The patent grant only covers Java 2 _Standard_ Edition, not Java 2 _Micro_ Edition, which is the technology that would be at issue here. Not saying I agree with Oracle's actions at all - just think this is a key distinction that's being missed...
Yes, if you obtain a compulsory license. As the name implies, the artist or copyright holder has no choice, they must issue a compulsory license as long as you comply with some simple requirements.
"Permission" is not required - you just need to comply with the requirements.
To quickly address #2, you do realize that System.gc() is a _suggestion_ to the VM and nothing more, right? Garbage collection in Java is completely automated, and System.gc() just says to the VM "hey, if you're not terribly busy, why not do some cleanup".
I'll agree that the nickname suggests that the guy is an asshole, but to suggest he's done anything illegal is silly.
Also, I don't think that his email address is necessarily anti-semitic. If not wanting the 3rd temple to be built is anti-semitic, then I know several anti-semitic Jews!
HANK: So, are you Chinese or Japanese? KAHN: I live in California last twenty years, but first couple, Laos. HANK: Huh? KAHN: Laos. We Laotian. BILL: The ocean? What ocean? KAHN: We are Laotian. From Laos, stupid! It's a landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It's between Vietnam and Thailand, okay? Population 4.7 million.
It's similar to the DRM on a CD where you have to "re-buy" the songs if the CD is lost, broken or melts. What will those evil-doers in the music business think of next!:)
stuff offered is completely useless for someone from the Netherlands
The Netherlands - where all the men are 12", all the women have no need of breast enhancement, and sexual potency runs rampant! Sounds like my kind of country...
So then I assume for consistency's sake that you support the right of any person or business to send unsolicited email to anyone they want to? That's fine if you do, but if you oppose spam or support spam prevention laws, this is essentially the same situation.
Or maybe, just maybe the original poster used their +1 bonus. I would say this is likely, considering that when looking at the comment there is no moderation information at the bottom of it. Not to mention that the site is not/.ed - I just retrieved the article without any problem. Then again, I'm probably just feeding a troll.
I think the ISP is lucky that she isn't suing them for the 25 million that she lost out on by not being able to assist Mr. Nagumbamboa sneak his family's wealth out of Nigeria.
The truly ridiculous thing is that this system doesn't work anyway. The most common thing I've seen from people selling bootlegs or other illicit music is for the auction description to say "You are bidding on a pencil (or other random object). The winner will also receive..." The sad thing is that this usually happens with bands that don't mind their music being traded (Pearl Jam, Phish, etc.), but newbies get scammed into buying copies of stuff they could get basically free for trade. EBay has done very little to prevent abuses like this, yet they'll prevent a musician from selling his own work?!
Any "hard-core" programming concepts that can be learned by looking at a virus can be much better learned by looking at other, equally available code. As the article points out, most viruses are trivial in terms of software development.
That said, I disagree witht the conclusion of the article as well, but you should consider expanding your horizons a tad if you consider what you see in viruses to be "hard-core".
This article really isn't terribly insightful. Her conclusion seems to think that there are some things that while one _can_ do them, one _shouldn't_ do them. Well, shoot - another ground breaking report from the pages of the ethics journal "Duh."
She also points out correctly that most viruses are little more than trivial programming exercises. But if this is the case (which it is), then there really isn't much harm in having this trivial code out there for people to see.
The relative importance of sources of income vary greatly from band to band and even from album to album and tour to tour. For instance, U2 made an enormous amount of money on this last tour, but lost money on their last two tours. Why? Corporate sponsorship.
A band like Pearl Jam that sells "only" a million copies of an album worldwide and doesn't charge that much money for concert tickets makes a huge chunk of their money off of merchandising. Of course in their case there is no corporate sponsorship, and without that in can be very expensive to tour while paying and feeding a large road crew.
Basically, I think it's important to realize that different bands make their money in different ways, and there's no universal rule.
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Thanks for the correction - not sure why I made that assumption.
The patent grant only covers Java 2 _Standard_ Edition, not Java 2 _Micro_ Edition, which is the technology that would be at issue here. Not saying I agree with Oracle's actions at all - just think this is a key distinction that's being missed...
Me too!
From the page you linked to:
Yes, if you obtain a compulsory license. As the name implies, the artist or copyright holder has no choice, they must issue a compulsory license as long as you comply with some simple requirements.
"Permission" is not required - you just need to comply with the requirements.
To quickly address #2, you do realize that System.gc() is a _suggestion_ to the VM and nothing more, right? Garbage collection in Java is completely automated, and System.gc() just says to the VM "hey, if you're not terribly busy, why not do some cleanup".
Anti-semitism is illegal in the United States?
I'll agree that the nickname suggests that the guy is an asshole, but to suggest he's done anything illegal is silly.
Also, I don't think that his email address is necessarily anti-semitic. If not wanting the 3rd temple to be built is anti-semitic, then I know several anti-semitic Jews!
No I can't - I was addressing the issue raised in the parent post about the purchaser's machine going ka-boom.
That said, I'm not sure if these files phone home at all. Maybe they do, but I've had no problem burning CDs while not connected to a network.
Maybe you can tell me - will these files cease to be functional if Apple's servers are unavailable (temporarily or permanently)?
HANK: So, are you Chinese or Japanese?
KAHN: I live in California last twenty years, but first couple, Laos.
HANK: Huh?
KAHN: Laos. We Laotian.
BILL: The ocean? What ocean?
KAHN: We are Laotian. From Laos, stupid! It's a landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It's between Vietnam and Thailand, okay? Population 4.7 million.
HANK: So, are you Chinese or Japanese?
It's similar to the DRM on a CD where you have to "re-buy" the songs if the CD is lost, broken or melts. What will those evil-doers in the music business think of next! :)
Possibly the same drug that causes the delusion that Mpeg-2 is uncompressed?
stuff offered is completely useless for someone from the Netherlands
The Netherlands - where all the men are 12", all the women have no need of breast enhancement, and sexual potency runs rampant! Sounds like my kind of country...
So then I assume for consistency's sake that you support the right of any person or business to send unsolicited email to anyone they want to? That's fine if you do, but if you oppose spam or support spam prevention laws, this is essentially the same situation.
Or maybe, just maybe the original poster used their +1 bonus. I would say this is likely, considering that when looking at the comment there is no moderation information at the bottom of it. Not to mention that the site is not /.ed - I just retrieved the article without any problem. Then again, I'm probably just feeding a troll.
I'm an ass - I just scanned your post for content and didn't notice the irony. My apologies.
Check out the username of the person to whom I replied. I could care less, but the irony made it worth a quick note.
People can get mad at apple for being to restrictive
:-)
Boy, you'd think the "grammar nazi" would know which form of to/too/two should be used in this case.
The default implementation of JBoss uses Jetty as its servlet engine, although there is also a download available with Tomcat.
I think the ISP is lucky that she isn't suing them for the 25 million that she lost out on by not being able to assist Mr. Nagumbamboa sneak his family's wealth out of Nigeria.
The truly ridiculous thing is that this system doesn't work anyway. The most common thing I've seen from people selling bootlegs or other illicit music is for the auction description to say "You are bidding on a pencil (or other random object). The winner will also receive..." The sad thing is that this usually happens with bands that don't mind their music being traded (Pearl Jam, Phish, etc.), but newbies get scammed into buying copies of stuff they could get basically free for trade. EBay has done very little to prevent abuses like this, yet they'll prevent a musician from selling his own work?!
The new project of everyone's favorite sci.math crank James Harris.
I would be very interested to see an example of a virus that is cutting edge. If you can provide a link to an example I would be grateful.
By the way, "virii" is not a word. Just to let you know.
Any "hard-core" programming concepts that can be learned by looking at a virus can be much better learned by looking at other, equally available code. As the article points out, most viruses are trivial in terms of software development.
That said, I disagree witht the conclusion of the article as well, but you should consider expanding your horizons a tad if you consider what you see in viruses to be "hard-core".
This article really isn't terribly insightful. Her conclusion seems to think that there are some things that while one _can_ do them, one _shouldn't_ do them. Well, shoot - another ground breaking report from the pages of the ethics journal "Duh."
She also points out correctly that most viruses are little more than trivial programming exercises. But if this is the case (which it is), then there really isn't much harm in having this trivial code out there for people to see.
The fox has been named new guard of the hen house.
The relative importance of sources of income vary greatly from band to band and even from album to album and tour to tour. For instance, U2 made an enormous amount of money on this last tour, but lost money on their last two tours. Why? Corporate sponsorship.
A band like Pearl Jam that sells "only" a million copies of an album worldwide and doesn't charge that much money for concert tickets makes a huge chunk of their money off of merchandising. Of course in their case there is no corporate sponsorship, and without that in can be very expensive to tour while paying and feeding a large road crew.
Basically, I think it's important to realize that different bands make their money in different ways, and there's no universal rule.