I agree that we need more total moderation points. Especially in the longer threads, virtually nothing past the first couple hundred posts seem to get moderated. Now this may just be that moderators don't bother trying with such long topics, but I find those are the ones most in need of moderation. You could bump up the number of points a moderator receives a bit, but obviously too many points may lead to abuse. I would consider increasing the number of active moderators at any given time.
Yes, a Pilot may have an appropriate interface for storing a calender, phone numbers, and some notes. But if I am going to read a 700 page novel, I think doing so on a Palm-sized screen would rapidly turn me insane.
I'm wandering off topic, but I'm probably not the first:
Back in 1984 I was in highschool, my only exposure to computers having been TRS-80s in grade school. One of my friends had an IBM XT that he was all excited about. Everything was set to go except for a graphics card. I don't remember all the convolutions involved, but after about 4 month, he finally found a functioning card for his computer. We played some wicked games of Robotron then...in COLOR!
Meanwhile, I had been assimilated. All the while this friend was busy going through hell getting a functioning card, another had a Mac (I think it was a 512k). I sat down in front of it, and within 5 minutes was mac-painting away. Another half hour and I could do anything I wanted on that machine. It wasn't too surprising that my first computer was a Mac.
I haven't thought about that XT experience in ages, but reading this suddenly brought to mind the Herculese card that finally got things going.
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I, for one, am very happy to see the changes in the APSL. They acknowledged their first license as a first attempt and requested input. After serious issues were raised (almost lost amongst the ranting and raving), they have made some significant changes. At first glance, they have cleaned up the definition of affected code, eased the reporting clause, and eliminated the export restriction. With time, we will get a better idea of if this fully complies with the idea of open source. In any case, I sincerely thank those that commented constructively on the license, and offered encouragement to Apple. I also hope this bodes well for things to come.
I, for one, am very happy to see the changes in the APSL. They acknowledged their first license as a first attempt and requested input. After serious issues were raised (almost lost amongst the ranting and raving), they have made some significant changes. At first glance, they have cleaned up the definition of affected code, eased the reporting clause, and eliminated the export restriction. With time, we will get a better idea of if this fully complies with the idea of open source. In any case, I sincerely thank those that commented constructively on the license, and offered encouragement to Apple. I also hope this bodes well for things to come.
Obviously it's a major victory that corporations are beginning to embrace the idea of open source. But what happens when they begin to "embrace and extend" (see Halloween Docs I & II)? The APSL scares me a little because (if I understand it correctly), Apple has built into the APSL the provision that they can revoke anyone's license at any time. This feels like an "extension" to me.
Please read the license and the many posts on all these apple threads. Apple cannot revoke the license. They may revoke your access to 'affected' code (and here the definition can be interpreted variously) if they are sued, cannot settle the suit, AND cannot develop a work around.
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I agree that we need more total moderation points. Especially in the longer threads, virtually nothing past the first couple hundred posts seem to get moderated. Now this may just be that moderators don't bother trying with such long topics, but I find those are the ones most in need of moderation. You could bump up the number of points a moderator receives a bit, but obviously too many points may lead to abuse. I would consider increasing the number of active moderators at any given time.
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Yes, a Pilot may have an appropriate interface for storing a calender, phone numbers, and some notes. But if I am going to read a 700 page novel, I think doing so on a Palm-sized screen would rapidly turn me insane.
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I'm wandering off topic, but I'm probably not the first:
Back in 1984 I was in highschool, my only exposure to computers having been TRS-80s in grade school. One of my friends had an IBM XT that he was all excited about. Everything was set to go except for a graphics card. I don't remember all the convolutions involved, but after about 4 month, he finally found a functioning card for his computer. We played some wicked games of Robotron then...in COLOR!
Meanwhile, I had been assimilated. All the while this friend was busy going through hell getting a functioning card, another had a Mac (I think it was a 512k). I sat down in front of it, and within 5 minutes was mac-painting away. Another half hour and I could do anything I wanted on that machine. It wasn't too surprising that my first computer was a Mac.
I haven't thought about that XT experience in ages, but reading this suddenly brought to mind the Herculese card that finally got things going.
visit WorldForge and get involved in Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Gaming the GPL and OpenContent way.
I, for one, am very happy to see the changes in the APSL. They acknowledged their first license as a first attempt and requested input. After serious issues were raised (almost lost amongst the ranting and raving), they have made some significant changes. At first glance, they have cleaned up the definition of affected code, eased the reporting clause, and eliminated the export restriction. With time, we will get a better idea of if this fully complies with the idea of open source. In any case, I sincerely thank those that commented constructively on the license, and offered encouragement to Apple. I also hope this bodes well for things to come.
I, for one, am very happy to see the changes in the APSL. They acknowledged their first license as a first attempt and requested input. After serious issues were raised (almost lost amongst the ranting and raving), they have made some significant changes. At first glance, they have cleaned up the definition of affected code, eased the reporting clause, and eliminated the export restriction. With time, we will get a better idea of if this fully complies with the idea of open source. In any case, I sincerely thank those that commented constructively on the license, and offered encouragement to Apple. I also hope this bodes well for things to come.
Obviously it's a major victory that corporations are beginning to embrace the idea of open source. But what happens
when they begin to "embrace and extend" (see Halloween Docs I & II)? The APSL scares me a little because (if I
understand it correctly), Apple has built into the APSL the provision that they can revoke anyone's license at any time.
This feels like an "extension" to me.
Please read the license and the many posts on all these apple threads. Apple cannot revoke the license. They may revoke your access to 'affected' code (and here the definition can be interpreted variously) if they are sued, cannot settle the suit, AND cannot develop a work around.