be able to see their own posts by default - but this is as it should be, because the casual viewer who might be offended may very well be an A/C on their first visit.
A/C's should not be catered to. They are IMNSHO second-class citizens on Slashdot, and are so by their own choice. Don't be afraid to treat them as such.
Another thing that could help is a filter which just drops and post with a large percentage of CAPS in the title or body.
Actually, you own the copyright, whether you put notice on the article or not. You should INSIST that they put your copyright notice on your article, and add "Used by Permission". If they refuse, ask them to remove your article from their site. If you have trouble, hire a lawyer to send them a "bark letter", wait a while, and call them again. A bark letter should cost you $25, $50 at most.
Disclaimer: IANAL
I agree. It looks like SGI is really committed to the Open Source model.
I've just bought some SGI stock to add to my Linux portfolio (go RHAT!!).
It's a bargain now that the Micros~1 investors have bailed out....
Then at least they'd get a decent UN*X!!
Seriously, SGI stock is really a bargain now, as investors stupidly took the Linux announcement and the Belluzo announcement as BAD news, the fools.
It dropped from $16 to $11, and should have gone the other way. Doesn't that mean it will eventually climb to $21 or more?!
If RHAT doesn't buy SGI, then at least those who flipped their RHAT should...
Well, I think the Purchase Circles are interesting.
But making them all available to the public is NOT.
You should only be able to access a Purchase Circle if you are a member of that Purchase Circle. That way they can't be used for industrial espionage and by marketeers.....
Sure you are, flamebait.
Don't you know you can't short a stock for 30 days after its IPO?
I expect it to come down quite a bit...
Looks like it may have stabilized at $65 today,
but will it come down another $10 tomorrow?
What about the next day?
I'm also really surprised that RHAT is the only stock people are talking about.
Some of you must have taken some profits from RHAT.
Are you holding on to the cash to buy some back at $35 (or whatever),
or is there some other Linux related company worth investing in at the moment?
What about SGI? I've seen stories about them dumping NT, focusing on Linux, and building a Beowulf cluster in Ohio.
Anybody have any thoughts on whether their stock might be a profitable long-term buy?
I just noticed that www.rangzen.com, a site which promotes Independence for Tibet, is down today.
Not only are they down, it seems that their name servers at netdirect.net are down, and thus netdirect.net site itself, and every domain they serve is out.
I noticed this a few hours ago, and they are not back up yet.
Coincidence?
I'm not sure whether you are aware of this, but others may not be:
At a result of all the hoopla, the MOSIX code was eventually released under the GPL.