So... if Microsoft runs an Apache web server,
and it crashes and they lose all their valuable
data, they can sue Apache Inc. Because Microsoft
has lots more money, they win the court case.
Because Apache Inc has not much money, Microsoft
ends up OWNING Apache Inc. They relicense their
new Intellectual Property so they can make more
money from it.
Can people still legally use open source Apache
software in this hypothetical situation? Can
they develop it further? Can they fix bugs?
Can Microsoft stop them?
Suppose I write a program to create 5 megabyte
files full of random bits, and leave it running
forever. What happens when the program writes a
file which is exactly the same as a James Brown
mp3? Did I violate anybody's copyright?
That's exactly right. Gates said that even though
he was running a monopoly and doing lots of bad
stuff, he should be allowed to keep his ill-gotten gains and keep operating. It comes
down to should some person or group be allowed
to act in a criminal way if they are also
providing a useful product or service. I would
say "no".
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No problemo dude! Use an external CRT monitor. I already thought of everything. Stop arguing and do it.
Only operate your computer in a large walk-in freezer, or in Arctic areas. HTH! HAND!
I hate to nitpick, but http://news.google.com/news?q=linux is shorter, and therefore is all you need. In other words, you don't need "hl=en".
So... if Microsoft runs an Apache web server, and it crashes and they lose all their valuable data, they can sue Apache Inc. Because Microsoft has lots more money, they win the court case. Because Apache Inc has not much money, Microsoft ends up OWNING Apache Inc. They relicense their new Intellectual Property so they can make more money from it.
Can people still legally use open source Apache software in this hypothetical situation? Can they develop it further? Can they fix bugs? Can Microsoft stop them?
Suppose I write a program to create 5 megabyte files full of random bits, and leave it running forever. What happens when the program writes a file which is exactly the same as a James Brown mp3? Did I violate anybody's copyright?
Two hours? You've got to be kidding. How about 30 seconds on Google? Is this it?
That's exactly right. Gates said that even though he was running a monopoly and doing lots of bad stuff, he should be allowed to keep his ill-gotten gains and keep operating. It comes down to should some person or group be allowed to act in a criminal way if they are also providing a useful product or service. I would say "no".
The GNU manpage for sendfile says it's not portable and shouldn't be used. That's good enough for me, don't use it.
VERSIONS
sendfile is a new feature in Linux 2.2. The include file
is present since glibc2.1.
Other Unixes often implement sendfile with different
semantics and prototypes. It should not be used in
portable programs.
How about:
rm ugly-pron. *
ARRRRRR! MY PRON! MY Beautiful PRON!