Maybe it is time for me to get back into making chainmail. If the backscatter x-rays can only go through a few milimeters of skin, I do not see how it could penetrate a chainmail suit (with a suitably dense weave), kind of sucks that I would have to walk around with 30 lbs of metal under my clothes all the time, but then, with the extra energy needed for walking around with the added weight, I might actually lose some weight! eheh
I have to say this has been a very interesting thread and it does ask some questions I have been wondering about as of late as well. First I would like to say that up til this point all software that I have written to run on Linux is on a freely useable license, therefore I feel that I have contributed to the open source movement, these include various emulators, games, and development tools and libraries, all are not necessarily on the GPL but much closer to the BSD license, I have granted free rights to modify and distribute so long as it is not used for comercial use.
But at the same time I do have to earn a living and I have decided to take one of my previous open-source projects and enhance it with the purpose of selling it. The original version will remain freely available, only the new one will be closed. I know I do not run afoul of any of the licenses since the only library I use is libc, everything else in my projects are my own libraries, but at the same time over the years I have benefited from the open source model (not financially, but availability of a solid platform and development tools) and I feel that I have given much back in that I have distributed most of my software on an open-source model. Would I still get the evil eye from the OSS world under this circumstance??? What is the opinion if most of my software is open-source and 1 or 2 projects are not???
Thank you for accepting my clarification. Otherwise i agreed with most of what you said. It is not a good idea to relate what people do with any groups they may be affliated with. I have studied quite a few religions, and none of them advocate what McBride and his cronies are doing. Personally i think the only thing he affliates himself with now is chasing dollars.
Just to clarify a point, when you mentioned that you could replace mormon with any other non-catholic/christian faith, you are implying that mormons are not christians, this is quite wrong! Mormons follow all the teachings found in the old and new testaments of the bible, plus the teachings found in the book or mormon(which by the way is another testament to Christ!) No, i am not currently a mormon, but my best friend is, and my wife is, and i soon will be. Mormons have had a lot of bad publicity in the past, and none of it is really true. From my understanding of the Mormon faith, i am more likely to believe that McBride no longer adheres to the faith. People from all religions fall. It is true that mormons do take good care of their own (when they are faithful) and are NOT out to screw everybody else. There mission is to bring the words of christ to those who will listen, they will NEVER force it down anybodys throats. McBride's actions are VERY un-mormonlike, please do not associate his actions with the beliefs of the church.
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Maybe it is time for me to get back into making chainmail. If the backscatter x-rays can only go through a few milimeters of skin, I do not see how it could penetrate a chainmail suit (with a suitably dense weave), kind of sucks that I would have to walk around with 30 lbs of metal under my clothes all the time, but then, with the extra energy needed for walking around with the added weight, I might actually lose some weight! eheh
I have to say this has been a very interesting thread and it does ask some questions I have been wondering about as of late as well. First I would like to say that up til this point all software that I have written to run on Linux is on a freely useable license, therefore I feel that I have contributed to the open source movement, these include various emulators, games, and development tools and libraries, all are not necessarily on the GPL but much closer to the BSD license, I have granted free rights to modify and distribute so long as it is not used for comercial use.
But at the same time I do have to earn a living and I have decided to take one of my previous open-source projects and enhance it with the purpose of selling it. The original version will remain freely available, only the new one will be closed. I know I do not run afoul of any of the licenses since the only library I use is libc, everything else in my projects are my own libraries, but at the same time over the years I have benefited from the open source model (not financially, but availability of a solid platform and development tools) and I feel that I have given much back in that I have distributed most of my software on an open-source model. Would I still get the evil eye from the OSS world under this circumstance??? What is the opinion if most of my software is open-source and 1 or 2 projects are not???
I have a lot of fond memories of the 1802, and am still making them! :) both memories and 1802 based computers!
Mike
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Thank you for accepting my clarification. Otherwise i agreed with most of what you said. It is not a good idea to relate what people do with any groups they may be affliated with. I have studied quite a few religions, and none of them advocate what McBride and his cronies are doing. Personally i think the only thing he affliates himself with now is chasing dollars.
Just to clarify a point, when you mentioned that you could replace mormon with any other non-catholic/christian faith, you are implying that mormons are not christians, this is quite wrong! Mormons follow all the teachings found in the old and new testaments of the bible, plus the teachings found in the book or mormon(which by the way is another testament to Christ!) No, i am not currently a mormon, but my best friend is, and my wife is, and i soon will be. Mormons have had a lot of bad publicity in the past, and none of it is really true. From my understanding of the Mormon faith, i am more likely to believe that McBride no longer adheres to the faith. People from all religions fall. It is true that mormons do take good care of their own (when they are faithful) and are NOT out to screw everybody else. There mission is to bring the words of christ to those who will listen, they will NEVER force it down anybodys throats. McBride's actions are VERY un-mormonlike, please do not associate his actions with the beliefs of the church.