The worst part is, in Mozilla 1.5, even with Proxomitron turned off, Slashdot renders with a number of noticible and mildly annoying bugs, specifically the center column with the news stories tends to get shifted left by 5-10 pixels, and sometimes the stories with comments display a complete mess.
I'm thinking you're reading a bit too much into the religious part of the issue. We pay tithing because we believe it is a commandment of God, however, we don't expect or require others not of our faith to pay tithing.
In any case, tithing is very much a personal issue for most mormons. "Let not your right hand know what your left hand does" and all.
As far as Linux vs. SCO (or any IP debate) goes, I see nothing wrong with a free license, and as long as there is no law broken (which, from my standpoint, appears to be the case -- SCO is on shaky ground; and even if they're not, their tactics are very underhanded IMHO) then there shouldn't ever be a problem. The stipulation is, of course, that the original authors meant for whatever it is to be distributed freely. If not, then it shouldn't be.
Don't misunderstand me, though, I'm for fair use rights and what not--In my mind copyright and intellectual property law is rather broken/abused in its current form. Which is one of the reasons I like Open Source software/IP in the first place... it's a mechanism for voluntarily giving a fair amount of rights while still maintaining a copyright on the original. Both sides come out ahead, in a manner that is legal.
As a "good mormon", I have it on very good authority that:
We are not gods in this life.
Our chances of anything good after this life depend on making good choices right now. Just like anybody else.
Good is generally defined by the Gospel (i.e. "What would Jesus Do?")
I'll leave the ethical implications on both sides of the issue as an excersize for the reader.
In any case, I'm just as bothered by the suggestion that a destructive means should be used to prevent filesharing. I'm rather hoping, however, that many of these issues will fade from relevancy as easy, non-draconian, legal solutions (like iTunes) take over. Time will tell, I suppose.
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The worst part is, in Mozilla 1.5, even with Proxomitron turned off, Slashdot renders with a number of noticible and mildly annoying bugs, specifically the center column with the news stories tends to get shifted left by 5-10 pixels, and sometimes the stories with comments display a complete mess.
I'm thinking you're reading a bit too much into the religious part of the issue. We pay tithing because we believe it is a commandment of God, however, we don't expect or require others not of our faith to pay tithing.
In any case, tithing is very much a personal issue for most mormons. "Let not your right hand know what your left hand does" and all.
As far as Linux vs. SCO (or any IP debate) goes, I see nothing wrong with a free license, and as long as there is no law broken (which, from my standpoint, appears to be the case -- SCO is on shaky ground; and even if they're not, their tactics are very underhanded IMHO) then there shouldn't ever be a problem. The stipulation is, of course, that the original authors meant for whatever it is to be distributed freely. If not, then it shouldn't be.
Don't misunderstand me, though, I'm for fair use rights and what not--In my mind copyright and intellectual property law is rather broken/abused in its current form. Which is one of the reasons I like Open Source software/IP in the first place... it's a mechanism for voluntarily giving a fair amount of rights while still maintaining a copyright on the original. Both sides come out ahead, in a manner that is legal.
As a "good mormon", I have it on very good authority that:
I'll leave the ethical implications on both sides of the issue as an excersize for the reader.
In any case, I'm just as bothered by the suggestion that a destructive means should be used to prevent filesharing. I'm rather hoping, however, that many of these issues will fade from relevancy as easy, non-draconian, legal solutions (like iTunes) take over. Time will tell, I suppose.
...can be had here: http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/Xupiter.html
http://www.eu.cryptome.org