First of all let me start of by saying I think that this entire thing is stupid, and is purely out of greed and has nothing to do with some great goal of protecting ones work, but since that's not going to change, I have a question:
If Google pay's that fee, which seems quite large, does that give then retroactive ownsership of all Viacom material?
Fair enough, but your comment doesn't seem to be a rebuttal to the poster to whom you replied. You imply that they are lying to the developers, or they are lying to the customers.
If you're amazed then you're ignorant. Would you assume a liar's statement to you was true or false? Well Sony has a track record of nonsense, Nintendo doesn't - at the very least not within the last 5 years.
and then a quote from a Nintendo executive saying the company only wanted to make "fun" games.
I know pro sports people do infact play what is essentially a game - but I thought that didn't apply to video games and that games were still supposed to be fun.
So are game developers not even trying to make games fun these days then?
Since there seems to be no way around this entire IP mess, I shall go with the flow for now and ask - is it (legally) safe to include this in any Linux OSS project?
When one invests their time in platform dependant skills, one has to live with the fact they will be forever tied to that platform. I'm pretty sure that what you want is not yet legally possible.
Why didn't they go through a single company/entity that has a track record of reliable search? Each to their own isn't really going to help. Unlike music, books can be considered physical things, and many people, myself included do _not_ like reading books online. If I like a book for a partiuclar topic, I will buy it.
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First of all let me start of by saying I think that this entire thing is stupid, and is purely out of greed and has nothing to do with some great goal of protecting ones work, but since that's not going to change, I have a question:
If Google pay's that fee, which seems quite large, does that give then retroactive ownsership of all Viacom material?
Fair enough, but your comment doesn't seem to be a rebuttal to the poster to whom you replied. You imply that they are lying to the developers, or they are lying to the customers.
I've wondered that myself.
Is IBM a convicted monopolist?
That's really sad.
If you're amazed then you're ignorant. Would you assume a liar's statement to you was true or false? Well Sony has a track record of nonsense, Nintendo doesn't - at the very least not within the last 5 years.
Tetris is a great game.
I know pro sports people do infact play what is essentially a game - but I thought that didn't apply to video games and that games were still supposed to be fun.
So are game developers not even trying to make games fun these days then?
So that's what he's been doing after Stargate SG-1
This my friends is what money pays for: good astroturfers and slashdot modders.
make them tighter
And THAT is the real tragedy that so few seems to notice. What ever happened to fight or flight?
Sounds like someone hasn't gotten their morning coffee
So we are giving Kudos for taking other people's ideas now?
So said - so done.
Another law that only barely benefits regular people
Just stop already.
+1 Agreed
When they start spending money on Linux (see past article on biggest cooperate ccontributors to the kernel)
Since there seems to be no way around this entire IP mess, I shall go with the flow for now and ask - is it (legally) safe to include this in any Linux OSS project?
Try Fedora, and go to the Fedora chatroom _before_ installing to get advice.
When one invests their time in platform dependant skills, one has to live with the fact they will be forever tied to that platform. I'm pretty sure that what you want is not yet legally possible.
Why didn't they go through a single company/entity that has a track record of reliable search? Each to their own isn't really going to help. Unlike music, books can be considered physical things, and many people, myself included do _not_ like reading books online. If I like a book for a partiuclar topic, I will buy it.
IT's not better, but it is already there, and is slightly more sane than IE6.
I wish they would at least move to IE7 if they are not going to move to Firefox/Mozilla. To stay with IE6 is just unfair.