Vista was a popular terrain rendering program on the Amiga that was later ported to the PC and I think the MAC even later. Here's the stub Wikipedia article on it.
The DA declined to prosecute in this case because no Missouri law was found to apply. So either the DA did not try hard enough or in Missouri the current laws do need to be updated.
A few years back it seemed like there was this huge gray area regarding who is or isn't an online journalist but recent cases have come down in favor of erring on the side of caution. CC should have taken a look at how well Apple faired and never even filed the case. I realize the cases are not quite the same but this still sounds like a Freedom of the Press issue.
Actually, if faculty, staff, and the students had been allowed to legally carry a gun then the number of deaths would have likely been much, much less. We might not be able to prepvent soemone from going off the deep end but we can repeal laws or policies that prevent people from defending thmesleves.
How odes it compare to Bryce, Vue, and Poser?
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Any Blender who has used Bryce, Vue, and or Poser care to offer some opinions comparing/contrasting these with Blender? Just curious how well it would fit in with these tools (e.g. I have a ton f Poser content from DAZ). Thanks!
You sure about that? I thought some lesser charges were also tacked on. I wouldn't be surprised if the major ones get dropped but they still get charged with some misdemeanor.
Actually, the OP is fairly on target though this case might generate enough interest to be an exception. What people are overlooking is in the US to sell a drug it has to be FDA approved and goign through that process is expensive. If the brand names see no profit in it they will not fund the approval process even though they can afford to. Which leaves the generics which normally do not have or want to spend that amount of money. Since this has already occured with other drugs (e.g. readily avaialble in Europe) it seems reasonable to expect soemtihng similar to happen in this situation.
How about this: "Russian rocket that was supposed to deconstruct over the Pacific hits Wyoming instead". I'm not seeing any sinister connotations for "hits" in that alternate and likewise not in the actual headline. Besides, do you really think Slashdot would have such a boring headline if it had really been a Russian attack?!?!
That right there is the key. There is quite a bit of legislation protecting phone conversations. There isn't similar legislation in the case of emails.
You should try reading the Bill of Rights sometime:
Ninth Amendment:
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Tenth Amendment:
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
Thus, until Congress passes a law or amendment to allow this actvity they do not have the right to do it.
It's really sad that most Americans do not understand this basic aspect of the Constitution.
In this case I think she really just doesn't understand what a software development fork is. Read some of her replies in that thread and I think this becomes clearer. Now, will she acknowledge she made a mistake and fix the article? That's the real integrity question.
You're supposed to do your homework before you start your business. The question should be why didn't you ahve a clue before going into this. And I'm half inclined to believe that the real answer involves trolling and/or astroturfing. Your apples to oranges comparison (i.e. cost of OSS based software includes support while cost of Microsoft software does not) seems to support that theory.
How can Trolltech be violating the GPL when they are not bound by it??? You are forgetting that they own the copyrights to Qt and thus can distribute it any way they want!
Since most Windows users run as administrator, the priviledges are generally unlimited.
Actually, the Administrator is a highly priveleged account but it doesn't have unlimited access (e.g. cannot get into the SAM part of the registry). The account with the most privileges (and the closest equivalent to root on UNX/Linux) is the NTAuthority/System account. Keep this in mind when checking which account services are running under. Think about e.g. your web server running with more access to the system than even the administrator has (which is how it used to be IIS and may still be -- I don't use W2K3 Server). The easiest way to become the System account is to schedule an interactive cmd.exe to run using the at command (or soon if you still have it).
If you take a good look at real world closed source software (ie sold by companies not based in Redmond, WA) you will find most of the top app providers already selling Linux versions of their products.
I must have missed it but I don't remember seeing Photoshop, Painter, or Poser running on Linux. It seems like the entire low to mid-range suite of graphics apps are not available on Linux. And even if people want to make the specious argument that gimp is as good as Photoshop I have yet to see anyone point out what even comes close to Painter or Poser.
Yeah, the article seems to be more about Outlook on Linux but the general point stands -- I'm not sure what the cut-off is but it seems like software that costs less than a couple thousand doesn't have a Linux port (at least for graphics apps).
The GPL has been out for a very, very long time and SUN has obviously been aware of it for a very long time (or at least SUN Engineers have been). Therefore, when SUN created their Open Source license they intenionally made it GPL incompatible. The reverse cannot be said to be true since SUN's Open Source license did not even exist when the GPL was created.
Based on this CNET article it looks like Frank Kardonski was talking about selling licensed copies of Linux (which I assume means a paid for support copy of SuSE, Red Hat, etc.). Basically, just a mis-communication. Yawn.
Tsk. I read and re-read your comment, but I STILL can't see the words 'frist p0st!' in it anywhere...;)
Here, let me help you out:
Business week carrying this story. But it has a couple of snippets missing from the wired report:
1) Its not An alliance of companies, including ITV, Yahoo, Vodafone, Intel and Cisco Systems, warned that....
I think it is a bit semantics. When RMS talsk about ethics while answering that question I think he really means morals. It should read something like this: it would be morally correct to liberate the prorietary code but unethical to do so becuase it is currently illegal. I think that makes it more palatable yet really doesn't change his intent.
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At least your odds are slightly better than rolling a d20!
Vista was a popular terrain rendering program on the Amiga that was later ported to the PC and I think the MAC even later. Here's the stub Wikipedia article on it.
This link in Wikipedia helps explain it. The concept became a meme here on Slashdot a few years back.
The DA declined to prosecute in this case because no Missouri law was found to apply. So either the DA did not try hard enough or in Missouri the current laws do need to be updated.
Wait! Are you saying Linus is Kira!?!?
That kind of trolling is usually called astroturfing.
A few years back it seemed like there was this huge gray area regarding who is or isn't an online journalist but recent cases have come down in favor of erring on the side of caution. CC should have taken a look at how well Apple faired and never even filed the case. I realize the cases are not quite the same but this still sounds like a Freedom of the Press issue.
Actually, if faculty, staff, and the students had been allowed to legally carry a gun then the number of deaths would have likely been much, much less. We might not be able to prepvent soemone from going off the deep end but we can repeal laws or policies that prevent people from defending thmesleves.
Any Blender who has used Bryce, Vue, and or Poser care to offer some opinions comparing/contrasting these with Blender? Just curious how well it would fit in with these tools (e.g. I have a ton f Poser content from DAZ). Thanks!
You sure about that? I thought some lesser charges were also tacked on. I wouldn't be surprised if the major ones get dropped but they still get charged with some misdemeanor.
As a counterpoint, I'd suggest reading Exceeding Customer Expectations.
I thought Princess Mononoke was released by Miramax here (i.e. not Disney)?
Actually, the OP is fairly on target though this case might generate enough interest to be an exception. What people are overlooking is in the US to sell a drug it has to be FDA approved and goign through that process is expensive. If the brand names see no profit in it they will not fund the approval process even though they can afford to. Which leaves the generics which normally do not have or want to spend that amount of money. Since this has already occured with other drugs (e.g. readily avaialble in Europe) it seems reasonable to expect soemtihng similar to happen in this situation.
How about this: "Russian rocket that was supposed to deconstruct over the Pacific hits Wyoming instead". I'm not seeing any sinister connotations for "hits" in that alternate and likewise not in the actual headline. Besides, do you really think Slashdot would have such a boring headline if it had really been a Russian attack?!?!
You should try reading the Bill of Rights sometime:
Ninth Amendment:
Tenth Amendment:
Thus, until Congress passes a law or amendment to allow this actvity they do not have the right to do it.
It's really sad that most Americans do not understand this basic aspect of the Constitution.
In this case I think she really just doesn't understand what a software development fork is. Read some of her replies in that thread and I think this becomes clearer. Now, will she acknowledge she made a mistake and fix the article? That's the real integrity question.
Things could get even more interesting if SUN GPLs OpenSolaris as people could switch to that if Linux infringes on Microsoft patents.
You're supposed to do your homework before you start your business. The question should be why didn't you ahve a clue before going into this. And I'm half inclined to believe that the real answer involves trolling and/or astroturfing. Your apples to oranges comparison (i.e. cost of OSS based software includes support while cost of Microsoft software does not) seems to support that theory.
How can Trolltech be violating the GPL when they are not bound by it??? You are forgetting that they own the copyrights to Qt and thus can distribute it any way they want!
Actually, the Administrator is a highly priveleged account but it doesn't have unlimited access (e.g. cannot get into the SAM part of the registry). The account with the most privileges (and the closest equivalent to root on UNX/Linux) is the NTAuthority/System account. Keep this in mind when checking which account services are running under. Think about e.g. your web server running with more access to the system than even the administrator has (which is how it used to be IIS and may still be -- I don't use W2K3 Server). The easiest way to become the System account is to schedule an interactive cmd.exe to run using the at command (or soon if you still have it).
I must have missed it but I don't remember seeing Photoshop, Painter, or Poser running on Linux. It seems like the entire low to mid-range suite of graphics apps are not available on Linux. And even if people want to make the specious argument that gimp is as good as Photoshop I have yet to see anyone point out what even comes close to Painter or Poser.
Yeah, the article seems to be more about Outlook on Linux but the general point stands -- I'm not sure what the cut-off is but it seems like software that costs less than a couple thousand doesn't have a Linux port (at least for graphics apps).
The GPL has been out for a very, very long time and SUN has obviously been aware of it for a very long time (or at least SUN Engineers have been). Therefore, when SUN created their Open Source license they intenionally made it GPL incompatible. The reverse cannot be said to be true since SUN's Open Source license did not even exist when the GPL was created.
Based on this CNET article it looks like Frank Kardonski was talking about selling licensed copies of Linux (which I assume means a paid for support copy of SuSE, Red Hat, etc.). Basically, just a mis-communication. Yawn.
Here, let me help you out:
I think it is a bit semantics. When RMS talsk about ethics while answering that question I think he really means morals. It should read something like this: it would be morally correct to liberate the prorietary code but unethical to do so becuase it is currently illegal. I think that makes it more palatable yet really doesn't change his intent.