Say one day he gets hit by lightning and suddenly starts to think that prorietary software is the way to go, he can change the GPL and affect nearly every GPL'ed work.
Don't forget that it's optional - you can choose to use version 2.0 of the GPL, or at your option, any later verison.
TrollTech has a right to release their software under whatever license they want. The current QPL meets all the qualifications of a free open-source license - it just happens not to be compatible with the GPL. Releasing your software under your own free open-source license doesn't mean you're not doing the right thing!
No, KDE is entirely to blame here. All they have to do is admit that there's a problem, and make an effort towards correcting it. I'd say the way to do it would be to make a list of all the developers they need approval from, then start checking names off the list as they get permission. Once everybody's been checked off the list, change the license - end of problem.
There are, in fact, two solutions to the problem. Either change the license that Qt is distributed under to make it compatible with the GPL, or change the license that KDE is distributed under to make it compatible with the QPL.
The problem is, many people have contributed code to the KDE project, and all of that code is licensed under the GPL. In order to re-release it under a new license that makes everything all work out, somebody would need to contact each of the authors of each bit of code in KDE, and get their permission. This would be a large pain in the ass, and the KDE team has refused to do it, even when offered $3,000 for their trouble.
Many people have said that this is just a matter of one fringe group's personal philosophies. It's not. Currently, distributing KDE binaries is ILLEGAL. If this is allowed to continue, it severely weakens (in a legal sense) the GPL - the very license we depend on to keep our software free.
Think about it. Microsoft has been behaving themselves for the last couple of years, because of the ongoing antitrust case. Guess what? The trial is over; Microsoft lost. Microsoft no longer has to try to make themselves look good. Judge Jackson released his Final Judgement, and it says nothing to prevent Microsoft from doing this - and the appeals process can only make it better for Microsoft, not worse. The government won't interfere, because they just won their case - they had their chance to fix the problems.
Uhh, have you ever done something like that before? Windows HATES it when you swap hardware like that. Chances are it'd eat itself so bad you'd have to reinstall from scratch. On the wrong box.;-)
No, the only method that will scale with reality is to model the DNS after reality: Physical location.
Local companies such as auto body shops should be encouraged to register domains under (state).us or (city).(state).us instead of the.com TLD. I don't even know offhand where to go to register a.phoenix.az.us domain, or how much it costs, or what I have to do to get it - but I know several places to register a.com domain without even thinking about it.
Even more off-topic, Darwin is based on FreeBSD, runs on a Mach kernel, and uses Debian's package manager and a few other things. They should have an x86 version soon - apparently it all compiles on x86 but they haven't put together an installer or anything for it yet.
But, with the increased availability of broadband Internet access you can bring down a full-length motion picture in less than 15 minutes versus the four to five hours for non-broadband.
I'd like to see Mr. Valenti try to download a feature-length movie of reasonable quality (usually around 800MB from what I've seen) on a 56k modem in less than 48 hours. Where is he coming up with these figures?
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I was thinking of writing a bot in AppleScript for the Mac that would play games with people. But, I've got other projects to work on, I don't know AppleScript well enough, and I'd have to handle state myself (somebody IMs me, I read a file to see if they've IM'd me before and what we'd been doing, I IM them back and write the new info back to the file, then exit). Could be fun to write a MUD this way, although I'd start simple.
You're entirely correct, and there's nothing in the final Judgement to prevent MS-Apps from doing that. On top of that, the DoJ will be off their backs, because they just got done with the existing trial.
Strange. I primarily use AIM for Mac OS, so I'm not as familiar with the AIM for Windows bugs, but make sure you're both running AIM 4.0 or the latest beta release, and be sure to look through your preferences to see if you've got any weird settings in there (text magnification settings, for example).
Those are pretty annoying, yes. I hang out in Computing Chat when I'm bored sometimes, though, and sometimes run into interesting people. What's nice about Computing Chat is, Windows is very often the minority platform. Mac, Linux and FreeBSD often dominate - especially in any heated argument, since we almost always win, because most Windows users are stupid.;-)
IhateAIM2 has a bunch of screen shots of AIM users' desktops on his home page. An interesting collection, definitely. Also, several of us put together a FAQ for the room, so we had someplace to easily direct the lamers and newbies.
Being a monopoly is NOT illegal. Abusing monopoly power by forcing competition out of the market, leveraging your monopoly product to promote another product, and generally being Microsoftish is illegal.
When I say forcing competition out of the market, I mean acting to prevent any other company (such as Microsoft, Yahoo, and others) from developing their own instant messenging services that compete with AIM. To my knowledge, AOL has not done this at all. They're simply not allowing other clients to use AOL's own servers. Microsoft's client has to use Microsoft's servers, and Yahoo's client has to use Yahoo's servers. AOL has no problem with this.
AOL will continue to add features to AIM, and those new features will not be compatible with older versions. They may or may not release the specs to the newer features. However, clients using the older specs will definitely continue to wrk with the newer AIM clients that have the newer features.
One of the new features in AIM is, when you point to a name on your Buddy List, it gives you a list of the features that their particular client version supports (chat, talk, IM images, buddy icons, file transfers, etc.).
Microsoft's IM client will become an integrated part of all future releases of their OSes, and they'll annex the man-share of new subscribers. After that, the only ones signing up for AIM will be AOL subscribers who become AIM users by default.
This is at least one thing that the antitrust case should prevent. Windows, Inc. will not be allowed to bundle Microsoft applications (such as Microsoft Messenger) as part of the operating system. This assumes, of course, that the appeals courts uphold Jackson's ruling.
Hmm, checking the Gaim home page it looks like the recent fatal bugs I've encountered may have been patched. I'll try the new version tonight. If it works, I really do like Gaim a lot better than TiK.
...except that the recent versions are astoundingly buggy. I keep upgrading in hopes that it'll get better, but I haven't been able to use Gaim at all recently. TiK runs slowly on my box, so that's annoying, but at least it runs. Fortunately I've got a Mac in the other room, so running AIM on Linux isn't a priority, but still....
Does this mean that someone will develop a decent AIM client to integrate with Mozilla? Netscape 6pr1 had one, although I never really used it (I upgraded to M15), so I know they want an AIM client to be part of Netscape 6, but will it be released for Mozilla? On all platforms that Mozilla supports? With all the extra features (talk, file sharing, buddy icons, etc.)?
Actually they're developed by different departments that don't share any of their information with each other. I seem to remember reading that the team that develops the America Online client for Mac OS has trouble getting code from the AOL/Win team and from the AIM teams.
I don't see how it could be illegal. AOL's policy is that only their own client programs are allowed to connect to their own servers. The OSCAR protocol they use is proprietary and undocumented, and misuse of it (such as would undoubtedly occur during development and testing of a competing client) could cause problems for AOL's servers. On top of that, AIM is paid for by banner advertisements, which competing clients won't show.
If I set up a server that uses a proprietary protocol (think trade secret here), what gives you the right to connect to my server with your program?
Actually there are two different protocols, OSCAR and TOC. TOC is open, text-based, and limited; it's what Gaim and TiK use. OSCAR is proprietary, binary, and undocumented.
The official AIM clients have buffer overflow exploits which AOL uses to detect and block unofficial clients.
I don't know if he'll object at all. It's not ripping of any names (unlike a Certain Handheld Device For A Certain Large Military Organization That Shall Remain Nameless), it's a non-commercial project, and it's for peaceful purposes. I have no idea of what Lucas' morals are, but I don't think he'll object to this.
I don't know if he'd object either, but that's the problem - neither does NASA. It'd probably be fine, but George's lawyers would get to it first, and they'd have a heyday if NASA actually said they were making a Boba Fett robot - especially since it sounds like Boba Fett will be returning for Episode II. Of course, it'd be great publicity, but there's still a chance that NASA would face negative repercussions - they might have to redesign it to make it look different, and if this really is the best design.....
Well, except that this is the sort of innovative idea that usually comes from Apple, because nobody else has the balls to do it, but this particular idea isn't the sort of thing that Apple would do (they don't need it; Darwin has its own driver model that's supposed to make writing drivers really easy and they should work on all platforms that Darwin suports).
IANAC and ISAHANADDC (I Am Not A Coder and I Sure As Hell Am Not A Device Driver Coder).
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Don't forget that it's optional - you can choose to use version 2.0 of the GPL, or at your option, any later verison.
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No, KDE is entirely to blame here. All they have to do is admit that there's a problem, and make an effort towards correcting it. I'd say the way to do it would be to make a list of all the developers they need approval from, then start checking names off the list as they get permission. Once everybody's been checked off the list, change the license - end of problem.
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The problem is, many people have contributed code to the KDE project, and all of that code is licensed under the GPL. In order to re-release it under a new license that makes everything all work out, somebody would need to contact each of the authors of each bit of code in KDE, and get their permission. This would be a large pain in the ass, and the KDE team has refused to do it, even when offered $3,000 for their trouble.
Many people have said that this is just a matter of one fringe group's personal philosophies. It's not. Currently, distributing KDE binaries is ILLEGAL. If this is allowed to continue, it severely weakens (in a legal sense) the GPL - the very license we depend on to keep our software free.
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I'd like to see Mr. Valenti try to download a feature-length movie of reasonable quality (usually around 800MB from what I've seen) on a 56k modem in less than 48 hours. Where is he coming up with these figures?
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IhateAIM2 has a bunch of screen shots of AIM users' desktops on his home page. An interesting collection, definitely. Also, several of us put together a FAQ for the room, so we had someplace to easily direct the lamers and newbies.
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When I say forcing competition out of the market, I mean acting to prevent any other company (such as Microsoft, Yahoo, and others) from developing their own instant messenging services that compete with AIM. To my knowledge, AOL has not done this at all. They're simply not allowing other clients to use AOL's own servers. Microsoft's client has to use Microsoft's servers, and Yahoo's client has to use Yahoo's servers. AOL has no problem with this.
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One of the new features in AIM is, when you point to a name on your Buddy List, it gives you a list of the features that their particular client version supports (chat, talk, IM images, buddy icons, file transfers, etc.).
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This is at least one thing that the antitrust case should prevent. Windows, Inc. will not be allowed to bundle Microsoft applications (such as Microsoft Messenger) as part of the operating system. This assumes, of course, that the appeals courts uphold Jackson's ruling.
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If I set up a server that uses a proprietary protocol (think trade secret here), what gives you the right to connect to my server with your program?
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The official AIM clients have buffer overflow exploits which AOL uses to detect and block unofficial clients.
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I don't know if he'd object either, but that's the problem - neither does NASA. It'd probably be fine, but George's lawyers would get to it first, and they'd have a heyday if NASA actually said they were making a Boba Fett robot - especially since it sounds like Boba Fett will be returning for Episode II. Of course, it'd be great publicity, but there's still a chance that NASA would face negative repercussions - they might have to redesign it to make it look different, and if this really is the best design.....
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Well, except that this is the sort of innovative idea that usually comes from Apple, because nobody else has the balls to do it, but this particular idea isn't the sort of thing that Apple would do (they don't need it; Darwin has its own driver model that's supposed to make writing drivers really easy and they should work on all platforms that Darwin suports).
IANAC and ISAHANADDC (I Am Not A Coder and I Sure As Hell Am Not A Device Driver Coder).
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