AFAIK, it isn't required by law, just allowed by law in th EU. However.. I _DO_ think it's required by law in Russia. Don't take my word for it though...
for every CD you buy, ask the store clerk if it's copy protected. If he doesn't know(or he knows, and it's protected), don't buy the CD, because you are legally allowed to make a copy for the car or on your computer (explain this to the clerk. ask WHY you're not allowed by $recordcomp to exercise your rights to make copies). Make sure people know you're not buying the CD because of the copy-protection.
do this preferrably when it's a busy day, so more people hear. Ofcourse, if he says it ISNT protected, and it turns out it is.. bring it back. it's a broken CD, you payed specifically for one that's NOT protected.
>The truth is that companies do not steal the GPL code, but the software developers do.
I disagree with you here. the developer does put the GPLed code in the program that he's writing, but the choice of license is the companies choice. since the GPL allows inclusion of code, the developer did nothing wrong. The company bringing the program out as a closed source app IS infringing on copyright.
looks to me like a single rudder on the middle hull, which is normal for a trimaran. what looks like small rudders on the foils are more likely analogous to the fin on a surfboard, which is used for directional stability. another option would have been 2 rudders (analogous to most catamarans), 1 on each outer hull. only the rudder on the leaward(?) side (away from the wind, lijzijde in dutch) hits the water and is used for steering. That said.. I've done some sailing and it's quite possible to completely loose control at high speed. this is NOT a fun thing. as someone mentioned though.. a forward flip would be worse(I know.. I've done a forward flip once, although not in any of this hightech stuff. An Optimist at 10+ beaufort will do just nicely) don't plow your bow into a wave at 40 knots!
hmm... cool, you can actually attend regular races with a hydrofoiling moth.
for the non-sailers: the Moth is an international class which is VERY loose in its design. overall length of the single hull(on waterline), mastlength, surface area of the single sail, and effective mastlength are most of the requirements.
It will probably become a strict class though, which has happened before with Moth designs. the olympic Europe class was originally a Moth design, which turned out so good that that particular design won most races. This design is now the Europe.
when this trimaran (three hulls, trimaran. two hulls, catamaran) hits a whale at about 40 knots, I do not only see a big repair bill. probably the lifting planes will instantly disintegrate, and there's this sliced and diced whale in its wake. big mess. hit whale, whole boat drops down about about a meter, which may not be such a smart idea at 40 knots downwind with the gennaker up. still pretty cool thing though, but I would have used rigid sails for a real speeddemon. btw.. anyone found a pic with the 240 m^2 gennaker?
that's because kids see that a copied game means a win for them rather than a loss for the creator. I know I would have copied a lot less if a copy meant someone else lost access to the game. It just isn't the same as stealing, both in how it feels and how it is in reality. (and don't go into the whole piracy == stealing. They're 2 different concepts in law.)
in the Netherlands (which the reference to coffeeshop was) the main product of a coffee-shop is, despite the name, not coffee (although my favourite coffeeshop has pretty good coffee)
I'm happy to say I've used all of'em: both fischer technik, lego and meccano, and some aluminium form of meccano (it was used for building model airplanes, and looked better than the painted 'normal' meccano. it was also more expensive). I mostly used the lego, and a friend of mine had a shitload of Fischer. ah.. the times we built entire themeparks. unfortunately, when making moving attractions with our slightly beefed motors, the fischer attractions tended at times to collapse under the load when running at high RPM (which was all in good fun, after all.. sometimes real themepark attractions sometimes fall apart too). Fischer had reaqlly good load on static constructs. for dynamic, powered constructs I found lego slightly better.
the last line of the licence usually says something along the lines of:
well.. we're forbidding you to do lotsa stuff, but we may not be allowed to forbid it in countries other than the US. most people do not live in the US, but what rights they have that contradict the licence is not made clear.
>Besides, it's up to that same.com whether to go the microsoft way or another way, no?
oh, not all printing services are MS only.. a http-upload and some server-side processing works fine, and is as platform-independant as it gets. Interesting too is the higher number of users with a mac in the graphics business, which made platform-independance a requirement, especially now that we're starting to see PDA and digital cams getting combined. hook up your GSM, and upload your pictures anywhere. I would give a link, but I'm slightly biased here, since I wrote the scripts.. but it's there, it works, and is platform-independant.
>True, but revolting against an authoritarian regime that imposes laws and backs them up by force is one thing. But nobody was forcing these guys to buy SUVs.
First off.. I don't condone the action of torching dealerships. That said, it can be argued that this is a revolt against an authoritarian regime refusing to make laws for which a large group of voters are asking, but which (in their eyes?) is frustrated by corporations. quite a close analogy to the boston teaparty..
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AFAIK, it isn't required by law, just allowed by law in th EU. However.. I _DO_ think it's required by law in Russia. Don't take my word for it though...
//rdj
for every CD you buy, ask the store clerk if it's copy protected. If he doesn't know(or he knows, and it's protected), don't buy the CD, because you are legally allowed to make a copy for the car or on your computer (explain this to the clerk. ask WHY you're not allowed by $recordcomp to exercise your rights to make copies). Make sure people know you're not buying the CD because of the copy-protection.
do this preferrably when it's a busy day, so more people hear. Ofcourse, if he says it ISNT protected, and it turns out it is.. bring it back. it's a broken CD, you payed specifically for one that's NOT protected.
//rdj
or it's Short Music for Short People...
//rdj
>The truth is that companies do not steal the GPL code, but the software developers do.
I disagree with you here. the developer does put the GPLed code in the program that he's writing, but the choice of license is the companies choice. since the GPL allows inclusion of code, the developer did nothing wrong. The company bringing the program out as a closed source app IS infringing on copyright.
//rdj
looks to me like a single rudder on the middle hull, which is normal for a trimaran. what looks like small rudders on the foils are more likely analogous to the fin on a surfboard, which is used for directional stability. another option would have been 2 rudders (analogous to most catamarans), 1 on each outer hull. only the rudder on the leaward(?) side (away from the wind, lijzijde in dutch) hits the water and is used for steering. That said.. I've done some sailing and it's quite possible to completely loose control at high speed. this is NOT a fun thing. as someone mentioned though.. a forward flip would be worse(I know.. I've done a forward flip once, although not in any of this hightech stuff. An Optimist at 10+ beaufort will do just nicely) don't plow your bow into a wave at 40 knots!
hmm... cool, you can actually attend regular races with a hydrofoiling moth.
for the non-sailers: the Moth is an international class which is VERY loose in its design. overall length of the single hull(on waterline), mastlength, surface area of the single sail, and effective mastlength are most of the requirements.
It will probably become a strict class though, which has happened before with Moth designs. the olympic Europe class was originally a Moth design, which turned out so good that that particular design won most races. This design is now the Europe.
//rdj
when this trimaran (three hulls, trimaran. two hulls, catamaran) hits a whale at about 40 knots, I do not only see a big repair bill. probably the lifting planes will instantly disintegrate, and there's this sliced and diced whale in its wake. big mess. hit whale, whole boat drops down about about a meter, which may not be such a smart idea at 40 knots downwind with the gennaker up. still pretty cool thing though, but I would have used rigid sails for a real speeddemon. btw.. anyone found a pic with the 240 m^2 gennaker?
//rdj
hey, I'm european, I'm not that stupid ;)
//rdj
you preacher, me choir.
'nuff said.
//rdj
>He was arrested for writing software that violates the DMCA.
and how valid is the DMCA in russia? it's perfectly legit software, the DMCA is a yank law, not a russian law.
why do americans seem to think that the laws they make also go for other countries?
//rdj
actually... that's not illegal in europe, as long as you're not running it on multiple machines at once :)
//rdj
that's because kids see that a copied game means a win for them rather than a loss for the creator. I know I would have copied a lot less if a copy meant someone else lost access to the game. It just isn't the same as stealing, both in how it feels and how it is in reality. (and don't go into the whole piracy == stealing. They're 2 different concepts in law.)
//rdj
in the Netherlands (which the reference to coffeeshop was) the main product of a coffee-shop is, despite the name, not coffee (although my favourite coffeeshop has pretty good coffee)
//rdj
especially with the "ritual MS manual burning" subevent ;)
//rdj
Belgium doesn't allow coffee-shops yet. For the rest it's pretty much the same, personal use and small possession is condoned.
//rdj
some cauliflower should do the trick, maybe dipped in milk (highest fat-content you can get.. tastes best when fresh, smells worst when it isn't)
//rdj
I'm happy to say I've used all of'em: both fischer technik, lego and meccano, and some aluminium form of meccano (it was used for building model airplanes, and looked better than the painted 'normal' meccano. it was also more expensive). I mostly used the lego, and a friend of mine had a shitload of Fischer. ah.. the times we built entire themeparks. unfortunately, when making moving attractions with our slightly beefed motors, the fischer attractions tended at times to collapse under the load when running at high RPM (which was all in good fun, after all.. sometimes real themepark attractions sometimes fall apart too). Fischer had reaqlly good load on static constructs. for dynamic, powered constructs I found lego slightly better.
//rdj
don't erase, replace with BSD license. I would say GPL, but source isn't availabl;e usually, which rules out the GPL :)
//rdj
the last line of the licence usually says something along the lines of:
well.. we're forbidding you to do lotsa stuff, but we may not be allowed to forbid it in countries other than the US. most people do not live in the US, but what rights they have that contradict the licence is not made clear.
//rdj
it's my shirt, my boxers, and she's wearing 'em.
//rdj
send it to some fundamentalist christian organisation, and watch the fun :)
//rdj
>Besides, it's up to that same .com whether to go the microsoft way or another way, no?
oh, not all printing services are MS only.. a http-upload and some server-side processing works fine, and is as platform-independant as it gets. Interesting too is the higher number of users with a mac in the graphics business, which made platform-independance a requirement, especially now that we're starting to see PDA and digital cams getting combined. hook up your GSM, and upload your pictures anywhere. I would give a link, but I'm slightly biased here, since I wrote the scripts.. but it's there, it works, and is platform-independant.
//rdj
Don't reinvent the wheel, just pay the licence fee..
//rdj
>True, but revolting against an authoritarian regime that imposes laws and backs them up by force is one thing. But nobody was forcing these guys to buy SUVs.
First off.. I don't condone the action of torching dealerships. That said, it can be argued that this is a revolt against an authoritarian regime refusing to make laws for which a large group of voters are asking, but which (in their eyes?) is frustrated by corporations. quite a close analogy to the boston teaparty..
//rdj
sounds like patchwork blankets to me... Not new, but proven "techology" :)
//rdj