If there's no consideration (ie: payment in some form), then very likely, it'll be completely unenforceable
What about the part where you're suppossed to provide the source code for your product, isn't that a condition of the GPL and thus qualifies as a consideration ?
They're not just saying here's the code for free, they're offering you the code with the condition that if you modify it or incorporate it into your product you also have to offer/provide/produce the source code.
Somethign along the lines of 'free as in speech, not as in beer'
Things like cancer and AIDS are good for the human species collectively, even if they suck for a bunch of people.
Now, I'm not a mad scientist but how can AIDS be good for the human species ? Is it good because it kills people or is it because in your mind it kills the right kind of people ?
Hell, if being obese was a deadly disease 21% of U.S. would be at risk of death according to this report http://www.detnews.com/2003/health/0301/02/a01-493 57.htm
Would that be ok with you seeing as how their deaths would erradicate some undesired fat gene from the world pool ?
If Weather Control can help save crops and prevent deadly floods it would be a good thing (think dams), but knowing how people can be sometimes, what's to prevent Farmer Bob from sending a mean old crop freezing blizzard over to Farmer Bill's land.
Slashdot Mirror
Do-not-email-registries first and now this ?
Flame away!
This is obviously such a boring article that I actually get to be FP - woohoo!
RTFA!
In Japanese that means like $50 Million, and that's a lot!
If there's no consideration (ie: payment in some form), then very likely, it'll be completely unenforceable
What about the part where you're suppossed to provide the source code for your product, isn't that a condition of the GPL and thus qualifies as a consideration ?
They're not just saying here's the code for free, they're offering you the code with the condition that if you modify it or incorporate it into your product you also have to offer/provide/produce the source code.
Somethign along the lines of 'free as in speech, not as in beer'
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?InSovietRussia
Could MS be interested in buying SCO then puting a claim on any UNIX IP it holds?
Heh, that would sure make stuff around here interesting again.
The penguin replaced by Gates of Borg...
i have everything i want and a lot to save making about 25% less than 47K a year....
those living in their parents basement don't count.
Things like cancer and AIDS are good for the human species collectively, even if they suck for a bunch of people.
Now, I'm not a mad scientist but how can AIDS be good for the human species ?
Is it good because it kills people or is it because in your mind it kills the right kind of people ?
Hell, if being obese was a deadly disease 21% of U.S. would be at risk of death according to this report http://www.detnews.com/2003/health/0301/02/a01-49
Would that be ok with you seeing as how their deaths would erradicate some undesired fat gene from the world pool ?
If Weather Control can help save crops and prevent deadly floods it would be a good thing (think dams), but knowing how people can be sometimes, what's to prevent Farmer Bob from sending a mean old crop freezing blizzard over to Farmer Bill's land.
Thank a lot dude, I wanted to find out in the book
downloading copyrighted works is theft ?
Jeez, man, what if I let other people read some of my books?
"Man, I can't believe office [insert local cop name here] stopped by for going 8 over the speed limit"..
So his modem was going over the speed limit, why not just give him a ticket and move on ? Why confiscate stuff ?
Just suspend the service based on a breach of contract and that's it.
Nevermind the boobs, what are you going to do about the dyslexia ?
The issue is whether thing like this keep happening:
Caught in the Kid Porn Crusade
From the article:
"One click, you're guilty," says an FBI agent. "A federal offense is that easy"
it shouldn't be that easy you know - I'm all for going for the masterminds and traders, but going after one image in your browsers cache ? c'mon
what's next, having ISP's block objectionable/illegal content ?
Hmm...let me think about this for a moment
You should have taken more time...
Hitchikers Guide To Be Made Into A Movie
Isn't it supposed to be Hitch h ikers ?
Or is this a 'enry 'iggins kinda thing ?