I have dealt quite a bit with copyright law when creating FairSoftware's virtual company license. I'm afraid the author is incorrect when he says that he retains copyright, therefore he can authorize people to download his book for free. He most likely granted the publisher an exclusive license.
Did you read HIS contract? If not, you are only guessing. He may actually have negotiated and retained rights..
sure its doubtful, but its his contact, not yours.
What about those of us that read books in buildings.. using man made light, and sometimes not a whole lot ( think 60watt bulb by the couch ). Will that be enough to charge this thing?
1. They are proclaiming it to be open source, which is deceptive. It's "open source" except where it matters (device drivers/modules) from a maintainability perspective.
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I'm seeing that more and more in marketing hype. "look we are opensource" but when you get there, its a scam. OSS must be teh buzzword of the year.
I don't see a problem with it when you have a vendor that is providing a total 'solution'. If you don't like that way of doing business, just choose another vendor.
Well, the whole point behind a distro is that everything -- the kernel, a bunch of loadable kernel modules, the libraries, the userland, any X Window system you might choose to run, and various other stuff -- is assembled and tested by others, and some sort of effort is made to evaluate interdependencies and resolve them in a sensible way. It isn't a trivial job.
And this happens now on BOTH sides of the fence, so mixing this improves the situation how? I see it making it worse if anything.
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I have dealt quite a bit with copyright law when creating FairSoftware's virtual company license. I'm afraid the author is incorrect when he says that he retains copyright, therefore he can authorize people to download his book for free. He most likely granted the publisher an exclusive license.
Did you read HIS contract? If not, you are only guessing. He may actually have negotiated and retained rights..
sure its doubtful, but its his contact, not yours.
Best upgrade then ya lusers!.. Here is an online form to order your shiny new pc with Windows 7..
Freedom wasn't so great anyway.
In other words, 'we are going to stamp out p2p once and for all... ya damned pirates'
Was it a right, or just a law passed to mandate people get this? If they consider it a fundamental human right, they have some real issues.
So can i buy a box of loose chips so we can build a cheap cluster?
They could have done more with the device at that price point.
This is how monopolies get away with it
"see, we allow others to play in our sand box, its not our fault they cant afford it "
Easy: You can charge more for a total unit upgrade then a simple add-on.
What about those of us that read books in buildings.. using man made light, and sometimes not a whole lot ( think 60watt bulb by the couch ). Will that be enough to charge this thing?
Hey, it works well for the *AA's in perverting public opinion and getting laws enacted so why should the BSA be any different?
Ya, sure it is. And 41% ? Where did they conduct their sampling, china?
Lets just say for a moment that 41% is true. That number should tell you that something is wrong going on and software is far overpriced.
Worst case is we have to yank the code for AD and start over. Its not like the entire system has to be scrapped, or even most of SMB..
If this gives us AD integration, i think its worth the slight risk.
I do respect Ian, but cant we do this with the existing language infrastructure and just extend it?
To screw the consumer.
Some problems:
1. They are proclaiming it to be open source, which is deceptive. It's "open source" except where it matters (device drivers/modules) from a maintainability perspective.
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I'm seeing that more and more in marketing hype. "look we are opensource" but when you get there, its a scam. OSS must be teh buzzword of the year.
Or phones.. or a thousand other devices.
I don't see a problem with it when you have a vendor that is providing a total 'solution'. If you don't like that way of doing business, just choose another vendor.
That's too bad. Sounds like a new market for Hersheys...
When it was THEIR fault?? Well gotta admit that takes balls...
So just take stock freebsd, rename pkg_add to apt-get and you are done :)
Ok, im joking of course but you see the point im sure.
Well, the whole point behind a distro is that everything -- the kernel, a bunch of loadable kernel modules, the libraries, the userland, any X Window system you might choose to run, and various other stuff -- is assembled and tested by others, and some sort of effort is made to evaluate interdependencies and resolve them in a sensible way. It isn't a trivial job.
And this happens now on BOTH sides of the fence, so mixing this improves the situation how? I see it making it worse if anything.
if you want FreeBSD, use it.. If you want Linux, use it instead.
What real advantage is there in mixing things like this? And no im not trolling, i really don't understand the point here.
You cant compare a public access government computer to a business.
Us taxpayers own that pc in this case.. So its ours.
Excuse me but i paid for them ( and what ever court action was involved ) with my taxes. THey damned well better be free.