If the code in question was derived from a GPL project, it doesn't matter if he distributes it or not; it's GPL, period. That doesn't mean he has to distribute it, though. From the various sources, it looks like what happened is he contracted somebody to make a modification to a GPL project, with the agreement not to distribute it. The modification was then "leaked" to Mambo. So this isn't a copyright issue or a licensing issue. It's a breach-of-contract issue, and it's entirely between Connolly and his developer.
If the developer is found to have breached the contract, what does that mean for Mambo's use of the code? IANAL, but I think they have no legal responsibility to Connolly and can continue to use the code.
Then you have the REALLY zealous OSS coders who would accept that job, slip GPL code into MS projects, and than anonymously report it on Slashdot. Oh, and they'd also donate most of their income to the EFF.
MS probably won't be knocking on my door any time soon.:o)
"Designing a unique motherboard is clearly less expensive and takes less time than creating a multi-chip package, and the resulting system would come close to replicating the performance of the eventual dual-core product."
There aren't really that many Bush supporters. Do you know any? I've met about three. The official polls simply reflect how many votes Diebold is planning to give him.
It's not like Bush hasn't done worse in this campaign. Anything that prevents him from waging war on freedom and democracy for another four years is a Good Thing in my book!
Yes, all 3458932 incompatible versions of it. Try building OGRE or something, see how standard SDL is. Try distributing a binary that links dynamically with it. It may be a de-facto standard, but it's still maturing, and hence not really a standard.
(Of course, DirectX is no better in that regard... but Microsoft has other things going for it, like the inertia of its monopoly.)
Now all we need is a universally accepted standard 3D graphics and sound API, so that game designers will have a platform to target. Then Linux shall dominate.
I was hoping that RedHat would create such a de-facto standard, but they chickened out with Fedora. Now I'm hoping IBM will do it. Please, IBM, don't let it be Microsoft Linux 1.0!
You can search granted and pending patent applications on the USPTO site. There are currently 1086 with the assignee name Microsoft.
Some of these are pretty amazing... amazingly trivial, amazingly obvious, amazingly already-invented. I was browsing through them just the other day. I swear to God they are trying to patent BitTorrent, but I can't find that one right now.
1) Oh, please. The $CLASSPATH is not that freakin' hard. It's just the #1 n00b question because n00bs don't understand what a path is.
2) Show me something you can do with C pointers that you can't do in Java, and I'll show you something you didn't know about Java.
When Microsoft is forced to come out with MS Linux or die, they're going to be looking for ways around the GPL. I've always wondered about the GPL's definition of what it means to have binaries distributed to you. For example, when the issue of battlefield laptops running Linux came up, the question was asked, are individial soldiers (as end-users) entitled to view and modify the (possibly classified) source code of their apps? Or does that right belong to the military as an abstract legal entity, or perhaps to the contractors who built the hardware?
So what if MS comes up with a way to turn GPL software into Web-distributed applications which, in some twisted legal sense, they are installing on their computer which you just happen to be using...
One of the coolest things about the Source engine as compared to the HL1 engine is that object attributes are hierarchal. What this means for CS is that we will now be able to design maps that contain stuff like vehicles with turrets, or doors with breakable windows.
We already do this at Ritz Camera. Fully two years into the massive surge in digital sales, my store still cannot produce 4x6 from digital for under $3 (yes, three dollars) per print. The local competitor has seen such a surge in digital business that he was able to cancel his advertising budget and apply the savings to stealing our city contracts representing 40% of our remaining film business. For want of a $5000 printer, we lost a $2000/mo. contract, plus incalculable and permanent losses in customer loyalty. We warned our DM and RM of exactly this scenario over 18 months ago, yet it's our fault business is down.... riiight. So we just don't give a fuck anymore. We have no customers left, so we're free to lounge around all day reading fantasy novels and surfing the Web on our laptops. Can't beat $8 an hour for that!
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If the developer is found to have breached the contract, what does that mean for Mambo's use of the code? IANAL, but I think they have no legal responsibility to Connolly and can continue to use the code.
MS probably won't be knocking on my door any time soon. :o)
So... why don't they just do that?
Um... that's exactly how pigs operate.
I wouldn't go that far, but at least he's not The Man.
There aren't really that many Bush supporters. Do you know any? I've met about three. The official polls simply reflect how many votes Diebold is planning to give him.
It's not like Bush hasn't done worse in this campaign. Anything that prevents him from waging war on freedom and democracy for another four years is a Good Thing in my book!
You've never lived in a ghetto, have you?
(Of course, DirectX is no better in that regard... but Microsoft has other things going for it, like the inertia of its monopoly.)
I was hoping that RedHat would create such a de-facto standard, but they chickened out with Fedora. Now I'm hoping IBM will do it. Please, IBM, don't let it be Microsoft Linux 1.0!
Some of these are pretty amazing... amazingly trivial, amazingly obvious, amazingly already-invented. I was browsing through them just the other day. I swear to God they are trying to patent BitTorrent, but I can't find that one right now.
Yet another fact we always knew but couldn't quantify. When are "they" gonna start listening to us plebes?
1) Oh, please. The $CLASSPATH is not that freakin' hard. It's just the #1 n00b question because n00bs don't understand what a path is. 2) Show me something you can do with C pointers that you can't do in Java, and I'll show you something you didn't know about Java.
I had a section in my ~/.bash_profile that went through ~/java/lib and added all .jars fouind there to my classpath.
So what if MS comes up with a way to turn GPL software into Web-distributed applications which, in some twisted legal sense, they are installing on their computer which you just happen to be using...
One of the coolest things about the Source engine as compared to the HL1 engine is that object attributes are hierarchal. What this means for CS is that we will now be able to design maps that contain stuff like vehicles with turrets, or doors with breakable windows.
I haven't flown since 9/11, and I won't until all pilots carry handguns or there are armed air marshals on every domestic flight.
We already do this at Ritz Camera. Fully two years into the massive surge in digital sales, my store still cannot produce 4x6 from digital for under $3 (yes, three dollars) per print. The local competitor has seen such a surge in digital business that he was able to cancel his advertising budget and apply the savings to stealing our city contracts representing 40% of our remaining film business. For want of a $5000 printer, we lost a $2000/mo. contract, plus incalculable and permanent losses in customer loyalty. We warned our DM and RM of exactly this scenario over 18 months ago, yet it's our fault business is down.... riiight. So we just don't give a fuck anymore. We have no customers left, so we're free to lounge around all day reading fantasy novels and surfing the Web on our laptops. Can't beat $8 an hour for that!
jerryfallwellsucks.com doesn't appear to be taken.
illegal != wrong
Sure, why not? Cops lie all the time, even under oath. What's wrong with lying to them?
...when you willingly hand over your assault weapons? Australia, you had this coming.
There's profit, and there's economic rape. The business model of pharmaceutical companies is in the latter category.
The law against public perfomance only applies when you charge admission.
Oh, wait... he's dead. But they interviewed the crap out of him while he was alive. I'm sure you can find something.