Maybe. But the assumption in your statement is that the first modification was made was under the GPL. Not another licence, and the GPL following it...
It better not. If it was distributed under something else other than the GPL originally, I would hope that you couldn't just 'usurp' the original licence - and its intentions - by declaring something to be GPLed, and the retroactive contagious effect to the other ports.
Or I might port a GPL product to a new platform and release it under a commercial licence. And decide that retroactively, all copies of, say, gcc, are covered by this. I realise this is a simplification, yes. But it's in effect what you're hinting at (being CmdrTaco). And that's A Bad Thing(TM), if it is the Sacred Object Known As The GPL.:)
Freedom is fine. Proprietarisation is fine. I don't think any licence should be able to 'infect' anothers. Especially not retroactively.
And these arrogant wankers talk out of their arses just as much.
Design. Development. Not synonymous. And not many people in the industry these days think they are.
Our companies online dept (and it's a big one), has three groups of people - designers, who mock sites up in PhotoShop, developers, who code COM objects, PHP or whatever is required for the site into simple pages, and integrators who marry the two.
Why would a designer want to create a web page from a database using a scripting language without the use of HTML? I'll ignore the fact that this is an impossibility anyway. Mmm, I'd love to see your text/plain websites. (And don't say they use XML or somesuch).
Hmm. I learnt HTML. Then I learnt JavaScript. *THEN* I learnt PhotoShop, and Flash.
Don't give me that. People can bastardise HTML as much or more as they can "bastardise the fundamentals of the web". Chasing the quit button? Lame. Ever heard of the Close Window icon? *sigh*
Others have JAVA navigation bars. Generally, I surf with javascript/java disabled so as to avoid the popups and reduce the risk of netscape crashing on me.
Your chosen browser handles Java(script) badly, ergo designer should forego to suit your choice?
I wouldn't describe Turing as the Father of Computer Science. Maybe Artificial Intelligence. Charles Babbage's 'Thinking Machine' in the dying years of the nineteenth century would earn him the title of Father of Computers (if not CompSci).
Metal is perfectly okay in most commercial microwaves. Not even a spark. Design feature.
I was going to be a pedant and say that water didn't explode, but sense got the better of me and I found a definition of explode saying 'to burst forth with sudden violence or noise from internal energy.
Vendor: "Our device conforms to all known standards for communications protocols."
Dilbert: "You mean it does nothing useful and isn't your fault?"
Vendor: "Is there someone less knowledgeable I can talk to?"
:-)
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Which might actually make those Dual BIOS motherboards (I have one in my PC at work) useful. You don't often screw up your BIOS these days, and most settings can be autodetected, not like the old days of recording Landing Zones and all sorts of esoterica. But if you're regularly reflashing, could be a lifesaver:)
I dare say if Debian has an optional package that every now and then sent them usage information, that the slashdot headline probably wouldn't read "Debian spyware." Call it a hunch.
Like BitchX, which sends a UDP packet to the makers to count users? (Yes, I know, it can be disabled, if you compile from source).
Since I'm sure the background check company or the potential employer didn't send out a press release announcing that she was a felon, there is no slander.
They don't need to send out a press release. I'm sure that more than one individual at the company saw the results of the check. And maybe lowered in some way or another (subconsciously or otherwise) alter their opinion of, or attitude to that person, even if found incorrect later...
As opposed to 'sue everyone in sight, even though I'm in the wrong' (not saying this happened here)? This sort of attitude is also why things are going to crap in the U.S.
From the movie Philadelphia:
Lawyer: "You say the entire street was clear, except for one small section with a hole, with clearly marked warning signs. Yet you chose to walk through this area, fell into the hole causing the injuries you have now?"
Client: "Yes. Do I have a case?"
Lawyer: "Yes. Of course you have a case."
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Sounds good. And then you want to upgrade said kernel.
But I liked Kickstart. Even if the graphics were cruddy.:)
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This is the most frustrating aspect of SCSI. My Initio LVD SCSI (with five devices on the chain - 4 hdds and a dat) can take up to two minutes to initialise - I assume it's negotiating: some drives are ultrawide, some lvd, some neither, etc. That being said, if I just use the three-fingered salute to reboot (as opposed to powering down), it's nearly instantaneous.
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I know... I just took it upon myself to 'clarify', or comment. :) Slap me if you wish :)
Extremely open. GPL doesn't have a superiority over other licences, even if clauses inserted into it try to make code you link in 'become' GPL.
Am I correct?
Maybe. But the assumption in your statement is that the first modification was made was under the GPL. Not another licence, and the GPL following it...
Or I might port a GPL product to a new platform and release it under a commercial licence. And decide that retroactively, all copies of, say, gcc, are covered by this. I realise this is a simplification, yes. But it's in effect what you're hinting at (being CmdrTaco). And that's A Bad Thing(TM), if it is the Sacred Object Known As The GPL. :)
Freedom is fine. Proprietarisation is fine. I don't think any licence should be able to 'infect' anothers. Especially not retroactively.
Design. Development. Not synonymous. And not many people in the industry these days think they are.
Our companies online dept (and it's a big one), has three groups of people - designers, who mock sites up in PhotoShop, developers, who code COM objects, PHP or whatever is required for the site into simple pages, and integrators who marry the two.
Why would a designer want to create a web page from a database using a scripting language without the use of HTML? I'll ignore the fact that this is an impossibility anyway. Mmm, I'd love to see your text/plain websites. (And don't say they use XML or somesuch).
Don't give me that. People can bastardise HTML as much or more as they can "bastardise the fundamentals of the web". Chasing the quit button? Lame. Ever heard of the Close Window icon? *sigh*
Your chosen browser handles Java(script) badly, ergo designer should forego to suit your choice?
This is inverted logic. *sigh*
The same way they do now, after digging through copious links to pr0n? :)
:)
I'm willing to say most people here would enjoy it more than a screenshot of you in a G-string :)
He was complaining about the inaccuracy in hemos' article, where he assumed that because Tallyman was commercial, therefore it == closed source.
I wouldn't describe Turing as the Father of Computer Science. Maybe Artificial Intelligence. Charles Babbage's 'Thinking Machine' in the dying years of the nineteenth century would earn him the title of Father of Computers (if not CompSci).
I was going to be a pedant and say that water didn't explode, but sense got the better of me and I found a definition of explode saying 'to burst forth with sudden violence or noise from internal energy.
Dilbert: "You mean it does nothing useful and isn't your fault?"
Vendor: "Is there someone less knowledgeable I can talk to?"
Which might actually make those Dual BIOS motherboards (I have one in my PC at work) useful. You don't often screw up your BIOS these days, and most settings can be autodetected, not like the old days of recording Landing Zones and all sorts of esoterica. But if you're regularly reflashing, could be a lifesaver :)
Like BitchX, which sends a UDP packet to the makers to count users? (Yes, I know, it can be disabled, if you compile from source).
...and a little unproductive! :)
Doesn't this mean Errors and Omissions Excepted?
there are no good mistakes. they'll always err on the side of caution :)
They don't need to send out a press release. I'm sure that more than one individual at the company saw the results of the check. And maybe lowered in some way or another (subconsciously or otherwise) alter their opinion of, or attitude to that person, even if found incorrect later...
From the movie Philadelphia:
Lawyer: "You say the entire street was clear, except for one small section with a hole, with clearly marked warning signs. Yet you chose to walk through this area, fell into the hole causing the injuries you have now?"
Client: "Yes. Do I have a case?"
Lawyer: "Yes. Of course you have a case."
But I liked Kickstart. Even if the graphics were cruddy. :)
This is the most frustrating aspect of SCSI. My Initio LVD SCSI (with five devices on the chain - 4 hdds and a dat) can take up to two minutes to initialise - I assume it's negotiating: some drives are ultrawide, some lvd, some neither, etc. That being said, if I just use the three-fingered salute to reboot (as opposed to powering down), it's nearly instantaneous.
Unless of course, those who developed it leaked it. But that would be a case of the obvious, right? :)