And what I meant to say, before tripping over Slashdot's clumsy posting procedure, was "well done" to the author for coming and putting his side of the story. Good luck with the book sales, and maybe you can get the clout to make 'em put all 800 pages in next time;)
But if you didn't intend to release it...
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Say you create a program for personal use (surely not a crime; you're allowed to tape music for personal use) and -- oops -- it's leeched from your PC due to M$ Windows' lax security and spread all over the net...
You seem to forget that Numbers...sorry, Customers...sorry, Music Lovers will want to pay way over the odds for the benefits being offered, just like the man says. Don't you want to support your Favorite Artist like a Good Number, er...Customer...er...
Ah, but they can do it -- ask the guy in the interview: Evil Pirate Citizens who connect to Gnutella will find their systems being filled with a shiny metallic resin which will seal every port on the machine and force it to conform to music industry standards.
Then it'll download virii and ch!ld pr0n, spread it all over their hard drives and report them to the police.
Yes, I've always wanted to do this, and someone's finally gonna do it! I'll bet the guy does it even if the authorities stop him, too. BTW THe Darwin Awards are all made up, so they won't be interested.
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Apparently QNX are very much into this...
Say you create a program for personal use (surely not a crime; you're allowed to tape music for personal use) and -- oops -- it's leeched from your PC due to M$ Windows' lax security and spread all over the net...
You seem to forget that Numbers...sorry, Customers...sorry, Music Lovers will want to pay way over the odds for the benefits being offered, just like the man says. Don't you want to support your Favorite Artist like a Good Number, er...Customer...er...
Then it'll download virii and ch!ld pr0n, spread it all over their hard drives and report them to the police.
...if the idea was to make a stable version of Windows. Is this just gonna be Open Source for the sake of it?
Remember that "the" government can only shutdown the Internet in the US. It does not have the power to "shut down the Internet"!
Please bear in mind that this law only applies to US citizens. But to quote MPAA chief Jack Valenti: "I am not a lawyer."
Yes, I've always wanted to do this, and someone's finally gonna do it! I'll bet the guy does it even if the authorities stop him, too. BTW THe Darwin Awards are all made up, so they won't be interested.
They're not trying to sell the old AmigaOS, dumbass.
Take out the extra '"' !