I didn't say anything about licenses MORE restrictive than the GPL you illiterate tool. Nor did I say that it isn't wrong to use someone else's work without permission. Are you recommending the GPL only because it isn't commercial? There are other choices, your statements are a false dilemma.
I'm just not into the passive-aggressive S&M ideals of forcing other people to do things that the GPL is founded upon.
The best way to avoid hassles such as this, both "community" hatred and potential lawsuits, is to never EVER release your product under a license as restrictive as the GPL.
Thats all neat and swell, but that wasn't my point. The point was that even a slashdot poster flaming the article couldn't even keep their facts straight regarding the GPL. You have assigned a motive to the article, but the article's point has nothing to do with what you claim. The GPL is a very risky business proposition at best and a walking patent infringement at worst. Thats all the article claimed and you have done little to disprove that. And who is this "we" that "aren't falling for it"?
You should have read that it doesn't matter. Your actions were as much a turn-off as the other. Weird that my journal is tangental to this. Some people can't see past their own rhetoric into the world around them.
And everytime someone brings up "giving up our freedoms" or other such rhetoric its seems to me like they are trying to scare us into voting their way. Its all scare tactics, just choose your flavor.
The GPL has NOTHING to do with your precious IP or ownership of software.
because its heart is exactly what the GPL is about - controlled distribution of owned software by the copyright holder
So is ownership of software what it has nothing to do with or is it what its heart is exactly? Wow, seems like the article was right on about the GPL being hardly a model of clarity. You couldn't even flame the author of a business article without contradicting yourself.
come off as if they were written by passive-aggressive douchebags? "Its not as if ticket sales blah blah blah." Earlier today, "I guess thats what you get when the customer blah blah blah." And earlier still, "I wonder how choked the Hotmail plus blah blah blah." Its lame. If you have a problem with something or someone just say it, in real life or on slashdot. Its not cute, its not clever, its just douchebagish.
If you cater your business to the most vocal, whiny, ignorant, unscrupulous customer, you will fail. "No sir, you can't return those underpants. It appears you have worn them as evidenced by these brown streaks here. Yes sir, I know they say the customer is always right, but I don't have to put up with your shit."
I found this. The nitty gritty is that PlayStation hit 99 million installed and N64 peaked out at 33 million. Unless you are suggesting that Sony sold about 66 million PlayStation units after the PS2 came out? The trick with actually believing Nintendo's numbers is they always slyly try to state how many systems they have installed and count the wildly successful Game Boy in those numbers. And I'm the bad guy around here because I actually have this information and everyone else thinks I'm a troll because their opinions are based on a version of history that just didn't happen...whatever.
I think if you have fancy cars and designer clothes then by definition, you do, in fact, have the goods. Often trappings are indicative of success.
Do you actually look at wealthy people and convince yourself that they are only trying to look wealthy, but are in fact poor? This is very interesting to me.
I don't see any way in the world that a post can be marked insightful when the poster claims to not even know what has been added to XP and other MS operating systems since 95. This fact alone would seem to make one unqualified to comment.
Hey, what time is the anarchists meeting this week? I got the new NOFX CD and I want to play it for you guys. Its totally cool. They are like totally against the establishment and everything! Anyway, see you after 4th period.
0x0d0a, you make a very good arguement to not bother with F/OSS and the bitterness that you claim surrounds it and its supporters. And you got modded up for it on/.! A more talented individual I have likely never met.
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This is insightful? That it would be better if chess were banned in these places because it offends some religious sensibilities? What a world. Should this person have been fired? I love the twisting of the 1st amendment in that one. Priceless.
Should my daughter wear a burqa lest someone be offended? Or is it ok that she doesn't as long as I understand that she is inviting rape?
Wouldn't it actually be better if "their own Muslim populations and others of that faith around the world" were more tolerant of others? I'm not holding my breath for that one.
I can't answer your trite question, but will point out the irony that your post is by far the most judgemental attached to this story.
Perhaps the inverse is actually true. That other peoples have been judging Americans (As a whole no less! If we were all of one race this would amount to racism!) for so long that some of you have started to believe the hype. And from your AC follow up it appears you also think your position is beyond reproach. Irony, thy name is NeedleSurder, and thats why I love you. Is there somewhere we could meet to hug?
Jamdat is already profitable and growing all the time. That's more than can be said of alot of companies; for example, VA Software.
Instead of stories questioning already viable profitable companies, maybe slashdot should look within and question itself. Not EVERY technology company is drowning, only ones with rediculous stock tickers like LNUX.
One version of DDR actually tracks the calories used during play. Unfortunately the designers didn't think to track how high on the Lloyd Christmas dumbass scale you look while jumping around like a damn fool.
I agree with everything you said, except to say that by leaving out the most important parts, those instances when a non-compete is enforcable, the post is significantly less interesting and proves very little.
When you bother to quote the part "as provided in this chapter" you will find that non-competes are in fact very legal in California. When something has no basis in law except sometimes it does, it actually does have basis in law.
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I didn't say anything about licenses MORE restrictive than the GPL you illiterate tool. Nor did I say that it isn't wrong to use someone else's work without permission. Are you recommending the GPL only because it isn't commercial? There are other choices, your statements are a false dilemma.
I'm just not into the passive-aggressive S&M ideals of forcing other people to do things that the GPL is founded upon.
The best way to avoid hassles such as this, both "community" hatred and potential lawsuits, is to never EVER release your product under a license as restrictive as the GPL.
An artist type pushing for communism. Who'd 'a thunk it?
Thats all neat and swell, but that wasn't my point. The point was that even a slashdot poster flaming the article couldn't even keep their facts straight regarding the GPL. You have assigned a motive to the article, but the article's point has nothing to do with what you claim. The GPL is a very risky business proposition at best and a walking patent infringement at worst. Thats all the article claimed and you have done little to disprove that. And who is this "we" that "aren't falling for it"?
Normally if one can actually prove something they dont claim that they can, they just prove it.
And thats a side point. The point is using fear to promote one's political goals, and both sides are doing this. Including your current post.
Did I spell it wrong or something?
From 2 also: insincere or grandiloquent language. Grandiloquent meaning lofty in style or puffed with vanity.
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You should have read that it doesn't matter. Your actions were as much a turn-off as the other. Weird that my journal is tangental to this. Some people can't see past their own rhetoric into the world around them.
And if the answer is that they are relevent? Well we are just back to the sticky original question.
And everytime someone brings up "giving up our freedoms" or other such rhetoric its seems to me like they are trying to scare us into voting their way. Its all scare tactics, just choose your flavor.
In light of your self-contradicting post:
The GPL has NOTHING to do with your precious IP or ownership of software.
because its heart is exactly what the GPL is about - controlled distribution of owned software by the copyright holder
So is ownership of software what it has nothing to do with or is it what its heart is exactly? Wow, seems like the article was right on about the GPL being hardly a model of clarity. You couldn't even flame the author of a business article without contradicting yourself.
come off as if they were written by passive-aggressive douchebags? "Its not as if ticket sales blah blah blah." Earlier today, "I guess thats what you get when the customer blah blah blah." And earlier still, "I wonder how choked the Hotmail plus blah blah blah." Its lame. If you have a problem with something or someone just say it, in real life or on slashdot. Its not cute, its not clever, its just douchebagish.
If you cater your business to the most vocal, whiny, ignorant, unscrupulous customer, you will fail. "No sir, you can't return those underpants. It appears you have worn them as evidenced by these brown streaks here. Yes sir, I know they say the customer is always right, but I don't have to put up with your shit."
Thank god. MS is the only party out there making a real snowboarding game. Please don't cut Amped MS. For Me.
I found this. The nitty gritty is that PlayStation hit 99 million installed and N64 peaked out at 33 million. Unless you are suggesting that Sony sold about 66 million PlayStation units after the PS2 came out? The trick with actually believing Nintendo's numbers is they always slyly try to state how many systems they have installed and count the wildly successful Game Boy in those numbers. And I'm the bad guy around here because I actually have this information and everyone else thinks I'm a troll because their opinions are based on a version of history that just didn't happen...whatever.
I recommend this product as featured in the Telegraph. It should once any for all remove and masculinity from your household.
I think if you have fancy cars and designer clothes then by definition, you do, in fact, have the goods. Often trappings are indicative of success.
Do you actually look at wealthy people and convince yourself that they are only trying to look wealthy, but are in fact poor? This is very interesting to me.
I don't see any way in the world that a post can be marked insightful when the poster claims to not even know what has been added to XP and other MS operating systems since 95. This fact alone would seem to make one unqualified to comment.
"line the pocket of fatcat businessmen"
Hey, what time is the anarchists meeting this week? I got the new NOFX CD and I want to play it for you guys. Its totally cool. They are like totally against the establishment and everything! Anyway, see you after 4th period.
Mike Hawk
0x0d0a, you make a very good arguement to not bother with F/OSS and the bitterness that you claim surrounds it and its supporters. And you got modded up for it on /.! A more talented individual I have likely never met.
This is insightful? That it would be better if chess were banned in these places because it offends some religious sensibilities? What a world. Should this person have been fired? I love the twisting of the 1st amendment in that one. Priceless.
Should my daughter wear a burqa lest someone be offended? Or is it ok that she doesn't as long as I understand that she is inviting rape?
Wouldn't it actually be better if "their own Muslim populations and others of that faith around the world" were more tolerant of others? I'm not holding my breath for that one.
I can't answer your trite question, but will point out the irony that your post is by far the most judgemental attached to this story.
Perhaps the inverse is actually true. That other peoples have been judging Americans (As a whole no less! If we were all of one race this would amount to racism!) for so long that some of you have started to believe the hype. And from your AC follow up it appears you also think your position is beyond reproach. Irony, thy name is NeedleSurder, and thats why I love you. Is there somewhere we could meet to hug?
Jamdat is already profitable and growing all the time. That's more than can be said of alot of companies; for example, VA Software.
Instead of stories questioning already viable profitable companies, maybe slashdot should look within and question itself. Not EVERY technology company is drowning, only ones with rediculous stock tickers like LNUX.
One version of DDR actually tracks the calories used during play. Unfortunately the designers didn't think to track how high on the Lloyd Christmas dumbass scale you look while jumping around like a damn fool.
I agree with everything you said, except to say that by leaving out the most important parts, those instances when a non-compete is enforcable, the post is significantly less interesting and proves very little.
When you bother to quote the part "as provided in this chapter" you will find that non-competes are in fact very legal in California. When something has no basis in law except sometimes it does, it actually does have basis in law.