That would really piss people off, but it would be legal.
No it wont. It's not because YOU think BSD has a problem that EVERYBODY think the same. I'm for one a pro-BSD. I *don't give a crap* that someone take my code and use it in a closed-software. I just don't care.
You think people that use BSD license do it without full knowledge of what it is ? You think if you take the code I released under BSD, with full knowledge, that I'll be pissed because you branch it in GPL ? Why should I care at all ?
Ok, you loose your genius side. You're no longer special. But hey, there's pretty good side, like watching old "America's Funniest Home Video" re-runs, and suddenly realize that Bob Saget is a heck of a comic genius.
Last time I checked, you didn't need a passport to fly within the US, to buy a car, to rent a movie...big deal I say.
You DO know that Planet Earth doesn't stop at the US border, don't you ?
May I suggest to declare this one the stupidiest "ask Slashdot" ever ?
Hey dude, were in 2003 ! How come cars aren't free ? uh ? It make no sense I can't get a 2003 Ferrari for free right now.. hu ? dude !
I stopped playing video games for a while now. They are all dumb and repetitives. Then I discovered *GREAT* games and rediscovered the meaning of "Fun", with the German Boardgames like Puerto Rico, Tikal, Amun-Re, Citadels, Euphrats Und Tigris, Throught the Desert, etc etc etc. Countless awesome games that make you think while having LOT of funs. Something impossible to accomplish these days with a joystick in hand.
Nuff Said. The very last great gaming console not polluted (yet) by that deadly virus known as the "3D-at-all-cost".
Even the good ol' 2D platformers are a gift from god compared to the bland, lifeless and repetitive games we get those days.
At least the PC is not that bad. The Sims was a great innovation. They just don't happen as often as they used to...:-(
I may not be 1984, but it's going straight to Babylon 5. In that serie, some characters are paid 30 bucks a monthy just to wear the Ministry of Peace badge on their arm. There's definitelly no problem doing that for sure. Then slowly, they are asked little things, like reporting little suspicious activities. Here and there. Nothing major.
Then they awake one morning and they live in a fascist society.
The first OS was DOS. Then came on top of that Windows 1, then 2, 3, and finally 3.1 and 3.11
At that point, someone at MS looked at the code and get sick. So They RE-WRITTEN FROM SCRATCH a complete new OS : NT, from which was born what is probably the best and most stable OS ever released by MS: NT 4.
At that point there where two branch: the DOS legacy kernel (Win95, Win98, WinME), and the re-written kernel: NT4, 2K and now XP.
I don't know where the non-rewritten legacy code of WinME is in ANY WAY better than 2K.
I'm totally in accord that the fact to restreint some activities in "private" is WAY TOO FAR. I'm the first to admit it. But doing something that "should be run in a manner that is acceptable to the majority of its citizens" is the (almost) exact definition of censorship, in my opinion. Saying that we have the right to not witness vulgarity is the green light for censorship. Period. Because at that moment a group of people judge the line between the "acceptable" and the "unacceptable" and it's where all the danger come.
And I just want to add a quick note about European laws. First they are unforgivable, and in the following line I don't want to "forgive it". What I say is the European people have a VERY different background about hate/Jews/Nazism than we, north american. Yes we fought the evil 60 years ago, but everything happened in front of EACH and EVERY european house door.
Currently people in the world are not THAT traumatized by terrorism. Yes they are LOT more aware, but it's nothing comparing to the passion in every american hearts. That's simply because.. "hey... as long as it's only the neiborhood..." (I totally disagree with this way of thinking, but IMHO it's the reality).
What I mean is a lot of little details. By exemple where I'm from, South Park is not censored. Yes it's vulgar, but the guys behind that have messages to pass.
But where I'm revolted about censorship in US broadcast, is when I see a blur on top of a *TAMPAX* !!! Or a blur on top of the Survivor 3's fat farmer ass, or a "beep" over a F-word when listening Howard Stern, or all the songs I listen on radio butchered by deadly silence over certain "politically incorrect" words.
In my opinion, if someone can't stand vulgarity, it's his right to NOT listening at alternative radio. Or radio's right to not air that song at all.
I'm totally in accord with your opinion. You say "Just because the tea-totallers and the morality police exist here does not mean that Americans appreciate it or support it" on which I want to say that it's exactly the same on European side. It's not because there's laws to censor "hate speeches" that every european appreciate it. When I was kid, my "child universe" was filled by excellent japanime like Grandizer & Capt. Harlock. Now they are considered "too violent" for kids. Hey ! I never became a more violent guy because I seen those tv series...
To conclude: UNITE AND FIGHT AGAIN ALL KIND OF CENSORSHIP !!!
Somes americans are so blind regarding the first amendment... In Europe you have freedom of speech BUT hating speeches are censored. In US you have freedom of speech BUT sexuality and vulgarity are censored. What's the difference ? Easy. One culture place "hate" as the public ennemy. The other place the "politically incorrect" as the public ennemy. I'm 100% against any form of censorship, but if I HAVE to choose one, I prefere the one that is less hypocrite...
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That would really piss people off, but it would be legal. No it wont. It's not because YOU think BSD has a problem that EVERYBODY think the same. I'm for one a pro-BSD. I *don't give a crap* that someone take my code and use it in a closed-software. I just don't care. You think people that use BSD license do it without full knowledge of what it is ? You think if you take the code I released under BSD, with full knowledge, that I'll be pissed because you branch it in GPL ? Why should I care at all ?
John Carpenter's The Thing is definitelly agood exemple of a remake being WAY better than the original. But yes, they are not legions ...
Ok, you loose your genius side. You're no longer special. But hey, there's pretty good side, like watching old "America's Funniest Home Video" re-runs, and suddenly realize that Bob Saget is a heck of a comic genius.
Last time I checked, you didn't need a passport to fly within the US, to buy a car, to rent a movie...big deal I say. You DO know that Planet Earth doesn't stop at the US border, don't you ?
May I suggest to declare this one the stupidiest "ask Slashdot" ever ? Hey dude, were in 2003 ! How come cars aren't free ? uh ? It make no sense I can't get a 2003 Ferrari for free right now .. hu ? dude !
Wrong .. they have been *BOTH* released in DVD.
I stopped playing video games for a while now. They are all dumb and repetitives. Then I discovered *GREAT* games and rediscovered the meaning of "Fun", with the German Boardgames like Puerto Rico, Tikal, Amun-Re, Citadels, Euphrats Und Tigris, Throught the Desert, etc etc etc. Countless awesome games that make you think while having LOT of funs. Something impossible to accomplish these days with a joystick in hand.
Just BTW, I know you're only a troll, but I can't resists ... This game has *NOTHING* to do with Sega of whatsoever. So what are you trying to say ?
Nuff Said. The very last great gaming console not polluted (yet) by that deadly virus known as the "3D-at-all-cost". Even the good ol' 2D platformers are a gift from god compared to the bland, lifeless and repetitive games we get those days. At least the PC is not that bad. The Sims was a great innovation. They just don't happen as often as they used to ... :-(
I may not be 1984, but it's going straight to Babylon 5. In that serie, some characters are paid 30 bucks a monthy just to wear the Ministry of Peace badge on their arm. There's definitelly no problem doing that for sure. Then slowly, they are asked little things, like reporting little suspicious activities. Here and there. Nothing major. Then they awake one morning and they live in a fascist society.
Who cares. You're in a small minority who mistaken the very good old trilogy with the stinky new one.
The first OS was DOS. Then came on top of that Windows 1, then 2, 3, and finally 3.1 and 3.11 At that point, someone at MS looked at the code and get sick. So They RE-WRITTEN FROM SCRATCH a complete new OS : NT, from which was born what is probably the best and most stable OS ever released by MS: NT 4. At that point there where two branch: the DOS legacy kernel (Win95, Win98, WinME), and the re-written kernel: NT4, 2K and now XP. I don't know where the non-rewritten legacy code of WinME is in ANY WAY better than 2K.
I'm totally in accord that the fact to restreint some activities in "private" is WAY TOO FAR. I'm the first to admit it. But doing something that "should be run in a manner that is acceptable to the majority of its citizens" is the (almost) exact definition of censorship, in my opinion. Saying that we have the right to not witness vulgarity is the green light for censorship. Period. Because at that moment a group of people judge the line between the "acceptable" and the "unacceptable" and it's where all the danger come. And I just want to add a quick note about European laws. First they are unforgivable, and in the following line I don't want to "forgive it". What I say is the European people have a VERY different background about hate/Jews/Nazism than we, north american. Yes we fought the evil 60 years ago, but everything happened in front of EACH and EVERY european house door. Currently people in the world are not THAT traumatized by terrorism. Yes they are LOT more aware, but it's nothing comparing to the passion in every american hearts. That's simply because.. "hey ... as long as it's only the neiborhood..." (I totally disagree with this way of thinking, but IMHO it's the reality).
What I mean is a lot of little details. By exemple where I'm from, South Park is not censored. Yes it's vulgar, but the guys behind that have messages to pass. But where I'm revolted about censorship in US broadcast, is when I see a blur on top of a *TAMPAX* !!! Or a blur on top of the Survivor 3's fat farmer ass, or a "beep" over a F-word when listening Howard Stern, or all the songs I listen on radio butchered by deadly silence over certain "politically incorrect" words. In my opinion, if someone can't stand vulgarity, it's his right to NOT listening at alternative radio. Or radio's right to not air that song at all.
I'm totally in accord with your opinion. You say "Just because the tea-totallers and the morality police exist here does not mean that Americans appreciate it or support it" on which I want to say that it's exactly the same on European side. It's not because there's laws to censor "hate speeches" that every european appreciate it. When I was kid, my "child universe" was filled by excellent japanime like Grandizer & Capt. Harlock. Now they are considered "too violent" for kids. Hey ! I never became a more violent guy because I seen those tv series ...
To conclude: UNITE AND FIGHT AGAIN ALL KIND OF CENSORSHIP !!!
Somes americans are so blind regarding the first amendment... In Europe you have freedom of speech BUT hating speeches are censored. In US you have freedom of speech BUT sexuality and vulgarity are censored. What's the difference ? Easy. One culture place "hate" as the public ennemy. The other place the "politically incorrect" as the public ennemy. I'm 100% against any form of censorship, but if I HAVE to choose one, I prefere the one that is less hypocrite...