But of course you should be able have the right to call an idea your own and have it recognized as such. As a scientist I will jealously guard my research and results up to practical applications as my own property. I have patents and will defend those if necessary.
Completely restricting the use of an idea is a completely different thing, though. That's not what patents were invented for - it's only today that the big corporations have begun to see copyright and patents as tools for hoarding and hiding information.
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Which, I think, would be the most appropriate stance for an open source/technological figurehead.
Open Source will get by just fine without fanatics who do more politics than code. As much as I hate to admit it, I actually have some respect for RMS.
Not because of his ideology or his fanaticism, but because he has something concrete to back that fanaticism up with. On the other hand, I don't know what ESR or Perens have done, except that they like to blow hot air in public once in a while.
But still, Linus remains the top OSS "leader" to me because he doesn't want to be a leader. He's the Captain who gets out in the field with his men and gets things done quietly and properly whilst the OSS Generals are fuming and posturing over some petty political insult.
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Attraction = Lust + i*Love
Heh.
That's a good one! I've got to keep that in mind the next time I'm lecturing quantum mechanics and have to remind people about complex numbers.
You do realize that you're now, after viewing the Microsoft code, forever so tainted that you cannot legally work on any free software project without exposing yourself or your employer to a lawsuit?
I don't really care about my karma. Sometimes Slashdot's way to enforce groupthink via "unbiased" moderation just gets under my skin...
I don't really care about rebuttals either because I've seen them all - after all, I used to be an open source bigot myself until I did what you just told me to do.
dispite making mistakes after mistakes, microsoft is not accountable to any of its mistakes.
And are the free software/open software developers accountable for any of the holes in sendmail/apache/whatever application Linux is supposed to be good at? No.
Is there any evidence that this "exploit" has been widely abused? It doesn't matter how long Microsoft sat on the exploit if there was no real harm done.
Of course the "could've, would've, should've,..."-crowd will disagree, but keeping the exploit info in a limited (dare I say, compartmentalized) group of professionals for a limited time will always help to prevent widespread abuse.
Can you think of any reason why a piece of software should *NOT* be free (from the user's point of view)
If I don't pay for it, I have absolutely no right to expect support.
Furthermore, if I pay for software, I know I've contributed to the common economy: I'm keeping someone employed.
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I'd say that the ultimate goal of space science is to prepare us for the colonization of other worlds. It is imperative that we leave this planet behind and the sooner that happens the better.
Science with small, cheap and expendable unmanned probes and orbital labs is useful because it will help us to prepare for the manned flights which, to my mind, are absolutely essential for the future of the human race.
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But of course you should be able have the right to call an idea your own and have it recognized as such. As a scientist I will jealously guard my research and results up to practical applications as my own property. I have patents and will defend those if necessary.
Completely restricting the use of an idea is a completely different thing, though. That's not what patents were invented for - it's only today that the big corporations have begun to see copyright and patents as tools for hoarding and hiding information.
You're right! "That's no a moon, it's a PDA!"
Which, I think, would be the most appropriate stance for an open source/technological figurehead.
Open Source will get by just fine without fanatics who do more politics than code. As much as I hate to admit it, I actually have some respect for RMS.
Not because of his ideology or his fanaticism, but because he has something concrete to back that fanaticism up with. On the other hand, I don't know what ESR or Perens have done, except that they like to blow hot air in public once in a while.
But still, Linus remains the top OSS "leader" to me because he doesn't want to be a leader. He's the Captain who gets out in the field with his men and gets things done quietly and properly whilst the OSS Generals are fuming and posturing over some petty political insult.
Heh.
That's a good one! I've got to keep that in mind the next time I'm lecturing quantum mechanics and have to remind people about complex numbers.
That's the kind of "you're either with us or against us" mentality I definitely don't want to see in the open source community.
It's the mindset of a fanatic.
You do realize that you're now, after viewing the Microsoft code, forever so tainted that you cannot legally work on any free software project without exposing yourself or your employer to a lawsuit?
I don't really care about my karma. Sometimes Slashdot's way to enforce groupthink via "unbiased" moderation just gets under my skin...
I don't really care about rebuttals either because I've seen them all - after all, I used to be an open source bigot myself until I did what you just told me to do.
I grew up.
So? If they don't get publicity, they're not worth fixing?
I can't stand it. I must now confess that anything I've said in my earlier post is wrong.
Of course open source is more secure - just like God created the Earth 6000 years ago. You can't question a truth like that.
Uhhuh? So? They'll be fixed in the next release?
And the proprietary owner has a far more difficult time finding these existing holes themselves.
Hardly. They have the source code, after all.
When are the nation states going to wake up and start an international war against spam?
Agreed. I'm still hoping that Linux kernel would some day compile on something else than gcc...
The notorious gcc debacle with Red Hat 7.0 comes to mind...
Hey, thanks slashbot.
And are the free software/open software developers accountable for any of the holes in sendmail/apache/whatever application Linux is supposed to be good at? No.
Is there any evidence that this "exploit" has been widely abused? It doesn't matter how long Microsoft sat on the exploit if there was no real harm done.
Of course the "could've, would've, should've,..."-crowd will disagree, but keeping the exploit info in a limited (dare I say, compartmentalized) group of professionals for a limited time will always help to prevent widespread abuse.
No it's not. I can't afford to lose a one single mail. Then again, I'm a pro.
Hire a damn good lawyer or look for another job. Employers can afford to be choosers these days...
If I don't pay for it, I have absolutely no right to expect support.
Furthermore, if I pay for software, I know I've contributed to the common economy: I'm keeping someone employed.
Science with small, cheap and expendable unmanned probes and orbital labs is useful because it will help us to prepare for the manned flights which, to my mind, are absolutely essential for the future of the human race.
You spend a lot time on e-bay, now don't you?-)
I'm sure Dell (as a company) won't like this at all.
Disappeared how? Sleeping with the fishes?
Not a Sopranos-fan, are you?
So what exactly did C# to get made?