I don't know how it is in the US, but I can tell you how it is in my country (Argentina).
The thing usually done to prove anteriority on IP issues is: 1. Put the IP on some media (Paper, disk, CD) 2. Send it to yourself by the official state mail service.
Now you have a sealed envelope, with a dated stamp of the National Postal Service. You keep it away, closed. If you have to prove in court that at a given date you owneed that IP, the dated stamp and closed envelope serves as a valid and strong proof.
Of course, it can be falsified, as any document, but the penalties for getting caught for that kind of fraud are severe.
Hey! but that's the way I created my whole MP3 collection!
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I wish Zephram Cochran would hurry up and be born so he can invent the Warp Drive
And while he is at it, somebody invent the inertial dampers, so we don't get splattered all over the back of the starship when accelerating to Warp Speed.
As a lot of people say, probably the DMCA has nothing to do with your pproblem, it's just a copyright violation.
Anyway, you should contact the FSF (Stallmen, or the lawyer, Eben Moglen). Defending a case of GPL/GFDL violation would set a good precedent (and be publicity for the FSF) so they are probably eager to help.
You are comparing C++/Java/etc. to SmartEiffel. That's comparing apples to oranges.
Compare C++/Java to Eiffel (languages) Or gxx/javac to SmartEiffel (compilers)
Yes, the SmartEiffel compiler lacks now the ability of dynaamic loading. But nothing in the languaage itself discourages it (and actually, it would be very natural). So it's just a matter of time for getting it implemented, not a design flaw of the language (like C++ way of handling multiple inheritance or templates).
In fact there are (non free) Eiffel compilers supporting what you want.
That's unnecessary. This compiles in my SmartEiffel:
class HELLO creation make feature make is do
print("Hello World!%N") end -- make end -- class HELLO
Anyway, Eiffel has morea dvantage for bigger systems. Code reduction in the large beats by far the verboseness in the small of the language.
I do all my "large programming" in Eiffel (and for small things, i.e. less tahn 50 or 100 lines i use C, Pascal or Python, depending on the job) (or Bash, for very short things).
It's not "the ultimte language for solving everything", But it's great to managing complexity. (and getting it right)
The article doesn't draw this conclusion, but this effectively sets up slave machines for DDoS uses.
This is only one possibility. Some warez communities use this kind of backdoors (specially code red) to install FTP servers in infected machines, and upload illegal software there. Then they distribute the IP addresses of this "stash" PCs.
In that way, they have essentially a big farm of servers to provide content to their users. Obviously, the real owners of this servers don't know about that.
Somebody showed me this some time ago. The guy was receiving warez access in exchange for doing some "work" for the warez admins. I talked to him and he didn't even know that this "IIS scanner" he was running for them was used for cracking into other PCs.
I'm not completely sure about this, but I think you can use ATK (accessability toolkit) for sending events and getting widget contents to GTK apps. That works only onn GTK2, though, so perhaps it's not helpful to you, but at least I think the functionality is there.
it could be accomplished simply by stating that the government itself will only use documented formats for data, which will require all major software vendors to document theirs.
What does "stating that the govt will" means? Usually, in a republic (i.e. three powers), that is done passing a law. Even if it is a law that applies to internal organization (as this one would be), it is the only official way a government can "state" that it will do something (and make sure that it will keep doing it in the next administration).
I'm curious to know why passing a law about this bothers you if you want this done. Could you explain yourself more?
Actually, this is the text of a bill proposed in Argentina, but it is almost identical (to the point of s/Argentina/Peru/g). The free software deffinition used in both is the same.
I'm part of a similar initiative in Argentina (I'm not Peruvian) which is closely related, so I can tell you the story from here.
The Argentinian Free Software Law proposal has been around for more than a year now. You can read about it at http://www.grulic.org.ar/proposicion. It was written by a congressman and improved by a bunch of geeks on a mailing list who offered him (idelogical) support.
At some time in the middle, the Peruvian LUG found about it, liked it, and tried to find a Congressman there to do something similar (in fact, both law proposals are identical). They found Congressman Villanueva Nuñez.
Our group has contact with the Peruvians, and some people from here have travelled there to offer ideas, and even helped with the writing of this letter (yes, it takes some mistycism about it away but is true: geeks participated in the writing of the letter).
Hope that feeds your curiosity. You have lots of info at the site i noted above, and at the Peruvian LUG (slashdotted right now).
The Peruvian Bill is almost identical (was taken from, without modifications) to the Argentinian law proposal. I did a translation of that, and posted it here in slashdot back in 2001. You can read a translation at:
It's a site mostly about the similar law in Argentina. But in the references section you can find lots of law proposals like this one all over the world (one of them, in a Brazilian state, has been approved as a law).
Most of the site is dual language spanish/english (some parts not translated), so you should see it in English with a proper browser setup.
After getting chocked up with/. nonsense and other similar stuff today, I decided to give up and use my computer for some playing. I wanted to play some oldie, so I reinstalled Master of Orion 2. A few turns into the game, I read into the turn summary:
Citizens demand a stadium. (There is no stadium building in MOO2, so I was puzzled). And more cream of celery soup. I stared for a while at the screen, and then laughed.
Still unsure if this was some 4/1 joke, I checked google and found a page saying that there's actually that easter egg in the game that shows that message.
That was the only thing today that left me with the jaw open. I hope there are still some places where I will be off guard on next April Fools... Slashdot hasn't one of them for a long while.
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BoreCraft already exists. But it's called "The Sims".
I don't know how it is in the US, but I can tell you how it is in my country (Argentina).
The thing usually done to prove anteriority on IP issues is:
1. Put the IP on some media (Paper, disk, CD)
2. Send it to yourself by the official state mail service.
Now you have a sealed envelope, with a dated stamp of the National Postal Service. You keep it away, closed. If you have to prove in court that at a given date you owneed that IP, the dated stamp and closed envelope serves as a valid and strong proof.
Of course, it can be falsified, as any document, but the penalties for getting caught for that kind of fraud are severe.
Explaining why software libre is the best tool for the State requirements:
The Digital Crossroad(OK, this is a bit of a plug; I'm one of the authors)
If you are interested in the free software/state relation, you might find the whole site (ProposiciÃn) interesting.
cat /dev/urandom >winsock.dll
Hey! but that's the way I created my whole MP3 collection!
I wish Zephram Cochran would hurry up and be born so he can invent the Warp Drive
And while he is at it, somebody invent the inertial dampers, so we don't get splattered all over the back of the starship when accelerating to Warp Speed.
Yeah, for example let's make it possible to write PROGRA~1 instead of "Program Files"
As a lot of people say, probably the DMCA has nothing to do with your pproblem, it's just a copyright violation.
Anyway, you should contact the FSF (Stallmen, or the lawyer, Eben Moglen). Defending a case of GPL/GFDL violation would set a good precedent (and be publicity for the FSF) so they are probably eager to help.
Try it, there's nothing to lose at least.
...a black monolith of 1x4x9 dimensions has been found in Africa.
So I guess Duke Nukem Forever is coming out soon.
From the "Official Master of Orion III FAQ":
Will there be a Linux version?
I hope to e lucky.
You are comparing C++/Java/etc. to SmartEiffel. That's comparing apples to oranges.
Compare C++/Java to Eiffel (languages)
Or gxx/javac to SmartEiffel (compilers)
Yes, the SmartEiffel compiler lacks now the ability of dynaamic loading. But nothing in the languaage itself discourages it (and actually, it would be very natural). So it's just a matter of time for getting it implemented, not a design flaw of the language (like C++ way of handling multiple inheritance or templates).
In fact there are (non free) Eiffel compilers supporting what you want.
That's unnecessary. This compiles in my SmartEiffel:
class HELLO
creation make
feature make is do
print("Hello World!%N")
end -- make
end -- class HELLO
Anyway, Eiffel has morea dvantage for bigger systems. Code reduction in the large beats by far the verboseness in the small of the language.
I do all my "large programming" in Eiffel (and for small things, i.e. less tahn 50 or 100 lines i use C, Pascal or Python, depending on the job) (or Bash, for very short things).
It's not "the ultimte language for solving everything", But it's great to managing complexity. (and getting it right)
Eiffel strength:
I don't have debuggers installed in my computer and no need for them since I use it.
Good enough for you?
The article doesn't draw this conclusion, but this effectively sets up slave machines for DDoS uses.
This is only one possibility. Some warez communities use this kind of backdoors (specially code red) to install FTP servers in infected machines, and upload illegal software there. Then they distribute the IP addresses of this "stash" PCs.
In that way, they have essentially a big farm of servers to provide content to their users. Obviously, the real owners of this servers don't know about that.
Somebody showed me this some time ago. The guy was receiving warez access in exchange for doing some "work" for the warez admins. I talked to him and he didn't even know that this "IIS scanner" he was running for them was used for cracking into other PCs.
I'm not completely sure about this, but I think you can use ATK (accessability toolkit) for sending events and getting widget contents to GTK apps. That works only onn GTK2, though, so perhaps it's not helpful to you, but at least I think the functionality is there.
it could be accomplished simply by stating that the government itself will only use documented formats for data, which will require all major software vendors to document theirs.
What does "stating that the govt will" means? Usually, in a republic (i.e. three powers), that is done passing a law. Even if it is a law that applies to internal organization (as this one would be), it is the only official way a government can "state" that it will do something (and make sure that it will keep doing it in the next administration).
I'm curious to know why passing a law about this bothers you if you want this done. Could you explain yourself more?
Actually, this is the text of a bill proposed in Argentina, but it is almost identical (to the point of s/Argentina/Peru/g). The free software deffinition used in both is the same.
sorry, the second URL should be:
n sf / odosdocumentos/26F8AE4A18D3713105256B9700039EBA?op endocument
http://200.37.159.7/paracas/TextoProyectos2001.
A webpage on the peruvian government, with info about the congressmen.
l la nueva.htm
1 /evilla nueva.htm
http://www.congreso.gob.pe/congresista/2001/evi
One of the links aboove lists the laws proposed by him, (the third small square picture). Then go to the first link and you find:
SOFTWARE:USO LIBRE EN ADMINISTRACIÓN PÚBLICA
(SOFTWARE: FREE USE ON PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION).
Full text here:
http://www.congreso.gob.pe/congresista/200
Besides, I know personally a lot of the people involved. It's quite real, not a hoax
I'm part of a similar initiative in Argentina (I'm not Peruvian) which is closely related, so I can tell you the story from here.
The Argentinian Free Software Law proposal has been around for more than a year now. You can read about it at http://www.grulic.org.ar/proposicion. It was written by a congressman and improved by a bunch of geeks on a mailing list who offered him (idelogical) support.
At some time in the middle, the Peruvian LUG found about it, liked it, and tried to find a Congressman there to do something similar (in fact, both law proposals are identical). They found Congressman Villanueva Nuñez.
Our group has contact with the Peruvians, and some people from here have travelled there to offer ideas, and even helped with the writing of this letter (yes, it takes some mistycism about it away but is true: geeks participated in the writing of the letter).
Hope that feeds your curiosity. You have lots of info at the site i noted above, and at the Peruvian LUG (slashdotted right now).
The Peruvian Bill is almost identical (was taken from, without modifications) to the Argentinian law proposal. I did a translation of that, and posted it here in slashdot back in 2001. You can read a translation at:
http://www.grulic.org.ar/proposicion/proyecto/leye s/904-D-02/
http://www.grulic.org.ar/proposicion/proyecto/leye s/904-D-02/texto_orig
(Set your browser language to english or spanish to view it in your favorite language).
You might find interesting this:
http://www.grulic.org.ar/proposicion
It's a site mostly about the similar law in Argentina. But in the references section you can find lots of law proposals like this one all over the world (one of them, in a Brazilian state, has been approved as a law).
Most of the site is dual language spanish/english (some parts not translated), so you should see it in English with a proper browser setup.
I posted it anonymously, for no karma whoring.
Mod parent, not this one, and everyone is happy.
Sometimes is a distraction, but it's usually an excelent tool: My bookmarks menu is:
* GTK+ Documentation
* GTK+ Tutorial
* GConf manual
* Guide to teTeX documentation
* Python 2.1.1 Documentation
Besides, I use several automatic documentation tools for my code which generate HTML. They are a big plus to productivty.
After getting chocked up with /. nonsense and other similar stuff today, I decided to give up and use my computer for some playing. I wanted to play some oldie, so I reinstalled Master of Orion 2. A few turns into the game, I read into the turn summary:
Citizens demand a stadium. (There is no stadium building in MOO2, so I was puzzled). And more cream of celery soup. I stared for a while at the screen, and then laughed.
Still unsure if this was some 4/1 joke, I checked google and found a page saying that there's actually that easter egg in the game that shows that message.
That was the only thing today that left me with the jaw open. I hope there are still some places where I will be off guard on next April Fools... Slashdot hasn't one of them for a long while.