I read newspapers as well, I've also worked in first world government for six years and I too have friends, some of them from Nigeria and Pakistan. There is corruption here, there is corruption there. The only difference perhaps is our politicians get their hands on more money. We could bat this back and forth for days without agreement but there is no need for you to take that snappish tone with me.
Corruption and cronyism, with a few exceptions, are endemic everywhere politicians are found. Whilst we enjoy depicting countires with lower GDP then our own as more corrupt it is not exactly accurate.
India is a well entrenched democracy and little more likely to have a disputed election then the USA and UK.
I don't think cost is an issue I'm sure big blue will provide the requiste funds and any additional lawyers needed to enforce the GPL, if after all it can be enforced. Remember times have changed, Linux is half corporate now.
You need to say: we're taking the music anyway, you can't stop us, this way you'll get some money. The rulings on blank video and audio tapes were a recognition that enforcement was impossible. Despite high profile busts etc there are millions of us sharing millions of tracks.
Many people I know buy an album rip it and share it with total strangers without even thinking about it. You can't fight that, it's how we use our music now, the labels that adjust and reposition will survive and prosper, those that persist in seeking legal redress and banging dubious moral drums will dwindle and diminish.
Most medicines are developed by publicly funded university labs. Drug companies do the testing which can be expensive, apparently you now have to feed your monkeys and clean their cages.
I agree with the down with patents chant, they are an obstacle to progress and they are (to me) immoral, rewarding the person who thinks of something first regardless of whether or not they ever find a practical use for it. In fact they also reward people who have an idea for something but can't make it work.
A very good roadmap, although I'd expect Microsoft to adapt and change, they'll be able to use fistfuls of dollars to keep linux at bay in the US.
In Europe they may need to start claiming restrictive trading practices or charging down other legal avenues.
They might of course buy a distribution, port Office to it, bundle it with every new machine on the planet and give everyone on Slashdots shares in the company.
I think sooner or later PCWorld and other big chain computer shops could be bundling their own distributions with their computers. I have my doubts about Xserver but the applications are there and with bootsplash, svg icons, and font smoothing Linux can look lovely now.
Well Java is not really an operating system and it does seem perfect for an open source project but I take your point.
As long as IBM ask nicely and no one takes offence if Sun say no in a rather emphatic manner, it can't hurt.
My flat mate usually uses Windows in Internet Cafes. When I gave her a login on my Slackware laptop (with almost every menu option gone and a simple "web" and "e-mail" set of icons) she didn't notice what operating system she was using, she's not even sure what an operating system is. She could browse the web and look at her PDF application form.
Well I think the consent meant that a murder conviction wasn't possible.
Actually I'm not sure if it's clear if the cannibalism itself presented a problem to the jury, just the killing.
Maybe if people donated their bodies to cannibal restaurants instead of science we'd solve the problem and weave another rich thread into the tapestry of our cosmopolitan restaurant districts.
"UKers'" do actually have freedom of speech through piecemeal laws and through pan-European treaty. The UK doesn't have a bill of rights that is similar to the US one but that doesn't mean common and other laws don't give rights.
I've had the same e-mail address for years and never suffered any serious spam problem. I've even published it on websites and newsgroups. I vaguely suspect that the rest of the world is signing up for spam 24/7. It seems to be the only explanation.
I'm not justifying it, I'm just trying to rationalise why they might have ignored the licence provisions. Freeware, creative commons, public domain, and GPL just blur into a hippyish swirl in some peoples' heads and at the end of it all they know is they can have it for nothing.
On the other hand they may have cynically nicked it. Who knows in the absence of a court case/
The @ symbol you say? Well if you wouldn't mind helping me leaf through the papers in this draw I think you'll find a patent for "Expressing the typographical symbol commonly known as "at," through the method of representing it as a sequence of "dots" and "dashes" and especially through the medium of sound or electricity.
I don't know about the US but in the UK the judge confirms the jury's decision and is entitled to dismiss the jury if s/he feels that the verdict ignored the law or was clearly contrary to the facts.
This is rarely used by jury's must be cautious when directed clearly by the judge.
I believe US federal judges may ignore the jury's verdict in the.
Perhaps the GPL is perceived by some "free as in beer". The lack of a profit motive for those GPLing their work might make some companies think that they can reuse GPL code without fear of legal let or hindrance.
For some GPL may be confused with other less restrictive software licenses that basically allow you to do what you like with the code.
Even if this had got to court and the GPL stood up, it would probably have had little impact on the attitude US courts took in the future.
Has anyone hunted through that leaked Windows source for GPLed code? Not much a chance but it would be lovely if there were some. Then all our software would be free.
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Blank monitor screens to stop us constantly checking our work. Then we'll be flying.
I read newspapers as well, I've also worked in first world government for six years and I too have friends, some of them from Nigeria and Pakistan. There is corruption here, there is corruption there. The only difference perhaps is our politicians get their hands on more money. We could bat this back and forth for days without agreement but there is no need for you to take that snappish tone with me.
Corruption and cronyism, with a few exceptions, are endemic everywhere politicians are found. Whilst we enjoy depicting countires with lower GDP then our own as more corrupt it is not exactly accurate. India is a well entrenched democracy and little more likely to have a disputed election then the USA and UK.
I don't think cost is an issue I'm sure big blue will provide the requiste funds and any additional lawyers needed to enforce the GPL, if after all it can be enforced. Remember times have changed, Linux is half corporate now.
You need to say: we're taking the music anyway, you can't stop us, this way you'll get some money. The rulings on blank video and audio tapes were a recognition that enforcement was impossible. Despite high profile busts etc there are millions of us sharing millions of tracks.
Many people I know buy an album rip it and share it with total strangers without even thinking about it. You can't fight that, it's how we use our music now, the labels that adjust and reposition will survive and prosper, those that persist in seeking legal redress and banging dubious moral drums will dwindle and diminish.
Most medicines are developed by publicly funded university labs. Drug companies do the testing which can be expensive, apparently you now have to feed your monkeys and clean their cages.
I agree with the down with patents chant, they are an obstacle to progress and they are (to me) immoral, rewarding the person who thinks of something first regardless of whether or not they ever find a practical use for it. In fact they also reward people who have an idea for something but can't make it work.
Patently nonsense.
A very good roadmap, although I'd expect Microsoft to adapt and change, they'll be able to use fistfuls of dollars to keep linux at bay in the US.
In Europe they may need to start claiming restrictive trading practices or charging down other legal avenues.
They might of course buy a distribution, port Office to it, bundle it with every new machine on the planet and give everyone on Slashdots shares in the company.
I think sooner or later PCWorld and other big chain computer shops could be bundling their own distributions with their computers. I have my doubts about Xserver but the applications are there and with bootsplash, svg icons, and font smoothing Linux can look lovely now.
Games will be an issue for a while still though.
Well Java is not really an operating system and it does seem perfect for an open source project but I take your point. As long as IBM ask nicely and no one takes offence if Sun say no in a rather emphatic manner, it can't hurt.
Said Steve Ballmer, reeling from being penguined in the back.
My flat mate usually uses Windows in Internet Cafes. When I gave her a login on my Slackware laptop (with almost every menu option gone and a simple "web" and "e-mail" set of icons) she didn't notice what operating system she was using, she's not even sure what an operating system is. She could browse the web and look at her PDF application form.
She did like the penguin themed desktop though.
Well I think the consent meant that a murder conviction wasn't possible.
Actually I'm not sure if it's clear if the cannibalism itself presented a problem to the jury, just the killing.
Maybe if people donated their bodies to cannibal restaurants instead of science we'd solve the problem and weave another rich thread into the tapestry of our cosmopolitan restaurant districts.
"UKers'" do actually have freedom of speech through piecemeal laws and through pan-European treaty. The UK doesn't have a bill of rights that is similar to the US one but that doesn't mean common and other laws don't give rights.
Totally agree, ban them and they'll just go underground... sorry for the bad pun.
Will they discriminate between consensual and non-consensual cannibalism? My right to be nibbles!
I've had the same e-mail address for years and never suffered any serious spam problem. I've even published it on websites and newsgroups. I vaguely suspect that the rest of the world is signing up for spam 24/7. It seems to be the only explanation.
I'm not justifying it, I'm just trying to rationalise why they might have ignored the licence provisions. Freeware, creative commons, public domain, and GPL just blur into a hippyish swirl in some peoples' heads and at the end of it all they know is they can have it for nothing. On the other hand they may have cynically nicked it. Who knows in the absence of a court case/
They could have asked for rolling urine samples and performance anxiety would have cleared the roads of cars.
The @ symbol you say? Well if you wouldn't mind helping me leaf through the papers in this draw I think you'll find a patent for "Expressing the typographical symbol commonly known as "at," through the method of representing it as a sequence of "dots" and "dashes" and especially through the medium of sound or electricity.
I don't know about the US but in the UK the judge confirms the jury's decision and is entitled to dismiss the jury if s/he feels that the verdict ignored the law or was clearly contrary to the facts. This is rarely used by jury's must be cautious when directed clearly by the judge. I believe US federal judges may ignore the jury's verdict in the.
Perhaps the GPL is perceived by some "free as in beer". The lack of a profit motive for those GPLing their work might make some companies think that they can reuse GPL code without fear of legal let or hindrance. For some GPL may be confused with other less restrictive software licenses that basically allow you to do what you like with the code. Even if this had got to court and the GPL stood up, it would probably have had little impact on the attitude US courts took in the future.
Has anyone hunted through that leaked Windows source for GPLed code? Not much a chance but it would be lovely if there were some. Then all our software would be free.