That just mean that the Italian Mafia (tm) will have to open a new line of bussiness, that will steal blank disk (in volumes) and sell them the the pirates (which may be family members) so the disks can not be tracked back to them.
The Italian Mafia (tm) already are *famous* for passing up Danish trucks full of meat during the night on the highways. In the morning noting is left except for maybe the truck and maybe the driver.
Not that I recommend anything illigal, but it is pretty easy to predict what will happen.
When their layers studied the GPL license, they must have been agreeing to let the EFF conduct audits on all their software source code to make sure they are not in breach of the GPL license - aka the way the BSA demand audits.
Add this one for us with slow connections at home and fast ones at work.
* Allow full download without (before) installation. Would let me take the files with me home on a CD.
* Provide list of download files needed in order to allow using Windoze PC's (at my work) to perform the download.
* Allow installing using local files already downloaded. I think I did it with GNOME-installer but it was a bit tricky.
Hans Christian
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What ??? No indemnification
Now SCO is going to get mad at Microsoft !
I do not understand.
Full Proprietary -> Half Free Source = also GOOD
:
Full Proprietary -> Full Free Source = BETTER
So if this will help anybody shifting from e.g. MS Office that is good as I see it.
It should make taking the next step easier
Half Proprietary -> Full Free Source
or
Half Free Source -> Full Free Source
Next time MPAA will be pressing to have CopyRestriction build into every silicon crystal, to prevent ... bla. bla. ... terrorrists ... bla. bla. ...
That just mean that the Italian Mafia (tm) will have to open a new line of bussiness, that will steal blank disk (in volumes) and sell them the the pirates (which may be family members) so the disks can not be tracked back to them.
The Italian Mafia (tm) already are *famous* for passing up Danish trucks full of meat during the night on the highways. In the morning noting is left except for maybe the truck and maybe the driver.
Not that I recommend anything illigal, but it is pretty easy to predict what will happen.
Yes, I knew that this is the real reason they produce all those movies ;-)
So if this is true, then Micosoft go out of its way just to make sure the secury holes stay open !!!
When their layers studied the GPL license, they must have been agreeing to let the EFF conduct audits on all their software source code to make sure they are not in breach of the GPL license - aka the way the BSA demand audits.
1. "Linux powered by GNU"
2. "Linux with GNU inside"
Use of label like these would emphasize the GNU connection, but still take advance on the name recognation Linux already have.
My 0,25 DDK
Add this one for us with slow connections at home and fast ones at work. * Allow full download without (before) installation. Would let me take the files with me home on a CD. * Provide list of download files needed in order to allow using Windoze PC's (at my work) to perform the download. * Allow installing using local files already downloaded. I think I did it with GNOME-installer but it was a bit tricky. Hans Christian