Now, back on topic: It wouldn't have mattered who was in office. The US government is larger then any single man. The end result is always ther same, regardless of what party is in office.
There is the main problem of open-source. Marketing and the public perception. If we cant get past that, then OSS will never get out of the geek world.
"if its free, that means they can get into your computer, you know all those hackers are bad" "if its free, it cant be any good" "why do they give it away then"
How many people that are pished would even know or understand this? I bet few.
How many pishing links have *text* that look nice in the html but actually refer to an IP, and the poor sap clicks on it thinking hes ok?
This only would work to prevent mildy technically competent people from getting stung, which would be a *small* percentage ( truly technical people dont fall for it now so they arent even part of the target market for these scams ). Most people would never understand and the crime would go on.
This is just one step away from controling ( then eliminating ) the entire 'underground economy' we call bartering. Sneak it in using something the unknowledgeable comon folk believe in " we are helping the starving artists" until we all get used to it as 'normal'.
Next you can expect books to go this route. Computers.. Food.. Everything will have to have a registered purchaser 'for our protection'.
It places a bad precident where our citizens could be hauled over the border to other countries for violating their laws when doing a legal act here, something they ought to care about..
But its not their fault the OS has holes. Nor should they be 'techie' enough to understand how to avoid them.
"i installed this new program i got in an email" which turned out to be a worm is just part of the world today. But getting hit with a buffer overflow and turned into a spambot just from viewing a image on a webpage, shouldnt be.
In the long run it would be a better world. Sure there would be some bumps along the way and some people would take advantage of things ( but that is happening now, so that is nothing new ), but overall it would be a good thing for everyone.
Its also one of the oldest, and most used ( i would imagine anyway ).
Ive been a fan of it since back when you still had to buy a license. ( and yes, i did buy one even though you could get one in 20 seconds they deserved the donation )
Correct, but thats 'elsewhere', where the laws are different. In Sweden its legal to link, regardless of content. ( which it should be, or you get dangerously close to censorship ). Also sometimes its just not worth the effort to fight ( it does cost money, even if you win ), so many roll over on the first contact, regardless of legality beacuse they cant afford to fight.
And of course the *AAs can pay ( err lobby ) to change the laws to be more favorable to them. Thats what they are trying to do now in order to criminalize it at any level, so they can stop expending resources to go after people and rely on the government's resources to do it for them.
My personal feelings about the matter are not even coming in to play here.
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Or will it 'degrade' back to opaque after a while and need to be 're-licensed'?
Sure of course there is potential, but Lucas wont do it. Hes proven his time has come and gone and needs to turn over control to a new generation.
I think that would be more useful then yet another soon to be capped increased download rate.
My cable co cant deal with today's modems potential, what good does this modem do?
I thought 'being a criminal' involved getting caught and convicted.
Silly me.
Then you better start making plans on moving elsewhere. Is coming, and it really doesnt matter what 'we the people' want.
Get a life, and get over the fact you lost.
Now, back on topic: It wouldn't have mattered who was in office. The US government is larger then any single man. The end result is always ther same, regardless of what party is in office.
There is the main problem of open-source. Marketing and the public perception. If we cant get past that, then OSS will never get out of the geek world.
"if its free, that means they can get into your computer, you know all those hackers are bad" "if its free, it cant be any good" "why do they give it away then"
How about i dont watch ( pay ) for your content?
Screw you. Why should i have to pay ( more ) just to watch your damend advertisements?
In todays world its not safe to connect to the outside world without one. I dont see 'safety' being an 'obsession'.
Especially when 1/2 our house is run on an internal IP network. i DONT want someone managing to turn off my heat or something..
If it was spelled out in the contract, then there is no issue here. ( perhaps bad for business, but nothing more )
If it wasn't then its a breach of contract not a free speech issue, as last i heard verizon is a company offering services, not a governmental body.
How many people that are pished would even know or understand this? I bet few.
How many pishing links have *text* that look nice in the html but actually refer to an IP, and the poor sap clicks on it thinking hes ok?
This only would work to prevent mildy technically competent people from getting stung, which would be a *small* percentage ( truly technical people dont fall for it now so they arent even part of the target market for these scams ). Most people would never understand and the crime would go on.
This is just one step away from controling ( then eliminating ) the entire 'underground economy' we call bartering. Sneak it in using something the unknowledgeable comon folk believe in " we are helping the starving artists" until we all get used to it as 'normal'.
.. Everything will have to have a registered purchaser 'for our protection'.
Next you can expect books to go this route. Computers.. Food
Yes i know what it stands for, im not stupid.
It places a bad precident where our citizens could be hauled over the border to other countries for violating their laws when doing a legal act here, something they ought to care about..
But its not their fault the OS has holes. Nor should they be 'techie' enough to understand how to avoid them.
"i installed this new program i got in an email" which turned out to be a worm is just part of the world today. But getting hit with a buffer overflow and turned into a spambot just from viewing a image on a webpage, shouldnt be.
Matters of freespeech are far different then potential copyright infringements.
One is a civil issue, subject to interpretation, another is a guaranteed right ( in this country at least ).
Though that said, i think the ACLU should get involved with defending the kid from down under. thats really uncool what is going on there.
As far as im concerned, they have the right to do that too.
'like' or 'dont like' doesnt come in to play here. Its all about rights, not preferences.
Can suck my toe..
Now, sue me. Just try it. In *my* country i can say this, so go away.
Makes us all criminals, as somewhere what we are doing is illegal. It does not have to be 'here', as long as it is 'there'.
What they are proposing isnt really a wormhole anyway. I think they used the term just to get attention.
In the long run it would be a better world. Sure there would be some bumps along the way and some people would take advantage of things ( but that is happening now, so that is nothing new ), but overall it would be a good thing for everyone.
Go further back in history.
NeoGeo ( in the Netherlands ) was ( still is? ) a PR firm, that originally wrote and used blender.
NaN was created as a separate entity when blender was released to the world to manage the operations and eventual 'opening of Blender.
Dont forget that Blender came from professional roots. NeoGeo actually USED this software for their work, back when it was purely internal.
Most everyone else is coming from a hobbiest viewpoint. and are most always doomed to stay there, if they manage to survive at all.
Its also one of the oldest, and most used ( i would imagine anyway ).
Ive been a fan of it since back when you still had to buy a license. ( and yes, i did buy one even though you could get one in 20 seconds they deserved the donation )
Even more advertisements every where i walk. Great going guys.
Correct, but thats 'elsewhere', where the laws are different. In Sweden its legal to link, regardless of content. ( which it should be, or you get dangerously close to censorship ). Also sometimes its just not worth the effort to fight ( it does cost money, even if you win ), so many roll over on the first contact, regardless of legality beacuse they cant afford to fight.
And of course the *AAs can pay ( err lobby ) to change the laws to be more favorable to them. Thats what they are trying to do now in order to criminalize it at any level, so they can stop expending resources to go after people and rely on the government's resources to do it for them.
My personal feelings about the matter are not even coming in to play here.