That's great, but if I decide that I want to distribute my MIT/BSD licensed code without requiring said GPL library in every case, the code being distributed without GPL libraries is still MIT/BSD licensed. By linking it to GPL in *some* circumstances, I only have to abide by GPL during those situations where I have distributed it as a "derivative" of GPL... but not in those cases where it isn't.
Thus, if I write my program to use one of two backend libraries - one of which is GPL, and the other which is not, I only have to distribute my code under the terms of GPL when it has been compiled to use the GPL backend, but not when it has been compiled to use the proprietary backend library.
The terms are only applicable at distribution time based on the use of other code at compile/linking time.
No, nobody can fork *your* work and relicense it. As copyright holder of the code you have written, you have exclusive rights to license it however you wish.
Thus, nobody can simply relicense your code without your permission.
Doesn't the license basically stipulate that you must release your code under the terms of the license? That doesn't necessarily mean you have license your code as GPL.
This is actually a common FUD discussion that occurs between developers who use MIT/BSD license for their code, and are afraid to link to GPL libraries because it might force them to release their code as GPL. I'm pretty certain that as long as their code is available under the same terms as GPL code, they can license their code however they wish otherwise. It just means if a GPL nut comes a knockin', they'll have to provide the code as if it was GPL'd.
Maybe a few more parameters: How safe of a vehicle you drive (Giant SUV vs. small economy car), and perhaps where you drive (Freeway vs. City traffic)... Whether you primarily drive during the day or night, the weather patterns in your area, etc.
In fact, when I think about it...there are endless parameters that can be applied to measure a "complete picture of risk" (your own words, after all).
I dunno about others, but all of a sudden, I'd have an incentive to find the shortest router from point A to point B, even if that means city-streets instead of expressway. This means I'll be sitting in heavy traffic, clogging up the streets, taking longer to reach my destination, and probably causing more accidents and safety issues.
How about adopting Chromes Native Code Binary API plugins for all the browsers while we're at it? Let's get it so that we can auto download plugins written in languages other than that icky JavaScript gooicky stuff.
Well, as much as the Native Client sounds neat and all, it's going to leave all non-x86 systems out in the cold...
ARM, mipsel, CellBE (which basically includes PPC) are all still valid processor platforms in this day and age, so you can take your x86-only Native Client and leave now.
"So, Iâ(TM)ll let whurley recount his conversations with Pam. Suffice it to say, all three of us (whurely, Dan and I) were unimpressed. The twitter message from me and retweetted by whurley was enough, in their judgment, to claim that we broke the NDA."
I'm guessing you've never read an NDA from a large corporation. Just the act of mentioning the NDA is often a violation of it - let alone that you are scheduled to meet with them!
The idiots who think they can re-interpret what an NDA means get what they deserve.
It seems like these guys got overzealous that they had signed an NDA and were to meet with Palm, so much so that they couldn't refrain from posting a tweet about it.
It's likely that one of the conditions of the NDA was that they could not discuss the NDA at all. By claiming they had signed one, in preparation for a meeting with Palm, it was probably a sign that they couldn't keep their enthusiasm contained long enough to even meet with Palm.
This is speculation on my part, but this is how it seems reading the article. When dealing with corporations and NDAs, one must be careful what one does - the old adage: "loose lips sinks ships" comes to mind.
Actually, BeOS R3 ran on i586 even... I still have the BeOS R3 Demo CD that I ordered from BeDepot sometime during the 90s - it ran on my P200MMX like a dream!
In the OSNews article, there was a link to a youtube showing Haiku running on an older P4 box - it doesn't demonstrate many of the unique features of Haiku, but it does show some of the multitasking capabilities while juggling various running videos, etc.
Perhaps I'm ignorant, but won't ~90% of broadcasters just stop broadcasting their analog signal anyway?
I mean, wasn't the whole mandate originally designed for FORCE broadcasters to change their equipment, and now that the date was looming, and plans had been solidified, why wouldn't most of them just turn off their analog anyway?
If in fact that happens, that will demonstrate that this move was not designed to help consumers at all...
Not sure about the article-writer, but where I live in Northern California, we're on PG&E power (Pacific Gas and Electric) and they have 5 (!) tiers of power usage above baseline. These higher tiers increase per kWh costs dramatically as you hit them, and so using ~2x as much power as the average person causes you to pay very much more than twice the price.
Baseline usage changes with the season (depending on zone) to reflect higher A/C usage in the summer vs. non-electrical heating in the winter (you're screwed if your heating relies on electricity).
Also like the article writer, I have a fair number of PCs and computer equipment running heavily in my house, and along with a large HDTV, 3 daughters, and my wife working out of our house, we occasionally hit $500+ electrical bills - well into the 5th tier where we're charged many. As an aside, commercial electricity usage is charged differently, and so if I were to run all my equipment from an office building in a commercial zone, it would be significantly cheaper.
If police informants can pass and beat a polygraph in a situation where they would be killed on the spot*, then how can the same test when used against people charged with a crime is still admissible as evidence?
*if the common perception of the 1%-ers is to be belived
You're assuming the questions they were asked resulted in their lying to the gang.
You're also assuming that the gang administered the test properly in the first place...
My choices are literally dial-up, Comcast, or nothing. And dial-up and nothing aren't really options because I often have to VPN into my office from home. Or a T1, or IDSL... or probably some other option you haven't considered because your looking for something under $100/mo...
Because I don't even have comcast as an option, I'm basically stuck with dialup, satellite, T1, or IDSL. At the moment, I've chosen IDSL (144/144kbps @ $120/mo), but I'm seriously considering a full T1 and sharing the bandwidth with neighbors to offset the cost.
Some people just take 'cheap bandwidth' for granted.
Really - no heat?
According to F@H's own FAQ, they anticipate that your PS3 is consuming 200W while running.
I'm certain all that power is going somewhere...
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That's great, but if I decide that I want to distribute my MIT/BSD licensed code without requiring said GPL library in every case, the code being distributed without GPL libraries is still MIT/BSD licensed. By linking it to GPL in *some* circumstances, I only have to abide by GPL during those situations where I have distributed it as a "derivative" of GPL... but not in those cases where it isn't.
Thus, if I write my program to use one of two backend libraries - one of which is GPL, and the other which is not, I only have to distribute my code under the terms of GPL when it has been compiled to use the GPL backend, but not when it has been compiled to use the proprietary backend library.
The terms are only applicable at distribution time based on the use of other code at compile/linking time.
no?
No, nobody can fork *your* work and relicense it. As copyright holder of the code you have written, you have exclusive rights to license it however you wish.
Thus, nobody can simply relicense your code without your permission.
Doesn't the license basically stipulate that you must release your code under the terms of the license? That doesn't necessarily mean you have license your code as GPL.
This is actually a common FUD discussion that occurs between developers who use MIT/BSD license for their code, and are afraid to link to GPL libraries because it might force them to release their code as GPL. I'm pretty certain that as long as their code is available under the same terms as GPL code, they can license their code however they wish otherwise. It just means if a GPL nut comes a knockin', they'll have to provide the code as if it was GPL'd.
Correct me if I'm wrong (and I often am).
Maybe a few more parameters: How safe of a vehicle you drive (Giant SUV vs. small economy car), and perhaps where you drive (Freeway vs. City traffic)... Whether you primarily drive during the day or night, the weather patterns in your area, etc.
In fact, when I think about it...there are endless parameters that can be applied to measure a "complete picture of risk" (your own words, after all).
Guess my fingers just wanted to type that r on their own ;)
I dunno about others, but all of a sudden, I'd have an incentive to find the shortest router from point A to point B, even if that means city-streets instead of expressway. This means I'll be sitting in heavy traffic, clogging up the streets, taking longer to reach my destination, and probably causing more accidents and safety issues.
Thanks for the eyestrain - after staring at that page for a few minutes I have a headache.
Worse, for all we know, some of those TOP500 computers *are* part of BOINC... making BOINC ineligible for comparison.
BOINC is the software, not the computer.
they're going to spend quite a lot of time ascending and descending.
Well, ascending perhaps... descending? not so much.
How about adopting Chromes Native Code Binary API plugins for all the browsers while we're at it? Let's get it so that we can auto download plugins written in languages other than that icky JavaScript gooicky stuff.
Well, as much as the Native Client sounds neat and all, it's going to leave all non-x86 systems out in the cold...
ARM, mipsel, CellBE (which basically includes PPC) are all still valid processor platforms in this day and age, so you can take your x86-only Native Client and leave now.
It certainly seems that Palm felt that it did:
http://blog.gallucci.net/2009/05/palm-doesnt-get-it.html
"So, Iâ(TM)ll let whurley recount his conversations with Pam. Suffice it to say, all three of us (whurely, Dan and I) were unimpressed. The twitter message from me and retweetted by whurley was enough, in their judgment, to claim that we broke the NDA."
I'm guessing you've never read an NDA from a large corporation. Just the act of mentioning the NDA is often a violation of it - let alone that you are scheduled to meet with them!
The idiots who think they can re-interpret what an NDA means get what they deserve.
It seems like these guys got overzealous that they had signed an NDA and were to meet with Palm, so much so that they couldn't refrain from posting a tweet about it.
It's likely that one of the conditions of the NDA was that they could not discuss the NDA at all. By claiming they had signed one, in preparation for a meeting with Palm, it was probably a sign that they couldn't keep their enthusiasm contained long enough to even meet with Palm.
This is speculation on my part, but this is how it seems reading the article. When dealing with corporations and NDAs, one must be careful what one does - the old adage: "loose lips sinks ships" comes to mind.
Waste your GPU cycles on something more interesting than SETI...
http://www.gpugrid.net/
http://distributed.net/download/prerelease.php (ok, maybe that's less interesting...)
And why limit this discussion to CUDA? ATI/AMD's STREAM is usable as well...
http://folding.stanford.edu/English/FAQ-ATI
Doesn't your suggestion to vote the opposite essentially represent the exact same behavior?
People should be encouraged to vote their minds, not vote how you think they should vote.
Actually, BeOS R3 ran on i586 even... I still have the BeOS R3 Demo CD that I ordered from BeDepot sometime during the 90s - it ran on my P200MMX like a dream!
Complain to Adobe...
In the OSNews article, there was a link to a youtube showing Haiku running on an older P4 box - it doesn't demonstrate many of the unique features of Haiku, but it does show some of the multitasking capabilities while juggling various running videos, etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSMT8cM20m0
Perhaps I'm ignorant, but won't ~90% of broadcasters just stop broadcasting their analog signal anyway?
I mean, wasn't the whole mandate originally designed for FORCE broadcasters to change their equipment, and now that the date was looming, and plans had been solidified, why wouldn't most of them just turn off their analog anyway?
If in fact that happens, that will demonstrate that this move was not designed to help consumers at all...
> Who the hell uses that much electric power?
Not sure about the article-writer, but where I live in Northern California, we're on PG&E power (Pacific Gas and Electric) and they have 5 (!) tiers of power usage above baseline. These higher tiers increase per kWh costs dramatically as you hit them, and so using ~2x as much power as the average person causes you to pay very much more than twice the price.
Baseline usage changes with the season (depending on zone) to reflect higher A/C usage in the summer vs. non-electrical heating in the winter (you're screwed if your heating relies on electricity).
Also like the article writer, I have a fair number of PCs and computer equipment running heavily in my house, and along with a large HDTV, 3 daughters, and my wife working out of our house, we occasionally hit $500+ electrical bills - well into the 5th tier where we're charged many. As an aside, commercial electricity usage is charged differently, and so if I were to run all my equipment from an office building in a commercial zone, it would be significantly cheaper.
If police informants can pass and beat a polygraph in a situation where they would be killed on the spot*, then how can the same test when used against people charged with a crime is still admissible as evidence?
*if the common perception of the 1%-ers is to be belived
You're assuming the questions they were asked resulted in their lying to the gang.
You're also assuming that the gang administered the test properly in the first place...
If you're not sober enough to do the math, perhaps you're sober enough to copy/paste them into google so it can give you the answers ;)
Because I don't even have comcast as an option, I'm basically stuck with dialup, satellite, T1, or IDSL. At the moment, I've chosen IDSL (144/144kbps @ $120/mo), but I'm seriously considering a full T1 and sharing the bandwidth with neighbors to offset the cost.
Some people just take 'cheap bandwidth' for granted.
Really - no heat? According to F@H's own FAQ, they anticipate that your PS3 is consuming 200W while running. I'm certain all that power is going somewhere...
Strangely enough - once I login to the site the warning goes away.
Must be something that only affects anonymous visitors.