And you probably are. The best efforts of our duly elected Congressional representatives notwithstanding, copyright still does expire.
No it doesn't. (not counting copyright not being renewed, which I suppose counts, but...) At this point, no new works about which the author actually cares enough to renew copyright are going into the public domain; if no new laws are passed this will change in 2018...
However, you can't really compare Gaim and Trillian that well, because they don't run on the same platform (as you probably well know)... there is preliminary win32 support for gaim, but not remotely stable last I checked.
If Trillian were open source, it probably would be ported to linux fairly quickly; therefore I am turning it down because it is closed source. (ie, if it were open source, it would run on my platform.)
AFAIK, there is no good AIM client (on the scale of gaim or trillian) for windows that isn't closed source, anyway, so I don't see how someone could turn down trillian because it is closed...
Not an emulator my ass. It is emulating a bunch of win32 API functions; while it might be called an implementation of the win32 API or somesuch, that implementation is emulating the primary implementation. If there is a bug in Windows' version, and wine supports it the way it should be, it is a bug because programs don't run.
The goal with WINE is to run windows apps, and that requires emulation, not just an implementation.
What if whatever the person is patenting would cost, say, $10,000,000 to build, and you don't have access to that type of money? (ie, you want to have a patent so you can license this new invention you have to large companies that could actually use it)
Winex was forked because the makers are under NDA. They used copy-protection circumvention devices (as in DMCA) but to do so legally they cannot give the code away.
BS. The forking long predates the inclusion of the safedisc stuff... they did it as their attempt to make money. They might be under something of an NDA, since they're licensing at least two closed commercial products (safedisc and installshield), but there is nothing preventing them from incorporating their changes into the main tree (whichever one is the main tree now...)
The fact they don't merge their changes isn't wrong or anything, but they didn't start because of an NDA.
Thank you.
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Well you're just a fucking genius, aren't you? I wouldn't look on slashdot for fucking geniuses...:-}
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1974: Notesfiles created on PLATO, the first BBSes, almost exactly like today's Usenet. 2002: Notes still in use at my old high school, cause, despite a lock system that causes problems if you use it with nfs and the like, we haven't found a replacement that works nicely (the interface is wonderful; beats the heck out of webboards and the like)
Neither of these companies violated the GPL in any way umm... neonapster DID violate the GPL. They provided source, but did not mention anything about GPL in the binaries, at first at least. (in fact, the license for the binaries flagrantly violated GPL, restricting redistribution. etc)
furthermore, from their description it looks like the hammer benchmark wasn't using a recompiled binary, so it is going to give crummy results in any case...
I know in the case of japanese, arabic numerals are used very commonly; having studied the language for three years, I'd say its because arabic numerals are better for the most part... fewer characters to type/write.
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No it doesn't. (not counting copyright not being renewed, which I suppose counts, but...) At this point, no new works about which the author actually cares enough to renew copyright are going into the public domain; if no new laws are passed this will change in 2018...
However, you can't really compare Gaim and Trillian that well, because they don't run on the same platform (as you probably well know)... there is preliminary win32 support for gaim, but not remotely stable last I checked.
If Trillian were open source, it probably would be ported to linux fairly quickly; therefore I am turning it down because it is closed source. (ie, if it were open source, it would run on my platform.)
AFAIK, there is no good AIM client (on the scale of gaim or trillian) for windows that isn't closed source, anyway, so I don't see how someone could turn down trillian because it is closed...
1. Decide to migrate to linux.
2. ???
3. Finish migrating to linux.
4. Profit! (in reduced money going to American company, etc)
but... but... I thought goto's were considered harmful!
WINE is not an emulator.
Not an emulator my ass. It is emulating a bunch of win32 API functions; while it might be called an implementation of the win32 API or somesuch, that implementation is emulating the primary implementation. If there is a bug in Windows' version, and wine supports it the way it should be, it is a bug because programs don't run.
The goal with WINE is to run windows apps, and that requires emulation, not just an implementation.
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How dare you insult my mother like that!
heh... its like a nerdy rorschach inkblot.
require a working demonstration and copy
What if whatever the person is patenting would cost, say, $10,000,000 to build, and you don't have access to that type of money? (ie, you want to have a patent so you can license this new invention you have to large companies that could actually use it)
Winex was forked because the makers are under NDA. They used copy-protection circumvention devices (as in DMCA) but to do so legally they cannot give the code away.
BS. The forking long predates the inclusion of the safedisc stuff... they did it as their attempt to make money. They might be under something of an NDA, since they're licensing at least two closed commercial products (safedisc and installshield), but there is nothing preventing them from incorporating their changes into the main tree (whichever one is the main tree now...)
The fact they don't merge their changes isn't wrong or anything, but they didn't start because of an NDA.
Thank you.
Well you're just a fucking genius, aren't you? :-}
I wouldn't look on slashdot for fucking geniuses...
yeah... #11982.
How about sending just the script instead of the actual movie to translators, for a start . . . idiots . . .
Context (the sort of context you can only get with the actual footage) would tend to be good in translating, especially if its a dub.
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No it isn't.
Are you telling me that hardware doesn't have bugs? This EE student is amused.
And you're saying there is no quality lost?
What part of You do lose a bit don't you understand?
yes.
Now come up with a way to get that type of thrust constantly...
He has been trolled. He has won. Give him more karma.
1974: Notesfiles created on PLATO, the first BBSes, almost exactly like today's Usenet.
2002: Notes still in use at my old high school, cause, despite a lock system that causes problems if you use it with nfs and the like, we haven't found a replacement that works nicely (the interface is wonderful; beats the heck out of webboards and the like)
Neither of these companies violated the GPL in any way
umm... neonapster DID violate the GPL. They provided source, but did not mention anything about GPL in the binaries, at first at least. (in fact, the license for the binaries flagrantly violated GPL, restricting redistribution. etc)
furthermore, from their description it looks like the hammer benchmark wasn't using a recompiled binary, so it is going to give crummy results in any case...
I know its bad netiquitte to reply to one's own post ;)
Slashdotiquitte is bad netiquitte...
But I don't think there's anything to stop you from rescinding the license.
Contract law, perhaps?
although arguably its peripheral temperature rather than internal temperature... but then, I'm not that knowledgable about this stuff. ^_^
I know in the case of japanese, arabic numerals are used very commonly; having studied the language for three years, I'd say its because arabic numerals are better for the most part... fewer characters to type/write.
not surprising, given that I posted it after it was announced... :p
^_^