I am of the opinion that exceptions need to be made for drivers. If the Linux community wants companies to support their kernels then we need to allow proprietary drivers to link with the kernel.
What do the hardware companies have to lose by GPLing the driver? They're money comes from hardware not the drivers. It will be ported to more platforms if its GPLed; thus increasing sales of the hardware.
It wont come to revolting in most cases. A monopoly cannot sustain itself. Buying out all competition is not an effective tactic because in general it would cost more to buy a business out than it cost to open it. Anyone would then eagerly jump into the business just to get bought out, if not for the potential profits. The monopoly would eithher go bankrupt buying them all out or stop buying them out and lose the monopoly. Thus buyouts can not work. In most cases, the only other tactics are FUD and legislation. FUD will not work forever though; as long as someone sees through it the truth will eventually come out. Thus in most cases, the only way a monopoly can be sustained is through government regulations. The other way is when a resource is found only in a certain region, which is owned by the company.
I never understood the slashdot effect. How can a bunchh of slashdotters bring a system to its knees when they dont even RTFA?
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So I should be able to have a whites-only restaurant?
Sure, but its not a good idea since you'll be scarificing your profits from people of other races and whites who boycott your resturant because of that. Would you rather make next to no money off of it or allow other races in? The free market would lead to people not discriminating.
Also note that there is no Egyptian record of the Jewish people ever being enslaved by them, and then freed by Moses, despite the fact that Egyptians also kept meticulous records.Since we're on the topic of conspiracy theories(or at least supposed to be) I should point out that the egyptians covered it up, because the jew's escape embarrased them.
Assume for a second that George Dubya Shrub is an alien. He's a complete moron, so one would assume the other aliens of his species are morons too. If they are that dumb however they couldn't have built spacecraft to reach earth. So thus he is not an alien.
Think of this, however: would you rather that SCO lose all its money to hosting companies, ISPs, and telecoms, or to a Linux-and-open-source-promoting vendor like IBM?
In the US(I know its different in some other countries) the defendant can't win damages, only the prosecution can. Thus it would be the lawyers that they lose their money to not IBM.
Read the quote you gave. He says as long as you dont endanger lives not as long as you dont kill people. If you dont know how to drive then you will endanger lives if you drive, even if you dont crash. Buildng permits are completely different. Building permits just state that you will follow the zoning requirements; Building a computer store in a place zoned for a convenience store(an example given by the parent) doesn't endanger lives.
But, doesn't a car lease have value? It'll disappear, it's only temporary.
I went to a wedding once where the couple paid like $800 for an ice sculpture. It melted. So, did it have no value?
The roses in your example will be black in a few days. Things which are temporary are still valuable.
In the first example the car lease will disappear, but they cant legally make it expire at any time other than that given in the contract. In the other 2 examples they were destroyed by nature, and not at man's discretion so they are similar to the 1st example. When the parent poster said 'at any time' he meant at the discretion of a person or group of people.
They paid workers to sit at the computer, and play the game finding/crafting items, and then sold them on ebay. They got sued and shut down, but, still, to say that it's not property just because it's got no value to you is short-sighted.
the parent did not say that it wasn't property because an account has no value to him, but rather because the player doesn't own it. And simply because someone will pay for something does not give it value. If I donate money to someone does that mean that nothing is worth something?
If your machine is compromized in some way (via a trojan, perhaps) and an untrusted process attempts to masquerade as a trusted dialog, it can probably be convincing if the user interface element is the same on all or many machines.
If the machine is compromised it could fake the dogs names too. Even if they are encrypted the key will be on your system. Obviously, if they have access via a trojan or something along those lines, than they could use the same code IE does to display the window.
Do you honestly think, right now, that if a significant portion of the U.S. populace decided to revolt, that you could really overthrow the government?
yes; The reason it didnt happen in Iraq was that they werent sure others would go along. revolting with 70% of the population would work; revolting by yourself is just suicide.
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What do the hardware companies have to lose by GPLing the driver? They're money comes from hardware not the drivers. It will be ported to more platforms if its GPLed; thus increasing sales of the hardware.
It wont come to revolting in most cases. A monopoly cannot sustain itself. Buying out all competition is not an effective tactic because in general it would cost more to buy a business out than it cost to open it. Anyone would then eagerly jump into the business just to get bought out, if not for the potential profits. The monopoly would eithher go bankrupt buying them all out or stop buying them out and lose the monopoly. Thus buyouts can not work. In most cases, the only other tactics are FUD and legislation. FUD will not work forever though; as long as someone sees through it the truth will eventually come out. Thus in most cases, the only way a monopoly can be sustained is through government regulations. The other way is when a resource is found only in a certain region, which is owned by the company.
I never understood the slashdot effect. How can a bunchh of slashdotters bring a system to its knees when they dont even RTFA?
Sure, but its not a good idea since you'll be scarificing your profits from people of other races and whites who boycott your resturant because of that. Would you rather make next to no money off of it or allow other races in? The free market would lead to people not discriminating.
Actually the constitutions due process clauses(5th and 14th amendments) only apply to the government.
Also note that there is no Egyptian record of the Jewish people ever being enslaved by them, and then freed by Moses, despite the fact that Egyptians also kept meticulous records.Since we're on the topic of conspiracy theories(or at least supposed to be) I should point out that the egyptians covered it up, because the jew's escape embarrased them.
Assume for a second that George Dubya Shrub is an alien. He's a complete moron, so one would assume the other aliens of his species are morons too. If they are that dumb however they couldn't have built spacecraft to reach earth. So thus he is not an alien.
If that happens MS is probably the least of our worries.
You forgot the ??? step; It belongs between your step 4 and step 5.
In the US(I know its different in some other countries) the defendant can't win damages, only the prosecution can. Thus it would be the lawyers that they lose their money to not IBM.
No we'll still have dupes about SCO for weeks.
No he's working for the MPAA
They contain cyanine not cyanide. Cyanine is just a cyancolored dye(thus the name) and is nontoxic.
Try a resistor, theyre cheap and they're non-peripheral hardware since they can be found inside the case
I'm pretty sure he meant from a PR standpoint, not a legal standpoint.
You get worms from your girlfriend? I take it she's dead.
Read the quote you gave. He says as long as you dont endanger lives not as long as you dont kill people. If you dont know how to drive then you will endanger lives if you drive, even if you dont crash. Buildng permits are completely different. Building permits just state that you will follow the zoning requirements; Building a computer store in a place zoned for a convenience store(an example given by the parent) doesn't endanger lives.
I went to a wedding once where the couple paid like $800 for an ice sculpture. It melted. So, did it have no value?
The roses in your example will be black in a few days. Things which are temporary are still valuable.
In the first example the car lease will disappear, but they cant legally make it expire at any time other than that given in the contract. In the other 2 examples they were destroyed by nature, and not at man's discretion so they are similar to the 1st example. When the parent poster said 'at any time' he meant at the discretion of a person or group of people.
They paid workers to sit at the computer, and play the game finding/crafting items, and then sold them on ebay. They got sued and shut down, but, still, to say that it's not property just because it's got no value to you is short-sighted.
the parent did not say that it wasn't property because an account has no value to him, but rather because the player doesn't own it. And simply because someone will pay for something does not give it value. If I donate money to someone does that mean that nothing is worth something?
speaking of analyzing your leavings there was a patent for a feces scale issued in 1924
I think you mean 400d4
If the machine is compromised it could fake the dogs names too. Even if they are encrypted the key will be on your system. Obviously, if they have access via a trojan or something along those lines, than they could use the same code IE does to display the window.
If you set up a fund the money will just go to the RIAA anyway; I dont see how that helps
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yes; The reason it didnt happen in Iraq was that they werent sure others would go along. revolting with 70% of the population would work; revolting by yourself is just suicide.
That statement doesnt seem to apply in the US