I've encountered this same situation. Management wants a formal document, and the developers are more motivated to provide documentation in an ad-hoc collaborative fashion.
I'm surprised that so many/. folk have so much faith in the credibility of mainstream media. The only way to get unbiased information is to go to the source!
"`intentionally induces' means intentionally aids, abets, induces, or procures, and intent may be shown by acts from which a reasonable person would find intent to induce infringement based upon all relevant information about such acts then reasonably available to the actor, including whether the activity relies on infringement for its commercial viability"
So, basically, Orrin is saying that if a reasonable person (i.e. juror) could be shown evidence, and conclude without reasonable doubt, that the intent of any commercial venture is to profit from the illegal actions of others, that they should be held liable.
Proving that sort of intent is NOT a simple matter. This has absolutely NOTHING to do with the nature of a particular type of software.
I've always thought that the actions of SCO fit the Bill's M$ agenda quite nicely. I'm sure if we dig deep enough there is a pretty good chance that we could find a connection.
And if there is one, what great grounds for yet another Anti-Trust suit against M$!
The Olympics is not about athletics. I finally realized that when I went to Atlanta in '96 and witnessed the gross over-commercialization first hand. My wife and I shelled out over $200 for a pair of tickets to a SOLD-OUT rhythmic gymnastics event. When we got there, the venue never filled beyond 1/4 full. Apparently, more than 3/4 of all the tickets had been given away to sponsers that either never handed out the tickets or gave them to people that could care less about the sport. When the event started the announcer encouraged everyone to move down and fill in the empty seats. The network did not want their advertisers to think that the event did not draw interest.
The IOC is about money and power, not athletics. The athletes are exploited and don't even realize it.
I feel the same way about the ISO and 'open' standards that you have to pay money for, but that's another topic.
The most obvious thing would be the Linux Documentation Project at www.linuxdoc.org, but I'm under the impression that you want presentation oriented material and not self-study book style. In that case you probably won't find too much, and if you do it will probably be an HTML slide show or something.
SVG seems to be the best choice right now for presentation oriented stuff. I suppose it might be a noble effort for somebody to start converting some of the LinuxDoc knowledge into SVG slideshows with instructor notes.
Bloated governments like the U.S. certainly do a fine job of screwing things up and taking away our freedoms. I'd be more than happy to declare myself a sovereignty.
But how do you support civil infrastructures like roads and judiciously process criminals who do harm to others? Expressing authority on these matters could be a power struggle of the week vs. the powerful.
I suppose autonomous focus groups, similar to OpenSource projects, could form to specialize in certain areas, but how would they get funded?
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I've encountered this same situation. Management wants a formal document, and the developers are more motivated to provide documentation in an ad-hoc collaborative fashion.
While it is somewhat painful to setup, DocBookWiki http://doc-book.sourceforge.net/homepage/ gives you the best of both worlds.
I'm surprised that so many /. folk have so much faith in the credibility of mainstream media. The only way to get unbiased information is to go to the source!
"`intentionally induces' means intentionally aids, abets, induces, or procures, and intent may be shown by acts from which a reasonable person would find intent to induce infringement based upon all relevant information about such acts then reasonably available to the actor, including whether the activity relies on infringement for its commercial viability"
So, basically, Orrin is saying that if a reasonable person (i.e. juror) could be shown evidence, and conclude without reasonable doubt, that the intent of any commercial venture is to profit from the illegal actions of others, that they should be held liable.
Proving that sort of intent is NOT a simple matter. This has absolutely NOTHING to do with the nature of a particular type of software.
I'd refer to it as political FUD.
I've always thought that the actions of SCO fit the Bill's M$ agenda quite nicely. I'm sure if we dig deep enough there is a pretty good chance that we could find a connection.
And if there is one, what great grounds for yet another Anti-Trust suit against M$!
The Olympics is not about athletics. I finally realized that when I went to Atlanta in '96 and witnessed the gross over-commercialization first hand. My wife and I shelled out over $200 for a pair of tickets to a SOLD-OUT rhythmic gymnastics event. When we got there, the venue never filled beyond 1/4 full. Apparently, more than 3/4 of all the tickets had been given away to sponsers that either never handed out the tickets or gave them to people that could care less about the sport. When the event started the announcer encouraged everyone to move down and fill in the empty seats. The network did not want their advertisers to think that the event did not draw interest.
The IOC is about money and power, not athletics. The athletes are exploited and don't even realize it.
I feel the same way about the ISO and 'open' standards that you have to pay money for, but that's another topic.
The most obvious thing would be the Linux Documentation Project at www.linuxdoc.org, but I'm under the impression that you want presentation oriented material and not self-study book style. In that case you probably won't find too much, and if you do it will probably be an HTML slide show or something.
SVG seems to be the best choice right now for presentation oriented stuff. I suppose it might be a noble effort for somebody to start converting some of the LinuxDoc knowledge into SVG slideshows with instructor notes.
Wow. Free internet usage stats on a very specific and impressionable demographic. Advertisers are going to eat this up.
Bloated governments like the U.S. certainly do a fine job of screwing things up and taking away our freedoms. I'd be more than happy to declare myself a sovereignty.
But how do you support civil infrastructures like roads and judiciously process criminals who do harm to others? Expressing authority on these matters could be a power struggle of the week vs. the powerful. I suppose autonomous focus groups, similar to OpenSource projects, could form to specialize in certain areas, but how would they get funded?