Universities live and breathe government grants. If your grant administrator said "shut this project down, and don't do anything to enable it to continue", what would *you* do? -russ
leap seconds are only evil when you try to commingle UTC and TAI. If your system operates on a straight TAI, then leap seconds become a presentation issue right along with time zones and daylight savings. -russ
You could donate the hardware to a 501(c)(3) charity like Xiph, the FSF, or pubsoft, but then you'd be obliged to only develop freely copyable software on it, and you'd also have to keep a logbook showing that that's what you in fact did. Yes, commercial developers have a presumption that their hardware is being used for commercial purposes, but that's because the company has to show a profit three years out of five. -russ
If you assign the copyright on a piece of code to a non-profit like the FSF or the Public Software Fund, then you can deduct the value of that code from you income. The problem, of course, is getting a valuation. We (pubsoft) will only give you a receipt acknowledging donation of the copyright. It's up to you to figure out what the fair-market value of that code is. -russ
You can't write off the time you spend on OSS projects. However, you can assign the copyright to a non-profit, and get a valuation from someone who is experienced in assessing the value of copyrighted code. You can then reasonably deduct that amount from your before-tax income. I can help you find someone to do that valuation. -russ
they obligate you to demonstrate significant progress on the project for the rest of your life,
Actually, pubsoft is project-based. Once you finish the project, you get paid, and that's it. If you choose to get paid part-way through the project, then sure, you can expect to have to show progress. -russ
We just went through this at the Public Software Fund. Basically, you need a good lawyer and thousands of dollars. You also need to show that nobody will get any private benefit from the publicly-funded works. You also have to show that what you're doing falls into several categories of public benefits, like scientific research, or charitable works.
But if all you want to do is have your public software project receive tax-free donations, just register with Pubsoft and add your project to the list?
Afghanistan is now perilously close to the position it was in that led to the taliban takeover - warlords and chaos.
The difference now is that we're not going to let any one of them win. Yeah, they're still assholes, but NOW they're going to HAVE to work together as partners. Makes all the difference in the world. -russ
Eric didn't own tuxedo.org. He was using it relying on a friend's word that he would own it in time. That so-called friend broke his word, and you've seen the results.
Fact of the matter is that, yes, there *are* alot of sendmail refugees out there. The real wonder is not that there are so many of us, nor that we're posting to this story, but that any sane person is still running sendmail. -russ
ANY program of medium to large size will never be bug free and exploitless.
Since your statement cannot be disproved, it falls outside the realm of science, and goes into faith. So, did your god or gods tell you that? Or have you simply never run across a bug-free and exploitless program? Perhaps you should install qmail, if there's a dearth of well-written software in your life. -russ
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Why, I would move it with a teaspoon, naturally. How much more Zen can you get than that?
-russ
Universities live and breathe government grants. If your grant administrator said "shut this project down, and don't do anything to enable it to continue", what would *you* do?
-russ
leap seconds are only evil when you try to commingle UTC and TAI. If your system operates on a straight TAI, then leap seconds become a presentation issue right along with time zones and daylight savings.
-russ
FWIW, Symantec finally sued him, today.
-russ
Would somebody please explain to me why we have two standards for VOIP, and tell me which one lets me call the most people? SIP or H.323??
-russ
No matter what the form of the language, its name shall be FORTRAN.
-russ
All software has bugs. Bug-free software and hardware do NOT EXIST
... find a security hole in qmail. Not only will you be $500 richer, but you'll cease to be considered an idiot by your betters.
Interesting. So
-russ
Too bad, it's a better photo.
-russ
qmail has no security holes. There's $500 sitting on the table for you if you can find a security hole.
-russ
Perl is compiled to bytecodes. Oops.
-russ
You could donate the hardware to a 501(c)(3) charity like Xiph, the FSF, or pubsoft, but then you'd be obliged to only develop freely copyable software on it, and you'd also have to keep a logbook showing that that's what you in fact did. Yes, commercial developers have a presumption that their hardware is being used for commercial purposes, but that's because the company has to show a profit three years out of five.
-russ
If you assign the copyright on a piece of code to a non-profit like the FSF or the Public Software Fund, then you can deduct the value of that code from you income. The problem, of course, is getting a valuation. We (pubsoft) will only give you a receipt acknowledging donation of the copyright. It's up to you to figure out what the fair-market value of that code is.
-russ
You can't write off the time you spend on OSS projects. However, you can assign the copyright to a non-profit, and get a valuation from someone who is experienced in assessing the value of copyrighted code. You can then reasonably deduct that amount from your before-tax income. I can help you find someone to do that valuation.
-russ
they obligate you to demonstrate significant progress on the project for the rest of your life,
Actually, pubsoft is project-based. Once you finish the project, you get paid, and that's it. If you choose to get paid part-way through the project, then sure, you can expect to have to show progress.
-russ
Sure, anybody can repackage and sell it, but that's not a private benefit. As you say, *anyone* can repackage it.
-russ
We just went through this at the Public Software Fund. Basically, you need a good lawyer and thousands of dollars. You also need to show that nobody will get any private benefit from the publicly-funded works. You also have to show that what you're doing falls into several categories of public benefits, like scientific research, or charitable works.
But if all you want to do is have your public software project receive tax-free donations, just register with Pubsoft and add your project to the list?
Afghanistan is now perilously close to the position it was in that led to the taliban takeover - warlords and chaos.
The difference now is that we're not going to let any one of them win. Yeah, they're still assholes, but NOW they're going to HAVE to work together as partners. Makes all the difference in the world.
-russ
Eric didn't own tuxedo.org. He was using it relying on a friend's word that he would own it in time. That so-called friend broke his word, and you've seen the results.
http://www.catb.org/~esr
I suppose, then, that you don't use Makefiles. An action line in a Makefile must start with a tab.
-russ
Fact of the matter is that, yes, there *are* alot of sendmail refugees out there. The real wonder is not that there are so many of us, nor that we're posting to this story, but that any sane person is still running sendmail.
-russ
ANY program of medium to large size will never be bug free and exploitless.
Since your statement cannot be disproved, it falls outside the realm of science, and goes into faith. So, did your god or gods tell you that? Or have you simply never run across a bug-free and exploitless program? Perhaps you should install qmail, if there's a dearth of well-written software in your life.
-russ
Yes, I've run two instances of qmail. It's a piece of cake. Perhaps your problem is that you're stupid?
-russ
Even qmail wouldn't help you in this instance. Any MTA would relay the email through to sendmail.
-russ
"far more powerful"? I suppose there's no way to falsify that statement, since it's contentless.
By the way, Rediffmail, which has 15 million users last time I checked, runs Linux and qmail.
-russ