The tool chain required to build so much free software, including the Linux kernel, will almost certainly adopt GPL 3. While the Linux kernel is licensed under GPL 2, and Linus Torvalds has indicated his personal intention to stay with the older version, it's difficult to envisage a licensee such as Novell being able to distribute a product it can't build in binary form.
I'm wondering if Novell could do a clean-room reimplementation of the toolchain required to compile the kernel etc? True it would be expensive and difficult, but is there anything in the GPLv2 to say that, eg, the kernel *must* be compiled with a GPL toolchain? I doubt it.
It seems conceivable that Novelosoft could produce a 'Linux' distribution with only a GPLv2 or even a proprietary toolchain.
they've sold the community for 30 pices of silver.
Except that in the case of Judas the 30 pieces of silver were a legal requirement; had he refused the money then his evidence would have been inadmisible under the Law.
The idea was that in order to prove that the evidence was given in good faith, the witness had to accept payment.
Im sorry, but Tony Blair is an idiot. Since when is criticism the same as attacking???
To be fair to two-faced-Tony, he has not yet, so far as I know, actually *said* that (my exact words included 'as Tony Blair would say').
But he will. This is where the whole game is headed in the UK; criticism of the government declared 'antisocial behavior' and punished under the same laws.
There's the theoretical world and the real world- and in the real world arresting people for speech the government doesn't like is actually a pretty measured and modern response
Of course in the UK they don't even go so far as to arrest people for speech the government doesn't like; they only have to declare it 'antisocial behavior' and they can make up a new law just for that one person, without it even going through parliament.
As Tony Blair would say; "of course criticising the government is antisocial behavior. I mean you can't get much more antisocial than attacking the government, now can you?"
Undermine the authority of the government? I hope you can live without raising your right hand above your waist in a public place!
Yup, that's right, a consenting adult in australia is unable to purchase from an adult store any pornography that contains real sex./i
Dude, could you honestly describe *any* sex in a porno film/mag/website as 'real' sex? Its as contrived as hell and is produced purely for the camera; it only has to *look* like fun not actually *be* fun for the people doing it.
I was contemplating moving to Australia to, but with England's nanny cams and this new law it looks like my english language options are pretty much shot.
Canada? Does that count as 'English language'?
Or have you heard of a place called 'New Zealand'? Small set of islands to the East of Australia...
Thank you, that was so hilarious I read the whole thing, including part 2, all the way to the end.
I must try this out for myself.
My own signature is pretty outrageous. When I have to sign in the tiny narrow space on the back of a credit card or something, I put a couple of strips of masking tape to either side to give me some more room (my sig is quite wriggly).
If you release, you respawn as a ghost at the closest graveyard. There's usually at least one graveyard in each zone, and it generally won't take more than 5 minutes to get back to your body. As a ghost, you can't interact with the world around you, but you don't have to worry about being attacked by wandering monsters.
Can you stay a ghost? It sounds kind of fun in a voyuristic, griefer-evading sort of way:)
I don't play WoW myself, but I know plenty of smart people that consider it a fun diversion.
Most of the people I know who play WoW would absolutely *choke* if you called it a mere 'diversion'. Its a major part of their lives. They can't stop talking about it.
When you work alongside 5 other people all of whom play WoW you realise that it is very far from a 'diversion'... In fact, work is more of a diversion -- diversion from talking and thinking about WoW!
You do much more damage by pussy-footing around. I think if I knew that my "liberators" were going to dump a bunker buster on any location that was suspected of harboring a terrorist, I'd fucking make sure my house didn't have a terrorist in it and make sure everyone knew it.
Yes, I suppose that the USA could have learnt a great deal from Israels tremendous success in using such heavy-handed tactics. It certainly seems to be working for them.
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Next thing you know M$ will claim it invented and owns rights to all dookie.
I can see it now... in an Invader Zim-esque outburst:
"From this night on the name of Ballmer will forever be synonymous with dookie!!!! Bwaaaahahahahaahaaaa".
I read that Register article.
Interesting points, especially
The tool chain required to build so much free software, including the Linux kernel, will almost certainly adopt GPL 3. While the Linux kernel is licensed under GPL 2, and Linus Torvalds has indicated his personal intention to stay with the older version, it's difficult to envisage a licensee such as Novell being able to distribute a product it can't build in binary form.
I'm wondering if Novell could do a clean-room reimplementation of the toolchain required to compile the kernel etc? True it would be expensive and difficult, but is there anything in the GPLv2 to say that, eg, the kernel *must* be compiled with a GPL toolchain? I doubt it.
It seems conceivable that Novelosoft could produce a 'Linux' distribution with only a GPLv2 or even a proprietary toolchain.
they've sold the community for 30 pices of silver.
Except that in the case of Judas the 30 pieces of silver were a legal requirement; had he refused the money then his evidence would have been inadmisible under the Law.
The idea was that in order to prove that the evidence was given in good faith, the witness had to accept payment.
In Novells case, I don't think this holds...
Im sorry, but Tony Blair is an idiot. Since when is criticism the same as attacking???
To be fair to two-faced-Tony, he has not yet, so far as I know, actually *said* that (my exact words included 'as Tony Blair would say').
But he will. This is where the whole game is headed in the UK; criticism of the government declared 'antisocial behavior' and punished under the same laws.
I've never heard of Christians beheading people- though this response does seem mild in comparison to what other Islamic sects do.
Islam is today where Christianity was a little over 500 years ago; it takes itself *way* too seriously.
They've lost their sense of humor and perspective. They just need to lighten up a bit.
There's the theoretical world and the real world- and in the real world arresting people for speech the government doesn't like is actually a pretty measured and modern response
;)
Of course in the UK they don't even go so far as to arrest people for speech the government doesn't like; they only have to declare it 'antisocial behavior' and they can make up a new law just for that one person, without it even going through parliament.
As Tony Blair would say; "of course criticising the government is antisocial behavior. I mean you can't get much more antisocial than attacking the government, now can you?"
Undermine the authority of the government? I hope you can live without raising your right hand above your waist in a public place!
Now *thats* civilised!
I guess with definition of real sex being "Actual intercourse" as opposed to "Simulated intercourse", then yes, porno tends to contain 'real sex'.
I guess that hentai (Japanese animated/pulp porno) is extremely popular in Australia then...
I think this implies that he wanted to move to a country with balls, not some emasculated socialist paradise.
Must have been talking about Canada... NZ is so very far from a socialist paradise, emasculated or not...
"Works in India."
Not so much. It's done that way sure, and India has a stupidly high rate of traffic fatalities.
In India I can understand it, but surely for Germany with its declining population, the last thing they need is population control like this...
Yup, that's right, a consenting adult in australia is unable to purchase from an adult store any pornography that contains real sex./i
Dude, could you honestly describe *any* sex in a porno film/mag/website as 'real' sex? Its as contrived as hell and is produced purely for the camera; it only has to *look* like fun not actually *be* fun for the people doing it.
I was contemplating moving to Australia to, but with England's nanny cams and this new law it looks like my english language options are pretty much shot.
Canada? Does that count as 'English language'?
Or have you heard of a place called 'New Zealand'? Small set of islands to the East of Australia...
Ever see the conspiracy sites regarding "chemtrails?"
I know several "chemtrail" conspiracy nuts.
And I feel deeply sorry for them; they are unable to enjoy the simple beauty of a sunset, for them its 'evidence' of the 'chemtrail conspiracy'.
Sad...
This website tends to derive its science mind by watching anime and playing Final Fantasy.
And in other 'science' news yet another uninterruptible, interminable cut scene will be coming up any time now...
BTW. I'm not saying that no developers are interested in the fancy new features,
:) and they arn't a disjoint set either. W00t!
Hah!
In my experience, as a system administrator, developers are *only* interested in fancy new features...
(And are the bane of my existance, especially since our systems are primarily Debian).
Hey, I just offended developers *and* Debian fan-boys in a *single* posting
The CSS encryption is far too weak
Basing encryption on something as commonplace as Cascading Style Sheets is just *asking* for trouble.
Thank you, that was so hilarious I read the whole thing, including part 2, all the way to the end.
I must try this out for myself.
My own signature is pretty outrageous. When I have to sign in the tiny narrow space on the back of a credit card or something, I put a couple of strips of masking tape to either side to give me some more room (my sig is quite wriggly).
re your sig:
Throughout human history, the greatest threat to life and liberty has been not terrorism, but the power of the state.
Hah!
The power of the state *is* terrorism!
Eg the cold war; the threat of nuclear war was a threat of terrorism perpetuated by the governments of both sides colluding against their own people.
The only power the state wields is wielded through threat of violence against the people.
(yeah I am an anti-statist; the nation state is an affront to our humanity. There are no nations, there are no states. There are only human beings).
No, they will reintroduce trial by ordeal.
The winner will be the lawyer who can (eg) drink the most olive oil, egg whites and mustard and crap/vomit the last. Of course it will be televised.
But if there were only 2 or 3 legitimate flavours of Linux from large vendors, then those can be contained or attacked by conventional tactics.
You gotta love assymetric warfare. Unless you are the big guy.
I can see MS turning round and declaring Linux 'the Al Qaida of operating systems!!!!!1 They are at war with civilisation *itself*!!!!!111'
SUSE does just work...
We have a circa 2001 server at work.
Its not so bad, fairly reliable and takes a shitload of SCA hard drives.
The only (current) distribution that will work reliably on it is SUSE Enterprise Server.
Eg Debian Sarge and Etch both crap out during the install.
I would *love* to run Debian on this box but I can't.
If you release, you respawn as a ghost at the closest graveyard. There's usually at least one graveyard in each zone, and it generally won't take more than 5 minutes to get back to your body. As a ghost, you can't interact with the world around you, but you don't have to worry about being attacked by wandering monsters.
:)
Can you stay a ghost? It sounds kind of fun in a voyuristic, griefer-evading sort of way
I don't play WoW myself, but I know plenty of smart people that consider it a fun diversion.
Most of the people I know who play WoW would absolutely *choke* if you called it a mere 'diversion'. Its a major part of their lives. They can't stop talking about it.
When you work alongside 5 other people all of whom play WoW you realise that it is very far from a 'diversion'... In fact, work is more of a diversion -- diversion from talking and thinking about WoW!
I think you just need to switch to decaf ;)
You do much more damage by pussy-footing around. I think if I knew that my "liberators" were going to dump a bunker buster on any location that was suspected of harboring a terrorist, I'd fucking make sure my house didn't have a terrorist in it and make sure everyone knew it.
Yes, I suppose that the USA could have learnt a great deal from Israels tremendous success in using such heavy-handed tactics. It certainly seems to be working for them.
The real trick is making an entire world and an engine that DISTILLS an RPG down to what it's about, item finding.
I *must* remember to draw my DM's attention to this next time we play...