Mhm? There's an update up on the Nexuiz news page:
"There appears to still be some confusion over this change. I would like to make more things clear:
*Illfonic has obtained the rights to the Nexuiz's engine code, along with a license for the Quake1 engine. The engine has been licensed as non-GPL for Sony Playstation 3 and Microsoft Xbox 360, these are very closed platforms and the game had no chance of reaching them under GPL.
*The Nexuiz's engine's prime developer (LordHavoc) is currently working on the Illfonic console version. The Nexuiz codebase will benefit from Illfonic's additions
*IllFonic actively promotes the GPL Nexuiz for all operating systems."
Shouldn't the same privacy logic apply even more to your laptops and personal electronic devices when you're entering U.S. borders?
Having these people search your hard drive is an invasion of privacy.
What is it that they think this policy stops, anyway?
If I wanted to import illegal electrons into the US, I'd just put them on a nice server right here in terrorist Europe, go to the US with a clean OS installation, and pull it encrypted over the intertubes.
In response to this, and everyone stating "I just want to phone and SMS/MMS"
But, the fact that thrird-party software works like crap if at all and integrates not-so-nicely, is the very thing allowing the operators to charge insane prizes for SMS and MMS. The same information could be sent just as easily, for a fraction of the cost (think GPRS). However, applications that allow replacement of SMS and MMS are seen as the great big enemy by the operators, which is why they are doing what they can to stop such foolishness.
If API:s and platforms becomes stable enough, 3pp could replace SMS and MMS. With DRM, the operators can stop that for good, and users will just have to settle for paying ridiculous prices for simple messaging.
Using expensive GPRS (no data agreement) where I live, a 'MMS' of 30K cost less than $0.1, and a 'SMS' less than $0.0001, including overhead.
the big players will lock out smaller players from the market
That is already true; the mobile phone operators are already doing what they can to lock out alternatives to (for example) SMS/MMS so that they can keep overcharging. This I know for sure, since I have been involved in such a project. Also, the operators add additional DMR to the branded versions of the phones, which are the ones most people get.
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Mhm? There's an update up on the Nexuiz news page: "There appears to still be some confusion over this change. I would like to make more things clear: *Illfonic has obtained the rights to the Nexuiz's engine code, along with a license for the Quake1 engine. The engine has been licensed as non-GPL for Sony Playstation 3 and Microsoft Xbox 360, these are very closed platforms and the game had no chance of reaching them under GPL. *The Nexuiz's engine's prime developer (LordHavoc) is currently working on the Illfonic console version. The Nexuiz codebase will benefit from Illfonic's additions *IllFonic actively promotes the GPL Nexuiz for all operating systems."
Shouldn't the same privacy logic apply even more to your laptops and personal electronic devices when you're entering U.S. borders? Having these people search your hard drive is an invasion of privacy.
What is it that they think this policy stops, anyway? If I wanted to import illegal electrons into the US, I'd just put them on a nice server right here in terrorist Europe, go to the US with a clean OS installation, and pull it encrypted over the intertubes.
In response to this, and everyone stating "I just want to phone and SMS/MMS" But, the fact that thrird-party software works like crap if at all and integrates not-so-nicely, is the very thing allowing the operators to charge insane prizes for SMS and MMS. The same information could be sent just as easily, for a fraction of the cost (think GPRS). However, applications that allow replacement of SMS and MMS are seen as the great big enemy by the operators, which is why they are doing what they can to stop such foolishness. If API:s and platforms becomes stable enough, 3pp could replace SMS and MMS. With DRM, the operators can stop that for good, and users will just have to settle for paying ridiculous prices for simple messaging. Using expensive GPRS (no data agreement) where I live, a 'MMS' of 30K cost less than $0.1, and a 'SMS' less than $0.0001, including overhead.