Yes, it could be argued that the original was a commercial release, but it can also be argued that because it was not in the US or not in that Format etc, it is a precommercial release.
The side note is that because as you download with Bittorrent and similiar P2P techs, you are sharing the the download and would run afoul of this law.
And to give an extremely bizarre example of how this could be abused, Macmillian a few years back were distributing Mandrake CDS as they were allowed to do via the GPL, but they were doing so without Mandrakesoft's permission. Macmillian ahd fancy boxes and everything, and currently many distros distribute the download version via Bittorrent.
It is conceivable that a company could come along and Package up a GPL download disc, and then turn around and sue everyone in the US who is distributing it prior to thier commercial release. While there are a number of problems with this scenario, do you not doubt that certain unethical companies would not think it worthwhile to get headline- "Linux Downloaders Jailed"?
What gets reported in TOP is not really the amount of memory being used. There is a fair amount of double reporting going on. Go ahead, count up the amount of ram every process is using and the total amount of Physical memory and Swap memory being used; and notice a discrepancy?
Actually, the Photographers have a nice form that says they keep the copyright. If you didn't sign those forms, but just paid for the pictures, it would be a work for hire. Might want to check what your contract with your Uni says, because unless there is a specific exemption, then your lectures are a basic part of your service and would be a work for hire.
At my old College, the Prof's circumvented the "libraries" of the Frats by putting old tests and recordings of their lectures in the library. Some of the Prof's would provide notes for the whole quarter.
Depending on circumstances, the Professor's lecture could be a work for hire. If it is a public College, then it might be Public Domain or owned by the citzenry which amounts to much the same. Regardless, I doubt there is a Professor that would try to disallow recording or free distribution of his lectures.
I remember back in college working for the A/V dept. that a number of Profs would have us use the Auditorium's sound system to record thier lecture which they then made available in the Library. And the Library made machines available to make high speed dubs on cassette.
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I knew some people in the early days of CD recording before all the crappy CD copy protection was in place, that would buy a game, copy it, then return it to get another game and copy it then return it and ad a nauseum.
At my local mall, EB and Gamestop are less than 20 feet from each other. Most other malls I have been in are similiar. There is also a Kmart, Best Buy, Circuit City, Target, and Walmart with 5-20 minutes of each other.
EB and Gamestop are already clones of one another with Gamestop have a bit more floor space and a better selection of PC games. I see this as nothing but bad news with an elimination of competition.
On the bright side it means there might be some close out deals at EB soon.
Either they lose the case and owe a Nikon mucho dinero, or they win and get the DMCA revoked or at least made toothless, neither option much to Adobe's benefit.
It started with walmart but there are several places online that offer preinstall Linux computers, usually Lindows. Besides you can get it preinstalled from some majore OEM's.
Linus, perhaps subconsciously, decided it was easier to get mad at Tridge rather than his friend McVoy.
The President OSDL decided that he would rather support Tridge over McVoy or keep Linus happy.
Fortunately things seem to have not gotten too ugly over this. I don't really want to go into specifics about this but will say that Torvalds lost some of my respect.
I may not be much of anyone important, but I doubt that I am the only one that feels this way.
Contract employee. I bet your employer has accepted Microsoft's EULA. Does this mean you are bound by it when you are at home? If you think it does, then i hope you enjoy being a slave.
Lucent is now known as agere, but it is a good recommendation. While driver for many major distros are available, they can also be compiled for a particular kernel.
For every clueful user, there are 100's that are completely ignorant. Many have a willful ignorance. I do tech support for Windows and talk to dozens every day.
Look at what you have to do for Windows in security- Firewall (depending on Version of Windows it is a third party addon), Antivirus (Probably a pay for option and closed source), Antispyware (Probably third party and at least a seperate addon), then finally run a third party browser. In Linux, you have a firewall that comes with the system, and a number of file monitoring tools if you are concerned about being compromised. I personally run a checkrootkit every now and then just to be sure. All the browsers are already there.
No, just wet towels whipping your ass and wedgies and penis size comparisons. If you learned to be able to fight without getting embarrassed by your nakedness, you ruled the locker room.
Ahh, the number of times I took the towel for some fool that tried to snap his towel at me. I'd soak his towel and use to force him under the showers. Because his towel was soaked it meant he had to get dress soaking wet. If he was a real prick his clothes would be soaked as well.
I learned that a well honed sense of vengeance would enable a peaceful "live and let live" attitude.
When the "I'm feeling lucky" button in google would answer you question about NDISWRAPPER.
But regardless, NDISWRAPPER is a util that lets one take the Windows Driver binary for a WLAN chipset and use it in Linux. The page has pretty easy to follow instructions to install.
Well, I built my Sister's Myth box out of an old AthlonXP 2100+. It had a bt878 card and worked fine, so a Celeron 2.4Ghz should work about the same. It was built with a full ATX board and there are some decent cases (I used a Black Coolermaster), but if going with a new Mobo go with microATX. The case is huge even if it fits in her TV stand. It is no taller than a Receiver but it is wider and deeper.
It is good to hear about the Pundit as I have not built a system with one. I personally lean more towards the Ath64 type system.
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Jail time for what used to be a mere civil penalty should be considered draconian.
Besides the fact that Corporate Espianoge and Trade Secret laws should cover these things fine.
Yes, it could be argued that the original was a commercial release, but it can also be argued that because it was not in the US or not in that Format etc, it is a precommercial release.
The side note is that because as you download with Bittorrent and similiar P2P techs, you are sharing the the download and would run afoul of this law.
And to give an extremely bizarre example of how this could be abused, Macmillian a few years back were distributing Mandrake CDS as they were allowed to do via the GPL, but they were doing so without Mandrakesoft's permission. Macmillian ahd fancy boxes and everything, and currently many distros distribute the download version via Bittorrent.
It is conceivable that a company could come along and Package up a GPL download disc, and then turn around and sue everyone in the US who is distributing it prior to thier commercial release. While there are a number of problems with this scenario, do you not doubt that certain unethical companies would not think it worthwhile to get headline- "Linux Downloaders Jailed"?
What gets reported in TOP is not really the amount of memory being used. There is a fair amount of double reporting going on. Go ahead, count up the amount of ram every process is using and the total amount of Physical memory and Swap memory being used; and notice a discrepancy?
Actually, the Photographers have a nice form that says they keep the copyright. If you didn't sign those forms, but just paid for the pictures, it would be a work for hire. Might want to check what your contract with your Uni says, because unless there is a specific exemption, then your lectures are a basic part of your service and would be a work for hire.
At my old College, the Prof's circumvented the "libraries" of the Frats by putting old tests and recordings of their lectures in the library. Some of the Prof's would provide notes for the whole quarter.
There is a strong case that a Prof does not own the the copyright on the lecture instead it is a work for hire.
As most Uni's are public, they are Government Institutions and thereby any works for hire should be Public Domain.
Depending on circumstances, the Professor's lecture could be a work for hire. If it is a public College, then it might be Public Domain or owned by the citzenry which amounts to much the same. Regardless, I doubt there is a Professor that would try to disallow recording or free distribution of his lectures.
I remember back in college working for the A/V dept. that a number of Profs would have us use the Auditorium's sound system to record thier lecture which they then made available in the Library. And the Library made machines available to make high speed dubs on cassette.
I knew some people in the early days of CD recording before all the crappy CD copy protection was in place, that would buy a game, copy it, then return it to get another game and copy it then return it and ad a nauseum.
At my local mall, EB and Gamestop are less than 20 feet from each other. Most other malls I have been in are similiar. There is also a Kmart, Best Buy, Circuit City, Target, and Walmart with 5-20 minutes of each other.
EB and Gamestop are already clones of one another with Gamestop have a bit more floor space and a better selection of PC games. I see this as nothing but bad news with an elimination of competition.
On the bright side it means there might be some close out deals at EB soon.
More like they see this as a lose-lose situation.
Either they lose the case and owe a Nikon mucho dinero, or they win and get the DMCA revoked or at least made toothless, neither option much to Adobe's benefit.
Or has everyone already forgotten Dmitry?
No, that is net profit.
Out of the $.99 they want $.40.
It is even more ridiculous in that at least in the US, $.70 on average already goes to the various copyright holders.
They usually carry Penthouse and Hustler, which does show penetration.
Wrong again grasshopper.
It started with walmart but there are several places online that offer preinstall Linux computers, usually Lindows. Besides you can get it preinstalled from some majore OEM's.
A brake is a technical term for this thing that you step on to stop a car. My point is that sometimes you have to use a technical term.
The mini cd provides a minimal boot process and allows one to download everything else needed from online sources.
Linus, perhaps subconsciously, decided it was easier to get mad at Tridge rather than his friend McVoy.
The President OSDL decided that he would rather support Tridge over McVoy or keep Linus happy.
Fortunately things seem to have not gotten too ugly over this. I don't really want to go into specifics about this but will say that Torvalds lost some of my respect.
I may not be much of anyone important, but I doubt that I am the only one that feels this way.
How do you feel about Samba? It is the same thing.
Contract employee. I bet your employer has accepted Microsoft's EULA. Does this mean you are bound by it when you are at home? If you think it does, then i hope you enjoy being a slave.
If you give them a preconfigured linux box it will work fine. Besides, dependancy hell is a thing of the past.
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Besides the guy they get to commit copyright violations with Windows probably won't be able to remove Linux.
Lucent is now known as agere, but it is a good recommendation. While driver for many major distros are available, they can also be compiled for a particular kernel.
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For every clueful user, there are 100's that are completely ignorant. Many have a willful ignorance. I do tech support for Windows and talk to dozens every day.
Look at what you have to do for Windows in security- Firewall (depending on Version of Windows it is a third party addon), Antivirus (Probably a pay for option and closed source), Antispyware (Probably third party and at least a seperate addon), then finally run a third party browser. In Linux, you have a firewall that comes with the system, and a number of file monitoring tools if you are concerned about being compromised. I personally run a checkrootkit every now and then just to be sure. All the browsers are already there.
No, just wet towels whipping your ass and wedgies and penis size comparisons. If you learned to be able to fight without getting embarrassed by your nakedness, you ruled the locker room.
Ahh, the number of times I took the towel for some fool that tried to snap his towel at me. I'd soak his towel and use to force him under the showers. Because his towel was soaked it meant he had to get dress soaking wet. If he was a real prick his clothes would be soaked as well.
I learned that a well honed sense of vengeance would enable a peaceful "live and let live" attitude.
When the "I'm feeling lucky" button in google would answer you question about NDISWRAPPER.
But regardless, NDISWRAPPER is a util that lets one take the Windows Driver binary for a WLAN chipset and use it in Linux. The page has pretty easy to follow instructions to install.
And sue who for what money? As a plus you get bad PR and possibly make so that you can no longer use GPL code.
Well, I built my Sister's Myth box out of an old AthlonXP 2100+. It had a bt878 card and worked fine, so a Celeron 2.4Ghz should work about the same. It was built with a full ATX board and there are some decent cases (I used a Black Coolermaster), but if going with a new Mobo go with microATX. The case is huge even if it fits in her TV stand. It is no taller than a Receiver but it is wider and deeper.
It is good to hear about the Pundit as I have not built a system with one. I personally lean more towards the Ath64 type system.