It is my understanding that spyware is software that is installed without the user's permission or knowledge. It sounds like this application is intentionally installed by one user to spy on another. So does this actually count as spyware even though it is used to spy?
I bought some property recently. That property came with a ground made of dirt. I therefore have the copyright for dirt. Even though God gave dirt as a standard for use as a ground before I was born, He was overstepping his bounds. If you pay me now for the right to use your dirt, it will be $699 per square foot of dirt. Otherwise a lawsuit will be filed.
the dll files that are currently used are not illegal.
According to: http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html
You cannot claim copyright to:
-Titles, names, short phrases, and slogans; familiar symbols or designs; mere variations of typographic ornamentation, lettering, or coloring; mere listings of ingredients or contents
-Ideas, procedures, methods, systems, processes, concepts, principles, discoveries, or devices, as distinguished from a description, explanation, or illustration
What about these dll files does not fall under these categories? As long as the files were not directly copied (as in using a "cp" command), there cannot be a violation of these files.
It is a whole different thing to fill up the system with your own apps to beat the competition than it is to fill the system with apps created by other developers for the benefit of the users. The issue is not the number or type of apps included in Microsoft Windows, but the aleged reason they are there (an the lack of 3rd party equivilents can be used to support this accusation). Most linux distros hardly include any of their own code, and when they do, it's usually open source, which cannot be used to beat out the competing distributors in a similar way.
The problem is that they don't understand the significance of Linux to Linux users. To them, a computer is a computer. To a Linux user, having a Linux based system is an important characteristic of who you are. It makes you part of a community. It's like a nationality of the digital world. And to say that a person should buy an authorized, or in other words non-Linux, computer is like asking an American to move to some other country just to watch a movie. They don't understand this, and this problem will linger until somebody can find a way to explain it to them.
However, I don't care because I don't even have a DVD drive.:-)
TT: I'll tell you, because I'm an engineer, I'm an engineering student, and this year I built a high-definition television, from scratch. But because of the broadcast flag, if I wanted to do that again after July 2005, that would be illegal.
JV: How many people in the United States build their own sets?
TT: Well, I'm talking about engineers.
JV: Let's say there are a thousand. But there are 284 million people in this country. You can't have public policy that is aimed at 100,000 people when the other multi-multi-millions are also involved. You can't do it that way.
How many people in the United States Create content that they want to have protected?
Let's say there are a thousand. But there are 284 million people in this country. You can't have public policy that is aimed at 100,000 people when the other multi-multi-millions are also involved. You can't do it that way.
It would be interesting to compare compile times. Compiling is often very slow. Since CPU usage is very high while compiling, having a filesystem that uses low CPU usage could have shorter compile times over one that uses more CPU, because the filesystem would be fighting for CPU time with the compiler. It would be an interesting comparison.
Yes, let's not forget that HP has the SCO code (to use with HP-UX) and can check it for themselves. Most of us do not have the ability to do that, and we're only assuming that SCO is bluffing in order to sell licenses. HP likely knows the truth.
Also, Japan has long, LONG been a "first rate" Western nation, by whatever means you might chose to rate nations. It actually performs better than the US on most indicators. Learn your facts.
Isn't Japan in the East? So that would make them an Eastern nation, no?:-)
Nuclear waste is not considered pollution because it is entirely contained in the pools and then can be stored away. There is waste to deal with, as I mentioned, but since it does not go into the atmosphere, it does not affect have negative affects on the environment that coal burning does.
But many of Microsoft's competitors have accused the company of charging inflated prices and imposing onerous terms for the code, thereby discouraging licensing of the technology, stifling competition and taking advantage of its antitrust settlement.
I wouldn't want to look at any Microsoft code even if it were free. They will probably just pull an SCO.
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It is my understanding that spyware is software that is installed without the user's permission or knowledge. It sounds like this application is intentionally installed by one user to spy on another. So does this actually count as spyware even though it is used to spy?
I bought some property recently. That property came with a ground made of dirt. I therefore have the copyright for dirt. Even though God gave dirt as a standard for use as a ground before I was born, He was overstepping his bounds. If you pay me now for the right to use your dirt, it will be $699 per square foot of dirt. Otherwise a lawsuit will be filed.
the dll files that are currently used are not illegal.
According to: http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html
You cannot claim copyright to:
-Titles, names, short phrases, and slogans; familiar symbols or designs; mere variations of typographic ornamentation, lettering, or coloring; mere listings of ingredients or contents
-Ideas, procedures, methods, systems, processes, concepts, principles, discoveries, or devices, as distinguished from a description, explanation, or illustration
What about these dll files does not fall under these categories? As long as the files were not directly copied (as in using a "cp" command), there cannot be a violation of these files.
There is no copyright violation here.
It is a whole different thing to fill up the system with your own apps to beat the competition than it is to fill the system with apps created by other developers for the benefit of the users. The issue is not the number or type of apps included in Microsoft Windows, but the aleged reason they are there (an the lack of 3rd party equivilents can be used to support this accusation). Most linux distros hardly include any of their own code, and when they do, it's usually open source, which cannot be used to beat out the competing distributors in a similar way.
The problem is that they don't understand the significance of Linux to Linux users. To them, a computer is a computer. To a Linux user, having a Linux based system is an important characteristic of who you are. It makes you part of a community. It's like a nationality of the digital world. And to say that a person should buy an authorized, or in other words non-Linux, computer is like asking an American to move to some other country just to watch a movie. They don't understand this, and this problem will linger until somebody can find a way to explain it to them.
:-)
However, I don't care because I don't even have a DVD drive.
TT: I'll tell you, because I'm an engineer, I'm an engineering student, and this year I built a high-definition television, from scratch. But because of the broadcast flag, if I wanted to do that again after July 2005, that would be illegal.
JV: How many people in the United States build their own sets?
TT: Well, I'm talking about engineers.
JV: Let's say there are a thousand. But there are 284 million people in this country. You can't have public policy that is aimed at 100,000 people when the other multi-multi-millions are also involved. You can't do it that way.
How many people in the United States Create content that they want to have protected?
Let's say there are a thousand. But there are 284 million people in this country. You can't have public policy that is aimed at 100,000 people when the other multi-multi-millions are also involved. You can't do it that way.
BuyMusic.com didn't make a key investment--dancing silhouettes! Apple has the coolness factor that other tech companies lack.
According to this cnetreport, any Linux user will receive a similar suit, reguardless of libraries.
iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp -d www.sco.com -j DROP
iptables -A OUTPUT -p udp -d www.sco.com -j DROP
OR
ipfw add 1 deny ip from me to www.sco.com
It would be interesting to compare compile times. Compiling is often very slow. Since CPU usage is very high while compiling, having a filesystem that uses low CPU usage could have shorter compile times over one that uses more CPU, because the filesystem would be fighting for CPU time with the compiler. It would be an interesting comparison.
Yes, let's not forget that HP has the SCO code (to use with HP-UX) and can check it for themselves. Most of us do not have the ability to do that, and we're only assuming that SCO is bluffing in order to sell licenses. HP likely knows the truth.
Also, Japan has long, LONG been a "first rate" Western nation, by whatever means you might chose to rate nations. It actually performs better than the US on most indicators. Learn your facts.
:-)
Isn't Japan in the East? So that would make them an Eastern nation, no?
Nuclear waste is not considered pollution because it is entirely contained in the pools and then can be stored away. There is waste to deal with, as I mentioned, but since it does not go into the atmosphere, it does not affect have negative affects on the environment that coal burning does.
Pros:
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Could this be the cure to the first of the two cons?
But many of Microsoft's competitors have accused the company of charging inflated prices and imposing onerous terms for the code, thereby discouraging licensing of the technology, stifling competition and taking advantage of its antitrust settlement.
I wouldn't want to look at any Microsoft code even if it were free. They will probably just pull an SCO.