I am no expert but it is pretty damned free it would seem.
It denies liability.
It allows you to modify the liscence if you're new liscence meets the requirements.
It makes you grant the rights to any patanted tech you incluede
It lets you redistribute.
The catches I see are 1) in a "conspicous place" in your program you must add a copyright Lucent and others tag 2) if you distribute it commercially you must protect the contributers from damages against any claims you make (The way I understood it is if you say this kicks ass, and it doesn't you must take all liability).
When I heard the GBA was coming out I was ready to buy it. I was thinking WOW, all these great SNES games portable (I never copuld afford a SNES). Then the reviews rolled in. Barly playable on a bus, unplayable on a subway. I tried one in a store and it was awful.
Anyway the SP came out and I was happy, but $99 dollors was my price point, and probably a lot of peoples. $100 just seems too high (sad yet true, I am a sucker). I do wish the GBA had six buttons, especialy since it had a SNES controlerish form factor at first.
I also with it had enough flash ROM to save a game state (oviously too much money then). Saved game states are great (damned emulators spoiling me).
America's birthrate is once again on the rise, after a small interlude were it was down.
The replacement rate is something like 2.1 births per a woman, and in Europe the birthrate is lower then that, but in America it is now above that and still on the rise.
This was in an article in the economist that I am getting this information. The world population rate may not continue to double every 60 years, but it is probably not far off to assume that it will continue to grow.
What if IBM really wants to support their hardware business with open source software. They could be hushng up because they don't want to bitch slap SCO and say back off. Maybe they are luring them into court for a ruling that SCO stole Linux code, and they must GPL it. That would mean AIX would have GPL code in it and they need to GPL it. This would allow IBM to have the ability and the excuse to make AIX open source. They could then have the increased security benifits of open source and still sell their expensive hardware to run it on.
SO if IBM somehow agreed with SCO's claims they could analy rape all their customers, but no company is going to give another company rights to pull their liscences.
I cannot find any aftermarket equipment that has a nob for the tuner, a nob for volume, a nob for the fader, and a nob for the balance and an equilizer that has levers.
Why should I need to push about 8 things to decrease the trebble so I can here less static in the traffic report?
And why can't I just spin a nob to get the sound behind me (Some times I can't deal with it infron of me as I drive).
Because of this I slump along with my crappy factory supplied radio and an RF modulation changer.
Also why do they make AM and FM bands have differnt presets? I could use like 5 presets spread between the bands and not need to wory about FM1 FM2 FM3 AM1 AM2 I only listen to 5 stations why should I need to worry about what band I am set to at all?
It still won't revoke the fact that the vast majority of code was contributed fairly to the GPL, including some of it by IBM themself. The worst case scenario is that they go back to a pre-IBM kernel and very quickly reproduce all the work done since then (second time is always easier). It may not be the 3 day patch peopele are talking about, but I doubt it would take longer then 6 months. And may even turn out a better product.
This is probably redundant, but if IBM knows they are going to win, can't they just put some large sum of money in escrow, and then get it all back when they trounce SCO in court?
Is it even legal for SCO to pull their liscense without any ruling?
It seems silly to me that SCO can just yank the liscense as blackmail without proof (A court ruling) that IBM is in violation
I do not own a gun, and I do not feel the need to. But I do whole hardily believe that people should be able to own guns if they like. I thought what made something an assult rifle was that it had a burst mode, which I do not think is needed for huntimg. Obviously I was wrong.
I personaly do not see a reason why any non-automatic weapon should be banned.
I also believe that there should be a legal way to store more powerful weapons in large stockpiles. These stockpiles shouls be monitored and it should be a crime to access them, but in the case of armed revolution (A constitutional right) they should be available (Obviously the criminal offense does not really matter at that point.
I'm sorry to have made my grandparent post so inflamatory, I was in a bad mood, and I did not realise that there was a push to eliminate semi-automatic weapons, I think that is just plain old retarded.
Armor/Kevlar piercing bullets and Assult rifles are not tools for hunting.
One is for killing people wearing protection, the other for assulting places.
Of course weapons for these purposes are what the second ammendment was for, so if you want them legal take a real "I want to rebel soon because government is so fucked up" stance and not a "I can't pump enough lead into a dear because I am a shitty hunter, please legalize the assult rifle" stance.
Also I hardly would even call a pistol a hunting weapon, yet they remain perfectly legal.
If it was a trade secret that is at issue there is no reason to remove the code. The secret is no more, IBM is in trouble but the code is now public domain.
The systems that are inexespensive to delevope for will have the innovative quirky non blockbuster games.
Even if a GBA game costs 20.00 ea. for liscensing, The entire project start to finish takes less time and resources then designing one level in a game like Max Payne.
Here is a thing that pisses me off though.
Doom II costs 45.00 at the only place I found it for sale.
DoomII is nearly a decade old. And the engine was ported to the GBA by some Open Source hackers in almost no time. How can it possibly sell for as much as a brand new copy of Zelda?
Also defender of the crown Which was a fun, for a board 11 year old, but rather simple game a decade ago (I have no idea how old it actually is, it felt old then though). This game has been released for the GBA and costs 35.00.
How can publishers get away with charging so much money for games that probably have less then 10,000 dollors into them?
Linux is a lot bigger then the few paragraph essay that started this discussion.
Many large and good quality technical books have a few people working on them too. But not 200 people each with their own page.
Where I work when we collaberate it is one person designing something, passing it around for changes suggestions, with notes to the parts that need some input.
Then the original author looks over discusses the suggestions and makes a final piece.
This is for a single page foldover brochure. And not everyone gets their own panel to do, that would be stupid.
I would bet a good portion of Linux users started with Microsoft.
I know I did, I never paid for it personaly but usually it was legit.
I know use Linux only at home and the transition was only mildly annoying.
Word and excel 97 to Abiword and GNUmeric was totaly painless and on the desktop. And all server environments are pains in the ass in their own little ways unless you really know what your doing.
Your statement was the dumbest thing I have ever read on slashdot (browsing at one anyway).
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I am no expert but it is pretty damned free it would seem.
It denies liability.
It allows you to modify the liscence if you're new liscence meets the requirements.
It makes you grant the rights to any patanted tech you incluede
It lets you redistribute.
The catches I see are
1) in a "conspicous place" in your program you must add a copyright Lucent and others tag
2) if you distribute it commercially you must protect the contributers from damages against any claims you make (The way I understood it is if you say this kicks ass, and it doesn't you must take all liability).
Imagine the Fireworks if IBM starts to crash and burn and decides that suing everybody for IP violations is the way to recover.
Besides setting the industry back years and years it would probably bring about some changes in IP law.
A 2x4 is 2x4 inches.
Of course most 2x4's are finished, wich takes 1/4 inch all the way around (1.5 x 3.5).
But you can buy unfinished 2x4's, they will give you splinters, but they are 2 x4 inches.
I can't believe the non-backlit GBA sold so well.
When I heard the GBA was coming out I was ready to buy it. I was thinking WOW, all these great SNES games portable (I never copuld afford a SNES). Then the reviews rolled in. Barly playable on a bus, unplayable on a subway. I tried one in a store and it was awful.
Anyway the SP came out and I was happy, but $99 dollors was my price point, and probably a lot of peoples. $100 just seems too high (sad yet true, I am a sucker). I do wish the GBA had six buttons, especialy since it had a SNES controlerish form factor at first.
I also with it had enough flash ROM to save a game state (oviously too much money then). Saved game states are great (damned emulators spoiling me).
America's birthrate is once again on the rise, after a small interlude were it was down.
The replacement rate is something like 2.1 births per a woman, and in Europe the birthrate is lower then that, but in America it is now above that and still on the rise.
This was in an article in the economist that I am getting this information. The world population rate may not continue to double every 60 years, but it is probably not far off to assume that it will continue to grow.
What if IBM really wants to support their hardware business with open source software. They could be hushng up because they don't want to bitch slap SCO and say back off. Maybe they are luring them into court for a ruling that SCO stole Linux code, and they must GPL it. That would mean AIX would have GPL code in it and they need to GPL it. This would allow IBM to have the ability and the excuse to make AIX open source. They could then have the increased security benifits of open source and still sell their expensive hardware to run it on.
Except IBM would be in control of that, not SCO.
SO if IBM somehow agreed with SCO's claims they could analy rape all their customers, but no company is going to give another company rights to pull their liscences.
DRM is not that evil.
So then everybody downloads 2.4.19 and the patch.
That accomplishes a lot.
If they really had a huge bandwidth concern they would only post patches, let other people patch and host the whole thing.
Noone I know calls Austin, Texas au the same can be said for every single one of the cities you listed.
OTOH,
LA is a very reconizable term for Las Angeles, At least it is here in the US.
A few of the ones you listed would work for states here. But if I said I was going to AU to visit a family I would get a retarded stare.
Buttons suck on car stereos.
I cannot find any aftermarket equipment that has a nob for the tuner, a nob for volume, a nob for the fader, and a nob for the balance and an equilizer that has levers.
Why should I need to push about 8 things to decrease the trebble so I can here less static in the traffic report?
And why can't I just spin a nob to get the sound behind me (Some times I can't deal with it infron of me as I drive).
Because of this I slump along with my crappy factory supplied radio and an RF modulation changer.
Also why do they make AM and FM bands have differnt presets? I could use like 5 presets spread between the bands and not need to wory about FM1 FM2 FM3 AM1 AM2 I only listen to 5 stations why should I need to worry about what band I am set to at all?
Like with the Gullom Award?
I am confused now.
It still won't revoke the fact that the vast majority of code was contributed fairly to the GPL, including some of it by IBM themself. The worst case scenario is that they go back to a pre-IBM kernel and very quickly reproduce all the work done since then (second time is always easier). It may not be the 3 day patch peopele are talking about, but I doubt it would take longer then 6 months. And may even turn out a better product.
This is probably redundant, but if IBM knows they are going to win, can't they just put some large sum of money in escrow, and then get it all back when they trounce SCO in court?
Is it even legal for SCO to pull their liscense without any ruling?
It seems silly to me that SCO can just yank the liscense as blackmail without proof (A court ruling) that IBM is in violation
IANAL
Thank you for your informative link.
I do not own a gun, and I do not feel the need to. But I do whole hardily believe that people should be able to own guns if they like. I thought what made something an assult rifle was that it had a burst mode, which I do not think is needed for huntimg. Obviously I was wrong.
I personaly do not see a reason why any non-automatic weapon should be banned.
I also believe that there should be a legal way to store more powerful weapons in large stockpiles. These stockpiles shouls be monitored and it should be a crime to access them, but in the case of armed revolution (A constitutional right) they should be available (Obviously the criminal offense does not really matter at that point.
I'm sorry to have made my grandparent post so inflamatory, I was in a bad mood, and I did not realise that there was a push to eliminate semi-automatic weapons, I think that is just plain old retarded.
What hunting tools are illegal?
Armor/Kevlar piercing bullets and Assult rifles are not tools for hunting.
One is for killing people wearing protection, the other for assulting places.
Of course weapons for these purposes are what the second ammendment was for, so if you want them legal take a real "I want to rebel soon because government is so fucked up" stance and not a "I can't pump enough lead into a dear because I am a shitty hunter, please legalize the assult rifle" stance.
Also I hardly would even call a pistol a hunting weapon, yet they remain perfectly legal.
Does that mean if you use a proprietary compiler and use special extensions you cannot legally distribute your code under the GPL?
I would swap his (a) and (b) at the end.
... rather awkward.
I found reading (a)be
Though I do agree that his definition was consise, to the point, and very accurate.
Except in my expierience there is a fairly large socialist leaning also. Maybe it is just the idea of open source that makes me think this though.
I read somewhere that "Read Hat" amongst other things was a communist refference.
If it was a trade secret that is at issue there is no reason to remove the code. The secret is no more, IBM is in trouble but the code is now public domain.
The systems that are inexespensive to delevope for will have the innovative quirky non blockbuster games.
Even if a GBA game costs 20.00 ea. for liscensing, The entire project start to finish takes less time and resources then designing one level in a game like Max Payne.
Here is a thing that pisses me off though.
Doom II costs 45.00 at the only place I found it for sale.
DoomII is nearly a decade old. And the engine was ported to the GBA by some Open Source hackers in almost no time. How can it possibly sell for as much as a brand new copy of Zelda?
Also defender of the crown Which was a fun, for a board 11 year old, but rather simple game a decade ago (I have no idea how old it actually is, it felt old then though). This game has been released for the GBA and costs 35.00.
How can publishers get away with charging so much money for games that probably have less then 10,000 dollors into them?
Linux is a lot bigger then the few paragraph essay that started this discussion.
Many large and good quality technical books have a few people working on them too. But not 200 people each with their own page.
Where I work when we collaberate it is one person designing something, passing it around for changes suggestions, with notes to the parts that need some input.
Then the original author looks over discusses the suggestions and makes a final piece.
This is for a single page foldover brochure. And not everyone gets their own panel to do, that would be stupid.
Didn't AOL pay 100 Million Dollors for Nullsoft?
Wasn't that his "Fuck You" money so that he could do whatever he wanted?
I believe this is really AOL's loss and not his, he probable will be doing well for a long time time to come.
Too bad we can't see the URLs for the bookmarks in the screenshot.
I really want the SKIN TWO Fetish Doll.
ohwell.
I bet the /. editors like sci-fi.
OK, maybe a bad idea.
That is entirly not true.
I would bet a good portion of Linux users started with Microsoft.
I know I did, I never paid for it personaly but usually it was legit.
I know use Linux only at home and the transition was only mildly annoying.
Word and excel 97 to Abiword and GNUmeric was totaly painless and on the desktop. And all server environments are pains in the ass in their own little ways unless you really know what your doing.
Your statement was the dumbest thing I have ever read on slashdot (browsing at one anyway).
Incredibly sensitive equipment can't be that cheap.
So why not just use an old laptop?
get one that will throttle back the prossesor and get all the extra batteries you can.
should last quite a while, is upgradable to wireless and easy to set an FTP server on.
It can also have capabilityt added if your needs change.