Most newspapers are closed today, which doesn't help. BBC is open, and Slashdot is open. All the others I read are closed.
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They paid £699 for a licence to use SCO's unix software code contained in the linux kernel.
Problem is that the linux kernel doesn't contain unix code, and SCO doesn't own the copyright to unix, and the person who does own it (SuSE/Novell) has already given them a licence, as has Caldera/SCO to the extent that they can do this.
Sounds like there is some sort of case under the Control of Misleading Advertising Regulations and the Trade Descriptions Act.
But words like "Essex", "Sussex", and "Scunthorpe" are also missing.
The first two are English counties, and the other is an English town. All of these have been mistakenly binned by over zealous filters in the past.
Apparently North Lincolnshire Council blocked all emails with Scunthorpe in them at one point. As Scunthorpe is in North Lincolnshire, quite a lot of emails were wrongly blocked.
I can't see that computers will ever be intelligent in the way that humans are, not continuing along the same evolutionary path that they have been since the days of Babbage. It is nothing to do with speed or memory capacity, just that they operate in a completely different way.
One day, someone might wire up a machine to a genetically modified brain. Then I would agree that it had rights.
However, I can't think of any reason why anyone would want to do that other than the geeky "because I can" reason. What makes computers useful is the fact that they are different to humans - they can do lots of boring repetitive tasks without getting bored, and they can follow lots of instructions accurately, without making mistakes (well some of the time anyway).
Here in the UK, you will soon be required to file your tax return over the internet. Large employers are already required to file their payroll taxes this way, and it will be extended to everyone over the coming years.
So someone who gets a banning order will be prohibited from paying their tax bill? Sounds good.
You've never been to Argos, or Waitrose, or Safeway, or Marks and Spencer (all British shops).
In Argos, you go to a computer, type in what you want to order, swipe your credit card, get a receipt, and go to a collection point to pick up the goods.
In the others, you can scan the goods into the computer yourself and pay either by card or cash without involving a member of staff.
From what I read of it, you can distribute modified versions, but the must be under the same licence, much like what the GPL requires.
The main difference from what I see is that if you claim that the software infringes one of your patents, you lose you rights to use or distribute the software unless you agree to pay royalties to the author of the software. That sounds like a good thing to me.
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It enjoys a monopoly on its product, controlled by the state. Therefore it is a state controlled monopoly.
State controlled monopolies, such as the movie industry are neither capitalism or a right.
Such monopolies are more common in a communist system than a capitalist one.
Winzip is not freeware. You are supposed to pay for it, not use a keygen from from emule.
Most newspapers are closed today, which doesn't help. BBC is open, and Slashdot is open. All the others I read are closed.
They paid £699 for a licence to use SCO's unix software code contained in the linux kernel.
Problem is that the linux kernel doesn't contain unix code, and SCO doesn't own the copyright to unix, and the person who does own it (SuSE/Novell) has already given them a licence, as has Caldera/SCO to the extent that they can do this.
Sounds like there is some sort of case under the Control of Misleading Advertising Regulations and the Trade Descriptions Act.
Follow the money. If the spammers get their sales revenue seized from the credit card account, there will be a lot less motivation to spam.
You forget the people who actually sell and buy the stuff.
No, because Linus has given permission for it.
But words like "Essex", "Sussex", and "Scunthorpe" are also missing.
The first two are English counties, and the other is an English town. All of these have been mistakenly binned by over zealous filters in the past.
Apparently North Lincolnshire Council blocked all emails with Scunthorpe in them at one point. As Scunthorpe is in North Lincolnshire, quite a lot of emails were wrongly blocked.
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Essentially, what he is saying is that someone could set up what they claim is a firefox mirror and put spyware infected code on there.
That is a real problem, and it has happened to other free software projects.
I can't see that computers will ever be intelligent in the way that humans are, not continuing along the same evolutionary path that they have been since the days of Babbage. It is nothing to do with speed or memory capacity, just that they operate in a completely different way.
One day, someone might wire up a machine to a genetically modified brain. Then I would agree that it had rights.
However, I can't think of any reason why anyone would want to do that other than the geeky "because I can" reason. What makes computers useful is the fact that they are different to humans - they can do lots of boring repetitive tasks without getting bored, and they can follow lots of instructions accurately, without making mistakes (well some of the time anyway).
It has now ...
Think something like the Times or the Telegraph, assuming the .co.uk in your headers isn't misleading.
Well we can answer the Kazaa question. Either MlDonkey or GiFT will do it.
The other questions aren't so easy to answer.
To ask why companies get away with producing such spyware. It is illegal in most countries.
But Michael Robertson did make some money out of it, and that, at the end of the day, is what business is about.
Here in the UK, you will soon be required to file your tax return over the internet. Large employers are already required to file their payroll taxes this way, and it will be extended to everyone over the coming years.
So someone who gets a banning order will be prohibited from paying their tax bill? Sounds good.
You've never been to Argos, or Waitrose, or Safeway, or Marks and Spencer (all British shops).
In Argos, you go to a computer, type in what you want to order, swipe your credit card, get a receipt, and go to a collection point to pick up the goods.
In the others, you can scan the goods into the computer yourself and pay either by card or cash without involving a member of staff.
Firstly, genious is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration. Copyright protects the 99% perspiration.
Secondly, even by the extremely lax standards set by the US Patent Office, very few software programs contain patentable inventions.
Do you seriously think that distiction would stand up to scrutiny in a court room?
And btw, the most popular way to view SVG is to use a plugin from Adobe.
Eolas definitely. They are in the wrong in this particular case.
In any case, even if MS loses, it will affect Mozilla and Konqueror a lot more than it affects IE.
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But how many people actually google for hotmail?
From what I read of it, you can distribute modified versions, but the must be under the same licence, much like what the GPL requires.
The main difference from what I see is that if you claim that the software infringes one of your patents, you lose you rights to use or distribute the software unless you agree to pay royalties to the author of the software. That sounds like a good thing to me.