AFAIK, copyright protects the expression of an idea, not the idea itself - which means you can use the same algorithms as the GPL code, just not the same implementation of them.
It is possible to handle anything-to-anything untiling and format conversion in the CPU at high enough speed for this not to be the bottleneck. I've written code to do it, and I'm sure the guys at nVidia could do it as well if they wanted to (which is not to say that they are).
My suspicion is that the raw bit-shovelling across the bus is more likely to be the problem.
Ouch. We were doing trig by then, moving on to elementary calculus at 15/16. Mind you, things have got a lot more dumbed-down on the other side of the Atlantic too since I did my secondary education. Procrustes, and all that...
Hmm. I got the "first digit = dx version" thing direct from some friends at ATI. I suspect that what happened with the 9000 was the marketing idiots messing things up in a similar way to what happened with the GF4-MX.
When I started my last permanent programming job (here in the UK), the contract had similarly-restrictive clauses, claiming ownership of all IP I created,
They can't do that in the UK. Patents Act 1977, IIRC, says basically if it's in your time and using your equipment (and possibly unrelated to their business as well, but I can't remember this one clearly) then it's yours.
IANAL, but I've argued this one with employers there before. Best to go armed with a printed copy of the law.
I really, really, really have to express much disagreement with this classification of the author's hesitancy to contribute to child labor and murder as "trivial."
Agreed. Do you really want to have children with someone who thinks that torturing children is OK ?
And speaking of imperialism, when are you going to give the Faulkland Islands back to Argentina?
choose either reply:
(a) You should really go read your history books before coming out with factual inaccuracies like that, especially about places whose names you can't even spell.
(b) Give land back to its previous owners (even though they aren't in this case) ? Sure, Britain has given about 99% back - isn't it about time the US caught up ? Either walk it like you talk it - on a personal basis - and hand over the keys to your apartment, or STFU.
The author, Bill Thompson claims that Europe invented the web. That is a double-barreled lie. It is US technology
You really should actually try to learn something about the subject you're ranting about before making a fool of yourself in public.
[Mods - sorry about the OT, just felt the need to slap an idiot - already modded myself down to 1]
There's nothing wrong with repackaging GPL software and adding spywares IF the user is told what changes have occurred in the repackaging.
And, of course, if the software comes complete with a written offer to make the source code of the spyware available for no more than the cost of distribution... after all, the spyware is now GPLed...
You don't need to hack it to get past the click-through license.
It's Open Source, remember...
Just grab the sources, create your own personal fork without the click-through, and compile.
Of course, since you've modded the code, the original authors can't be liable (I hope).
Seriously though - how on *earth* can you attach a click-through license to *source code* ? To have the click-through, it has to be executable, in which case it isn't source code - open or otherwise - any more.
My brain is tired - please, someone, explain to me how "click-through" and "open *source*" go together ? Or is there some high-grade semantic confusion going on here ?
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AFAIK, copyright protects the expression of an idea, not the idea itself - which means you can use the same algorithms as the GPL code, just not the same implementation of them.
If all else fails, take the CMOS battery out overnight and it should reset to safe defaults.
Yes, you don't have to buy Windows
DRM-enabled hardware, or a DRM-enabled VM... (which, of course, needs to have a debug mode for development purposes...)
Really ? Then how come Napster got shut down ? Are you sure that an exchange of value is required for it to be illegal ?
It is possible to handle anything-to-anything untiling and format conversion in the CPU at high enough speed for this not to be the bottleneck. I've written code to do it, and I'm sure the guys at nVidia could do it as well if they wanted to (which is not to say that they are).
My suspicion is that the raw bit-shovelling across the bus is more likely to be the problem.
Really ? I thought it had never been legal to make copies of copyrighted works and give them to someone else
Oh, and my use of "arse" is just my way of avoiding the apparently-vulgar word "ass"; is it 'just as vulgar' "over there"?
"ass" -> Donkey
"arse" -> The Queen wouldn't use it in public, but that's about the extent of its vulgarity.
Cool. Tell me what a number is using only basic algebra. ;-)
8th grade ? What's that, 13 years old ?
Ouch. We were doing trig by then, moving on to elementary calculus at 15/16. Mind you, things have got a lot more dumbed-down on the other side of the Atlantic too since I did my secondary education. Procrustes, and all that...
Last time I checked, most bars and restaurants were private property.
Hmm. I got the "first digit = dx version" thing direct from some friends at ATI. I suspect that what happened with the 9000 was the marketing idiots messing things up in a similar way to what happened with the GF4-MX.
Anyway, thanks for the correction/update.
Digit 1 - DirectX version
Digit 2 - Performance relative to others in the same series
Digits 3 and 4 - meaningless
They can't do that in the UK. Patents Act 1977, IIRC, says basically if it's in your time and using your equipment (and possibly unrelated to their business as well, but I can't remember this one clearly) then it's yours.
IANAL, but I've argued this one with employers there before. Best to go armed with a printed copy of the law.
I really, really, really have to express much disagreement with this classification of the author's hesitancy to contribute to child labor and murder as "trivial."
Agreed. Do you really want to have children with someone who thinks that torturing children is OK ?
Except for that little problem with alpha-blending...
... but "as European as Tomato Pie" just doesn't have the same ring to it ... ;-)
And all the apple trees...
A bunch of people on both sides of the Atlantic were working on it at pretty much the same time, so it's hard to identify the actual "inventor".
However, the first paper that actually used the term "packet switched networks" was by Don Davies, working at the UK National Physical Laboratory.
And speaking of imperialism, when are you going to give the Faulkland Islands back to Argentina?
choose either reply:
(a) You should really go read your history books before coming out with factual inaccuracies like that, especially about places whose names you can't even spell.
(b) Give land back to its previous owners (even though they aren't in this case) ? Sure, Britain has given about 99% back - isn't it about time the US caught up ? Either walk it like you talk it - on a personal basis - and hand over the keys to your apartment, or STFU.
The author, Bill Thompson claims that Europe invented the web. That is a double-barreled lie. It is US technology
You really should actually try to learn something about the subject you're ranting about before making a fool of yourself in public.
[Mods - sorry about the OT, just felt the need to slap an idiot - already modded myself down to 1]
Sure it is.
It's when society itself organizes and delegates people to point guns at other people that anarchy is lost.
Pointing a gun at someone creates a hierarchical relationship and a loss of freedom for the individual staring down the barrel, i.e. not an anarchy.
Organising can certainly occur in an anarchy, and delegation is possible in certain forms.
When someone points a gun at you, it isn't anarchy any more, so none of your examples apply.
Orange juice carton half filled of week-old slimy washing up water and stashed in the corner of the fridge worked well for me.
There's nothing wrong with repackaging GPL software and adding spywares IF the user is told what changes have occurred in the repackaging.
And, of course, if the software comes complete with a written offer to make the source code of the spyware available for no more than the cost of distribution... after all, the spyware is now GPLed...
You don't need to hack it to get past the click-through license.
...
It's Open Source, remember
Just grab the sources, create your own personal fork without the click-through, and compile.
Of course, since you've modded the code, the original authors can't be liable (I hope).
Seriously though - how on *earth* can you attach a click-through license to *source code* ? To have the click-through, it has to be executable, in which case it isn't source code - open or otherwise - any more.
My brain is tired - please, someone, explain to me how "click-through" and "open *source*" go together ? Or is there some high-grade semantic confusion going on here ?