You forgot the other half - the US prides itself on capitalism *and* democracy. Democracy relies on a concept of everyone being equal, hence anti-discrimination laws. China doesn't not have these regulations because it's communist rather than capitalist, but because it's undemocratic.
What is wrong with all (most) of you?? All I see are flames here, toward GNUCash, how blah blah, it's unstable, blah blah, use KMyMoney, blah blah, the code is lame... I've been using it for 2 years straight and haven't had a problem ONCE. No database corruption, no corruption of any kind. THERE is your proof that GNUCash won't fuck up your finances.
So you have one persons experience, and therefore conclude no-one at all can ever have problems with GNUCash. Maybe, just maybe, people are criticising GNUCash for fucking up their finances is it did actually fuck up their finances?
You're missing the point. Why is there logic that says, in hardcoded form, "If we are in Germany, use german tax definitions, otherwise use US ones"? Sure, it might be all they can support right now, but the correct thing to do is "Use definitions for the current locale, if they exist, otherwise use US ones".
GTK1 breaks under composite, so for that reason alone it should move on. <flamebait>How long is it taking applications to move to qt4, and what does that tell you about their respective ease of development? But then you don't have to move to a braindead file selection box when you do that.</flamebait>
Don't tell me you can't use Linux for DRM software if you can use Linux in a child porn video lab.
This is not a straw man.
Yes it is a straw man. You can't use Linux in a child porn video lab, because you can't have a child porn video lab, because it's illegal to make child porn.
You can use the software to implement DRM. What you can't do is use DRM to prevent the modification of the software - and the entire point of the GPL is that you can modify the software. Please read the fucking license instead of listening to Torvalds talking crap.
If DastardlyCorp sells the code on its own and you get your own box separately, the situation is ok - you can run it on whatever platform you choose, and it's you being stupid if you buy a BadCorp box. It's not ideal, but I don't see any way to prevent it.
If BadCorp or DastardlyCorp sells you the box with the code on it, they're subject to its GPL provisions.
The famous incident which began the whole GPL thing was a printer driver that RMS wasn't allowed to modify. I'm sure exactly the same approach would apply to the printer's firmware. The effect is the same, the distinction between hardware and software seems somewhat irrelevant for this.
No. The only DRM provisions are those which prevent you using DRM to block the spirit of the GPL. You can still implement your DRMed media player with GPL code, as long as users are free to change the code - you can't DRM the code, is all the license says, you can drm your songs all you want. You can use them to staff a prison, but the workers still can't be made to work more than 40 hours a week.
But if he doesn't listen to his developers, they'll fork it and make a better one without him. Well, maybe not, since he gets so much hero-worship, but they should.
Now, you just have to get approval to use the Linux trademark. Somehow, I doubt that will happen.
And does that really matter? Oh, damn, my windowing system isn't called xfree86 anymore, how will I live? If the new kernel was superior, people would pick it up, regardless of what it's called.
It's perfectly clear to anyone who actually reads it. The real problem is Torvalds mouthing off about something he clearly doesn't know about and hundreds of adoring fans saying "wow, he's so human and normal compared to everyone else, and he's definitely right".
Nowadays very little of the kernel is Torvalds' own code. I suppose you could apply some sort of subconscious copying argument if people rewrote those parts, but doesn't the GPL forbid such things?
Erm, this is one sharks have and we don't - they can sense electrical activity in the water. It is one of only six senses we currently count sharks as having, and the other five are identical to human ones.
If new code went to this foundation codebase, sun wouldn't be able to include it in staroffice (unless they make it BSD, yes, but I doubt they want to do that). So the free OOo will rapidly overtake staroffice features-wise. I doubt Sun wants that.
It isn't properly supported - any GLX stuff won't have transparency, and, because of how composite works, you may well find that if you hide glx windows the glx stuff is still visible on top of everything else. But it mostly works, and I know I only use glx for fullscreen things anyway.
How about just sending ISS bits up on a US conventional rocket? Surely a Delta IV Heavy has the capacity to plonk anything we need up there, though obviously it can't transfer it onto the ISS as easily as the shuttle can. But it ought to be possible.
You mean you can't? With the nvidia binary drivers you have to add Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true" to the Device section since glx stuff isn't properly composited, but it still works.
And that's the key thing. Or did you not notice the clause in the GPL where it says "All modified files must carry prominent notices stating you changed them"? If you want a GPL-style license, and many people do, the so-called Design Science License (basically GPL with the software-specific parts removed) is a perfect way to do so, better I feel than using a CC attribution-sharealike which seems to currently be standard practice.
That's fine, but he has just the same right to promote it or not. And he's telling you that he won't just because it's CC. And you may want to know this, since people listen to him.
Capture their barracks and build a load of flak troopers. Cheap, and able to kill the kirov quite easily as long as you keep retreating out of its range.
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Surely prioritising people who don't rent as many movies is an improvement - I'd certainly see it as such.
You forgot the other half - the US prides itself on capitalism *and* democracy. Democracy relies on a concept of everyone being equal, hence anti-discrimination laws. China doesn't not have these regulations because it's communist rather than capitalist, but because it's undemocratic.
The invisible pink unicorn is an atheist symbol. Of course it's pretty hard to draw...
So you have one persons experience, and therefore conclude no-one at all can ever have problems with GNUCash. Maybe, just maybe, people are criticising GNUCash for fucking up their finances is it did actually fuck up their finances?
You're missing the point. Why is there logic that says, in hardcoded form, "If we are in Germany, use german tax definitions, otherwise use US ones"? Sure, it might be all they can support right now, but the correct thing to do is "Use definitions for the current locale, if they exist, otherwise use US ones".
GTK1 breaks under composite, so for that reason alone it should move on.
<flamebait>How long is it taking applications to move to qt4, and what does that tell you about their respective ease of development? But then you don't have to move to a braindead file selection box when you do that.</flamebait>
This is not a straw man.
Yes it is a straw man. You can't use Linux in a child porn video lab, because you can't have a child porn video lab, because it's illegal to make child porn.
Laws aren't guaranteed to stay the same. What if you're allowed to remove the DRM, but not to discuss how you did so?
You can use the software to implement DRM. What you can't do is use DRM to prevent the modification of the software - and the entire point of the GPL is that you can modify the software. Please read the fucking license instead of listening to Torvalds talking crap.
If BadCorp or DastardlyCorp sells you the box with the code on it, they're subject to its GPL provisions.
The famous incident which began the whole GPL thing was a printer driver that RMS wasn't allowed to modify. I'm sure exactly the same approach would apply to the printer's firmware. The effect is the same, the distinction between hardware and software seems somewhat irrelevant for this.
No. The only DRM provisions are those which prevent you using DRM to block the spirit of the GPL. You can still implement your DRMed media player with GPL code, as long as users are free to change the code - you can't DRM the code, is all the license says, you can drm your songs all you want. You can use them to staff a prison, but the workers still can't be made to work more than 40 hours a week.
What does that have to do with anything?
he's the one in charge of the project,
But if he doesn't listen to his developers, they'll fork it and make a better one without him. Well, maybe not, since he gets so much hero-worship, but they should.
And does that really matter? Oh, damn, my windowing system isn't called xfree86 anymore, how will I live? If the new kernel was superior, people would pick it up, regardless of what it's called.
It's perfectly clear to anyone who actually reads it. The real problem is Torvalds mouthing off about something he clearly doesn't know about and hundreds of adoring fans saying "wow, he's so human and normal compared to everyone else, and he's definitely right".
Nowadays very little of the kernel is Torvalds' own code. I suppose you could apply some sort of subconscious copying argument if people rewrote those parts, but doesn't the GPL forbid such things?
With all due respect, erm, what the fuck?
Erm, this is one sharks have and we don't - they can sense electrical activity in the water. It is one of only six senses we currently count sharks as having, and the other five are identical to human ones.
If new code went to this foundation codebase, sun wouldn't be able to include it in staroffice (unless they make it BSD, yes, but I doubt they want to do that). So the free OOo will rapidly overtake staroffice features-wise. I doubt Sun wants that.
It isn't properly supported - any GLX stuff won't have transparency, and, because of how composite works, you may well find that if you hide glx windows the glx stuff is still visible on top of everything else. But it mostly works, and I know I only use glx for fullscreen things anyway.
How about just sending ISS bits up on a US conventional rocket? Surely a Delta IV Heavy has the capacity to plonk anything we need up there, though obviously it can't transfer it onto the ISS as easily as the shuttle can. But it ought to be possible.
You mean you can't? With the nvidia binary drivers you have to add Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true" to the Device section since glx stuff isn't properly composited, but it still works.
And that's the key thing. Or did you not notice the clause in the GPL where it says "All modified files must carry prominent notices stating you changed them"? If you want a GPL-style license, and many people do, the so-called Design Science License (basically GPL with the software-specific parts removed) is a perfect way to do so, better I feel than using a CC attribution-sharealike which seems to currently be standard practice.
That's fine, but he has just the same right to promote it or not. And he's telling you that he won't just because it's CC. And you may want to know this, since people listen to him.
Capture their barracks and build a load of flak troopers. Cheap, and able to kill the kirov quite easily as long as you keep retreating out of its range.