Right. Which is why you will never see Xerox, Klennex, Band Aid, Escalator, Styrofoam, or any of the other proprietary eponyms used as a generic name for a product that is not a genuine trademarked thing. Oh wait...
You grant the IP on first contact, but firewall it from going anywhere except for the accpetance page. Once the necessary information is filled out and accepted, the webserver signals the firewall to release the port to general traffic.
Many hotels, conference centers, etc do this. You just plug in your laptop and the first page that always comes up is some type of disclaimer then instructions how to setup/configure the connetion.
GNU argues that when someone contributes code into the code, the original code can no longer reticence it.
And that is the way it should be, even if it was a minimal amount of additional code.
Lets say that you wrote a piece of software and licensed it under the GPL. You still own it, it's under your copyright, you can do with it as you please...including relicensing it under a different license, such as for-profit closed source application.
Now say I come along and write a new block of code. I own it. It's my copy written piece work. I can choose to donate it to your project if I wish. In doing so, I automatically agree to license my code under the GPL as well that you originally licensed your work under. This protects you and your original efforts from me stealing it and saying it was mine. This is where the whole infectious part of the GPL comes into play.
You, as the original works copyright, by accepting my contribution, also agree that my contribution is covered under the GPL. This affords me the protection that you can't take my work and relicensing it under a different license, stealing my work and saying it was all your own. You can choose to not accept my contribution. Nothing says that you have to take my contribution. By not accepting my contribution, you still control 100% of the copyright and licensing, but then you are forbidden from using my contribution. The GPL is a 2-way street providing protection for both sides.
Now you could accept my contribution for the GPLed version, and then contact me and ask for permission to use my code in your closed source version. It then would be my choice to allow you to close up my code. I have no obligation though to allow you to relicensing my code in the closed version so I could deny the request...or grant it...or ask for some type of compensation for my work.
It figures that an article relating to fixing bugs is unavailable due to...a server bug:
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And taking it a bit further, if Linux doesn't exist, then IBM obviously never contributed to it, never broke any contracts, so the whole case is mute...except for the point where IBM gets to counter sue for copyright infringement for trying to charge a license fee for IBM's work.
Then you didn't look hard enough. Newegg has no less then 27 +/- R(W) drives under $80. If you include the rebate, you can get a +/- drive for significantly less.
And then it becomes a logistical nightmare to get everything together. Instead of having one base of operations for network feeds, you now need one per site. Then you have smaller crowds at the events because they can no longer attend different events. Want to see swimming and gymnastics on different days? You'd have to fly to other cities for the change of venue.
And what you describe already happens on a yearly basis at the World Championships.
Welcome to Slashdot. It's always been that way. Slashdot, with very few exceptions, doesn't do it's own journalism. It's just a collection of (usually) revelent articles. Before it gets posted here, it's usually out in the wild for a little bit, if not longer. Not everyone reads the Register or Groklaw everyday so for them it's relevent.
IBM files motion. SCO gets a chance to file a reply trying to debunk IBM's motion. IBM gets to reply to the reply. Then a hearing gets set. Then the judge rules on the motion.
I think best case you are looking at a month or two, assuming nothing else gets done.
If it's the same person multiple times, yes. If it's one person once, ignore it.
I know that I occasionally forget who I'm connecting into and try to login as root out of habit but then realize where I'm at. Using your example, it would be like walking towards a car in the parking lot that looks like yours and trying the handle...but just as you do realizing that it's not your car.
Does rsync work that way? I assumed that it basically looked at blocks of a file, and if a block didn't match up, it transmitted that block. I didn't think it would only transmit JUST the changed line(s).
Exactly right except for maybe the part about the lawsuit. From his FAQ:
Does Al get permission to do his parodies?
Al does get permission from the original writers of the songs that he parodies. While the law supports his ability to parody without permission, he feels it's important to maintain the relationships that he's built with artists and writers over the years. Plus, Al wants to make sure that he gets his songwriter credit (as writer of new lyrics) as well as his rightful share of the royalties.
What about Coolio? I heard that he was upset with Al about "Amish Paradise." That was a very unfortunate case of misunderstanding between Al's people and Coolio's people. Short version of the story: Al recorded "Amish Paradise" after being told by his record label that Coolio had given his permission for the parody. When Al's album came out, Coolio publicly contended that he had never given his blessing, and that he was in fact very offended by the song. To this day we're not exactly sure who got their facts wrong, but Al sincerely apologizes to Coolio for the misunderstanding.
Baystar is privately held, so they would be in essence suing themselves. Royal Bank of Canada (symbol: RY) is publically traded however.
RBC sold 20,000 shares, 2/3 of their original $30m investment, to Baystar and converted their other $10m into over 740,000 shares of common stock at 13.50 per share. Even if they sold at a loss which they probably did, the loss was likely be small enough that investors wouldn't even notice. $20 or $30 million is chump change for a $30b investment group.
They couldn't afford to sue IBM, RedHat (ok RedHat sued them but still), Novell, AutoZone, or DC, but that didn't stop them from doing it. I would agree though that this is more of a PR move to show who's is longer.
Actually they are in California, so it should be "we'll see you in court, dude." You are probably thinking of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) that originally was apart of the $50m cash infusion that backed out a while ago when Baystar bought them out.
Remember that SCO has contributed to webmin. Using webmin obviously means that you are violating their IP rights and will be sued for $1b per day of infringement. Of course you likely were already violating their IP rights by using the Linux kernel, java, and if you use RedHat, rpm.
Then walk over to your legal department and ask them if they want to deal with Canadian laws. Then walk down to the shipping department and ask them if they want to deal with international shipping. Then go over to the programming people and tell them that they will now have to have different logic for international shipping then domestic shipping. It's not just a free 10%. It does come at a cost.
So because it pays your paycheck, it's ok to do this? Darl McBride is just trying to help is paycheck so what SCO is doing is right. Drug dealers are just trying to make a buck so it must be right. Your logic is flawed.
You are absolutely right though that you didn't wait until it was late. You waited until it was 3/4 late and then create a rediculous premise for suing the pants off everybody. Your a few years late coming to the table to try to claim you weren't going to submarine it.
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Right. Which is why you will never see Xerox, Klennex, Band Aid, Escalator, Styrofoam, or any of the other proprietary eponyms used as a generic name for a product that is not a genuine trademarked thing. Oh wait...
You grant the IP on first contact, but firewall it from going anywhere except for the accpetance page. Once the necessary information is filled out and accepted, the webserver signals the firewall to release the port to general traffic.
Many hotels, conference centers, etc do this. You just plug in your laptop and the first page that always comes up is some type of disclaimer then instructions how to setup/configure the connetion.
Lets say that you wrote a piece of software and licensed it under the GPL. You still own it, it's under your copyright, you can do with it as you please...including relicensing it under a different license, such as for-profit closed source application.
Now say I come along and write a new block of code. I own it. It's my copy written piece work. I can choose to donate it to your project if I wish. In doing so, I automatically agree to license my code under the GPL as well that you originally licensed your work under. This protects you and your original efforts from me stealing it and saying it was mine. This is where the whole infectious part of the GPL comes into play.
You, as the original works copyright, by accepting my contribution, also agree that my contribution is covered under the GPL. This affords me the protection that you can't take my work and relicensing it under a different license, stealing my work and saying it was all your own. You can choose to not accept my contribution. Nothing says that you have to take my contribution. By not accepting my contribution, you still control 100% of the copyright and licensing, but then you are forbidden from using my contribution. The GPL is a 2-way street providing protection for both sides.
Now you could accept my contribution for the GPLed version, and then contact me and ask for permission to use my code in your closed source version. It then would be my choice to allow you to close up my code. I have no obligation though to allow you to relicensing my code in the closed version so I could deny the request...or grant it...or ask for some type of compensation for my work.
And taking it a bit further, if Linux doesn't exist, then IBM obviously never contributed to it, never broke any contracts, so the whole case is mute...except for the point where IBM gets to counter sue for copyright infringement for trying to charge a license fee for IBM's work.
They are a friend in the sense of "An enemy of my enemy is my friend", not in a "A friend I'd like to go have a beer with" type of way.
Then you didn't look hard enough. Newegg has no less then 27 +/- R(W) drives under $80. If you include the rebate, you can get a +/- drive for significantly less.
However, they are now left with the difficult decision to either pay their monthly bandwidth bill or fix Hubble, but not both.
And then it becomes a logistical nightmare to get everything together. Instead of having one base of operations for network feeds, you now need one per site. Then you have smaller crowds at the events because they can no longer attend different events. Want to see swimming and gymnastics on different days? You'd have to fly to other cities for the change of venue.
And what you describe already happens on a yearly basis at the World Championships.
Welcome to Slashdot. It's always been that way. Slashdot, with very few exceptions, doesn't do it's own journalism. It's just a collection of (usually) revelent articles. Before it gets posted here, it's usually out in the wild for a little bit, if not longer. Not everyone reads the Register or Groklaw everyday so for them it's relevent.
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/
IBM files motion. SCO gets a chance to file a reply trying to debunk IBM's motion. IBM gets to reply to the reply. Then a hearing gets set. Then the judge rules on the motion.
I think best case you are looking at a month or two, assuming nothing else gets done.
If it's the same person multiple times, yes. If it's one person once, ignore it.
I know that I occasionally forget who I'm connecting into and try to login as root out of habit but then realize where I'm at. Using your example, it would be like walking towards a car in the parking lot that looks like yours and trying the handle...but just as you do realizing that it's not your car.
Does rsync work that way? I assumed that it basically looked at blocks of a file, and if a block didn't match up, it transmitted that block. I didn't think it would only transmit JUST the changed line(s).
You spend 90% of your time with 10% of something. It applies to execution of lines of code, tech support, and a whole bunch of other things.
Baystar is privately held, so they would be in essence suing themselves. Royal Bank of Canada (symbol: RY) is publically traded however.
RBC sold 20,000 shares, 2/3 of their original $30m investment, to Baystar and converted their other $10m into over 740,000 shares of common stock at 13.50 per share. Even if they sold at a loss which they probably did, the loss was likely be small enough that investors wouldn't even notice. $20 or $30 million is chump change for a $30b investment group.
They couldn't afford to sue IBM, RedHat (ok RedHat sued them but still), Novell, AutoZone, or DC, but that didn't stop them from doing it. I would agree though that this is more of a PR move to show who's is longer.
Actually they are in California, so it should be "we'll see you in court, dude." You are probably thinking of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) that originally was apart of the $50m cash infusion that backed out a while ago when Baystar bought them out.
So it dipped down 7.2% for the day...it still ended up 2.21% for the day.
Remember that SCO has contributed to webmin. Using webmin obviously means that you are violating their IP rights and will be sued for $1b per day of infringement. Of course you likely were already violating their IP rights by using the Linux kernel, java, and if you use RedHat, rpm.
Then walk over to your legal department and ask them if they want to deal with Canadian laws. Then walk down to the shipping department and ask them if they want to deal with international shipping. Then go over to the programming people and tell them that they will now have to have different logic for international shipping then domestic shipping. It's not just a free 10%. It does come at a cost.
So because it pays your paycheck, it's ok to do this? Darl McBride is just trying to help is paycheck so what SCO is doing is right. Drug dealers are just trying to make a buck so it must be right. Your logic is flawed.
You are absolutely right though that you didn't wait until it was late. You waited until it was 3/4 late and then create a rediculous premise for suing the pants off everybody. Your a few years late coming to the table to try to claim you weren't going to submarine it.
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