This is precisely the reason not to go there.
When the hosts refuse to assert their culture, the "guests" start to assert theirs.
This has been happening everywhere and some people, e.g., aussies, are starting to wake up.
>> the constant arms escalation in the name of "national defense" hasn't made the world any safer. The only reason you are not speaking German (or indeed are alive) is that some people fought a war against them. The only reason you are not speaking Russian (or indeed are alive) is that some people armed themselves and prepared for battle against them.
Yes, but the FSF writes the GPL. Translation: they could take it closed source simply by taking advantage of that "any later version" thing you signed
I don't think so. "any later version" is from the (c) notice boilerplate.
The papers I signed say this:
FSF agrees that all distribution of the Works, or of any work "based on
the Works", or the Program as enhanced by the Works, that takes place under
the control of FSF or its agents or successors, shall be on terms that
explicitly and perpetually permit anyone possessing a copy of the work to
which the terms apply, and possessing accurate notice of these terms, to
redistribute copies of the work to anyone on the same terms. These terms
shall not restrict which members of the public copies may be distributed
to. These terms shall not require a member of the public to pay any
royalty to FSF or to anyone else for any permitted use of the work they
apply to, or to communicate with FSF or its agents or assignees in any way
either when redistribution is performed or on any other occasion.
Since this is a contract between me and FSF, I believe that if they violate the above, the copyright assignment is null and void.
IANAL.
So your saying that the primary developer did have that right because all the copyrights where transfered to the primary developer. A practice started and encouraged by the FSF by the way.
the copyrights are assigned to the FSF as long as they license the code under GPL - that's in the papers I signed.
if RMS tries to take Emacs closed-source, the copyright to my patches reverts to me and he has to take them out.
> How about a mathematical Captcha that cannot be solved with a calculator. > Well educated foreigners will not even work for $.60. > Then again, how many Americans could solve these.
sounds like a good way to filter the morons out...
the described behavior (time>skill, group>solo) just means that the game producers get paid when more people play the game longer.
remember, a public company exists to make money for the shareholders, not to make the world a better place.
As an old joke goes, "Both Soviet and US constitutions provide for `freedom of speech', but the US constitution also provides for `freedom after speech'."
Most constitutions have "rights" provisions.
The Soviet constitution of 1936 was the most liberal in the world. 2 years later its author, Buharin, was executed after a mock trial.
The difference is in how, if at all, it is used and enforced by courts (and thus whether it is respected by the gun-carrying government employees).
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we don't expect you to shed your culture.
This is precisely the reason not to go there. When the hosts refuse to assert their culture, the "guests" start to assert theirs. This has been happening everywhere and some people, e.g., aussies, are starting to wake up.
FSF claims that Cisco infringes on GCC. how would using BSD help them there?
BSD uses gcc too, and FSF claims infringement on gcc too.
>> the constant arms escalation in the name of "national defense" hasn't made the world any safer.
The only reason you are not speaking German (or indeed are alive) is that some people fought a war against them.
The only reason you are not speaking Russian (or indeed are alive) is that some people armed themselves and prepared for battle against them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiG-31
these are interceptors though, not fighters.
> How about a mathematical Captcha that cannot be solved with a calculator.
> Well educated foreigners will not even work for $.60.
> Then again, how many Americans could solve these.
sounds like a good way to filter the morons out...
the described behavior (time>skill, group>solo) just means that the game producers get paid when more people play the game longer. remember, a public company exists to make money for the shareholders, not to make the world a better place.
see CLISP module syscalls
>> If your computer now pisses me off, I'll 'smbdie' it off the internet. can I send you the list of IPs which tried to break into my system lately?
what can a human do on Mars that a robot cannot do - cheaper and faster?
Most constitutions have "rights" provisions. The Soviet constitution of 1936 was the most liberal in the world. 2 years later its author, Buharin, was executed after a mock trial.
The difference is in how, if at all, it is used and enforced by courts (and thus whether it is respected by the gun-carrying government employees).
he is our pain in their asses