I've met quite a few developers who seem incapable of understanding literate text, so I can't say your assertion is necessary.
That said, the GPL is quite easily readable. For people who don't understand some of its implications, there's lots of online examples to Google just like learning how to program in the first place.
No, the law is how we force the deviants to be part of the norm so that nobody gets upset, even when those deviations are not wrong but simply misunderstood.
Case in point: driving and drinking ages. Nobody can prove conclusively than every specific 15 year old in the country can't safely drive, and nobody can prove that every specific {insert local drinking age here} year old can safely consume alcohol.
We've just set up arbitrary numbers that make most people comfortable. As comfort changes, so do the numbers. It has very little to do with right and wrong, and a lot to do with keeping people feeling like someone's in charge.
PS I believe in both driving and drinking ages, as do many people, but believing the law is about 'right and wrong' is wilful ignorance.
I feel the same way, except I believe the cables should have been edited for names of the innocent and so on.
That said, I thoroughly agree that the issue of punishment is one you accept going into doing what you believe is right. It seems people believe the law should never punish people for doing the right thing, but that's not how it works. As it stands, he deserves his punishment because he got caught and he's also a hero to anyone who cares about what's really going on in the world.
You don't buy a sporty car because its economical, you buy it because its fun to drive and that's the market that Tesla wisely aimed at so they could stay in business long enough to keep making electric cars.
Lets put it this way so you can see the logic failure in boycotts of this type: when you purchase a nice fresh local piece of produce at the supermarket, some of that money goes to a cashier and they might use that money to do something unethical in their spare time so you should stop buying produce.
Polygamy is no easier to abuse than a monogamous relationship except in the context of laws that don't recognize the rights of the additional wives/husbands.
... and if he accurately represents the views of real people in the real world, how is that bad character development in fiction, that's my question to the GP. I get sick and tired of randomly inserted unrealistic characters* in books just because their outlook/view is cool instead of actually contributing in some relevant way to the story.
* one year its vampires in every movie, another its a random gay dude in every sitcom. yawn.
Why do people care what any celebrity or artist thinks about anything in their spare time?
You don't go down the street and ask people if they're going to vote for or against gay marriage or go to church on Sunday or if they're for abortion or not before having a block party, so why give so much attention to anyone else's beliefs when it has nothing to do with their product?
In other words, unless the story he wrote for Superman contained homophobia, what does it matter how the author feels about the subject?
Statistically I have to accept that almost every person I meet will disagree with me on something I have an opinion on and the only mature response is to not let it bother me. When possible, I have dialog with anyone that I disagree with (like those who want to avoid publishing something from O.S.C. for a reason other than his ability to write) but I don't avoid them or their product if its good.
The only result from this type of response is that people who have perfectly valid opinions of their own are muzzled and censored by the court of public opinion. I know many would disagree, but I'd prefer a nation of continual discourse on hot topics than silent resentment by those whose opinions fall out of favour.
Logistically? There's no difference between splitting and patching.
Feel free to argue otherwise, but you're either maintaining B and pulling in patches periodically from A as it gets fixed or maintaining a patched version of A. There's no functional difference in source.
You do realize all the vendors already have their own kernels, right? Have you looked at the huge patch list Fedora/RedHat maintain against the stock kernel in their RPM builds?
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Just renamed to freecode ... but yes, its pretty useless now compared to when it was freshmeat.
I've met quite a few developers who seem incapable of understanding literate text, so I can't say your assertion is necessary.
That said, the GPL is quite easily readable. For people who don't understand some of its implications, there's lots of online examples to Google just like learning how to program in the first place.
GPL is not a TOS -- if you reject the GPL but redistribute anyway, you've violated your federal Copyright laws which are often very nasty.
Copyright is the GPL's enforcement as you have none of the rights the GPL gives you without agreeing to it.
This is basic set theory.
If ProductB does *at least* everything ProductA does then it can be a ProductA replacement.
If ProductB does more things, that's not relevant to its use as a replacement.
Only if ProductA has features that ProductB cannot duplicate does ProductB fail to be a possible replacement.
So what features does cron have that this does not?
No, the law is how we force the deviants to be part of the norm so that nobody gets upset, even when those deviations are not wrong but simply misunderstood.
Case in point: driving and drinking ages. Nobody can prove conclusively than every specific 15 year old in the country can't safely drive, and nobody can prove that every specific {insert local drinking age here} year old can safely consume alcohol.
We've just set up arbitrary numbers that make most people comfortable. As comfort changes, so do the numbers. It has very little to do with right and wrong, and a lot to do with keeping people feeling like someone's in charge.
PS I believe in both driving and drinking ages, as do many people, but believing the law is about 'right and wrong' is wilful ignorance.
I feel the same way, except I believe the cables should have been edited for names of the innocent and so on.
That said, I thoroughly agree that the issue of punishment is one you accept going into doing what you believe is right. It seems people believe the law should never punish people for doing the right thing, but that's not how it works. As it stands, he deserves his punishment because he got caught and he's also a hero to anyone who cares about what's really going on in the world.
+1 for inadvertently pointing out why basic math skills should be required to vote
You don't buy a sporty car because its economical, you buy it because its fun to drive and that's the market that Tesla wisely aimed at so they could stay in business long enough to keep making electric cars.
Lets put it this way so you can see the logic failure in boycotts of this type: when you purchase a nice fresh local piece of produce at the supermarket, some of that money goes to a cashier and they might use that money to do something unethical in their spare time so you should stop buying produce.
I paid plenty of attention and anyone literate can see what you were doing and that my response was relevant.
Its funnier if you say this about other people groups, like paedophiles.
I have a basic problem with manipulating people into agreeing with me by not allowing those who don't to have an income.
The end result of a successful boycott is to either put them out of business or force them to lie about their beliefs.
Yes, its *possible* they'd change their views, but in such hostile circumstances, its more likely they'll just be more entrenched and bitter.
Open dialog with those you disagree with actually has a purpose ... refusing to buy a street vendor's hot dogs because he's a skinhead is irrational.
Polygamy is no easier to abuse than a monogamous relationship except in the context of laws that don't recognize the rights of the additional wives/husbands.
This isn't about consumers. This is about not publishing a work. Those are different issues.
Realists rarely have imaginative vision in my experience.
Why would you expect someone who's constantly inventing new and imaginative concepts to have any grasp of reality at all?
... and if he accurately represents the views of real people in the real world, how is that bad character development in fiction, that's my question to the GP. I get sick and tired of randomly inserted unrealistic characters* in books just because their outlook/view is cool instead of actually contributing in some relevant way to the story.
* one year its vampires in every movie, another its a random gay dude in every sitcom. yawn.
If you can't enjoy good fiction because you expect the characters to have the same moral outlook as you, you're reading the wrong genre.
Why do people care what any celebrity or artist thinks about anything in their spare time?
You don't go down the street and ask people if they're going to vote for or against gay marriage or go to church on Sunday or if they're for abortion or not before having a block party, so why give so much attention to anyone else's beliefs when it has nothing to do with their product?
In other words, unless the story he wrote for Superman contained homophobia, what does it matter how the author feels about the subject?
Statistically I have to accept that almost every person I meet will disagree with me on something I have an opinion on and the only mature response is to not let it bother me. When possible, I have dialog with anyone that I disagree with (like those who want to avoid publishing something from O.S.C. for a reason other than his ability to write) but I don't avoid them or their product if its good.
The only result from this type of response is that people who have perfectly valid opinions of their own are muzzled and censored by the court of public opinion. I know many would disagree, but I'd prefer a nation of continual discourse on hot topics than silent resentment by those whose opinions fall out of favour.
Logistically? There's no difference between splitting and patching.
Feel free to argue otherwise, but you're either maintaining B and pulling in patches periodically from A as it gets fixed or maintaining a patched version of A. There's no functional difference in source.
This has all been covered/discussed in so many books before, I'm shocked they think its an advance at all.
You do realize all the vendors already have their own kernels, right? Have you looked at the huge patch list Fedora/RedHat maintain against the stock kernel in their RPM builds?
Sigh ... reality check -- its no big deal.
Oh totally, in fact, right-aligned is also incorrect. Using a decimal tab-stop is the correct option.
Might want to upgrade your reading skills, even the summary says its slower.
I presume a different country of origin for the research ...
cf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_mark#Examples_of_use
Ironically, PNGOUT also uses a custom compressor to replace the usual algorithm.
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/03/getting-the-most-out-of-png.html