The right to use includes the right to reverse engineer. It's much different from the right to redistribute (e.g., playing a CD over the airways), which is controlled by copyright law (other rights such as reverse engineering are not). Only by signing a contract (e.g., a EULA) or other laws can those rights be taken away. You don't (really) need to sign a contract just to use software anyway (you don't need to sign a contract to read a book, do you?), and that includes reverse engineering it.
So yes, we do have every right to reverse engineer software.
Actually, the "free" does mean no licensing fees. It's just that "licensing" in the case of free software applies to redistribution and not use. Redistributing free software is "free" as in free beer, and the use of the software is not restricted in any way (a free software license is a copyright license, not a contract as most software licenses are).
The "free" in "free software" means "libre", not "gratis". This has been pointed out many times already, yet some people still don't seem to understand the big difference.
All free software is open source (because its source code is available), but not all open source software is free.
I like the way KDE handles new windows. If I do something in a window while I'm waiting for another window to open, the new window opens behind the current one and without the focus. The same happens with menus.
According to the C standard, an 'int' is guaranteed to be at least 16 bits wide, so even on 8-bit machines it could handle up to at least 32767 votes before overflowing.
Rob Pike invented, or at least help develop the idea of, the pipe and command pipelines in Unix. It was a fairly major development, as it allows programs to act as filters.
He may have developed other stuff in Unix too, but that's all I know about him.
Computer virusen are actually like STD's. Windows has sex like crazy without any protection, and of course Linux doesn't have sex at all, just like its users.:)
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IE is not free software. It's freeware. There's a big difference.
Perhaps they meant "hacker" in the correct, original sense. Maybe they know the difference between "hacker" and "cracker".
"Go" doesn't in any way mean "restart" to me. How on earth did you get that association (besides looking at the text below the button)?
Big and Buxom eyes? WTF?
The right to use includes the right to reverse engineer. It's much different from the right to redistribute (e.g., playing a CD over the airways), which is controlled by copyright law (other rights such as reverse engineering are not). Only by signing a contract (e.g., a EULA) or other laws can those rights be taken away. You don't (really) need to sign a contract just to use software anyway (you don't need to sign a contract to read a book, do you?), and that includes reverse engineering it.
So yes, we do have every right to reverse engineer software.
But that still is by no means "freedom from capitalism", now is it?
Actually, the "free" does mean no licensing fees. It's just that "licensing" in the case of free software applies to redistribution and not use. Redistributing free software is "free" as in free beer, and the use of the software is not restricted in any way (a free software license is a copyright license, not a contract as most software licenses are).
Where do you define software you can modify and/or redistribute freely? And Linux is not always "software that does not cost money".
The "free" in "free software" means "libre", not "gratis". This has been pointed out many times already, yet some people still don't seem to understand the big difference.
All free software is open source (because its source code is available), but not all open source software is free.
Perhaps to edit text files? Just a guess.
That's probably because /. apparently is having problems with user accounts right now, including logging in (though I could log in to post :).
So Michael Jackson is a Mac user? He just thought the baby would eject?
I like the way KDE handles new windows. If I do something in a window while I'm waiting for another window to open, the new window opens behind the current one and without the focus. The same happens with menus.
Very nice.
Yeah, that :(){ :|:&};: command forks infinitely so the machine becomes completely unresponsive after a second or so.
:)
I just had to try it out for myself too. Oops.
Don't be ridiculous. You apparently don't understand the basics of cryptography. It's just like security through obscurity: it doesn't work very well.
According to the C standard, an 'int' is guaranteed to be at least 16 bits wide, so even on 8-bit machines it could handle up to at least 32767 votes before overflowing.
Rob Pike invented, or at least help develop the idea of, the pipe and command pipelines in Unix. It was a fairly major development, as it allows programs to act as filters.
He may have developed other stuff in Unix too, but that's all I know about him.
Then what? Reincarnation?
German uses "en" to pluralise words. The plural of "virus" in German is actually "viren", though.
Computer virusen are actually like STD's. Windows has sex like crazy without any protection, and of course Linux doesn't have sex at all, just like its users. :)
Linux users prefer a better product which happens to come from an "underdog" company. Why am I surprised? :P
Even honest people will find a way to "break into" their house or car, and that is not illegal to do (yet).
and you can get started in your basement on a shoestring using opensource software
So Linux runs on shoestrings now?