As soon as you take advantage of the right to distribute the software, you have agreed to the copyright owner's terms under the GPL, even if you haven't read the license. There is an agreement between two parties that results from this transaction. Both parties benefit, and hopefully the purpose is legal. If that doesn't fit the definition of a "contract" than I guess I don't know what the word "contract" means.
When I gave the presentation about my paper in class, most of the class didn't even know what exactly source code was or why it was important to share. If this was my target audience, then how could I expect to get much more insightful than I did?
I think you're expecting an in depth analysis of the GPL from a programmer and legal scholar's perspective. This was never the goal of the paper. I just wanted to write something that I could give to someone who knew nothing about programming and have them get something out of it.
The paper was meant as an intro to the concepts of free software and the gpl for beginners. It wasn't meant to be groundbreaking or innovative. You have to look at who was targeted. The only reason I submitted it to slashdot was to maybe get some feedback so that I could correct it. Also I think that its a great paper to send to people who don't know much about the GPL or free software...
I wish I had known about the club before I wrote my paper. It would have given me a chance to get some feedback from people knowledgable about the GPL and free software before I turned the paper in. Oh well, it was due so I had to turn in what I had...
The room in which I had to present only had an XP system with office installed. I couldn't use open office. However, I should have made a pdf from the power point to appease all you nit pickers out there:)
Point well taken, often times when I'm talking about free software I say open source, and vice versa. However, what I meant to say in the paper is that both share a common bond... open source would not be possible without the concept of free software. Free software came first, and influenced the open source movement.
I think that the mozilla developers should combine these two apps. People are looking for an outlook replacement, and both of these apps would provide this if developed together...
Also, how about applying the firefox design methodology to the overall Mozilla Suite. Make sure that the overall Suite is relatively light and graphically impressive, but keep all of the components together. I use them all anyway...
Still another idea, package Firefox, Thunderbird, nvu, and sunbird together in an online installer which downloads any of the components you select.
I'm sure some of this has been already mentioned, but hey, who wants to check Google?
I think infection has alot of potential, but its still rough around the edges. If they combine fps with elements from games like resident evil, and up the production values, the mod would sure be a winner. It reminds me alittle of the mod "they hunger" for Half-life.
The next least favorite thing for me was the dumbing down of menus to a single choice of application, especially when I found myself disagreeing with the choice in almost every instance.
I don't think a new user of a linux system would mind having some simple defaults to choose for. Since SUSE is aiming to please more than just hard core linux enthusiasts, I think that having a single choice is important.
While it certainly could have been, I doubt that it actually was. Maybe it was prototyped with hypercard, because to my knowledge Hypercard never ran on windows-based systems...
I wonder if you could hack this device so that it includes a Hitachi mini-hard drive? That would be sorta cool. You could get one cheap by taking it out of a Creative Muvo, like in this wired article.
Buy what you feel like buying, don't rely on the opinion of others. If later you find that you need something in addition to the laptop then buy it. Buying in advance based on other people's advice is pointless, and a waste of money.
While upgrading the processor in an xbox sounds like a great idea, the artice makes it perfectly clear that it doesn't make everything better. I don't know if I could live with only some of my games being faster and with some not working properly. Plus, I think that Xbox live is one of the Xbox's major selling points, so taking that away would really make buying an xbox pointless. But its an interesting modification nonetheless.
You make some good points, however alot of the depth that you mention can only be found after playing for a while. If the game is no fun at first, then how could you find out?
How could they make that the first pick! I played the game and I have to say that I have never been so bored in my life. I think that the hallmark of a great game is that you're immersed by it from the very first click. To put that game in and not include Warcraft 1 or 2 is offensive.
While I'm all for releasing a game and its source for free, I don't see how a professional game studio can exist without selling anything. Maybe they are trying to prove themselves as a legitimate development house so that they can get paid projects later. Interesting strategy if that's the case, sort of like professional mod makers.
I really like the fact that people take the time to get linux to run on EVERYTHING. As soon as they get to a point where linux can run on the gamecube i'm going to try it out. I wonder if they'll ever be able to overwrite the original os and boot linux permanently on the cube?
Am I missing something here? From the screenshots shown, it looks like it will have NOTHING to do with the movie. Edward Norton wasn't a body builder! What a cheap movie to game cash-in.
I bet it sort of works like the Gamecube price. The company selling the product sets an artifical price limit. In order to be able to sell the product you have to sign a contract agreeing to the price point. So best buy must have signed some sort of agreement with apple and it cannot lower the price. Simple.
If anything the merger will reduce the amount of choice we have in gaming websites. I'm not sure that I can see any benefits that the end user will experience.
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As soon as you take advantage of the right to distribute the software, you have agreed to the copyright owner's terms under the GPL, even if you haven't read the license. There is an agreement between two parties that results from this transaction. Both parties benefit, and hopefully the purpose is legal. If that doesn't fit the definition of a "contract" than I guess I don't know what the word "contract" means.
When I gave the presentation about my paper in class, most of the class didn't even know what exactly source code was or why it was important to share. If this was my target audience, then how could I expect to get much more insightful than I did?
I think you're expecting an in depth analysis of the GPL from a programmer and legal scholar's perspective. This was never the goal of the paper. I just wanted to write something that I could give to someone who knew nothing about programming and have them get something out of it.
The paper was meant as an intro to the concepts of free software and the gpl for beginners. It wasn't meant to be groundbreaking or innovative. You have to look at who was targeted. The only reason I submitted it to slashdot was to maybe get some feedback so that I could correct it. Also I think that its a great paper to send to people who don't know much about the GPL or free software...
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I wish I had known about the club before I wrote my paper. It would have given me a chance to get some feedback from people knowledgable about the GPL and free software before I turned the paper in. Oh well, it was due so I had to turn in what I had...
The room in which I had to present only had an XP system with office installed. I couldn't use open office. However, I should have made a pdf from the power point to appease all you nit pickers out there :)
Point well taken, often times when I'm talking about free software I say open source, and vice versa. However, what I meant to say in the paper is that both share a common bond... open source would not be possible without the concept of free software. Free software came first, and influenced the open source movement.
A software license is part of an agreement between two parties that can be considered a contract. That's what I meant in the paper.
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I think that the mozilla developers should combine these two apps. People are looking for an outlook replacement, and both of these apps would provide this if developed together...
Also, how about applying the firefox design methodology to the overall Mozilla Suite. Make sure that the overall Suite is relatively light and graphically impressive, but keep all of the components together. I use them all anyway...
Still another idea, package Firefox, Thunderbird, nvu, and sunbird together in an online installer which downloads any of the components you select.
I'm sure some of this has been already mentioned, but hey, who wants to check Google?
I think infection has alot of potential, but its still rough around the edges. If they combine fps with elements from games like resident evil, and up the production values, the mod would sure be a winner. It reminds me alittle of the mod "they hunger" for Half-life.
The next least favorite thing for me was the dumbing down of menus to a single choice of application, especially when I found myself disagreeing with the choice in almost every instance.
I don't think a new user of a linux system would mind having some simple defaults to choose for. Since SUSE is aiming to please more than just hard core linux enthusiasts, I think that having a single choice is important.
At first i thought this was real... I'm retarded. April FOOLS!!!
While it certainly could have been, I doubt that it actually was. Maybe it was prototyped with hypercard, because to my knowledge Hypercard never ran on windows-based systems...
I wonder if you could hack this device so that it includes a Hitachi mini-hard drive? That would be sorta cool. You could get one cheap by taking it out of a Creative Muvo, like in this wired article.
I never knew that the quake 2 engine could be used to make something that looks so great. This is the product Xcom 3 should have been :)
Buy what you feel like buying, don't rely on the opinion of others. If later you find that you need something in addition to the laptop then buy it. Buying in advance based on other people's advice is pointless, and a waste of money.
While upgrading the processor in an xbox sounds like a great idea, the artice makes it perfectly clear that it doesn't make everything better. I don't know if I could live with only some of my games being faster and with some not working properly. Plus, I think that Xbox live is one of the Xbox's major selling points, so taking that away would really make buying an xbox pointless. But its an interesting modification nonetheless.
Well if you're stuck with it you might as well use it. Buy another xbox and use your subscription.
OR you could sell your subscription on ebay? At least you'd get something for it.
You make some good points, however alot of the depth that you mention can only be found after playing for a while. If the game is no fun at first, then how could you find out?
How could they make that the first pick! I played the game and I have to say that I have never been so bored in my life. I think that the hallmark of a great game is that you're immersed by it from the very first click. To put that game in and not include Warcraft 1 or 2 is offensive.
While I'm all for releasing a game and its source for free, I don't see how a professional game studio can exist without selling anything. Maybe they are trying to prove themselves as a legitimate development house so that they can get paid projects later. Interesting strategy if that's the case, sort of like professional mod makers.
I really like the fact that people take the time to get linux to run on EVERYTHING. As soon as they get to a point where linux can run on the gamecube i'm going to try it out. I wonder if they'll ever be able to overwrite the original os and boot linux permanently on the cube?
Am I missing something here? From the screenshots shown, it looks like it will have NOTHING to do with the movie. Edward Norton wasn't a body builder! What a cheap movie to game cash-in.
I bet it sort of works like the Gamecube price. The company selling the product sets an artifical price limit. In order to be able to sell the product you have to sign a contract agreeing to the price point. So best buy must have signed some sort of agreement with apple and it cannot lower the price. Simple.
If anything the merger will reduce the amount of choice we have in gaming websites. I'm not sure that I can see any benefits that the end user will experience.