No, because the licence only applies while you're using the software that has the licence. Larry has already revoked the licence (which grants the right to use, as well as place restrictions on non-competion), so Linus is no longer under its restrictions.
As far as I can tell Tridge are neither a subsystem maintainer or maintainer of any part of the kernel, nor a very major contributor to the Linux kernel.
This statement hurts your position more than helps it. That someone so disconnected from kernel development could disrupt the situation to such major effect should hint that the situation itself was already volatile. I suppose it may all have been completely wrong, but everything I've read about Larry McVoy indicates that he, himself, is quite volatile. It seems likely that, even had this never happened, something else would tip his balance in a similar manner eventually.
Going a bit farther than your other responder, the server was specifically setup to be public. It was not merely left open, inadvertently. So it's more like leaving your door open with a sign saying, "Please come in and take what you like." It doesn't mean you have the legal right to do anything you like with the data, since the data itself is probably copyrighted, but you do have the right to at least access the data. Why? Because the specific intent of this public server was to make the data publicly available for access.
As someone else replied above, the main problem is that there are really two copy/paste clipboards, which most devs don't seem to understand. Get the full explanation here.
I think the quality is just fine, but I'm not a videophile or anything. In my case, the quality of the picture has more to do with the bitrate I record at than the converter.
As for controls for overscan and position, the converter itself doesn't do anything like that, it just converts the signal to be compatible and that's it (which is a reason why it's so cheap). But using xvidtune, I was able to create a modeline for X that gives me whatever overscan and position I want. So it's still possible for Myth, but I'm not sure how well it would work for other purposes.
Searching Google's Froogle for usb vga converter returns the one I bought as the first hit: the "GrandTec Gez-1000 PC-To-Video Cable," for around $35. Pricegrabber also lists one that's similar, but without the attached cords, for around $45.
MythTV seems like something for the most dedicated of do-it-yourselfers, and thats about it.
I wouldn't go quite that far. I setup my MythTV box using the unofficial debs for Debian, and it wasn't particularly tough. Took a good Saturday afternoon/evening to do, but most of that was installing Debian first (wiped the hard drive to start fresh). The only tricky part was getting the remote to work, and that was because the version I grabbed from CVS head was buggy. Went back a version and even that worked like a charm.
I'm not trying to be a pain, but don't companies usually have lawyers to sift through the license tangle? Maybe you work for too small a company. In that case, I agree with you that a programmer trying to make sense of the license tangles may be driven insane.
In general, you should try to read the post being replied to as well as the reply, if you don't want to look like a fool.
The post I replied to specifically talked about signing up for two Yahoo! accounts in order to get another coupon. I was merely pointing out an easier way to get more than one coupon. I realize that you think you're being clever, but maybe you didn't think that someone might be in easy distance of more than one Baskin Robins? I'm pretty sure the store didn't mark you somehow to let other stores know you'd already used one coupon that day.
I'm aware that the distinction is vague at best. But, as I understand it, that is the main reasoning behind the whole "WINE is not an emulator!" mantra.
You might have caught that fact if you had read the other reply to my comment, which gave almost the exact argument you are giving but with better logic and without the snideness, and to which I replied with a comment similar to what I'm giving you. In the future, you might be wise to read a given comment's replies before you yourself reply, so that you needn't waste your time or other's repeating what has already been said. Especially when the comment you are replying to is a week old.
I agree that it can be seen either way, depending on how you look at it. That was merely my attempt at explaining the "WINE is not an emulator!" mantra.
It is more like a translator. Instead of trying to emulate Windows functionality directly, it translates calls to the Windows API and DirectX into calls for Linux libraries. Those libraries are doing the actual work that would be done by an emulator. WINE is just helping the application and libraries to communicate.
Here are the scenarios:
Emulator
Application makes a call.
Emulator returns desired result.
In this scenario, the WINE authors would need to provide all of the low level things themselves, like drawing primitives, basic IO, etc.
WINE
Application makes a call.
WINE translates the call and sends it to a native Linux library.
Library returns the desired result to WINE.
WINE translates the result and returns it to the application.
In this scenario, the WINE authors can use the large existing base of libraries to do the real work. They just provide the translations back and forth. Obviously this is still a lot of work, but it's a different kind of work.
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No, because the licence only applies while you're using the software that has the licence. Larry has already revoked the licence (which grants the right to use, as well as place restrictions on non-competion), so Linus is no longer under its restrictions.
As far as I can tell Tridge are neither a subsystem maintainer or maintainer of any part of the kernel, nor a very major contributor to the Linux kernel.
This statement hurts your position more than helps it. That someone so disconnected from kernel development could disrupt the situation to such major effect should hint that the situation itself was already volatile. I suppose it may all have been completely wrong, but everything I've read about Larry McVoy indicates that he, himself, is quite volatile. It seems likely that, even had this never happened, something else would tip his balance in a similar manner eventually.
Going a bit farther than your other responder, the server was specifically setup to be public. It was not merely left open, inadvertently. So it's more like leaving your door open with a sign saying, "Please come in and take what you like." It doesn't mean you have the legal right to do anything you like with the data, since the data itself is probably copyrighted, but you do have the right to at least access the data. Why? Because the specific intent of this public server was to make the data publicly available for access.
For future reference, the word you are looking for is obnoxious, much like this correction.
Tell that to Hugbot.
Ignore this troll. This post shows up in every Perl 6 article.
As someone else replied above, the main problem is that there are really two copy/paste clipboards, which most devs don't seem to understand. Get the full explanation here.
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I think the button is to clear/reset the signal conversion somehow, but it's never seemed to actually do anything when I've pushed it.
I think the quality is just fine, but I'm not a videophile or anything. In my case, the quality of the picture has more to do with the bitrate I record at than the converter.
As for controls for overscan and position, the converter itself doesn't do anything like that, it just converts the signal to be compatible and that's it (which is a reason why it's so cheap). But using xvidtune, I was able to create a modeline for X that gives me whatever overscan and position I want. So it's still possible for Myth, but I'm not sure how well it would work for other purposes.
You're right, I said component when I meant composite. Sorry for the confusion.
Searching Google's Froogle for usb vga converter returns the one I bought as the first hit: the "GrandTec Gez-1000 PC-To-Video Cable," for around $35. Pricegrabber also lists one that's similar, but without the attached cords, for around $45.
MythTV seems like something for the most dedicated of do-it-yourselfers, and thats about it.
I wouldn't go quite that far. I setup my MythTV box using the unofficial debs for Debian, and it wasn't particularly tough. Took a good Saturday afternoon/evening to do, but most of that was installing Debian first (wiped the hard drive to start fresh). The only tricky part was getting the remote to work, and that was because the version I grabbed from CVS head was buggy. Went back a version and even that worked like a charm.
Get an old geForce2 and a VGA-to-video converter. I found a converter for $25-30 and it converts to both Component and S-Video.
Dunno. The decision is always presented as "Excel compatibility" where I've read about it.
The row limit is built in at compile time and can be changed if you really feel like it. Look for the SHEET_MAX_ROWS #define.
I'm not trying to be a pain, but don't companies usually have lawyers to sift through the license tangle? Maybe you work for too small a company. In that case, I agree with you that a programmer trying to make sense of the license tangles may be driven insane.
In general, you should try to read the post being replied to as well as the reply, if you don't want to look like a fool.
The post I replied to specifically talked about signing up for two Yahoo! accounts in order to get another coupon. I was merely pointing out an easier way to get more than one coupon. I realize that you think you're being clever, but maybe you didn't think that someone might be in easy distance of more than one Baskin Robins? I'm pretty sure the store didn't mark you somehow to let other stores know you'd already used one coupon that day.
I doubt it. That movie was horrible.
we don't have time to understand all the legal implications of 40 different licenses.
Then just release your stuff into the public domain and be done with it.
Why not just print the coupon twice? If the Flash doesn't let you, make a screen capture and print that as many times as you want.
"Well, I'm made of stainless steel, like almost all cooking pots now. Sorry to disappoint you, Kettle. I'm silver."
I'm aware that the distinction is vague at best. But, as I understand it, that is the main reasoning behind the whole "WINE is not an emulator!" mantra.
You might have caught that fact if you had read the other reply to my comment, which gave almost the exact argument you are giving but with better logic and without the snideness, and to which I replied with a comment similar to what I'm giving you. In the future, you might be wise to read a given comment's replies before you yourself reply, so that you needn't waste your time or other's repeating what has already been said. Especially when the comment you are replying to is a week old.
I agree that it can be seen either way, depending on how you look at it. That was merely my attempt at explaining the "WINE is not an emulator!" mantra.
Here are the scenarios:
Emulator
In this scenario, the WINE authors would need to provide all of the low level things themselves, like drawing primitives, basic IO, etc.
WINE
In this scenario, the WINE authors can use the large existing base of libraries to do the real work. They just provide the translations back and forth. Obviously this is still a lot of work, but it's a different kind of work.