Novel will not lose their rights under the GPL (v3 as claimed in the article) if another party sues for patent infringement.
If MS sues a user of GPLv3 software for patent infringement it would cause MS to lose their use of that GPLv3 code, it wouldn't affect any other party.
However, once a party knows of an unlicensed patent they can't distribute it anyway. Again it doesn't matter if it is Redhat or Novel. Additionally there is the argument that under the GPLv2 if one does distribute a patented work a patent license does accompany the work, otherwise they would be in violation of section 7.
In short the GPLv3 draft2 doesn't add any further patent protection than is already in the GPLv2.
Well I read the letter and it seems a bit interesting for a late teen.
Most of the time, he didn't even remember why he was being grounded
We're talking stealing cars, setting fires, drinking, getting picked up for drugs, beating up handicapped kids at school (yes, really)
I see two important things, #1 he has trouble comprehending his actions in some way. #2 This person claims he has a long record of criminal offenses, but hasn't had any real punishment.
He likely just thought he could get away with it, like he had with everything else for YEARS. At some point the government should help out a bit, maybe put him in jail. Teaching him he can get away with this type of behaviour is a fatal mistake.
Short term be more patient. Large files would likely switch to bittorrent like downloads. I wouldn't mind if debian/ubuntu left/var/cache/apt/packages as an open bittorrent for others. As long as the packages are securely signed I don't see a huge issue with it.
Actually cures can be profitable too. Would you take $100/month over the remaining X years of patent protection/patient life.
Or a lump sum of $10k.
My bet would be on the lump sum, you don't have to worry about a competitor coming along, and fewer side effects due to long term usage. Cures can be better for everyone, drug company, patient, insurance company etc.
Isn't the goal to sell a profitable product that people like?
The Wii is there, sales are strong because it's fun, they're making a profit and people are happy. This is win for Nintendo. BTW I bought a Wii and Zelda and it's my first Nintendo product.
Xbox360 has the critical mass to encourage continued third party development, lots of games == happy people. Again this is a win.
PS3 most powerful, lots of people like power and they'll pay for it. I think the PS3 will remain a usable console well into the next generation, so this is a win too.
Wii sports has a rating for your user, and changes the difficulty based on your performance. For example in Tennis it's become noticably harder at the 500 level, while at the 0 level the computer is trivial to beat.
I think satisfaction happens when the game is hard enough that failure is a realistic possibility, but you still tend to win more often. You can tune on the players performance, or a sample audience performance, it doesn't really matter.
Some hardcore games tune ultimate hardness with the intent of having only a handful of people ever suceed at it.
I think it's an interesting idea, of course it's really just making a multiplayer RPG with different goals. You could easily have multiple different possibly conflicting missions.
I can easily see Rainbow6/SWAT living in a Simcity world. It could be like the real world only different, maybe some sort of Second Life or something.
He also rates the success and failure rates of his predictions quite mercilessly, something no other columnist or "pundit" ever does about their own hits and misses.
I disagree, it's now becoming common in prediction articles (particularly the year in review ones) on scoring last years predictions. I prefer them, even when they're mostly wrong because of the insight into how we were thinking last year against what actually happened.
Most articles I read suggest they are being charged under the more recent "Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, which targeted illegal Internet gambling by preventing financial entities from processing credit cards, checks, and similar transactions in connection with Internet gambling. "
Other than government efficiency why would they make a new law to ban things already illegal under an old law?
There is a double standard though. I don't see people calling to revoke the credentials of those exagerating the short term effects of global warming.
This is just the thin edge of the wedge they want to use to shut up any opposition to global warming arguements. It's a lot easier to control the agenda when there is no opposition.
Many issues have been defeated or at least stalled by simply removing or interfering with ones right to free speech.
Works for me, most people talk about miles per gallon in fuel consumption. I'm 5'11 170lb and had a 250g steak. I built a 32" table with 2x4's and #4 screens, to hold my 1/2" router in with M6 bolts.
Realistically all my work (even with the US) is in metric. There are just a few exceptions who use imperial measurements, and I just convert.
Today under Canadian copyright law I can legally make personal copies for my own use. As long as I can continue to borrow peoples music selection and make a copy for myself without paying and the DRM allows this I have no objection.
The problem with DRM is twofold. 1. It enforces limits beyond those granted by copyright law.
I think drunk drivers should be executed. Saves the trouble of scraping their victims off the pavement.
That being said these systems would concern me with the risk of false positives or system failure at inconvenient or even dangerous times.
Additionally it would give a false sense of security and may encourage some to drive because they passed the cars test.
As for blood alcohol, what about users of alcohol hand santizer, I use it once I leave most social events, this might trip it. Pupil inspection, what about foggy/dirty glasses?
He wants it to default to saving, but doesn't want to confirm to delete?
I see my car prompting to start like my computer prompting to create a new file.
I see prompting to delete a file like prompting to drive into a wall.
The problem is that most people don't care what they're doing, they just want to be done it without thinking. Many technical people aren't like that, they want it to be done, but done their way.
The idea of automatically doing the default action doesn't make sense to me, but for many people they'd rather not have the choice and not think about it.
I'm quite annoyed that some FOSS projects have gone to the default with no option (aka dumbed down) UI, which is exactly what he's proposing. The problem is many people still want at least a few of the extra features, even if they don't use the majority. The easiest solution is to give them everything, but hide most of the options unless they want them.
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My ideas maybe opinions too.
I'm conservative and I believe in sustainable use of resources.
Maybe because the guilty should die and the innocent should live?
Liberals promote loss of liberty because they want to "help you" and don't think you're capable of taking care of yourself.
I didn't dodge military service and I think that military intervention is a valuable tool.
First there is no GPLv3 only a few drafts
Novel will not lose their rights under the GPL (v3 as claimed in the article) if another party sues for patent infringement.
If MS sues a user of GPLv3 software for patent infringement it would cause MS to lose their use of that GPLv3 code, it wouldn't affect any other party.
However, once a party knows of an unlicensed patent they can't distribute it anyway. Again it doesn't matter if it is Redhat or Novel.
Additionally there is the argument that under the GPLv2 if one does distribute a patented work a patent license does accompany the work, otherwise they would be in violation of section 7.
In short the GPLv3 draft2 doesn't add any further patent protection than is already in the GPLv2.
No amount of punishment can deter a sociopath
Maybe, but the appropriate treatment can stop them.
Long prison sentences hide the problem enough for me.
Well I read the letter and it seems a bit interesting for a late teen.
Most of the time, he didn't even remember why he was being grounded
We're talking stealing cars, setting fires, drinking, getting picked up for drugs, beating up handicapped kids at school (yes, really)
I see two important things, #1 he has trouble comprehending his actions in some way. #2 This person claims he has a long record of criminal offenses, but hasn't had any real punishment.
He likely just thought he could get away with it, like he had with everything else for YEARS. At some point the government should help out a bit, maybe put him in jail. Teaching him he can get away with this type of behaviour is a fatal mistake.
If I'm stuck at home with nothing to do I WANT my new version of gawk.
Short term be more patient. /var/cache/apt/packages as an open bittorrent for others.
Large files would likely switch to bittorrent like downloads.
I wouldn't mind if debian/ubuntu left
As long as the packages are securely signed I don't see a huge issue with it.
Renewed focus on efficiency, more compression.
at 20% efficiency you're better off burning the food to generate power.
The amount of energy will come from the wearer. Which means more food and oxygen.
It's likely more efficient to simply have a small fuel cell.
That's the problem with many "new energy sources" they aren't really sources.
Actually cures can be profitable too.
Would you take $100/month over the remaining X years of patent protection/patient life.
Or a lump sum of $10k.
My bet would be on the lump sum, you don't have to worry about a competitor coming along, and fewer side effects due to long term usage.
Cures can be better for everyone, drug company, patient, insurance company etc.
Write out simply what you want, and see a lawyer.
It should only take a few minutes.
Isn't the goal to sell a profitable product that people like?
The Wii is there, sales are strong because it's fun, they're making a profit and people are happy. This is win for Nintendo. BTW I bought a Wii and Zelda and it's my first Nintendo product.
Xbox360 has the critical mass to encourage continued third party development, lots of games == happy people. Again this is a win.
PS3 most powerful, lots of people like power and they'll pay for it. I think the PS3 will remain a usable console well into the next generation, so this is a win too.
Wow everyone succeeds, how unnewsworthy.
Wii sports has a rating for your user, and changes the difficulty based on your performance.
For example in Tennis it's become noticably harder at the 500 level, while at the 0 level the computer is trivial to beat.
I think satisfaction happens when the game is hard enough that failure is a realistic possibility, but you still tend to win more often. You can tune on the players performance, or a sample audience performance, it doesn't really matter.
Some hardcore games tune ultimate hardness with the intent of having only a handful of people ever suceed at it.
I think it's an interesting idea, of course it's really just making a multiplayer RPG with different goals. You could easily have multiple different possibly conflicting missions.
I can easily see Rainbow6/SWAT living in a Simcity world. It could be like the real world only different, maybe some sort of Second Life or something.
He also rates the success and failure rates of his predictions quite mercilessly, something no other columnist or "pundit" ever does about their own hits and misses.
I disagree, it's now becoming common in prediction articles (particularly the year in review ones) on scoring last years predictions.
I prefer them, even when they're mostly wrong because of the insight into how we were thinking last year against what actually happened.
I'm Canadian, but I just do it on the paper forms and phone it in.
Are you tax forms really that complicated?
Most articles I read suggest they are being charged under the more recent
"Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, which targeted illegal Internet gambling by preventing financial entities from processing credit cards, checks, and similar transactions in connection with Internet gambling. "
Other than government efficiency why would they make a new law to ban things already illegal under an old law?
The issue isn't the US enforcing its laws within its own border.
The real issue is the US enforcing laws made after the act.
Arresting someone for something that was legal at the time it was done is not reasonable.
There is a double standard though.
I don't see people calling to revoke the credentials of those exagerating the short term effects of global warming.
This is just the thin edge of the wedge they want to use to shut up any opposition to global warming arguements. It's a lot easier to control the agenda when there is no opposition.
Many issues have been defeated or at least stalled by simply removing or interfering with ones right to free speech.
1/2" router is 12.7mm.
I have a scale, it was a 250+-10g steak
There are metric and imperial tools available.
Works for me, most people talk about miles per gallon in fuel consumption.
I'm 5'11 170lb and had a 250g steak.
I built a 32" table with 2x4's and #4 screens, to hold my 1/2" router in with M6 bolts.
Realistically all my work (even with the US) is in metric. There are just a few exceptions who use imperial measurements, and I just convert.
Today under Canadian copyright law I can legally make personal copies for my own use.
As long as I can continue to borrow peoples music selection and make a copy for myself without paying and the DRM allows this I have no objection.
The problem with DRM is twofold.
1. It enforces limits beyond those granted by copyright law.
2. Some people don't like current copyright law.
Europe isn't so hot now.
High unemployment, higher taxes and social programs pushing their governments into massive debt.
Handshaking is a big diesease/germ transmitter.
So I wash my hands with alcohol sanitizer. Kinda rude to avoid people as you dash bathroom to the door.
I think drunk drivers should be executed.
Saves the trouble of scraping their victims off the pavement.
That being said these systems would concern me with the risk of false positives or system failure at inconvenient or even dangerous times.
Additionally it would give a false sense of security and may encourage some to drive because they passed the cars test.
As for blood alcohol, what about users of alcohol hand santizer, I use it once I leave most social events, this might trip it.
Pupil inspection, what about foggy/dirty glasses?
He wants it to default to saving, but doesn't want to confirm to delete?
I see my car prompting to start like my computer prompting to create a new file.
I see prompting to delete a file like prompting to drive into a wall.
The problem is that most people don't care what they're doing, they just want to be done it without thinking.
Many technical people aren't like that, they want it to be done, but done their way.
The idea of automatically doing the default action doesn't make sense to me, but for many people they'd rather not have the choice and not think about it.
I'm quite annoyed that some FOSS projects have gone to the default with no option (aka dumbed down) UI, which is exactly what he's proposing.
The problem is many people still want at least a few of the extra features, even if they don't use the majority. The easiest solution is to give them everything, but hide most of the options unless they want them.