At least here in northern Europe it got better when we formed labor unions and associated political parties, then we got new laws that protected the workers against the worst abuse. This is about a hundred years ago so not many people remembers it directly anymore, which is widely evident in political discussions today. Sure it can get to far the other way and we end up with ridiculous worker rights like full pension when your 50 and stuff like that. But profit seeking companies will not give their worker fair wages and decent working conditions unless they absolutely have to.
How is this gonna happen in China?
Correct me if I am wrong, but is it not still a one party state and "workers paradise"?
"It's a great honor for Groklaw, but one wonders how many AC's there are, and whether Congress or future researchers would think that they are all one person."
That would be one seriously disturbed person;-) The future psychologists will have a field day analyzing this guy!
I see about the same amount. Some times it goes months with no spam then I get two or three in a week. I reckon the spammers are constantly adjusting their techniques to try to get through the filters.
We are a small company running our own email server. Ubuntu Server with Postfix, spamassasin and all the trimmings.
I redirect all spam to an imap account I set up for the purpose, just in case we need to get hold of some blocked message. The last two years this has not been necessary. But I browse through this mailbox once in a while out of curiosity. The amount of spam it blocks is just staggering!
The price we pay is close to zero, the same box handles all other kind of stuff too and I spend perhaps half an hour every other week to check if any updated packages or security fixes need installing. It practically manages it self.
No, that is only slightly wrong. The parallax helps our brain create an illusion of three dimensions.
"Binocular vision is only useful for depth perception within about a foot or two of your face, beyond that and the difference between what your eyes see is too small to matter."
Yes, depth perception due to binocular vision is limited. But the useful limit is far greater than a foot or two. It is more like 10-20 foot, which makes it plenty useful for lots of everyday human actions.
This only applies to the protocol part of the packet. The payload part of the packet may contain anything.
But converting between endian systems is both quick and easy so it is not a real problem. The real reason is that the console vendors put strict rules on how online gaming must be implemented and you do not get your game published without their permission, period.
Must be something wrong with my reading comprehension today. I now see you start your post with suggesting a written offer in the user manual. Which would be more than good enough to stay GPL compliant.
You only need to provide source code when ASKED for it. There is no requirement in the GPL to pro-actively distribute the source code along with the binaries nor that they must be available for download on the Internet. The good old CD in the mail system is fine. You might even charge for CD and postage.
However, if you do not include source code in the distribution then you need to provide a written offer valid for at least three years to provide anyone who possesses the object code a copy of the corresponding source code.
The reason most compliant companies chose to either include the source or just put it on their corporate web page is because this is easier in the first place than to handle potentially thousands of letters asking for the source later.
The GPL is about providing everyone who wants the possibillity to contribute to the project, fork the project or do whatever they want by making sure the source code is always available.
It is not about coercing people to contribute whether they make money on the project or not.
You are not allowed to spread their complete text, that is correct.
But in most civilized countries fair use clauses in the copyright laws or specific case law allows you to quote from their text in order to discuss it publicly.
The Scientology church does not respect fair use of copyrighted material (neither does many commercial entities, Mattel comes to mind).
I do agree it would be better if anyone could counter claim DMCA take downs but this would not be good enough because who in their right mind would chance being identified (by a court order for instance) by organizations like the Scientology church who has deep pockets and armies of lawyers.
BTW: I strongly believe Scientologists are an excellent example because when considering strength and weaknesses in law you have to consider worst case scenarios. Because there will always be someone sleazy enough to use the loopholes if there are any at all.
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At least here in northern Europe it got better when we formed labor unions and associated political parties, then we got new laws that protected the workers against the worst abuse. This is about a hundred years ago so not many people remembers it directly anymore, which is widely evident in political discussions today. Sure it can get to far the other way and we end up with ridiculous worker rights like full pension when your 50 and stuff like that. But profit seeking companies will not give their worker fair wages and decent working conditions unless they absolutely have to.
How is this gonna happen in China?
Correct me if I am wrong, but is it not still a one party state and "workers paradise"?
I do not know the law in his jurisdiction, but here (and almost everywhere else) it would be enough with one (1) share.
Of course you have to foot the bill yourself to travel there.
It cannot be Unobtainium, they already have 6 atoms of it. That was far to easy to be Unobtainium!
Although a temporary one. Sorry, jumped the gun :)
It is already named Ununseptium
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ununseptium
"It's a great honor for Groklaw, but one wonders how many AC's there are, and whether Congress or future researchers would think that they are all one person."
That would be one seriously disturbed person ;-) The future psychologists will have a field day analyzing this guy!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_65
The Commodore 65 actually existed ;-)
I see about the same amount. Some times it goes months with no spam then I get two or three in a week. I reckon the spammers are constantly adjusting their techniques to try to get through the filters.
We are a small company running our own email server. Ubuntu Server with Postfix, spamassasin and all the trimmings.
I redirect all spam to an imap account I set up for the purpose, just in case we need to get hold of some blocked message. The last two years this has not been necessary. But I browse through this mailbox once in a while out of curiosity. The amount of spam it blocks is just staggering!
The price we pay is close to zero, the same box handles all other kind of stuff too and I spend perhaps half an hour every other week to check if any updated packages or security fixes need installing. It practically manages it self.
If you licensed your DNA so carefully, then how did it end up at the crime scene? and on the toilet? and on the barbershop floor?
Obvious cases of copyright infringement, damn those pirates!
"That's almost completely wrong"
No, that is only slightly wrong. The parallax helps our brain create an illusion of three dimensions.
"Binocular vision is only useful for depth perception within about a foot or two of your face, beyond that and the difference between what your eyes see is too small to matter."
Yes, depth perception due to binocular vision is limited. But the useful limit is far greater than a foot or two. It is more like 10-20 foot, which makes it plenty useful for lots of everyday human actions.
Of course not, everyone knows it is a series of tubes...
Well, actually fascist economies didn't do so bad ;-)
But of course you might not want to live in one.
It is a reference to Monty Python's Life of Brian
http://www.epicure.demon.co.uk/whattheromans.html
This only applies to the protocol part of the packet. The payload part of the packet may contain anything.
But converting between endian systems is both quick and easy so it is not a real problem. The real reason is that the console vendors put strict rules on how online gaming must be implemented and you do not get your game published without their permission, period.
Just to nitpick a bit.
The correct number should be 97% or 94% if you limit yourself to the "Internet population" and not the global population.
You might find it interesting that about 70% of Internet users would not have understood the article in English either.
Must be something wrong with my reading comprehension today. I now see you start your post with suggesting a written offer in the user manual. Which would be more than good enough to stay GPL compliant.
Sorry for the noise.
Maybe TFA has been changed?
But if you read the link 'follow the case here' it clearly states which part of the linux kernel he is claiming copyright on.
He also ask for other copyright holders to join him.
Not exactly correct
You only need to provide source code when ASKED for it. There is no requirement in the GPL to pro-actively distribute the source code along with the binaries nor that they must be available for download on the Internet. The good old CD in the mail system is fine. You might even charge for CD and postage.
However, if you do not include source code in the distribution then you need to provide a written offer valid for at least three years to provide anyone who possesses the object code a copy of the corresponding source code.
The reason most compliant companies chose to either include the source or just put it on their corporate web page is because this is easier in the first place than to handle potentially thousands of letters asking for the source later.
If they really need 6 weeks to deliver the server how do you expect them to be able to replace any part of it within one hour at a later time?
That does not make much sense.
The GPL is about providing everyone who wants the possibillity to contribute to the project, fork the project or do whatever they want by making sure the source code is always available.
It is not about coercing people to contribute whether they make money on the project or not.
There is nothing wrong with charging for GPLed software as long as you provide the source code for free to anyone who asks.
The GPL is about keeping the source code available or to put it another way: Free speech, not necessarily free beer!
From wikipedia:
Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth, as measured by the height above sea level of its summit, 8,848 metres (29,029 ft).
"Do you have any idea of the sheer volume of code that gets submitted to wine everyday? Of course rejections are going to be short and to the point."
"Short and to the point" would be understandable and probably preferable in almost all cases.
But I got the impression people where complaining the reasons given often where being "short and vague".
Does this mean that the detonation of 1500 Tsar bombs would make the ocean fly supersonically?
That would be an awesome sight :-)
But probably the last ting one ever saw...
You are not allowed to spread their complete text, that is correct.
But in most civilized countries fair use clauses in the copyright laws or specific case law allows you to quote from their text in order to discuss it publicly.
The Scientology church does not respect fair use of copyrighted material (neither does many commercial entities, Mattel comes to mind).
I do agree it would be better if anyone could counter claim DMCA take downs but this would not be good enough because who in their right mind would chance being identified (by a court order for instance) by organizations like the Scientology church who has deep pockets and armies of lawyers.
BTW: I strongly believe Scientologists are an excellent example because when considering strength and weaknesses in law you have to consider worst case scenarios. Because there will always be someone sleazy enough to use the loopholes if there are any at all.