I agree that the only way to get Linux mainstream is to get younger people hooked (that goes for almost anything), but most Linux users already are either students or have some academic background.
The real thrill is to get the average "I use Windows to write letters and play some games" user who doesn't want to cope with problems like "argh, why doesn't/etc/ld.so.conf contain/usr/local/lib per default" swap from Windows to Linux.
nope, AFAIK databases itself gain a special protection in the EU, (I know the Datenschutzgesetz - e.g. it says that databases must not be exported to a country that has LESS protection for privacy than Germany). Well, all I know is what I read in the German c'T magazine about the specific phone book stuff, but I think that whoever created the 'database' (speaking of InterNIC) is holding the copyright. I'd guess it is quite complex law stuff right here, but I don't want to see a company selling my phone number & address (I owe a domain;-), so personally I don't mind InterNIC claiming copyright on the data - but I doubt they can sue me for using my personal data;-)))
Okay, InterNIC didn't create the database by its own, the German database is created by DE-NIC located in Karlsruhe, but I think that they can legally say that you can't distribute, copy or whatever, the database.
Hmm, I should read some articles about this stuff more carefully;-)
Uh, don't mix US laws on privacy with European laws on privacy - EU laws are quite strict about this topic, like the one mentioned above - so it is not legal to export user information to the US - theoretically:(
if I am right, databases are especially protetected by some European law - e.g. a German company selled a phone book on CD and were successfully sued by the German Telecom.
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I agree that the only way to get Linux mainstream is to get younger people hooked (that goes for almost anything), but most Linux users already are either students or have some academic background.
/etc/ld.so.conf contain /usr/local/lib per default" swap from Windows to Linux.
The real thrill is to get the average "I use Windows to write letters and play some games" user who doesn't want to cope with problems like "argh, why doesn't
nope, AFAIK databases itself gain a special protection in the EU, (I know the Datenschutzgesetz - e.g. it says that databases must not be exported to a country that has LESS protection for privacy than Germany). Well, all I know is what I read in the German c'T magazine about the specific phone book stuff, but I think that whoever created the 'database' (speaking of InterNIC) is holding the copyright. I'd guess it is quite complex law stuff right here, but I don't want to see a company selling my phone number & address (I owe a domain ;-), so personally I don't mind InterNIC claiming copyright on the data - but I doubt they can sue me for using my personal data ;-)))
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Okay, InterNIC didn't create the database by its own, the German database is created by DE-NIC located in Karlsruhe, but I think that they can legally say that you can't distribute, copy or whatever, the database.
Hmm, I should read some articles about this stuff more carefully
Uh, don't mix US laws on privacy with European laws on privacy - EU laws are quite strict about this topic, like the one mentioned above - so it is not legal to export user information to the US - theoretically
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if I am right, databases are especially protetected by some European law - e.g. a German company selled a phone book on CD and were successfully sued by the German Telecom.