If SCO were to win this case (not bloody likely) then there would be a precedent against open source projects. Stealing source code is definitely a practice that falls under copyright laws. However questioning the source of source code in open projects is a new precedent. Depending on the results of the case, we could see bunches more.
Isn't legal precedance generally considered to be law?
You're probably right in that it won't hold back OSS from working in the domain that it currently operates in, but it will prevent it from spreading further.
From the linked text: In many jurisdictions, law practice is now being carried out with at least a half dozen competing versions of appellate decisions including print, online, and CD-ROM. Because of these changes, there has been growing pressure on those ultimately responsible for citation norms, namely the courts, to establish new rules that no longer presuppose that some one publisher's print volume (created over a year after a decision is handed down) is the key reference.
Very interesting paragraph! To me this boils down to:
Is an argument judged on similiar arguments or on the merits of the argument itself?
This text seems to imply that unless law is opensource then we're fucked. I agree.
When the universe expands the energy from this 13.7 billion year old light is "sucked" out by this expansion. This is Doppler Redshift because the big bang is moving away from us at the rate of the hubble constant. So the light from the big bang (or rather the point where the big bang allowed light to escape) would be visible to us but shifted toward the red (in this case, very shifted... way below visible...).
I believe your puzzilation comes from thinking that there is a "near the beginning of the universe". All points in the universe are moving away from each other at the rate of 71 km per second per megaparsec (hubble's constant). So there is no center.
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Don't forget God's Debris .
find > /dev/dsp
Linux is not sweeping the world like a storm...
Love hurts.
Mozilla is susceptible to this(the ad/spyware that affects Window's TCP/IP stack or however to re-route connections).
What? My head asplode!
Can you explain this further? I've heard of apps affecting tcp/ip but this has nothing to do with mozilla unless you know something I don't.
I guess I'll bite.
It's not a communist idea, but it's definitely marxist. Notice I wasn't advocating any form of violence.
If SCO were to win this case (not bloody likely) then there would be a precedent against open source projects. Stealing source code is definitely a practice that falls under copyright laws. However questioning the source of source code in open projects is a new precedent. Depending on the results of the case, we could see bunches more.
Why prefer that?
The GPL would represent the peak performance of a society/government: No duplication of effort.
Competition, capitalism, and general 'survival of the fittest' is not the only way forward. Cooperation, sharing, and intelligence is also an option.
Isn't legal precedance generally considered to be law?
You're probably right in that it won't hold back OSS from working in the domain that it currently operates in, but it will prevent it from spreading further.
The only thing that is keeping me off windows is the fact that I can't get windows update to work with linux!
If they can't manage something so simple, then why should I switch?
From the linked text:
In many jurisdictions, law practice is now being carried out with at least a half dozen competing versions of appellate decisions including print, online, and CD-ROM. Because of these changes, there has been growing pressure on those ultimately responsible for citation norms, namely the courts, to establish new rules that no longer presuppose that some one publisher's print volume (created over a year after a decision is handed down) is the key reference.
Very interesting paragraph! To me this boils down to:
Is an argument judged on similiar arguments or on the merits of the argument itself?
This text seems to imply that unless law is opensource then we're fucked. I agree.
Would you be willing to pay $600 for a console with all of the capabilities of a standard OEM PC?
If it has all of the capabilities of a standard OEM PC then isn't it a PC?
Thanks.
Mod parent up.
"If you are compelled to give back to the community, then you don't have the opportunity to benefit from that knowledge," he stressed.
Now that is definately not what jesus would do...
How can a company run by such a benevolent man see fit to spread such FUD?
NPR interview with didtheyreadit founder
When the universe expands the energy from this 13.7 billion year old light is "sucked" out by this expansion. This is Doppler Redshift because the big bang is moving away from us at the rate of the hubble constant. So the light from the big bang (or rather the point where the big bang allowed light to escape) would be visible to us but shifted toward the red (in this case, very shifted... way below visible...).
I believe your puzzilation comes from thinking that there is a "near the beginning of the universe". All points in the universe are moving away from each other at the rate of 71 km per second per megaparsec (hubble's constant). So there is no center.
You failed to addresss the grandparents mention of other faiths in relation to your idea of faith and mercy.
How could they possibly fit?
This Thing comes with permission to use, study & adapt to your needs, share with others, and distributed modified copies.
That sounds like genetic adaptation.
My voice is my passport!
Mod parent up.
/. article really should have included this link. Do we really need slashdot to filter a filter(New Scientist)?
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Yeah. Well they did cause the problem now didn't they?
I used to be a big "geek". Was always interested in the latest processor, RAM technology, etc. Now, I couldnt give a shit.
Then why are you reading slashdot?
Passengers who raise questions...
Raising questions?
That's a paddling...
i.e, shit
you eat what?!?
You could play the F chord like i've seen Jimi Hendrix do it and use your thumb to hold down the E string on the first fret.
Billy Corgan did some interesting things this way.