This is written assuming that the license(s) in question are GPL-like, rather than BSD-like:
If the company want to change licenses, they must contact each and every copyright holder (programmer) to get permission. Unless the company being bought owns copyright on ALL the code, this will be difficult -- each and every right holder must be tracked down and their arm twisted enough that they agree to a license change.
On a typical open source project, many people from across the world contribute. If any one of them disagrees to a new license, their work must be removed and new code written to fill the gap. New code means time, money, and bugs.
If any significant number of developers object, it becomes very difficult to justify the license change (and thus the purchase, if they really do plan on a license change).
--- You know what? This sounds like more Microsoft FUD! Perhaps they realize now that the SCO FUD is not very effective...
Valentine's day is for the poor souls who are not nerds. It has something to do with "increasing your chances of gettin' some". Obviously not something we should know or care about. Move along.
ARE YOU RETARDED? Never heard of a water shortage?! Jesus Christ, get out of your hole and go outside every once in a while. Sooner or later you'll hear that the city is asking that you not water your lawn because there isn't enough water. Next they will ask that you limit your water use as much as possible. After that, they might have a "rolling blackout", or have periods of reduced pressure, or none at all.
If you read http://geeksunite.net/outrage.pdf, his letter to the company, robots.txt is NOT used by their software. It IS on their site, so yes, they know about it.
It would fix the spam problem MAYBE, but it would also cause many problems.
I doubt the US has exclusive license to corrupt government officials. All it takes is for some Aussie gov't official to claim he doesn't like person/company/product XYZ. He tells AmEx to cut them off, or else.
Either they comply and harm some (probably innocent) person, or they ignore the law, get it repealed, whatever.
And that's not even considering the fact that most any malware-producer is going to claim that they are innocent (framed!), or that their product does ABC which makes it legal.
HOW do you tell a truly innocent person from someone producing malware???
Large companies generally build their own machines. It's all standard, COTS parts - nothing too special about it. The prepackaged food industry isn't so big that outsourcing custom equipment will save enough money to outweigh benefits like in-house support, secrecy, accountability, etc.
Novel, you fucking moron: novel, adj. -- Strikingly new, unusual, or different
Shut your hole, retard. As others have said, this is similar to how other foods are produced, including Ravioli. In simple terms I hope you can understand: this is NOT novel!
Nobody should be able to patent something unless it really is far different from everything else available. THAT is how innovation itself is rewarded. (And that is how the patent system was originally intended to work.) Otherwise, we are only awarding those who can twist a description enough that their patent is granted... it's unlikely that they are very inventive, if they feel they must weasel their way through a loophole.
You do not understand what is going on in the patent system. So please do not argue about it.
Wide-spread real-time support is a VERY BAD idea. Every idgit who wants faster responses from their application or driver (sound, video, whatever) will want it to be real time.
"Every idgit" doesn't know jack about realtime and this will cause problems with things that need realtime - i.e. LinuxCNC.
Do you WANT a 2000-lb machine to stop responding and crash? No, you might end up with a hole in you. Not to mention some really expensive equipment destroyed: Gantry
Real-time on linux:
FSMLabs
MontaVista
RTAI from DIAPM (Italian)
"national security satellite." Here's hoping this is the replacement for the one(s) that were used to "discover" Saddam's WMD...
But the elections aren't for another couple months... Well, yeah, I guess the new Kerry.. errm... satellite... has to stabilize before it can replace the old, malfunctioning piece of crap that was in an orbit too high and too eccentric...
Coal *is* dirty... but power plants have HUGE filtration systems to clean the smoke up. Cars don't. So cars start out cleaner, but exh. don't get cleaned up much, while coal starts dirty but gets cleaned up a lot. I think I've heard that power plants are actually cleaner than internal combustion engines, for the amount of power produced. (I'm not sure when that was, could be modern engines are better...)
Make it a live-cd!!! This way the execution environment is guaranteed, without the student needing to have Linux installed. Plus open-source gets more exposure.
Also, distribute all the (specialized) tools necessary to modify and re-create the cd - either for fixing errors, or for creating new books. If there isn't enough room, distribute it as a second CD. Preferrably, everything necessary should be included, rather than just the specialized things.
I.e. include a word processor, not just the script that bundles all the files into an.ISO image.
Are you retarded?!
This sounds like how Microsoft treats security issues. "Don't tell anybody, and they won't find out"
BULLSHIT.
Pranksters and the curious won't find out. But criminals, psychopaths, and terrorists will. If they then did something, people would be saying, "Wow! What was that?! Oh no! We don't know what to do!" and "No known phenomena could cause that, it must've been a freak accident"
Do you really WANT terrorists getting away with things? If nobody knew what Uranium, heavy water, and Barium were used for, they wouldn't have a clue where to begin looking if a bomb was set off.
Anyway, do you really think that you'll get journalists to not produce something sensational? Right. Ain't gonna happen. They comfort themselves with "The American Public has a Right to Know" and go for it.
If you want to try-before-you-buy, get this: UnrealEngine 2 Runtime - small, lightweight, but includes the editor. Also
UT03 Demo
The unreal engine is behind many, many games; I believe more than the Quake engine. Splinter Cell, Rainbow Six, America's Army, Deus Ex, etc... 10 current games! UnrealPowered
I'm kinda suprised you want to develop games, and yet have never built a level! If I were you, I'd start ASAP - are you really sure you it is something you will like doing for a career? In the stress of a budget-bound company, with tight deadlines???
What experience do you have? If you've ever used CAD, level designing will make more sense. I strongly recommend taking a one-semester or night computer graphics technology (drafting) class. If that isn't an option, google Constructive Solid Geometry (CSG), AKA Set Theoretic Geometry. (Also google svlis, look through the docs. Some of that stuff is not found elsewhere.)
AFAIK, Unreal has everything any other game has, as far as features: mipmapping, particles, smoke, fractal-based textures, heightmap terrain, [many, many things left out]... It also has a lot of features not found elsewhere. Karma Physics engine, for one. UnrealScript, for another. Are you any good at C++? Unrealscript is similar, though it adds many features that are important in a game, such as functions that execute every gametick, time expirations, etc...
The only cool thing I know of that's in another game, and not in Unreal, is Cube's in-game editing. That, it doesn't have.
Slashdot Mirror
Ummm. No need for birth control, with all that constant radiation near the cumputer and other important bits?
The title of the parent post was supposed to have an arrow formed by an equals and a greater than sign: =>
/. didn't like it.
Guess
If the company want to change licenses, they must contact each and every copyright holder (programmer) to get permission. Unless the company being bought owns copyright on ALL the code, this will be difficult -- each and every right holder must be tracked down and their arm twisted enough that they agree to a license change.
On a typical open source project, many people from across the world contribute. If any one of them disagrees to a new license, their work must be removed and new code written to fill the gap. New code means time, money, and bugs.
If any significant number of developers object, it becomes very difficult to justify the license change (and thus the purchase, if they really do plan on a license change).
---
You know what? This sounds like more Microsoft FUD! Perhaps they realize now that the SCO FUD is not very effective...
Valentine's day is for the poor souls who are not nerds. It has something to do with "increasing your chances of gettin' some". Obviously not something we should know or care about. Move along.
ARE YOU RETARDED? Never heard of a water shortage?! Jesus Christ, get out of your hole and go outside every once in a while. Sooner or later you'll hear that the city is asking that you not water your lawn because there isn't enough water. Next they will ask that you limit your water use as much as possible. After that, they might have a "rolling blackout", or have periods of reduced pressure, or none at all.
Ever looked at the reactivity data for hydrogen? Ever witnessed a demonstration wherein a candle contacts a hydrogen-oxygen baloon?
I'll leave that blank, just in case you haven't already read the book completely.
"Robots.txt Query Exclusion.
We're sorry, access to http://www.healthmarketscience.com/customers/custo mers.html has been blocked by the site owner via robots.txt"
If you read http://geeksunite.net/outrage.pdf, his letter to the company, robots.txt is NOT used by their software. It IS on their site, so yes, they know about it.
You were looking for things that are pre-tech... too bad ;)
Computer Numeric Control - CNC - used to run metalworking equipment: linuxcnc.org
It would fix the spam problem MAYBE, but it would also cause many problems.
I doubt the US has exclusive license to corrupt government officials. All it takes is for some Aussie gov't official to claim he doesn't like person/company/product XYZ. He tells AmEx to cut them off, or else.
Either they comply and harm some (probably innocent) person, or they ignore the law, get it repealed, whatever.
And that's not even considering the fact that most any malware-producer is going to claim that they are innocent (framed!), or that their product does ABC which makes it legal.
HOW do you tell a truly innocent person from someone producing malware???
This won't work! THINK! Please!!!
So there's that argument all shot to hell. Next.
Novel, you fucking moron:
novel, adj. -- Strikingly new, unusual, or different
Shut your hole, retard. As others have said, this is similar to how other foods are produced, including Ravioli. In simple terms I hope you can understand: this is NOT novel!
Nobody should be able to patent something unless it really is far different from everything else available. THAT is how innovation itself is rewarded. (And that is how the patent system was originally intended to work.) Otherwise, we are only awarding those who can twist a description enough that their patent is granted... it's unlikely that they are very inventive, if they feel they must weasel their way through a loophole.
You do not understand what is going on in the patent system. So please do not argue about it.
Wide-spread real-time support is a VERY BAD idea. Every idgit who wants faster responses from their application or driver (sound, video, whatever) will want it to be real time.
"Every idgit" doesn't know jack about realtime and this will cause problems with things that need realtime - i.e. LinuxCNC.
Do you WANT a 2000-lb machine to stop responding and crash? No, you might end up with a hole in you. Not to mention some really expensive equipment destroyed: Gantry
Real-time on linux:
FSMLabs
MontaVista
RTAI from DIAPM (Italian)
But the elections aren't for another couple months... Well, yeah, I guess the new Kerry.. errm... satellite... has to stabilize before it can replace the old, malfunctioning piece of crap that was in an orbit too high and too eccentric...
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Coal *is* dirty... but power plants have HUGE filtration systems to clean the smoke up. Cars don't. So cars start out cleaner, but exh. don't get cleaned up much, while coal starts dirty but gets cleaned up a lot. I think I've heard that power plants are actually cleaner than internal combustion engines, for the amount of power produced. (I'm not sure when that was, could be modern engines are better...)
Make it a live-cd!!! This way the execution environment is guaranteed, without the student needing to have Linux installed. Plus open-source gets more exposure.
.ISO image.
Also, distribute all the (specialized) tools necessary to modify and re-create the cd - either for fixing errors, or for creating new books. If there isn't enough room, distribute it as a second CD. Preferrably, everything necessary should be included, rather than just the specialized things.
I.e. include a word processor, not just the script that bundles all the files into an
Are you retarded?! This sounds like how Microsoft treats security issues. "Don't tell anybody, and they won't find out" BULLSHIT. Pranksters and the curious won't find out. But criminals, psychopaths, and terrorists will. If they then did something, people would be saying, "Wow! What was that?! Oh no! We don't know what to do!" and "No known phenomena could cause that, it must've been a freak accident" Do you really WANT terrorists getting away with things? If nobody knew what Uranium, heavy water, and Barium were used for, they wouldn't have a clue where to begin looking if a bomb was set off. Anyway, do you really think that you'll get journalists to not produce something sensational? Right. Ain't gonna happen. They comfort themselves with "The American Public has a Right to Know" and go for it.
If you were a respectable scientist, would you like your name attached to a story like this? Damn good way to destroy your career!
You poke people with a stick... what extra parts fell off? And what did you do with those parts?
UnrealEd Manual: Interface (includes screenshots)
If you want to try-before-you-buy, get this: UnrealEngine 2 Runtime - small, lightweight, but includes the editor. Also UT03 Demo
The unreal engine is behind many, many games; I believe more than the Quake engine. Splinter Cell, Rainbow Six, America's Army, Deus Ex, etc... 10 current games! UnrealPowered
I'm kinda suprised you want to develop games, and yet have never built a level! If I were you, I'd start ASAP - are you really sure you it is something you will like doing for a career? In the stress of a budget-bound company, with tight deadlines???
What experience do you have? If you've ever used CAD, level designing will make more sense. I strongly recommend taking a one-semester or night computer graphics technology (drafting) class. If that isn't an option, google Constructive Solid Geometry (CSG), AKA Set Theoretic Geometry. (Also google svlis, look through the docs. Some of that stuff is not found elsewhere.)
AFAIK, Unreal has everything any other game has, as far as features: mipmapping, particles, smoke, fractal-based textures, heightmap terrain, [many, many things left out]... It also has a lot of features not found elsewhere. Karma Physics engine, for one. UnrealScript, for another. Are you any good at C++? Unrealscript is similar, though it adds many features that are important in a game, such as functions that execute every gametick, time expirations, etc...
The only cool thing I know of that's in another game, and not in Unreal, is Cube's in-game editing. That, it doesn't have.
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