I think you could properly refer to the GPL as a "(re)distribution license", as it dictates how one may distribute the code and any modifications to it.
A Window Manager does not copy widgets. A ToolKit, i.e. qt, gtk, Motif, etc, does. And the only only time I have personally seen a Linux based desktop look anything like a MS Windows desktop is when either GNOME or KDE were installed. And those are full "Desktop Environments" (which include Window Managers and ToolKits).
Yes, and I can download the full gcc set, which gives me compilers for languages I have never even heard of, not to mention god knows how many other strange and demented compilers/interpreters for various and sundry languages, and a large and diverse variety of text editors of various flavours, all for free. More choices of programming tools than I really know what to do with, where the only expense is the internet connection and the time it takes to find these.
Well, an inventor could sell a company the rights to make products based on the patented technology for a limited time, without transfering ownership of the patent.
Actually, I think the Internet was built when the military started kicking the universities and other civilian organizations off of ARPANET. The Internet is not ARPANET.
George Orwell wrote 1984, a "dark utopian" novel, where the oppressed citizens of the fictional world were kept under constant surveillance.
Aldus Huxley wrote Brave New World, a novel which considered a future in which rampant commercialism, addiction to the drug SOMA, and a bio-engineered caste system controlled the population.
RFID tags would be more in line with Orwell's vision, not Huxley's
I think the point here is the challenge. And the satisfaction a pasty geek gets from striking back at an "evil corporation" from the comfort and safety of their parent's basement.
Actually, I think C is a language that will compile and run on damn near every platform. Yes, given the appropriate runtime environment, Java will run on an amazing number of platforms, but C fits into far more strange platforms.
Actually, the NVIDIA driver first tries to identify your kernel, and download an appropriate interface. Failing that, it will compile and install the module itself. All you have to do is say yes. Quite easy
Yes, I had learned long division in 4th grade. In high school, I picked up single variable calculus. For the most part, I think a lot of people have no interest, incentive, or reason to actually learn anything. Of course, this may also have something to do with funding and/or the availability of teachers.
If there is no technical reason, they will probably stop doing it shortly. From what I have seen, OSS is on the way out, and ALSA will be the standard in 2.6.* kernels.
Linux can refer to SuSe, Redhat, Gentoo, Debian, SourceMage, Slackware, etc. And it is reasonable similiar to the *BSD crowd, enough that a competent programmer could port a well written app without too much trouble. There is are quite a few, if not too blasted many choices in the "Linux" world.
No, sarcasm takes its basic form from irony, but is expanded and colored by a heavy dose of cynicism and bitterness, then used to bludgeon an unexpecting, hopeful, and idealistic target.
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I think you could properly refer to the GPL as a "(re)distribution license", as it dictates how one may distribute the code and any modifications to it.
A Window Manager does not copy widgets. A ToolKit, i.e. qt, gtk, Motif, etc, does. And the only only time I have personally seen a Linux based desktop look anything like a MS Windows desktop is when either GNOME or KDE were installed. And those are full "Desktop Environments" (which include Window Managers and ToolKits).
Weak laws? Or are they merely sensible laws?
This, good sir, is "random moderation" in action.
Yes, and I can download the full gcc set, which gives me compilers for languages I have never even heard of, not to mention god knows how many other strange and demented compilers/interpreters for various and sundry languages, and a large and diverse variety of text editors of various flavours, all for free. More choices of programming tools than I really know what to do with, where the only expense is the internet connection and the time it takes to find these.
Actually, I've been using (what I think are) the most recent nvidia drivers under linux, and they haven't caused any problems at all.
If you sell a patent, you lose control over it. If you reach an intelligent license agreement, you haven't really lost much control at all.
Well, an inventor could sell a company the rights to make products based on the patented technology for a limited time, without transfering ownership of the patent.
Actually, I think the Internet was built when the military started kicking the universities and other civilian organizations off of ARPANET. The Internet is not ARPANET.
(not all of its crap... just most of it) Foreign, Independant, or Hollywood movies?
Aldus Huxley wrote Brave New World, a novel which considered a future in which rampant commercialism, addiction to the drug SOMA, and a bio-engineered caste system controlled the population.
RFID tags would be more in line with Orwell's vision, not Huxley's
I think when the copyright expires, the license is irrelavent. I may be wrong.
I think the point was that if it can run bash, it could also run sh, csh, ksh, zsh, ash, etc.
I did not say that it was perfectly easy, but if you are careful at the beginning, it is not that hard to port.
Well, if nothing is left in the public domain, maybe the corporations will fall apart.
I think the point here is the challenge. And the satisfaction a pasty geek gets from striking back at an "evil corporation" from the comfort and safety of their parent's basement.
Actually, I think C is a language that will compile and run on damn near every platform. Yes, given the appropriate runtime environment, Java will run on an amazing number of platforms, but C fits into far more strange platforms.
Well, once it is up, it usually stays up for quite a while.
Actually, the NVIDIA driver first tries to identify your kernel, and download an appropriate interface. Failing that, it will compile and install the module itself. All you have to do is say yes. Quite easy
Yes, I had learned long division in 4th grade. In high school, I picked up single variable calculus. For the most part, I think a lot of people have no interest, incentive, or reason to actually learn anything. Of course, this may also have something to do with funding and/or the availability of teachers.
If there is no technical reason, they will probably stop doing it shortly. From what I have seen, OSS is on the way out, and ALSA will be the standard in 2.6.* kernels.
Linux can refer to SuSe, Redhat, Gentoo, Debian, SourceMage, Slackware, etc. And it is reasonable similiar to the *BSD crowd, enough that a competent programmer could port a well written app without too much trouble. There is are quite a few, if not too blasted many choices in the "Linux" world.
Try LyX. A document processor that writes LaTeX (and you can just write straight LaTeX when you feel like it).
No, sarcasm takes its basic form from irony, but is expanded and colored by a heavy dose of cynicism and bitterness, then used to bludgeon an unexpecting, hopeful, and idealistic target.
The Amber Spyglass wasn't as good as the first two, but another good series was Otherland by Tad Williams.