Download Solaris 8 (Sparc/x86) "free" from Sun here. They'll even let you download the source for Solaris 8 for free, after letting you jump through some legal hoops. There are restrictions on what you can use either of these for though, but for home use, you should be all set.
The licenses that QNX is released under can be seen here. The OCL (QNX Open Community License) doesn't seem that bad at all. Modifications can be sold, can be closed-source under different licenses, but, if the source is released, it must also be released under the QCL. Sort of like a combination of BSD and GPL? Although, they don't release _everything_ under this license. Some of it's closed-source.
Hmm, well, I'm posting this from QNX, on a laptop. Via an ethernet card that's not made by 3com (it's an ne2000 compatible). The install is actually quite easy- everything works for me except sound. Networking was a little tough to set up though, but reading the help pages helps.
Well, it would be good to see the code. But not all of it is open-source. They use some GNU utilities, which they obviously need to provide source for, but I'm pretty sure that the kernel (at least most of it) and the GUI are closed source. In fact, here they even mention being non-GPL as an advantage. And see here for reasons on why you really don't need to see the source.
The floppy's available here, I agree, quite impressive. It includes a web server too, as well as drivers and such.
But, I wouldn't just delete said large file. Assuming this is under Windows (I don't think you can run QNX as a file on a Linux/whatever partition yet), you'd want to undo the changes it does to the startup config files- the changes that give you the choice between Win/QNX on boot. So remove it via the "Control Panel," that'll fix it all up nice and tidy.
And I think this has been out "free" for quite some time now- I'm pretty sure I had it running (having freely downloaded it from qnx.com) on a laptop for a little while in the fall.:)
He did not end up buying another pair of shoes with another id. If you read the exchange, you'd see:
I have decided to order the shoes with a different iD, but I would like to make one small request. Could you please send me a color snapshot of the 10-year-old Vietnamese girl who makes my shoes?
Which Nike also (obviously) refused to allow him to order.
He also even mentions that he's not the most-dedicated activist.
So it's not really too ironic.
From the announcement:
GCC 2.96-RH
The actual gcc RPM included is named gcc-2.96-71.src.rpm.
Redhat 7.0 shipped with gcc-2.96-54.[insert arch here].rpm, so it's still the same broken compiler.
The satirical version of the story is available here. And it even quotes Hemos:
"We're talking about Microsoft, for God's sake, not a bunch of utopian, open source geeks like us."
"No, we all have to take this for what it is," he added, "the cold, hard truth. Damn their probity."
A couple of quick links from a google search:
A Byte Magazine article from 1996.
An article that was published in Scientific American.
The latter link says that storing "trillions of bytes" in the size of a sugar cube seems possible.
It is a "3d type storage"- with layers of data that can be read by varying the angle at which a laser is used to read it. (See the first article)
>>lastly, a Missle Defense system violates the Strategic Arms Treaties. this in itself is reason enough not to build one.
Actually, a missile defense system would violate the ABM treaty, not the "Strategic Arms Treaties". Which, is technically no longer legally valid, since the US signed it with the Soviet Union, which no longer exists, as stated here. (courtesy of lexis nexis).
The ABM treaty prohibits "strategic" defense systems, but permits "theater" defenses, the difference being one of scale.
IANAL
There's an update on linuxtoday.com, saying that this is actually the result of a DoS attack. Which they call a "break-in." Well, at least they make the cracker/hacker distinction I suppose. And they mention the odd entries in a whois of microsoft.com again too.
Apparently all of Microsoft's DNS servers are located on the same network (according to the article), making them more vulnerable to DoS attacks.
I believe actually, TOC was the protocol that commonly changed, and OSCAR has stayed pretty much constant, the official aim clients use oscar and don't require changes very often. Anyways, OSCAR has been reverse-engineered, see http://www.auk.cx/faim for details. This is libfaim, which gaim uses if you use oscar rather than toc (./configure --enable-oscar)
There are patches and instructions for patching lynx to support SSL here. This patch uses the SSLeay library, and supports up to 168 bit encryption. There is another patch available here that does much the same thing, but uses OpenSSL instead of SSLeay. Once you have lynx compiled with SSL, you can go here to test the strength of the encryption that you can use.
Apparently not, ticalc.org currently has a news item which includes: "Macross Software has found a revolutionary new way to access the Internet - from your calculator at school." Now we just need some strong crypto so the teacher can't catch us:)
A while ago, ticalc.org posted an article about a program for the TI-83 called Telnet-83, it's a telnet client for the TI83, allowing access to shells and the like. Although it was neccesary to use an external 9600 modem. Wireless net access on the calculator, can you say cheating?
This article says that: "The new Xeons will be used in a 32-processor server from Unisys that Compaq also is selling, Ambrose said. And IBM will use the Xeons in a new 64-processor machine to be announced later this week, based on the Numa-Q design IBM acquired by buying Sequent." I want one.
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This article quotes a figure of $100,000 for the GS80, $500,000 for the GS160, and over a million for the GS320. Damn.
Yes, as the posted article reads: "For now, I'm only intending for the grant to extend to the GPL." He does have reasons for doing so, although it would have been nice for it to have been under the LGPL perhaps.
The slashdot stats on the front page seem to say that the site hasn't been down in the past days: Slashdot Stats date: 12:34pm uptime: 30 days, 2:33, 4 users
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Download Solaris 8 (Sparc/x86) "free" from Sun here. They'll even let you download the source for Solaris 8 for free, after letting you jump through some legal hoops. There are restrictions on what you can use either of these for though, but for home use, you should be all set.
The licenses that QNX is released under can be seen here. The OCL (QNX Open Community License) doesn't seem that bad at all. Modifications can be sold, can be closed-source under different licenses, but, if the source is released, it must also be released under the QCL. Sort of like a combination of BSD and GPL? Although, they don't release _everything_ under this license. Some of it's closed-source.
Hmm, well, I'm posting this from QNX, on a laptop. Via an ethernet card that's not made by 3com (it's an ne2000 compatible). The install is actually quite easy- everything works for me except sound. Networking was a little tough to set up though, but reading the help pages helps.
It's running quite nicely for me.
Well, it would be good to see the code. But not all of it is open-source. They use some GNU utilities, which they obviously need to provide source for, but I'm pretty sure that the kernel (at least most of it) and the GUI are closed source. In fact, here they even mention being non-GPL as an advantage. And see here for reasons on why you really don't need to see the source.
This is free as in beer.
The floppy's available here, I agree, quite impressive. It includes a web server too, as well as drivers and such.
:)
But, I wouldn't just delete said large file. Assuming this is under Windows (I don't think you can run QNX as a file on a Linux/whatever partition yet), you'd want to undo the changes it does to the startup config files- the changes that give you the choice between Win/QNX on boot. So remove it via the "Control Panel," that'll fix it all up nice and tidy.
And I think this has been out "free" for quite some time now- I'm pretty sure I had it running (having freely downloaded it from qnx.com) on a laptop for a little while in the fall.
He did not end up buying another pair of shoes with another id. If you read the exchange, you'd see:
I have decided to order the shoes with a different iD, but I would like to make one small request. Could you please send me a color snapshot of the 10-year-old Vietnamese girl who makes my shoes?
Which Nike also (obviously) refused to allow him to order.
He also even mentions that he's not the most-dedicated activist.
So it's not really too ironic.
About encrypted source fulfilling the GPL.
:)
It seems to me, although ianal, that this isn't an actual loophole. From the text of the GPL:
The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for making modifications to it.
And for some reason, encrypted source seems to not be the preferred form for modification purposes.
Of course, you're obviously not serious.
Another similar piece can be found here, entitled "Linus: Microsoft is Going Down."
From the announcement:
GCC 2.96-RH
The actual gcc RPM included is named gcc-2.96-71.src.rpm.
Redhat 7.0 shipped with gcc-2.96-54.[insert arch here].rpm, so it's still the same broken compiler.
The satirical version of the story is available here. And it even quotes Hemos:
"We're talking about Microsoft, for God's sake, not a bunch of utopian, open source geeks like us."
"No, we all have to take this for what it is," he added, "the cold, hard truth. Damn their probity."
A couple of quick links from a google search:
A Byte Magazine article from 1996.
An article that was published in Scientific American.
The latter link says that storing "trillions of bytes" in the size of a sugar cube seems possible.
It is a "3d type storage"- with layers of data that can be read by varying the angle at which a laser is used to read it. (See the first article)
>>lastly, a Missle Defense system violates the Strategic Arms Treaties. this in itself is reason enough not to build one.
Actually, a missile defense system would violate the ABM treaty, not the "Strategic Arms Treaties". Which, is technically no longer legally valid, since the US signed it with the Soviet Union, which no longer exists, as stated here. (courtesy of lexis nexis).
The ABM treaty prohibits "strategic" defense systems, but permits "theater" defenses, the difference being one of scale.
IANAL
There's an update on linuxtoday.com, saying that this is actually the result of a DoS attack. Which they call a "break-in." Well, at least they make the cracker/hacker distinction I suppose. And they mention the odd entries in a whois of microsoft.com again too. Apparently all of Microsoft's DNS servers are located on the same network (according to the article), making them more vulnerable to DoS attacks.
I believe actually, TOC was the protocol that commonly changed, and OSCAR has stayed pretty much constant, the official aim clients use oscar and don't require changes very often.
Anyways, OSCAR has been reverse-engineered, see http://www.auk.cx/faim for details. This is libfaim, which gaim uses if you use oscar rather than toc (./configure --enable-oscar)
There are patches and instructions for patching lynx to support SSL here. This patch uses the SSLeay library, and supports up to 168 bit encryption. There is another patch available here that does much the same thing, but uses OpenSSL instead of SSLeay. Once you have lynx compiled with SSL, you can go here to test the strength of the encryption that you can use.
Apparently not, ticalc.org currently has a news item which includes: "Macross Software has found a revolutionary new way to access the Internet - from your calculator at school." Now we just need some strong crypto so the teacher can't catch us :)
A while ago, ticalc.org posted an article about a program for the TI-83 called Telnet-83, it's a telnet client for the TI83, allowing access to shells and the like. Although it was neccesary to use an external 9600 modem. Wireless net access on the calculator, can you say cheating?
This article says that:
"The new Xeons will be used in a 32-processor server from Unisys that Compaq also is selling, Ambrose said. And IBM will use the Xeons in a new 64-processor machine to be announced later this week, based on the Numa-Q design IBM acquired by buying Sequent." I want one.
This article quotes a figure of $100,000 for the GS80, $500,000 for the GS160, and over a million for the GS320.
Damn.
Yes, as the posted article reads: "For now, I'm only intending for the grant to extend to the GPL." He does have reasons for doing so, although it would have been nice for it to have been under the LGPL perhaps.
The slashdot stats on the front page seem to say that the site hasn't been down in the past days:
Slashdot Stats
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uptime: 30 days, 2:33, 4 users