Canonical is Free to distribute a computer program that watches how people use it as long as people who use the program know what's going on. But because Firefox/Iceweasel/whatever is free software, you are also Free to download the source code, rip out the data mining, and rebuild it, or to hire someone to do so for you.
Emphasis mine.
The problem here is that Canonical did not ask for permission.
For the record, I would be perfectly willing to use a reasonably private datamining program to support Ubuntu, as long as everyone is clearly informed on what it can do and what it can't.
Open document, select text to be double-spaced, click on the lower right corner of the square named "paragraph", select "double spacing" in the third section of the menu that pops up.
I resisted my organization's upgrade to Office 2007 tooth and nail... I complained several times...
The IT department installed Office 2007 anyway.
And I hated the ribbon, with passion... for about two weeks, until I grudgingly admitted that, once you get used to it, it is quite easy to use and it puts the similar functions together in a intelligent way.
-Roarrr! -[gasp!] -droid! -I think he's trying to say something! -Roarr!! -[gulp!] android! -I think he said android! -We can still save android, from the bounty hunter!
Inspector Clouseau is interviewing his new assistant:
- And you are? - Gilbert Ponton. Detective, second class. I've been assigned to work with you. - And what qualifications do you have for police work? - My family's done police work in Paris for nine generations. - And before that? - We were policemen in the surrounding areas for 200 years. - And before that? - Immigrants from various countries in Europe all involving police work. - And before that? - Farmers. - Hmm. So you are a little lamb who has come to Clouseau for to learn.
In other words, "We reject the view that copyright owners and their licensees are required to receive a consumers' money".
I'll bite.
I in favor of backing up a CD to my harddrive. I am also in favor of being able to watch and listen to media files in the software of my choice.
Yes, I am also in favor of copying a loaned CD and to share the occasional music file on the internet, even if that means not supporting Copyright Owners.
I am all in favor of supporting Artists however, and will gladly pay to see them live, I'll buy their merchandise (if its attractive and reasonably priced) and generally try to support them in a way that does not imply having to buy "a license" to listen to their work a finite number of times...
Didn't anybody in the project have this guy's telephone number? or maybe knows a personal friend that can go check at his place? Did this guy have family?
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Panasonic used to have a line of "rugged" laptops, didn't they?
If you noticed, it said "math and science textbooks"
"No way, there are so many changes to Basic Algebra all the time it definitely takes a full time publishing staff to keep up!"
Better now?
Of course, Palm is a bad company that has been making worse and worse products each year
However, I refuse to use a Windows Mobile product, there are no Android phones sold in my country and the Iphone is both inconvenient and expensive.
These days, I use my Palm Centro as an Ebook Reader/Phone/Calendar device
Palm had the pda market cornered and could have easily held on to the smartphone market if they hadn't made such braindead decisions...
This just confirms to me that Palm Executives are just too dumb to live...
Sincerely,
A long-time Palm user (who still uses a Centro)
Illegal does not necessarily mean "wrong"
However, this guy was doing something that was both wrong and illegal
I am pretty sure someone's made a IE6 theme for Firefox
Canonical is Free to distribute a computer program that watches how people use it as long as people who use the program know what's going on. But because Firefox/Iceweasel/whatever is free software, you are also Free to download the source code, rip out the data mining, and rebuild it, or to hire someone to do so for you.
Emphasis mine.
The problem here is that Canonical did not ask for permission.
For the record, I would be perfectly willing to use a reasonably private datamining program to support Ubuntu, as long as everyone is clearly informed on what it can do and what it can't.
Open document, select text to be double-spaced, click on the lower right corner of the square named "paragraph", select "double spacing" in the third section of the menu that pops up.
There, it wasn't so hard, was it?
I resisted my organization's upgrade to Office 2007 tooth and nail... I complained several times...
The IT department installed Office 2007 anyway.
And I hated the ribbon, with passion... for about two weeks, until I grudgingly admitted that, once you get used to it, it is quite easy to use and it puts the similar functions together in a intelligent way.
So yeah, I like it now
"Both Cryptomartus hindi and Eophrynus prestivicii were around the size of a 50 pence piece
So, if they were not Volkswagen-sized spiders, why is this news?
...were they giant spiders?
The article doesn't say!
+1, Car analogy
That's unfair. At least we've figured out that the brain is useful for cooling blood. All those folds...it's obviously a heat exchanger.
But you don't really need it for the afterlife, so its ok to ask the priests to remove it with tongs through the nose once youre dead...
What, you wanted Linux support for a Fender Twin Reverb?
Since you didn't mention Natalie Portman or hot grits, you must certainly be new here
(A few minutes later)
-Roarrr!
-[gasp!] -droid!
-I think he's trying to say something!
-Roarr!!
-[gulp!] android!
-I think he said android!
-We can still save android, from the bounty hunter!
This conversation just sounded like:
It is not a Tumor! It is the Republican Party!
system76 offers them
"Warning labels" lol
For those using Ubuntu, System76 offers free stickers
Amazon doesn't sell music files outside of the four countries they currently support
iTunes doesn't work in my computer.
Back to ripping CDs I go...
In other words, "We reject the view that copyright owners and their licensees are required to receive a consumers' money".
I'll bite.
I in favor of backing up a CD to my harddrive. I am also in favor of being able to watch and listen to media files in the software of my choice.
Yes, I am also in favor of copying a loaned CD and to share the occasional music file on the internet, even if that means not supporting Copyright Owners.
I am all in favor of supporting Artists however, and will gladly pay to see them live, I'll buy their merchandise (if its attractive and reasonably priced) and generally try to support them in a way that does not imply having to buy "a license" to listen to their work a finite number of times...
"The more you tighten your grip, Metalitz, more songs will slip through your fingers"
(What kind of name is "Metalitz", anyway?? Sounds like an evil android)
Didn't anybody in the project have this guy's telephone number? or maybe knows a personal friend that can go check at his place? Did this guy have family?
Welcome to Mexico City, where people offer "assertive driving" seminars and workshops