If it's in the EULA of the spyware (assuming it had an EULA), there is no grounds for prohibiting this (except maybe that EULAs are invalid, but that's another debate).
I don't like it, but I think it's legal. Besides, I don't "pirate" software.
What the SAMBA team should do is give IBM a full license to SAMBA, but get IBM to sign a statement that they won't release the code under anything but the GPL (so it doesn't mean anything except that IBM owns SAMBA IP). Then when SCO sues IBM, IBM sues SCO.
In one of the older articles SCO mentioned that they wouldn't sue the crap out of users who only used Caldera Linux. And if they tried, in some sort of twisted logic, they might owe themselves money.
If the file format contained Digital Restrictions Management, and the open source converters removed it, then it would be illegal. MS knows this, so the next version of Word will have DRM in its file format.
There was much more than that. I'd list it, but it's mentioned in the paragraphs following the part you chose to read.
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I understand the reasonings for hating the ACLU, but think the people that hold those beliefs aren't seeing the whole picture. Yes, the ACLU supported the rights of the NAMBLA to post information about how to rape young boys--the ACLU certainly doesn't support this action (I don't think anybody besides the NAMBLA does), but the ACLU believes everybody has the right to say anything. They said that posting a tutorial, if you will, of a crime is different than committing a crime.
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Don't resign. A worker can notify his supervisor that due to what the worker believes that doing the task placed before them will put them in imminent danger, he can refuse to do that task. The worker then needs to fill out a form or two and contact the Occupational Safety & Health Administration. The worker cannot be disciplined for refusing to work in a dangerous situation.
When a radio station plays a song, it pays one of the agencies like ASCAP (forgive me if I've got it wrong; it's been a while since I was a musician), and at least in theory the writer of the song (usually the musician) gets a small royalty assuming they've set up a publishing company to collect those royalties.
ClearChannel forces labels to pay for the privilege of having their artists heard on the radio.
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If it's in the EULA of the spyware (assuming it had an EULA), there is no grounds for prohibiting this (except maybe that EULAs are invalid, but that's another debate).
I don't like it, but I think it's legal. Besides, I don't "pirate" software.
Slashdot is part of OSDN, not OSDL.
Jabber. It is fully decentralized and has full-featured clients for every OS. I use Gaim, but it doesn't support many Jabber-only features.
And supposedly, you'll get your $200 back after SCO loses to IBM and has no basis for your case. But by then SCO will be bankrupt.
What the SAMBA team should do is give IBM a full license to SAMBA, but get IBM to sign a statement that they won't release the code under anything but the GPL (so it doesn't mean anything except that IBM owns SAMBA IP). Then when SCO sues IBM, IBM sues SCO.
In one of the older articles SCO mentioned that they wouldn't sue the crap out of users who only used Caldera Linux. And if they tried, in some sort of twisted logic, they might owe themselves money.
I figured it was something like that, but that doesn't really give Otter any reason to stop supporting the Sierra Club.
They just need to get one script to modify the hosts file (I think).
I simply don't accept Word attachments. I reply stating that I can't read them, and the file should be saved as RTF or PDF.
If the file format contained Digital Restrictions Management, and the open source converters removed it, then it would be illegal. MS knows this, so the next version of Word will have DRM in its file format.
Replying to myself, but o well...
There seems to be a Linux server, but no Linux client.
Looking at Eyeball Networks, I can't see a Linux version. However, if you had only Windows computers, this would be the system to use.
To clarify this, if the employer wants to fire the employee at any time in the future, he better have a damned good reason.
That would count as "disciplining the employee", which is illegal.
There was much more than that. I'd list it, but it's mentioned in the paragraphs following the part you chose to read.
I understand the reasonings for hating the ACLU, but think the people that hold those beliefs aren't seeing the whole picture. Yes, the ACLU supported the rights of the NAMBLA to post information about how to rape young boys--the ACLU certainly doesn't support this action (I don't think anybody besides the NAMBLA does), but the ACLU believes everybody has the right to say anything. They said that posting a tutorial, if you will, of a crime is different than committing a crime.
See http://ask.slashdot.org/faq/editorial.shtml#ed850. Stop your bitching.
May I ask what their grounds were for opposing the war in Iraq?
I'd also recommend the "refusal to work" to your fellow employees.
Don't resign. A worker can notify his supervisor that due to what the worker believes that doing the task placed before them will put them in imminent danger, he can refuse to do that task. The worker then needs to fill out a form or two and contact the Occupational Safety & Health Administration. The worker cannot be disciplined for refusing to work in a dangerous situation.
Maybe a better question, but probably not one the interviewee is qualified to answer: Why does copyright need to last so f*cking long?