There are a bunch of other possibilities to avoid "deep linking", for example by using dynamic content. I assume, they are already using cookies or session IDs to track their users. The same technology can be used to assure that a user has to view the main page before a subpage can be shown.
It's also important to note that the ruling was about deep linking "per se" and not about accessing content that is protected. The press text reads:
"Ein Berechtigter, der ein urheberrechtlich geschütztes Werk ohne technische Schutzmaßnahmen im Internet öffentlich zugänglich mache, ermögliche dadurch bereits selbst die Nutzungen [...]."
Which means (sorry for my bad English, emphasis mine):
"A benificiary who publicy publishes a copyrighted work without technical protection on the Internet, thereby already permits its use [...].
I clicked on the link and there were 5 popups plus a Gator install! What kind of a sadistic freak are you? (yes, I know, don't use IE, etc. work computer, don't have much of a choice)
Extra/Options/Security/Disable Java Script
And, yes, you can leave it on for the Intranet Zone.
Mozilla is an engine rather than a browser. This has led to projects like Galeon, just like KHtml has led to projects like Safari. "HTML views" (aka "browser windows") are already nearly as common as text editors in many apps (think HTML help, email,...). So, in a not-so-distant future people will likely have more than one browser/rendering engine on their computer, and not even notice which one they are using.
If this scenario happens, there will be no option for any browser vendor and web developer but to use the official standard.
struct somestruct {
int a;
int [3];//3 pad bytes
int b; }
Line 3: Warning: Missing identifier or new-style padding. Use "--force-c-0x" to suppress this warning, or "--force-c99" to make this warning an error again.
They would have to make public the modifications they did on the driver itself to integrate it to the kernel, but not the kernel itself!
Boy, I can't understand how the parent can be modded as "informative"!? While the GPL has still to be proven in court, its wording makes it very clear that about anything that links with a GPL'd source code will be GPL, too. Why do you think, the LGLP has been invented? See also
Before you flame me now: I know that there are special tricks how one (supposedly) could prevent this (e.g. by making the driver a loadable module, which has to be activated by the user, making sure that the OS could be run without the driver, too, at least in theory, and yadda yadda), but in general, the legal situation is unclear at first.
Note that this is not ment to be GPL FUD (I am a member of some GPL projects, too), but the statement you made was just plain wrong, sorry.
Slow down there, what Transgaming has done is not DirectX for Linux. What they have done is DirectX enabled WINE.
I don't see how this makes a difference. At the end Wine/DirectX is a portability layer just like OpenGL or SDL is.
The "porting kit" you mention is already there, too: It's called winelib and you can create normal Linux binaries without any dependencies with it.
Admittedly, this is not the same as "native" OpenGL, but then again I think OpenGL was developed as a research tool and not had games in mind in the first place.
Why are they running Windows? [...] The only real plus I can see would be DirectX.
And even DirectX is implemented for Linux (check out Transgaming, they even have a free (at least as in beer) CVS version which works fairly well for many games).
But even if DirectX didn't exist on Linux, I don't see the advantages of using Windows. With all the libs out there, it is not a big issue to develop cross-platform apps and games nowadays (think Quake). The GPL is also a non-issue for user-space programs. Copy-protection could also work fairly well in user space (the DMCA will protect it anyway, and the recent crack for the X-Box has shown that hardware DRM won't really help in the long run). Software licensing costs would be zero, and the geek-factor would be quite high.
Do you propose that companies that aren't prepared to undertake the expense and risk involved in doing business with every last country on the planet not be able to do business on the web?
No, but there's an unfortunate trend towards consumer-unfriendly practices on the web. Especially big companies are trying to totally control who can get which product where. This happens with computers, cars, DVDs and music, and is simply to force the customer to pay the higher price or use the inferior (often localized == crippled) product.
This only happens with end-user stuff like consumer electronics. I never had a problem getting parts for machinery etc. directly from the US (that is, in the B2B sector).
As an American (presumably), you may not face these problems now, but you may soon find yourself in a situation where you'd like to buy these cheap Lexmark-compatible printer cartridges from Europe and won't be able to do so.
Supposedly the Audi navigation systems were going to support this as well...as early as 1999 or 2000 in the US, but to my knowledge they're still not doing it; I have no idea about the euro units.
They are pretty much standard in the higher Audi models (A6 and A8) in Germany. I think they use extra information from radio programs, but I might be wrong. If there is a traffic jam somewhere, this is shown on the map the GPS unit displays, at least if it is on the highway. You can advise the unit to automatically calculate an alternative route. Most of the time, manual intervention is required, though, to completely avoid the traffic jam.
I believe this is already the case. I believe that artists/radio stations can use samples (shorter than 30 seconds i think) without having to pay for them.
This is one of the myths about copyright that just won't go away.
Fact is, you are wrong.
"It shows how entrenched Linux has become," said Victor Yodaiken, CEO of FSMLabs Inc. (Socorro, N.M.), a maker of real-time software for Linux.
Aah... yes. Last time I checked, FSMLabs was trying to undermine the GPL by offering kernel patches which use FSMLabs proprietary patented technology. The situation has become better due to massive intervention of the FSF since then, but is still somewhat uncertain.
It's scary that this is a time where even the foe of our foe is not necessarily our friend.
I have a standard PC with some AC97 on-board sound, and a laptop with some ESS thingy in it. Both work well for playing sounds (at least, for basic things like listening to an MP3 or playing games).
But let me say, quality of recording is absolutely ridiculous. For example, one time I wanted to record a CD for someone, so I made a connection from the Line Out of my electric piano to the Line In of my desktop PC. It just didn't work. Although all the levels were properly setup and I tried various programs and drivers, there was A LOT of noise (sounded like a very old cassette), and the higher frequencies were also distorted very much. With my notebook, things were a little better, but I only got acceptable quality at a specific sample rate (I think 32kHz or something), and even then the noise introduced could clearly be heard.
I have now bought an (external) Soundblaster Extigy, and recording quality is probably ten times better than I'd need it, and I never had problems with noise anymore.
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There are a bunch of other possibilities to avoid "deep linking", for example by using dynamic content. I assume, they are already using cookies or session IDs to track their users. The same technology can be used to assure that a user has to view the main page before a subpage can be shown.
It's also important to note that the ruling was about deep linking "per se" and not about accessing content that is protected. The press text reads:
"Ein Berechtigter, der ein urheberrechtlich geschütztes Werk ohne technische Schutzmaßnahmen im Internet öffentlich zugänglich mache, ermögliche dadurch bereits selbst die Nutzungen [...]."
Which means (sorry for my bad English, emphasis mine):
"A benificiary who publicy publishes a copyrighted work without technical protection on the Internet, thereby already permits its use [...].
This makes perfect sense for me.
Welcome to Wireless Link Calculator.
This is free software distributed under the GPL. See COPYING for details.
Enter first number of wireless links
> 5
Enter second number of wireless links
> 3
Together that amounts to 8 wireless links.
Have a nice day.
I clicked on the link and there were 5 popups plus a Gator install! What kind of a sadistic freak are you?
(yes, I know, don't use IE, etc. work computer, don't have much of a choice)
Extra/Options/Security/Disable Java Script
And, yes, you can leave it on for the Intranet Zone.
Instead of trying to longhorn (tm) the interface they'd better implement the notes component, finally.
Heh, their incompetence is already shown by the fact that they code in Java, yet the installer is a Windows .exe file.
Ack, but I'd go a little bit further.
...). So, in a not-so-distant future people will likely have more than one browser/rendering engine on their computer, and not even notice which one they are using.
Mozilla is an engine rather than a browser. This has led to projects like Galeon, just like KHtml has led to projects like Safari. "HTML views" (aka "browser windows") are already nearly as common as text editors in many apps (think HTML help, email,
If this scenario happens, there will be no option for any browser vendor and web developer but to use the official standard.
Seriously, how is this going to help anyone?
They would have to make public the modifications they did on the driver itself to integrate it to the kernel, but not the kernel itself!
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Boy, I can't understand how the parent can be modded as "informative"!? While the GPL has still to be proven in court, its wording makes it very clear that about anything that links with a GPL'd source code will be GPL, too. Why do you think, the LGLP has been invented? See also
http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#MoneyG
Before you flame me now: I know that there are special tricks how one (supposedly) could prevent this (e.g. by making the driver a loadable module, which has to be activated by the user, making sure that the OS could be run without the driver, too, at least in theory, and yadda yadda), but in general, the legal situation is unclear at first.
Note that this is not ment to be GPL FUD (I am a member of some GPL projects, too), but the statement you made was just plain wrong, sorry.
Slow down there, what Transgaming has done is not DirectX for Linux. What they have done is DirectX enabled WINE.
I don't see how this makes a difference. At the end Wine/DirectX is a portability layer just like OpenGL or SDL is.
The "porting kit" you mention is already there, too: It's called winelib and you can create normal Linux binaries without any dependencies with it.
Admittedly, this is not the same as "native" OpenGL, but then again I think OpenGL was developed as a research tool and not had games in mind in the first place.
Why are they running Windows? [...] The only real plus I can see would be DirectX.
And even DirectX is implemented for Linux (check out Transgaming, they even have a free (at least as in beer) CVS version which works fairly well for many games).
But even if DirectX didn't exist on Linux, I don't see the advantages of using Windows. With all the libs out there, it is not a big issue to develop cross-platform apps and games nowadays (think Quake). The GPL is also a non-issue for user-space programs. Copy-protection could also work fairly well in user space (the DMCA will protect it anyway, and the recent crack for the X-Box has shown that hardware DRM won't really help in the long run). Software licensing costs would be zero, and the geek-factor would be quite high.
Do you propose that companies that aren't prepared to undertake the expense and risk involved in doing business with every last country on the planet not be able to do business on the web?
No, but there's an unfortunate trend towards consumer-unfriendly practices on the web. Especially big companies are trying to totally control who can get which product where. This happens with computers, cars, DVDs and music, and is simply to force the customer to pay the higher price or use the inferior (often localized == crippled) product.
This only happens with end-user stuff like consumer electronics. I never had a problem getting parts for machinery etc. directly from the US (that is, in the B2B sector).
As an American (presumably), you may not face these problems now, but you may soon find yourself in a situation where you'd like to buy these cheap Lexmark-compatible printer cartridges from Europe and won't be able to do so.
Supposedly the Audi navigation systems were going to support this as well...as early as 1999 or 2000 in the US, but to my knowledge they're still not doing it; I have no idea about the euro units.
They are pretty much standard in the higher Audi models (A6 and A8) in Germany. I think they use extra information from radio programs, but I might be wrong. If there is a traffic jam somewhere, this is shown on the map the GPS unit displays, at least if it is on the highway. You can advise the unit to automatically calculate an alternative route. Most of the time, manual intervention is required, though, to completely avoid the traffic jam.
I believe this is already the case. I believe that artists/radio stations can use samples (shorter than 30 seconds i think) without having to pay for them.
This is one of the myths about copyright that just won't go away.
Fact is, you are wrong.
"It shows how entrenched Linux has become," said Victor Yodaiken, CEO of FSMLabs Inc. (Socorro, N.M.), a maker of real-time software for Linux.
Aah... yes. Last time I checked, FSMLabs was trying to undermine the GPL by offering kernel patches which use FSMLabs proprietary patented technology. The situation has become better due to massive intervention of the FSF since then, but is still somewhat uncertain.
It's scary that this is a time where even the foe of our foe is not necessarily our friend.
I have a standard PC with some AC97 on-board sound, and a laptop with some ESS thingy in it. Both work well for playing sounds (at least, for basic things like listening to an MP3 or playing games). But let me say, quality of recording is absolutely ridiculous. For example, one time I wanted to record a CD for someone, so I made a connection from the Line Out of my electric piano to the Line In of my desktop PC. It just didn't work. Although all the levels were properly setup and I tried various programs and drivers, there was A LOT of noise (sounded like a very old cassette), and the higher frequencies were also distorted very much. With my notebook, things were a little better, but I only got acceptable quality at a specific sample rate (I think 32kHz or something), and even then the noise introduced could clearly be heard. I have now bought an (external) Soundblaster Extigy, and recording quality is probably ten times better than I'd need it, and I never had problems with noise anymore.