Re:considered the father of Linux?
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Today's SCO News
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It's quite possible that you could write a major component of a module using other people's code. Simply replace a couple of stubs. The amount of effort saved by not writing the whole thing could be worth it. At least it's a possibility. Hardly matters though. The question is a matter of legality rather than a matter of practical possibility.
IBM misappropriated SCO's code, which was then incorporated into the Linux kernel released by Caldera, making Caldera liable. SCO then bought Caldera, thus implying that SCO had been misled into buying a license to their own code. SCO fails to realise this and releases Linux as per the GPL.
Okay. That bit makes sense. SCO then realise that some of their code is amisapprpriated. They contuinue to distribute it under the GPL even though they claim the GPL doesn't cover it. They also claim that some of SCO's code is in the Linux kernel, but fail to say what. All this time they continue to distibute their own code under a license which states that either they are not allowed to, or that they must allow others to do exactly what they're claiming everyone else shouldn't do.
SCO make some statement that says that it isn't being distributed under the GPL, and the GPL says so, disregarding the fact that says that if they distribute GPLed code they give a license to use all the code that's included.
This is where I sart getting a headache. I just can't make the facts of that last sentence sound coherent however hard I try.
Do consider that the jury had all the facts, whereas the press present a very biased view.
I think the point is that the death penalty is considered too high a price for burglary. Teenage criminals do actually grow out of the behaviour eventually. Shooting the burglar was too extreme. Tony Martin could for example have scared them away by firing into the air. He set himself up as judge jury and executioner.
Incidentally, the sentence was reduced to manslaughter on appeal.
Yep. Kodak have been forced to adapt to a changing market.
Their previous business model was selling film and processing chemicals. Their cameras were just a sideline. Changing from a consumables business to a commodity hardware business was a substantial change.
I have no doubt that they're working on a strategy to convince people that they want prints of all their digital photos.
Sky cut it a little. They didn't show Warren being flayed. They tend to only be minor cuts though.
The reason they're not cut in the US isn't anything to do with Americans being less keen on censorship. Just that when they're made, they're targetted towards American sensibilities.
That's really quite accurate. Apparently Lexx had whole scenes written and one complete episode that had lots of nudity, but added nothing to the plot, so that they could be added to the german broadcast, but ccut out of the US broadcasts seamlessly
The "fair use" purpose of a video recorder is for delayed viewing though. This does not apply to a DVD copier since you can view a DVD at any time anyway. The fair use for a DVD copier is making backups.
Is it possible to backup a DVD in another way? Will the DVD companies replace a broken disc (and of not, why not? The cost of a disc is peanuts). Is the benefit to society of people being able to backup a DVD than the harm caused to the movie industry by people making illegal copies?
Wrong, they would have had to pull their distro -before- suing IBM.
That one is a matter for legal experts, I'd think. You may be right. It certainly doesn't look good for themthat they granted full rights to use their code whilst granting those exact rights to everyone else, but it could easily be dismissed as an oversight.
It would be unfair for the court to throw out the case because of a mistake by the plaintiff.
MS simply needs to supply a server, and encourage people to submit free patches. It's added value for their online service, so will get them a lot of extra subscribers.
I don't know. I'll add a similar example based on something a little more tangible.
Suppose someone sold you the rights to a play that they claim to have written. It turned out to be a play that you had written. They did something wrong, and probably illegal, but what? Is it still copyright infringement, or just fraud?
And what if you had the chance to, and were encouraged to read the entire play beforehand, but decided instead that the price was so low (£0 and a few favours) that it wasn't worth checking?
The whole thing simply confuses me.
Re:We have to be serious about humour
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Spam, Milord
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The two are not mutually exclusive.
We have to be serious about humour
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Spam, Milord
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It's good to see that they can throw in Pythin references to a debate. It's what makes us British goddammit! If you can't say "Spam Spam Spam Spam" with a straight face, in a serious debate, you have no business calling yourself a citizen, and especially not a member of the house of Lords!
If the sites are taken down, then the copyright holders still aren't getting any money. Where are they losing out here?
Nobody will pay for the lyrics, apart from serious musicians who want to do a cover. If they don't want to pay, they'll just listen to the song, and copy the lyrics out.
Would have made more sense to sue in the UK too. The Libel laws are stronger (although listing a "direct marketer" as a spammer is not exactly libelous) and it's easier for the plaintiff to get costs awarded.
I recently upgraded from 1.0 to 1.3. It seems most of the improvements are in the mail and newsreader, and composer. The browser seems fairly stable.
Re:This guy is a bit stupid, right?
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Meet Cyveillancebot
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He's a bit of an idiot.
I agree with the basic principles that this robot is being a little impolite though. The guy opens up his website, hoping that people will act in a civil manner. Cyveillancebot marches in there with the digital equivalent of hobnail boots, ignores the signs, and takes copies of everything, assuming that anything there is probably stolen.
Equating it to mugging or breaking and entering is a bit much, but the shifty unshaven lurker seemed quite apt.
Seriously though, if you travel on the channel tunnel, and tune to the radio station, you get regular patronising announcements of "When driving in France, remember the Golden Rule 'Always drive on the right', and when you get back to England, make sure you remember to drive on the left again.
A friend of mine works for a "costs law" firm. You'd be surprised about how little cannot be calculated to the penny. Staff lawyers probably cost (their salary + The rental cost of their offices + cost of paper + about 100 other miscalaneous expenses) * the amount of time they work on a particular case.
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Okay, thanks for the correction.
It's quite possible that you could write a major component of a module using other people's code. Simply replace a couple of stubs. The amount of effort saved by not writing the whole thing could be worth it. At least it's a possibility. Hardly matters though. The question is a matter of legality rather than a matter of practical possibility.
IBM misappropriated SCO's code, which was then incorporated into the Linux kernel released by Caldera, making Caldera liable. SCO then bought Caldera, thus implying that SCO had been misled into buying a license to their own code. SCO fails to realise this and releases Linux as per the GPL.
Okay. That bit makes sense. SCO then realise that some of their code is amisapprpriated. They contuinue to distribute it under the GPL even though they claim the GPL doesn't cover it. They also claim that some of SCO's code is in the Linux kernel, but fail to say what. All this time they continue to distibute their own code under a license which states that either they are not allowed to, or that they must allow others to do exactly what they're claiming everyone else shouldn't do.
SCO make some statement that says that it isn't being distributed under the GPL, and the GPL says so, disregarding the fact that says that if they distribute GPLed code they give a license to use all the code that's included.
This is where I sart getting a headache. I just can't make the facts of that last sentence sound coherent however hard I try.
Do consider that the jury had all the facts, whereas the press present a very biased view.
I think the point is that the death penalty is considered too high a price for burglary. Teenage criminals do actually grow out of the behaviour eventually. Shooting the burglar was too extreme. Tony Martin could for example have scared them away by firing into the air. He set himself up as judge jury and executioner.
Incidentally, the sentence was reduced to manslaughter on appeal.
This would have been so great if it came out 5 years ago. Now, it's a bit lame.
Yep. Kodak have been forced to adapt to a changing market.
Their previous business model was selling film and processing chemicals. Their cameras were just a sideline. Changing from a consumables business to a commodity hardware business was a substantial change.
I have no doubt that they're working on a strategy to convince people that they want prints of all their digital photos.
Sky cut it a little. They didn't show Warren being flayed. They tend to only be minor cuts though.
The reason they're not cut in the US isn't anything to do with Americans being less keen on censorship. Just that when they're made, they're targetted towards American sensibilities.
That's really quite accurate. Apparently Lexx had whole scenes written and one complete episode that had lots of nudity, but added nothing to the plot, so that they could be added to the german broadcast, but ccut out of the US broadcasts seamlessly
The "fair use" purpose of a video recorder is for delayed viewing though. This does not apply to a DVD copier since you can view a DVD at any time anyway. The fair use for a DVD copier is making backups.
Is it possible to backup a DVD in another way? Will the DVD companies replace a broken disc (and of not, why not? The cost of a disc is peanuts). Is the benefit to society of people being able to backup a DVD than the harm caused to the movie industry by people making illegal copies?
I'm sure an electroinc system would have worked so much better.
Wrong, they would have had to pull their distro -before- suing IBM.
That one is a matter for legal experts, I'd think. You may be right. It certainly doesn't look good for themthat they granted full rights to use their code whilst granting those exact rights to everyone else, but it could easily be dismissed as an oversight.
It would be unfair for the court to throw out the case because of a mistake by the plaintiff.
If it turned out that SCO had actually copied from GPL'ed code.
MS simply needs to supply a server, and encourage people to submit free patches. It's added value for their online service, so will get them a lot of extra subscribers.
Dropping a bomb in a trial is a sure way to shoot yourself in the foot.
That's a wonderful mixed metaphor
I don't know. I'll add a similar example based on something a little more tangible.
Suppose someone sold you the rights to a play that they claim to have written. It turned out to be a play that you had written. They did something wrong, and probably illegal, but what? Is it still copyright infringement, or just fraud?
And what if you had the chance to, and were encouraged to read the entire play beforehand, but decided instead that the price was so low (£0 and a few favours) that it wasn't worth checking?
The whole thing simply confuses me.
The two are not mutually exclusive.
It's good to see that they can throw in Pythin references to a debate. It's what makes us British goddammit! If you can't say "Spam Spam Spam Spam" with a straight face, in a serious debate, you have no business calling yourself a citizen, and especially not a member of the house of Lords!
If the sites are taken down, then the copyright holders still aren't getting any money. Where are they losing out here?
Nobody will pay for the lyrics, apart from serious musicians who want to do a cover. If they don't want to pay, they'll just listen to the song, and copy the lyrics out.
Good in two ways - Firsty for the blind, secondly, it's that little bit of extra work for a counterfeiter.
Would have made more sense to sue in the UK too. The Libel laws are stronger (although listing a "direct marketer" as a spammer is not exactly libelous) and it's easier for the plaintiff to get costs awarded.
I recently upgraded from 1.0 to 1.3. It seems most of the improvements are in the mail and newsreader, and composer. The browser seems fairly stable.
He's a bit of an idiot.
I agree with the basic principles that this robot is being a little impolite though. The guy opens up his website, hoping that people will act in a civil manner. Cyveillancebot marches in there with the digital equivalent of hobnail boots, ignores the signs, and takes copies of everything, assuming that anything there is probably stolen.
Equating it to mugging or breaking and entering is a bit much, but the shifty unshaven lurker seemed quite apt.
Does this automatically allow messages from people you've sent email to?
I'd hate to think that there are two messaging systems sending challenges out to each other before they let the other one's challenge through.
:)
Seriously though, if you travel on the channel tunnel, and tune to the radio station, you get regular patronising announcements of "When driving in France, remember the Golden Rule 'Always drive on the right', and when you get back to England, make sure you remember to drive on the left again.
A friend of mine works for a "costs law" firm. You'd be surprised about how little cannot be calculated to the penny. Staff lawyers probably cost (their salary + The rental cost of their offices + cost of paper + about 100 other miscalaneous expenses) * the amount of time they work on a particular case.