For must of the last century, the Bell System was the incumbent for the bulk of the USA. I didn't see them encouraging encroachment on their turf during that period. In fact, they had to be forced to allow the cable firms to hang cable from their poles. What resistance they get they deserve.
Back in the 50's a plum job for dorm dwellers was that of local rep for the tobacco companies. All of the major 'bac outfits had campus reps. Money and a free supply of smokes. Probably went out of style, or at least undergound in the 70's or 80's. But I'm long gone from the campus scene, so I wouldn't really know.
The Creative Commons license doesn't alter the situation with respect to commercial use. If John wants to republish something in a commercial setting which is covered by the CC license, all he need do is to contact the author (Bill, the copyright holder) and negotiate a license to republish it under some other license more to his liking. All that's necessary is that John and Bill reach an agreement, sign a document, perhaps pay a consideration, and otherwise do whatever John would have had to do if it had been originally distributed under some other license.
The sooner we can retire those millions of boxes that spread the malware via broken applications, the safer we all will be. It's the same reason the public health authorities want to do something about open sewers: they host very efficient disease vectors.
This bill will likely turn out to have been offered up at the behest of professional auctioneere. It is typical of the sort of business regulation whose primary purpose is to protect those already in business.
Of course, it's always possible to cheat, but it is SCO's outside lawyers who get to see the code, and under a previous order, SCO's officers, management, and technicel staff are forbidden access. Based upon SCO's earlier estimates, the lawyers will have to hire 25,000 man-years worth of software experts to make the comparisons. What a boon that will be, almost as good as the Y2K gold rush!
Perhaps the reason is that these technotoys are being test marketed in the home territory before the survivors are inflicetd on the rest of creation. I lived for many years in a US city that was well-known as a place to test the market for middle America consumer products. Some were hits, many were misses and never showed up in the mainstream of consumer products; they just quietly folded their tents.
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For must of the last century, the Bell System was the incumbent for the bulk of the USA. I didn't see them encouraging encroachment on their turf during that period. In fact, they had to be forced to allow the cable firms to hang cable from their poles. What resistance they get they deserve.
Back in the 50's a plum job for dorm dwellers was that of local rep for the tobacco companies. All of the major 'bac outfits had campus reps. Money and a free supply of smokes. Probably went out of style, or at least undergound in the 70's or 80's. But I'm long gone from the campus scene, so I wouldn't really know.
The Creative Commons license doesn't alter the situation with respect to commercial use. If John wants to republish something in a commercial setting which is covered by the CC license, all he need do is to contact the author (Bill, the copyright holder) and negotiate a license to republish it under some other license more to his liking. All that's necessary is that John and Bill reach an agreement, sign a document, perhaps pay a consideration, and otherwise do whatever John would have had to do if it had been originally distributed under some other license.
The sooner we can retire those millions of boxes that spread the malware via broken applications, the safer we all will be. It's the same reason the public health authorities want to do something about open sewers: they host very efficient disease vectors.
This bill will likely turn out to have been offered up at the behest of professional auctioneere. It is typical of the sort of business regulation whose primary purpose is to protect those already in business.
Of course, it's always possible to cheat, but it is SCO's outside lawyers who get to see the code, and under a previous order, SCO's officers, management, and technicel staff are forbidden access. Based upon SCO's earlier estimates, the lawyers will have to hire 25,000 man-years worth of software experts to make the comparisons. What a boon that will be, almost as good as the Y2K gold rush!
Perhaps the reason is that these technotoys are being test marketed in the home territory before the survivors are inflicetd on the rest of creation. I lived for many years in a US city that was well-known as a place to test the market for middle America consumer products. Some were hits, many were misses and never showed up in the mainstream of consumer products; they just quietly folded their tents.