At my job, a lot of what we produce is IP. As such, we make a choice not to incorporate GPLed code into our software. That is our choice. We are aware of the trade-off (i.e. either follow the GPL or roll your own), and take that into account.
We may wish that the authors had chosen a different license, but we respect their wishes.
Note that we *use* GPL software (cygwin, gcc, etc...), but do not incoroporate it into anything that we redistribute. I, for one, would love to contribute code back for the particular software I use, but it's not my area of expertise.
In short, if you don't want to follow the rules of GPL, don't incorporate GPL code into your software. Find another alternative. It's that simple.
Has anyone ever done a study on what percentage of users of pirated content, would have purchased that content, had it not been available outside the legitimate distribution channels?
Let's see... the xxAA? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Yeah, right. EFF? They *should*, but don't know if they have the budget.
Since a black hole's entropy is directly proportional to it's information content, this, if true, would have an effect on black holes.
If I recall correctly (and I may not -- my physics isn't what it used to be), the amount of information contained by a black hole is directly proportional to its surface area -- specifically, I believe that the total number of bits contained is equal to 1/4 of its surface area as measured in Planck units.
Now, if information can be negative, that would provide another method of shrinking a black hole, in addition to Hawking radiation.
Upgrading a $1.7B shuttle to make those launches more earth-friendly led directly to the Columbia disaster. They changed the formulation of the foam for the ET.
When my local Albertson's went evil (I used to shop there because they had *NO* card), the card app had a check box where you said "I don't want to give any info, just give me the bloody card". I didn't give any info. Now I just have to be careful to use only cash with that card, and I get the bennies plus anonymity.
And if they believed in the power of their own message, and the strength of said message, they wouldn't need to use the govermnent to force it on all citizens.
No... your mixing up evolution and abiogenesis. Evolutionary theory makes no statments about how life began. Once life began (however it did), then the Darwin's natural selection kicked in.
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You can send me your old hardware!!!!
At my job, a lot of what we produce is IP. As such, we make a choice not to incorporate GPLed code into our software. That is our choice. We are aware of the trade-off (i.e. either follow the GPL or roll your own), and take that into account.
We may wish that the authors had chosen a different license, but we respect their wishes.
Note that we *use* GPL software (cygwin, gcc, etc...), but do not incoroporate it into anything that we redistribute. I, for one, would love to contribute code back for the particular software I use, but it's not my area of expertise.
In short, if you don't want to follow the rules of GPL, don't incorporate GPL code into your software. Find another alternative. It's that simple.
Generally, if you look at license files, they say V2 of GPL *or later*.
The Linux kernel is a notable exception to this.
Has anyone ever done a study on what percentage of users of pirated content, would have purchased that content, had it not been available outside the legitimate distribution channels?
Let's see... the xxAA? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Yeah, right.
EFF? They *should*, but don't know if they have the budget.
Who else would do it?
Obviously safeness (the story poster) is a person who subscribes to the philosophy that "less is more".
Or Cygwin.
It's the government. Hanlon's Razor almost certainly applies.
Sir Hugo Drax already did that.
Lee Smolin discusses this in Three Roads to Quantum Gravity, as well as its relationship to the Beckenstein Bound.
Since a black hole's entropy is directly proportional to it's information content, this, if true, would have an effect on black holes.
If I recall correctly (and I may not -- my physics isn't what it used to be), the amount of information contained by a black hole is directly proportional to its surface area -- specifically, I believe that the total number of bits contained is equal to 1/4 of its surface area as measured in Planck units.
Now, if information can be negative, that would provide another method of shrinking a black hole, in addition to Hawking radiation.
Upgrading a $1.7B shuttle to make those launches more earth-friendly led directly to the Columbia disaster. They changed the formulation of the foam for the ET.
Ditto. I love my ML-1710.
I'll match my Okidata 83 up against your Citizen 120D any day!
I miss Egghead. There used to be a brick&mortar Egghead store next door to my condo complex. Used to buy all my software there.
How many are still on 98? 2000?
2000 rocks compared to XP. Much leaner and feels faster on my 1.1GHz Athlon, compared to my kids 2.4GHz P4 running XP.
When my local Albertson's went evil (I used to shop there because they had *NO* card), the card app had a check box where you said "I don't want to give any info, just give me the bloody card". I didn't give any info. Now I just have to be careful to use only cash with that card, and I get the bennies plus anonymity.
So they'll be about 80F?
But then... only old people would use email!
If it's fine now, then why should I have to pay a monthly fee for radio, just so that IP-over-powerlines works?
And if they believed in the power of their own message, and the strength of said message, they wouldn't need to use the govermnent to force it on all citizens.
Your sig is an urban legend. See snopes for details.
And before anyone else to it...
Yes, I realize I misspelled "you're". Also, the word "the" before "Darwin's" should be deleted.
I forgot to use the Preview button. Taco should change it so that Preview comes first instead of Submit.
No... your mixing up evolution and abiogenesis. Evolutionary theory makes no statments about how life began. Once life began (however it did), then the Darwin's natural selection kicked in.
Please avoid conflating the two.
My father-in-law died of breast cancer.
As to ovarian cancer, well... I suspect that men can't get that.