I don't think so. I think it actually might strengthen projects and distributors. They do not charge for the FLOSS software, but for the act of copying and services rendered. So, in a sense, it is already narrowly defined and practiced. A developer who writes FLOSS code may be paid for his work. However, an employee is not in "business", but is making a living. There is a difference between a company making money and a person being paid wages.
The problem will be for companies that use dual licensing models. There you have a catch that the company might both sell the software and distribute it as a FLOSS project. The commercial path will make them liable to pay license fees for the copies to clients. But still, the receivers of the FLOSS copy are in the clear again and may redistribute under the same FLOSS terms.
That might actually be a hard thing to "heyday" with. A FLOSS project in itself, if it is a real FLOSS project, does not generate the revenue stream but only costs. The for-profit bit is for services. This could very well be the way out for all. Being compensated for the physical copy (as per GPL) cannot be construed as for-profit. The services rendered are arguably not for the software, but the application of the software. An example would be a consultant charging for performing install-services. The consultant service cannot be misunderstood as a "for-profit project" because that would render the whole consultancy business as we know it on its head (a consultant installing Windows is not liable for the software installed if it is supplied by the contractor). All will depend on the correct split between the "non-profit project" and the "for-profit service".
Your numbers actually pale in the light that given US population, lets say 380M, will require a steady death toll of about 5M per year to keep the population at the same level with an average age of 75 years. Coming to 69% of all death are caused by old age and 0.06% of the death are due to terrorism.
So, the major thing that needs to be forbidden is to die of old age, since that seems to be the cause of 2/3rds of all problems. Maybe everybody needs to be screened to prevent them from aging? Or maybe everybody should be on artificial support so that we can fix the statistics.
Well, journalists will accept the fact that 2 + 2 = 5 for large values of 2. That is all one needs to know as a journalist. The rest is left to the imagination of the reader.
But does shooting at a lit fiber cause illuminated bullets? And, do the bits get scared when you shoot at them (ehm, torture)? We already know that shooting too much kills.
Better yet, if programs like CIPAV become more common as a tool for Federal Investigations, does it become a requirement that said programs allow CIPAV and its successors to do their work?
That would mean mandatory selfincrimination? Don't think that will fly. However, considering the US direction of depleting its freedom resources, who knows.
I will have to send some cease and desist letters. I copyrighted sex a long time ago and all products created by it. They are using my IP! I also have some patents on interesting positions. Anyone want a license?
Ok, 6,000,000,000 people, 60 years average lifespan gives 6,000,000,000/60/365 death per day to keep the population at current level if we see approx. same number of births. That means ~274,000 people die every day of various reasons. And this is probably conservative as the population is slightly bigger and the average lifespan probably lower, considering the poor conditions in "non-western" countries.
A very good point. Maybe it is time to organise a "dropped my suitcase day" and keep 'm busy with the hysteria. Civil disobedience can be a powerful tool if used correctly.
But it is utterly irrelevant in this case whether Linus infringed the copyright (which he did not). Bottemline is that if Linus copied the lines, then SCO is barking up the wrong tree. IBM is not responsible for Linus' wrongdoing.
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He will declare a national emergency and stay on the presidential post for some more years. He has got good examples in the rest of the world...
We know that the simple 1,2,3,4,5,6 is a bad idea. But, if I'd bet on 6,5,4,3,2,1, would that give me prize*10000?
I don't think so. I think it actually might strengthen projects and distributors. They do not charge for the FLOSS software, but for the act of copying and services rendered. So, in a sense, it is already narrowly defined and practiced. A developer who writes FLOSS code may be paid for his work. However, an employee is not in "business", but is making a living. There is a difference between a company making money and a person being paid wages.
The problem will be for companies that use dual licensing models. There you have a catch that the company might both sell the software and distribute it as a FLOSS project. The commercial path will make them liable to pay license fees for the copies to clients. But still, the receivers of the FLOSS copy are in the clear again and may redistribute under the same FLOSS terms.
That might actually be a hard thing to "heyday" with. A FLOSS project in itself, if it is a real FLOSS project, does not generate the revenue stream but only costs. The for-profit bit is for services. This could very well be the way out for all. Being compensated for the physical copy (as per GPL) cannot be construed as for-profit. The services rendered are arguably not for the software, but the application of the software. An example would be a consultant charging for performing install-services. The consultant service cannot be misunderstood as a "for-profit project" because that would render the whole consultancy business as we know it on its head (a consultant installing Windows is not liable for the software installed if it is supplied by the contractor). All will depend on the correct split between the "non-profit project" and the "for-profit service".
There are two things that are infinite; the universe and human stupidity. And I'm not so sure about the universe...
However, it might be more effective to make your application more tolerant to latency (and fix your TCP window first).
Your numbers actually pale in the light that given US population, lets say 380M, will require a steady death toll of about 5M per year to keep the population at the same level with an average age of 75 years. Coming to 69% of all death are caused by old age and 0.06% of the death are due to terrorism.
So, the major thing that needs to be forbidden is to die of old age, since that seems to be the cause of 2/3rds of all problems. Maybe everybody needs to be screened to prevent them from aging? Or maybe everybody should be on artificial support so that we can fix the statistics.
To paraphrase a RFC: Good, Fast, Cheap; pick two, you can't have all three.
Well, journalists will accept the fact that 2 + 2 = 5 for large values of 2. That is all one needs to know as a journalist. The rest is left to the imagination of the reader.
That means:
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productivity = 1 / (nr of calls)
And infinty is where I am most of the time
Just wait until some scriptkiddie decides to do a massive DDOS on the WGA servers. Then you'll see what is going to happen on a larger scale.
But does shooting at a lit fiber cause illuminated bullets? And, do the bits get scared when you shoot at them (ehm, torture)? We already know that shooting too much kills.
So my lifestyle means that I have to pay for my employment? I love collecting unhealthy habbits.
It only confirms that nobody needs to search for /. anymore. Everybody knows where to find it already.
I will have to send some cease and desist letters. I copyrighted sex a long time ago and all products created by it. They are using my IP! I also have some patents on interesting positions. Anyone want a license?
You are right; it is not security/xyz that sells, but the perception of securty/xyz. That is where the marketers come in.
Ok, 6,000,000,000 people, 60 years average lifespan gives 6,000,000,000/60/365 death per day to keep the population at current level if we see approx. same number of births. That means ~274,000 people die every day of various reasons. And this is probably conservative as the population is slightly bigger and the average lifespan probably lower, considering the poor conditions in "non-western" countries.
The virtual memory lasts only as long until the harddisk crashes. That would make it a virtual teardown then.
Ehm, nobody would notice if it was gone. Probably everybody would be instantly happy.
A very good point. Maybe it is time to organise a "dropped my suitcase day" and keep 'm busy with the hysteria. Civil disobedience can be a powerful tool if used correctly.
I think he could star as the comic relief at some stage though...
Gataca in the making; ignorance is better.
But it is utterly irrelevant in this case whether Linus infringed the copyright (which he did not). Bottemline is that if Linus copied the lines, then SCO is barking up the wrong tree. IBM is not responsible for Linus' wrongdoing.