Indeed. Most open source projects are appalling when it comes to documentation, demonstrations or future roadmaps. Why? Because geek elitism still runs deep in the open source world. "RTFM" (manual which often is in the incomprehensible-to-navigate, completely unstandard info-format), "search Google newsgroups" and "fix the bugs yourself" are typical responses to newbie questions.
This time, however, the company pushing open source is IBM and they know how to sell well-rounded finalized products.
A company hires lawyers, lawyers convince the judge and judge judges accordingly.
Now, if a company has a even remotely competent lawyers who research the case and the denfendant has a hack of a lawyer who really thinks that whatever it says in the lawbook is the law, the company has already won.
Law is not like programming. The law in the book means whatever a skilled lawyer wants it to mean. Wake up!
And what do you expect to gain by this incredible piece of news?
Trolls are a fundamental part of Slashdot and they alone, in fact, make it an interesting place. Do you seriously think that someone comes here solely for the "articles" and "serious discussion"? Man, you're naive if you believe that.
You don't think a company investigates a case better before suing someone? Was the reply written by a real lawyer or someone pretending to know the law?
It doesn't matter if it says 1989 somewhere. That is always a matter of interpretation.
cough out hot dollars from his own pocket to produce one or two movies.
I think Mel Gibson is getting close. Not only did his company fund the Passion but they're also going to distribute it because the mainstream distributors won't do it in Europe.
If they would only get into the pattern of learning to cook and do these things for themselves, work on making life at home better instead of funding mega-corporations every chance they get
I prefer to eat out because I'm too damn tired to cook after work - I do cook during the weekends though.
I also have my house cleaned by someone else because cleaning - a bit like exercise and peeling potatoes - is just so goddamn dull. Why? Because all these activities share the same common element: they're utterily futile. It's useless to clean, because the place will be a sty after a few days anyway. It's useless to exercise because you'll only hurt yourself/get ill in the process and will end up dead anyway. Peeling potatoes - well, that's just dumb. Why peel potatoes when you can buy them prepared?
This has nothing to do with wanting to support "mega-corporations" (do I smell rebellious teen-spirit here?) and everything to do with convenience.
insisted on creating a new profile every time I launched it
I've been frustrated by the same thing.
I can open a new browsing window from the File menu in an existing browser window but I can't launch it from the taskbar. What's with this?
Is it the same silly open source mentality according to which it is not kosher to launch another copy of emacs if you need another buffer - you should use ctrl-x-5-2 instead...
Good luck convincing anyone that there is a legal loophole for a rape. It's rather silly to bring such a capital crime to the discussion that originated from software patents. Get a life.
You know that when you call for a boycott and then link to the silly rant on gnu.org you're just like a Jehova's Witness?
My question to you is: why are you so obsessed with Amazon? Is it really that hard for your GNU-soul to accept that companies make products fundamentally to make money - not to "serve the public" or whatever.
If you have a complaint, direct it at the USPTO - not to a company who's just using the legal loophole.
If you have a complaint against the USPTO, get to the source. Don't whine about the companies who just take advantage of the existing loopholes like any company would.
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This time, however, the company pushing open source is IBM and they know how to sell well-rounded finalized products.
Yeah. Unlike "Anonymous Coward".
A company hires lawyers, lawyers convince the judge and judge judges accordingly.
Now, if a company has a even remotely competent lawyers who research the case and the denfendant has a hack of a lawyer who really thinks that whatever it says in the lawbook is the law, the company has already won.
Law is not like programming. The law in the book means whatever a skilled lawyer wants it to mean. Wake up!
Trolls are a fundamental part of Slashdot and they alone, in fact, make it an interesting place. Do you seriously think that someone comes here solely for the "articles" and "serious discussion"? Man, you're naive if you believe that.
It doesn't matter if it says 1989 somewhere. That is always a matter of interpretation.
Vote them out in 2004. Simple as that.
I think Mel Gibson is getting close. Not only did his company fund the Passion but they're also going to distribute it because the mainstream distributors won't do it in Europe.
I prefer to eat out because I'm too damn tired to cook after work - I do cook during the weekends though.
I also have my house cleaned by someone else because cleaning - a bit like exercise and peeling potatoes - is just so goddamn dull. Why? Because all these activities share the same common element: they're utterily futile. It's useless to clean, because the place will be a sty after a few days anyway. It's useless to exercise because you'll only hurt yourself/get ill in the process and will end up dead anyway. Peeling potatoes - well, that's just dumb. Why peel potatoes when you can buy them prepared?
This has nothing to do with wanting to support "mega-corporations" (do I smell rebellious teen-spirit here?) and everything to do with convenience.
So what? Why should the people care?
How long does it take to dust all those books when you do your weekly cleaning?
Ditto!
Oh, Rush? Why did you do it?
Usability, perhaps?
How can you have a reactive species that would combine with a metal and that would be at the same time a noble gas.
Wasn't the element 115 supposed to be the "alien material" used in the anti-gravity drives of the UFOs? What happened to that?
And just who are you to say that? Don't you think he would have said so in the review if he liked it?
Here is their rebuttal of the revocability of the license and it sounds like they mean business...
I've been frustrated by the same thing.
I can open a new browsing window from the File menu in an existing browser window but I can't launch it from the taskbar. What's with this?
Is it the same silly open source mentality according to which it is not kosher to launch another copy of emacs if you need another buffer - you should use ctrl-x-5-2 instead...
Do you have the original text somewhere?
Freedom of speech should not be extended to those who seek to curtail the freedom of speech. Common sense, but apparently not in the USA.
I have all the time in the world.
Good luck convincing anyone that there is a legal loophole for a rape. It's rather silly to bring such a capital crime to the discussion that originated from software patents. Get a life.
If you spot a loophole in a law, it's perfectly OK to take advantage of it until it's closed.
My question to you is: why are you so obsessed with Amazon? Is it really that hard for your GNU-soul to accept that companies make products fundamentally to make money - not to "serve the public" or whatever.
If you have a complaint, direct it at the USPTO - not to a company who's just using the legal loophole.
If you have a complaint against the USPTO, get to the source. Don't whine about the companies who just take advantage of the existing loopholes like any company would.