That was the purpose of GPL all along if you didn't notice. To provide a workaround to the copyright system for those who want it. If copyright is abolished, there is no need for gpl since everything will be gpl or even more free.
I ment the Intellectual Property / Copyright one, not the library.
In the internet age where someone wants to claim ownership to various bitflows, it just simply doesn't work. The whole definition of storing and copying bitflows invalidates the entire system of intellectual property because of it's given nature. In this environment IP and Copyright is an outdated system blocking innovation.
Sooner or later the pressure will be too high as the internet gets into more and more areas of our life, it will force the rethinking of the information restricting laws.
This library attempt to introducte DRM is especially a bad case since libraries should be storehouses of information, not restricters of them.
Someone will surely try to point me to the positive sides of IP and Copyright. There are some, but as of today the benefits are far outweighted by the negative effect it creates, even on innovation. Without patent protection, people would still create, or even create much more freely. In the age of internet, it is even concivable that those people would cooperate strengthening innovation. It is the human nature to create, just look at the F/OSS movement.
Before someone brings up the example of drugs, let me try to answer it: those companies researching would still research, but they would also need to compete on manufacturing those drugs the best possible way and no such situation could arise where they try to sell AIDS medicine to poor african countries at the price of 20 times of the manufacturing costs only because of someone's intellectual property.
Let me put it this way: IP stiffles teamwork and derivative works. In today's age that is a huge loss, instead of the whole internet community working on something, only a selected few can, which makes it slow and expensive. Would huge corporations still rake wild profits from selling a drug? No. Would they make a decent profit from manufacturing them? Absolutely.
Let's get back to a world where we stick to physical reality, not imaginary intellectual property.
It may seem to be nitpicking, but all humans belong to only one species, therefore i would guess it would benefit the whole human race, not just only the humans living in America.
If it was just an unfortunate phrase, then i'm sorry that i'm still talking about it, i just wanted to make sure it gets corrected.
Isn't that kind of thing stupid? I don't think there is much difference between one western country and another in terms of average infection rates of most diseases.
Actually there are some at the university i study at, as optional subjects, called " zSeries(S/390) operating systems", "zSeries(S/390) architecture and assembler programming" etc...
You say: In the UK, the NHS has been providing a measles vaccine since 1960.
This guy says: Although that brings another matter to the focus: Vaccinate before you travel! (yeah i know, none for measles yet... our lab is working on it right now)
Oh btw, if the websites would offer different content for disabled people, that is exactly discrimination, albeit positive one. The government does that afaik.
Only governments should have compulsory support for visual impaired users. For the rest of the pages it's a bonus if they decide to support those people. That would be consistent with the disabled people's treatment in buildings owned by the government (at least here).
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You beat me to replying...
This [flash based thing] is the easiest form of captcha to crack. I bet it would take just a few seconds looking around a flash extractor on CPAN or something.
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"What is accomplished by banning users who can't read these "captchas" (what a horrendous fake word)? Nothing, apparently, as the story says."
I actually disagree. The captcha method reduces spam load for most sites down to zero. Only the bigger sites need to worry, because spammers may set up a site to specifically target them by rerouting captchas. That's not the case with 99% of the websites using captchas, it's just not worth the effort.
It's sorta like a copy protection: if it stops 90% of the people, then it's good enough.
I mean, what's the new thing? The previous two articles made it clear that it costs between $200 and $5k. Linus posted about it on LKML and basically confirmed. Why is it a bad thing? Well, if anything blame the trademark system, that someone needs to agressively protect a trademark.
No, that's the conclusion i reached after familiarizing myself with a few _facts_, that's why i suggest that everyone else should at least get detailed information on the subject.
It's the difference between "i can't decide the question because of lack of information" vs. "Oh, you mean i should be worried about the ethical repecussions of using already dead embryos (from artificial impregnation for example) with less complexity than most animals posess?! Should i be worried about the few million of sperm cells a normal male "murders" every two weeks then too?"
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Or worse, a lot of people fall for the "This code is signed by 'CLICK YES TO CONTINUE' provider".
That's great you know!
In case there is an imposter Anonymous Coward, finally we've got a way to detect it!
Already done.
Exactly! Now you got it!
That was the purpose of GPL all along if you didn't notice. To provide a workaround to the copyright system for those who want it. If copyright is abolished, there is no need for gpl since everything will be gpl or even more free.
Hallow are the Orii!
You mean you prefer people dieing to a company going out of business?
Being in business is not everything, believe me corporations would learn to cooperate if they would need it in order to survive.
I ment the Intellectual Property / Copyright one, not the library.
In the internet age where someone wants to claim ownership to various bitflows, it just simply doesn't work. The whole definition of storing and copying bitflows invalidates the entire system of intellectual property because of it's given nature. In this environment IP and Copyright is an outdated system blocking innovation.
Sooner or later the pressure will be too high as the internet gets into more and more areas of our life, it will force the rethinking of the information restricting laws.
This library attempt to introducte DRM is especially a bad case since libraries should be storehouses of information, not restricters of them.
Someone will surely try to point me to the positive sides of IP and Copyright. There are some, but as of today the benefits are far outweighted by the negative effect it creates, even on innovation. Without patent protection, people would still create, or even create much more freely. In the age of internet, it is even concivable that those people would cooperate strengthening innovation. It is the human nature to create, just look at the F/OSS movement.
Before someone brings up the example of drugs, let me try to answer it: those companies researching would still research, but they would also need to compete on manufacturing those drugs the best possible way and no such situation could arise where they try to sell AIDS medicine to poor african countries at the price of 20 times of the manufacturing costs only because of someone's intellectual property.
Let me put it this way: IP stiffles teamwork and derivative works. In today's age that is a huge loss, instead of the whole internet community working on something, only a selected few can, which makes it slow and expensive. Would huge corporations still rake wild profits from selling a drug? No. Would they make a decent profit from manufacturing them? Absolutely.
Let's get back to a world where we stick to physical reality, not imaginary intellectual property.
It may seem to be nitpicking, but all humans belong to only one species, therefore i would guess it would benefit the whole human race, not just only the humans living in America.
If it was just an unfortunate phrase, then i'm sorry that i'm still talking about it, i just wanted to make sure it gets corrected.
Isn't that kind of thing stupid? I don't think there is much difference between one western country and another in terms of average infection rates of most diseases.
Wow, i would never have though i'd be proud to be a hungarian on /. ;)
Actually there are some at the university i study at, as optional subjects, called " zSeries(S/390) operating systems", "zSeries(S/390) architecture and assembler programming" etc...
-- someone from Europe...
Ok, wait a sec.
You say: In the UK, the NHS has been providing a measles vaccine since 1960.
This guy says: Although that brings another matter to the focus: Vaccinate before you travel! (yeah i know, none for measles yet... our lab is working on it right now)
Anyone care to tell which one is true then?
Space aids must be a buch of really really kool aids!
I love being recursive!
Read the first reply to the parent post again.
No. The smallest one was the empty story on april's fools day. Maybe that one was the only truly funny story that day.
Oh btw, if the websites would offer different content for disabled people, that is exactly discrimination, albeit positive one. The government does that afaik.
Then that law is just downright stupid. Noone forced newspapers yet to print in Braille, or did they?
My personal opinion on this:
Only governments should have compulsory support for visual impaired users. For the rest of the pages it's a bonus if they decide to support those people. That would be consistent with the disabled people's treatment in buildings owned by the government (at least here).
You beat me to replying...
This [flash based thing] is the easiest form of captcha to crack. I bet it would take just a few seconds looking around a flash extractor on CPAN or something.
"What is accomplished by banning users who can't read these "captchas" (what a horrendous fake word)? Nothing, apparently, as the story says."
I actually disagree. The captcha method reduces spam load for most sites down to zero. Only the bigger sites need to worry, because spammers may set up a site to specifically target them by rerouting captchas. That's not the case with 99% of the websites using captchas, it's just not worth the effort.
It's sorta like a copy protection: if it stops 90% of the people, then it's good enough.
I mean, what's the new thing? The previous two articles made it clear that it costs between $200 and $5k. Linus posted about it on LKML and basically confirmed. Why is it a bad thing? Well, if anything blame the trademark system, that someone needs to agressively protect a trademark.
"Of course it will never happen"
I think not even that it will happen, but that there is a natural necessity for it to happen.
Eben Moglen wrote a great essay about it.
The world changed. Information is no longer costy to replicate.
No, that's the conclusion i reached after familiarizing myself with a few _facts_, that's why i suggest that everyone else should at least get detailed information on the subject.
It's the difference between "i can't decide the question because of lack of information" vs. "Oh, you mean i should be worried about the ethical repecussions of using already dead embryos (from artificial impregnation for example) with less complexity than most animals posess?! Should i be worried about the few million of sperm cells a normal male "murders" every two weeks then too?"
You're dead on spot, it has nothing to do with religion.
It has to do with lack of education/information.
Congratulations! You're officially 13370000 now!
I was sleeping, but otherwise i'd have tried to snatch it up.
Congratulations once again pal/gal!
Humble request - mod parent funny. It will be a while until the next 1337 number comes around.