You admit yourself: Qt is currently proprietary. No version of Qt has ever been released under a Free license.
Like I said to one of my fellow developers last night, I will embrace my KDE/Qt colleagues as brothers once Qt becomes Free. Until then, no dice. -- Kyle R. Rose, MIT LCS
The Gnome Project is at http://www.gnome.org/. It relies only on LGPL and GPL code, and not on proprietary libraries like QT.
Arrival? 1.0 should ship with RedHat 6, which will probably be out midyear. Can't say for certain, though, since I run Debian and don't keep up much on RedHat development.
There are certain rights and responsibilities you can't waive. For instance, while you can post a sign outside your house saying that anyone or anything who steals anything from your property will have his head shot off, that kind of license would never hold up in court. -- Kyle R. Rose, MIT LCS
Beside the Office package WordPerfect 2000 will bring in June also the new Windows version 9 of the diagram package Corel Draw to Corel on the German market. Corel Draw is to be at the earliest to end of the yearly also for Linux at the disposal. After the success of the Linux version of WordPerfect 8 (400,000 Downloads in only four weeks) it becomes also a WordPrefect 2000 for Linux giving then inclusive spread-sheet analysis, presentation module and calendar. -- Kyle R. Rose, MIT LCS
"Technical challenge" is the same -- and might I add, perfectly legitimate -- reason given by virus authors to write virii. I think people should be allowed to do anything of this nature that they like. Simply creating a virus (or an emulator, in this case) isn't illegal or immoral. Those who use it with pirated ROMs are the ones breaking the law.
What I'm getting at, however, is that the authors should not be surprised that it is going to be used this way. Just like the guy who posts the source code to his virus on the web, the UltraHLE people were asking for something they obviously didn't want.
I haven't read NOA's response, but the emulator authors should not be at any fault. It is not illegal to reverse engineer, as long as it doesn't violate copyright or patent. (There is some shaky ground concerning decompilers, but that's a different story.) NOA should go after the ones distributing the ROMs, if anyone at all. Personally, I say "Free Beer!", but obviously they don't agree... -- Kyle R. Rose, MIT LCS
...and tell him/her that you'd like to see a law passed that provides for severe penalties for filing frivolous patents, i.e., for which prior art is obvious. This will keep companies from filing patents to extort small companies out of money when they can't pay outrageous legal fees to fight something that is obviously bunk.
This is not a joke. You can make more of a difference doing this than if you sit on your ass complaining all day. -- Kyle R. Rose, MIT LCS
I have forked the draft press release, in order to get rid of some of the unnecessary, redundant, or simply wrong information contained in the other one. I am not on the kernel mailing list, so if anyone finds this interesting, please forward it there for discussion.
In the end of the day, I expect these will all be cannibalized when Linus produces his own official release. Everyone should remember that whatever press release becomes official, it has to have Linus' blessing or it has no credibility.
Please feel free to contact krose@theory.lcs.mit.edu for information or suggestions about this draft. It is meant for discussion purposes only and is not meant to masquerade as an "official" release, so a$$holes can redirect their flames to/dev/null.
SANTA CLARA, C.A. -- The Linux kernel development team has officially announced the release of a new version of the Linux kernel. This update brings advanced scalability and broad support for newer hardware, while maintaining the stability and reliability that have been traditional hallmarks of the Linux kernel.
Among the new features of the 2.2.0 kernel are **BLAH** [Something needs to be added here that doesn't sound like Microsoft doublespeak.]
Advanced technical users are already using this update, available from the Linux Kernel Archive (http://www.kernel.org/). Linux system vendors will begin shipping systems using the new kernel in March. Business users will be able to obtain the update from their Linux distribution vendor. As always, the Linux kernel is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, available for perusal at the web site of the Free Software Foundation (http://www.fsf.org/).
BACKGROUND -- "Linux" is the common name for a series of operating system distributions based primarily on the Linux kernel and software from the Free Software Foundation's GNU Project. Linux is available for most popular computer architectures, including but not limited to x86, Alpha, PowerPC, MIPS, and Sparc.
Since the Linux kernel was created in 1991 by then Finnish university student Linus Torvalds, Linux has grown to an installed base estimated at more than 20 million users worldwide. With its 212% growth rate in 1998, it is the fastest growing server operating system. Among its advantages attracting new users are:
* Its open development model, which enables any user to modify the operating system components and submit patches to the official distribution. This both facilitates the development of new features and enables users to repair problems within hours after they have been located. [This is very awkward. It needs work in delineating the concept I have brought out here.]
* Its usability. Linux has both advanced graphical user interfaces in GNOME and KDE and a flexible command line, enabling power users and novices alike to work in a comfortable environment. [I'm not quite sure this is what I'm trying to say.]
* Its stability and reliability. Linux machines have been known to run for years without rebooting, and in most cases, only kernel replacements -- not application installations -- necessitate such action.
* Its maturity. Linux is modelled after UNIX, an operating system that has proven stability through nearly thirty years of research and development.
Microsoft engineers Josh Cohen and Vinod Valloppillil, in a competitive examination of Linux (Halloween Document, http://www.opensource.org/halloween.html), write that "Linux represents a best-of-breed UNIX, that is trusted on mission critical applications, and - due to its open source code - has a long term credibility which excedes many other competitive operating systems."
For additional information about Linux, the Free Software Foundation, the GNU Project, or related software, please refer to the URLs listed below.
[Trademark information goes here. I'm not sure what needs to be listed.]
Slashdot Mirror
...you've got the serial port set to a slower baud rate. Set the bps to 57.6k or 115.2k (spd_hi or spd_vhi) with setserial.
--
Kyle R. Rose, MIT LCS
You admit yourself: Qt is currently proprietary. No version of Qt has ever been released under a Free license.
Like I said to one of my fellow developers last night, I will embrace my KDE/Qt colleagues as brothers once Qt becomes Free. Until then, no dice.
--
Kyle R. Rose, MIT LCS
The Gnome Project is at http://www.gnome.org/. It relies only on LGPL and GPL code, and not on proprietary libraries like QT.
Arrival? 1.0 should ship with RedHat 6, which will probably be out midyear. Can't say for certain, though, since I run Debian and don't keep up much on RedHat development.
--
Kyle R. Rose, MIT LCS
There are certain rights and responsibilities you can't waive. For instance, while you can post a sign outside your house saying that anyone or anything who steals anything from your property will have his head shot off, that kind of license would never hold up in court.
--
Kyle R. Rose, MIT LCS
Beside the Office package WordPerfect 2000 will bring in June also the new Windows version 9 of
the diagram package Corel Draw to Corel on the German market. Corel Draw is to be at the
earliest to end of the yearly also for Linux at the disposal. After the success of the Linux version of WordPerfect 8 (400,000 Downloads in only four weeks) it becomes also a WordPrefect 2000 for Linux giving then inclusive spread-sheet analysis, presentation module and calendar.
--
Kyle R. Rose, MIT LCS
"Technical challenge" is the same -- and might I add, perfectly legitimate -- reason given by virus authors to write virii. I think people should be allowed to do anything of this nature that they like. Simply creating a virus (or an emulator, in this case) isn't illegal or immoral. Those who use it with pirated ROMs are the ones breaking the law.
What I'm getting at, however, is that the authors should not be surprised that it is going to be used this way. Just like the guy who posts the source code to his virus on the web, the UltraHLE people were asking for something they obviously didn't want.
I haven't read NOA's response, but the emulator authors should not be at any fault. It is not illegal to reverse engineer, as long as it doesn't violate copyright or patent. (There is some shaky ground concerning decompilers, but that's a different story.) NOA should go after the ones distributing the ROMs, if anyone at all. Personally, I say "Free Beer!", but obviously they don't agree...
--
Kyle R. Rose, MIT LCS
...and tell him/her that you'd like to see a law
passed that provides for severe penalties for
filing frivolous patents, i.e., for which prior
art is obvious. This will keep companies from
filing patents to extort small companies out of
money when they can't pay outrageous legal fees
to fight something that is obviously bunk.
This is not a joke. You can make more of a
difference doing this than if you sit on your ass
complaining all day.
--
Kyle R. Rose, MIT LCS
I have forked the draft press release, in order to get rid of some of the unnecessary, redundant, or simply wrong information contained in the other one. I am not on the kernel mailing list, so if anyone finds this interesting, please forward it there for discussion.
/dev/null.
In the end of the day, I expect these will all be cannibalized when Linus produces his own official release. Everyone should remember that whatever press release becomes official, it has to have Linus' blessing or it has no credibility.
Please feel free to contact krose@theory.lcs.mit.edu for information or suggestions about this draft. It is meant for discussion purposes only and is not meant to masquerade as an "official" release, so a$$holes can redirect their flames to
Kyle Rose
MIT LCS
**** DRAFT **** PRESS RELEASE - LINUX KERNEL 2.2.0 **** DRAFT ****
**** FORK 1
Linux kernel version 2.2.0 released
Contact: Somebody
Office: Somewhere
Email: Something@Somedomain.SomeTopLevel
SANTA CLARA, C.A. -- The Linux kernel development team has officially
announced the release of a new version of the Linux kernel. This
update brings advanced scalability and broad support for newer
hardware, while maintaining the stability and reliability that have
been traditional hallmarks of the Linux kernel.
Among the new features of the 2.2.0 kernel are **BLAH** [Something
needs to be added here that doesn't sound like Microsoft doublespeak.]
Advanced technical users are already using this update, available from
the Linux Kernel Archive (http://www.kernel.org/). Linux system
vendors will begin shipping systems using the new kernel in
March. Business users will be able to obtain the update from their
Linux distribution vendor. As always, the Linux kernel is distributed
under the terms of the GNU General Public License, available for
perusal at the web site of the Free Software Foundation
(http://www.fsf.org/).
BACKGROUND -- "Linux" is the common name for a series of operating
system distributions based primarily on the Linux kernel and software
from the Free Software Foundation's GNU Project. Linux is available
for most popular computer architectures, including but not limited to
x86, Alpha, PowerPC, MIPS, and Sparc.
Since the Linux kernel was created in 1991 by then Finnish university
student Linus Torvalds, Linux has grown to an installed base estimated
at more than 20 million users worldwide. With its 212% growth rate in
1998, it is the fastest growing server operating system. Among its
advantages attracting new users are:
* Its open development model, which enables any user to modify the
operating system components and submit patches to the official
distribution. This both facilitates the development of new
features and enables users to repair problems within hours after
they have been located. [This is very awkward. It needs work in
delineating the concept I have brought out here.]
* Its usability. Linux has both advanced graphical user interfaces
in GNOME and KDE and a flexible command line, enabling power users
and novices alike to work in a comfortable environment. [I'm not
quite sure this is what I'm trying to say.]
* Its stability and reliability. Linux machines have been known to
run for years without rebooting, and in most cases, only kernel
replacements -- not application installations -- necessitate such
action.
* Its maturity. Linux is modelled after UNIX, an operating system
that has proven stability through nearly thirty years of research
and development.
Microsoft engineers Josh Cohen and Vinod Valloppillil, in a
competitive examination of Linux (Halloween Document,
http://www.opensource.org/halloween.html), write that "Linux
represents a best-of-breed UNIX, that is trusted on mission critical
applications, and - due to its open source code - has a long term
credibility which excedes many other competitive operating systems."
For additional information about Linux, the Free Software Foundation,
the GNU Project, or related software, please refer to the URLs listed
below.
[Trademark information goes here. I'm not sure what needs to be
listed.]
[URLs can go here. Keep it brief.]
Try using "unzip".
Self extracting zip files are just zipfiles with a program header. They will unzip correctly...