The reason the BSD group sees that GPLv3 is 'evil' is because it isn't truly 'free'. As some folks have a way of putting it. GPL is code for free software, BSD is free code for software. They're two camps that fall under FOSS but with radically different outlooks on software, ideology plays an important part in why people join software movements afterall. The GPL camp is people who will only share with like minded people. The BSD camp will share with anyone who wants to, even if they wont share back. The code can't be made unfree as you think, but they can take it and put it into non-free/commercial software. While I love both camps, that to me smacks of true freedom.
But to be more specific if what you said were actually true then FreeBSD and OS/X wouldn't exist, but they do, so you can't be right.
Better to counter sue for harassment and emotional distress than 'shut the fuck up and go about your business'. That being said we don't know what happened in your particular case. There are lots of crappy things that are perfectly legal that fall under "Caveat emptor". In either case filing a complaint that gets thrown out and then sued by the person plus being grilled by them... it seems your lawyer isn't doing the job you pay them for. I say sling mud back, your already worrying about losing your house so you don't have much else to potentially lose.
But it sounds like your a fairly nice person who isn't using the court system as a weapon, unlike your opponent. I've had family who got sued and settled even though they were in the right because it was just cheaper in the long run, so if slinging mud isn't an option then find what this person wants and give it to them... fighting back is grand n all but if you aren't willing to use the weapons society gives you (court systems, private detectives, criminal background checks, etc) then your best to just pay them to leave you alone. Just make sure you use a mediator to settle it (they're provided for free by the courts, at least around here in California they are) so that you have the courts backing that everything regarding this is settled and include any and all actions/sayings/anything done before the date of the settlement. Don't just shake on it.
I wish someone would invent something that creates light... like... well... a bulb of some sort... maybe.. ahh... a light bulb? No too crazy, yes much better to be in a wheel chair pissing all over yourself than potentially have your night time vision affected for a short while. The lil rodents turned blue for only a short time, it wasn't permanent, even a year is a short while vs permanent spinal damage.
MOO was ok, its extensive research tree was great... that being said MoM was awesome, the most extensive list of spells of any game I've ever played. Absolutely loved it.
Perhaps, but that wallwart doesn't look nearly as good in lingerie... but if cherry2000 is any indication they'll be solutions for that as well... although I think they'll need more than 5 watts to run.
Or would you disagree that BSD is free? BSD licensing is closer to how code would become if the Pirate party succeeds. Private business can then take freely contributed code (after 5 years) and then wrap it in a private product and sell it for money. This is something RMS vehemently opposes hence his creation of GPL which requires all derivative works made from GPL licensed goods be forced to use GPL and the source be made publicly available if they want to distribute it.
RMS and GNU need copyright law to continue as they are, BSD does not as they freely hand their code away with virtually no strings attached today.
Well they are talking about a 600 megawatt power potential since they claim 6 megawatts per turbine potentially in TFA, the summary misquotes 5/each. 10,000 sqft datacenter at 1,500 watts square foot, which is the current cutting edge for high end server facilities like SuperNAP, comes out to 15 megawatts. So even if they have a light wind and can only generate 5% of their max they're well within net positive. So your right, it does sound like the datacenter is more a side business/bonus while its really a power station.
Flywheels sound great in theory and the hype the companies who make them sound like they're probably the cure for cancer. Until you dig into the material and find out to equal the 15 minute UPS that lead acid batteries provide you in a couple dozen square feet you need flywheels that take up almost as much space as the servers themselves. Awesome line conditioners though, just a horrible backup power solution.
I like your idea, problem is corps don't have the right to secure their planes the way they'd like to, only the government can make you a meat puppet. So I'm against the idea of making someone responsible for something that they don't have the rights to secure themselves against. And if we give them the rights to do that... well... perhaps cyberpunk isn't too far off and Shadowrun will become reality... that'd rock.
Really? I know plenty of people who go to live shows and buy albums directly from the artists afterward. Yeah these artists aren't millionaires and pressed/burnt their own cds with their own design and give them to you with their own hands... but I know of people who support artists directly. I usually see one when I shave, unless the powers out.
There are more ways to support an artist than $1/mp3. My budgets limited while my ability to listen is nearly unlimited so sadly I give higher priority to the small bands when it comes to what I actually purchase. The big guys have enough fans giving them money that they wont starve. Yeah its rationalization but that's life.
No, few people are opposed to compensating creators directly. It's indirectly via known bad vectors like the XXAA's. Besides, what have they done to earn compensation for when someone downloads a *nix distro off tpb?
So you believe they're incompatible doncha? I personally see atheists as just another religion, they preach almost as fervently and are just as annoying. Give me an agnostic who doesn't claim personal knowledge of the unknown any day of the week.
Well while I was sleeping the other night I did think of a scenario where the studios could secure the movies without having to become mini fortresses. Keep the content purely digital and encrypted with some sort of pgp scheme individualized for each camera. Make the camera secure and tamper resistant and the probability decreases greatly.
I still don't believe in the destruction of copyright law. This still doesn't stop cams, if the person gets caught they get kicked out nothing more. Unless specific laws get made to stop it... but one blanket reasonable law vs hundreds/thousands of small ones still sounds superior to me. Then you've got novels and photographs and pretty much all other media. None of which would enjoy the security of that movie as the end user would have the equivalent of a master copy in their private home. How would contract law protect a novelist? A EULA wrapper on the book? Physical books die replaced by stringent DRM ebooks only?
I'm not arguing that the theater will initiate or even know about the copy until its released into the wild, where it would then enjoy the protection of public domain. Although your point did make me refamiliarize myself with contract theory. The only way a breach of contract could result from a situation in which the theater had no knowledge of the copy would be if they guaranteed the security of the physical master. Which would then result in theaters being required to take the same sort of hiring practices as armored car companies as the goods in the employees hands are worth potentially hundreds of millions in damages. So now every theater becomes a mini high security facility so they can make sure they hold up their contract. Say good bye to $1.50 movie theaters.
If you disagree please let me know on what point. Please remember I'm talking about a copy of the movie made without permission or knowledge, not someone stealing the physical master. To my understanding non-material goods enjoy no special protection under contract law except via copyright, its why they were created, to give a framework for creators to protect their goods which are infinite in their reproducibility.
Perhaps we're not on the same page. They can fire the person for leaking the tape that is true. They can even go after him in civil court, but that doesn't really mean anything. You can take someone to court today for almost any reason you want. Without any copyright law of any sort, at all, they really can't do squat. No tapes would have to be stolen to accomplish this after all. No physical media need be even touched except maybe plugging in some cables which the guy can provide himself. In short, to me, no copyright law at all would be illogical, a severely limited one though would be best. A few years, lets say 5, would be adequate to handle most needs, heck even a 1 year protection would make this scenario moot.
Sun Tzu didn't believe in sportsmanship or honor, he believed in winning by whatever means available. This is why he's a brilliant strategist but would make a poor sportsman. All your examples are of similar ideology which goes against your statement of "and not taking unsportsman-like advantage of any loopholes".
I can't condone the people who were pushing for mob level physical violence. That I'm firmly on your side. That being said I don't have any problem with the person who threatened him with real violence as a result of his artificial hostilities. That is an assailant to victim relationship and the rules are different than a Sunday brunch with Mother Teresa. It's only the carrying out of those threats I'm against. If a few words can make someone who is causing you pain stop I can support the words even if I condemn what they describe.
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The reason the BSD group sees that GPLv3 is 'evil' is because it isn't truly 'free'. As some folks have a way of putting it. GPL is code for free software, BSD is free code for software. They're two camps that fall under FOSS but with radically different outlooks on software, ideology plays an important part in why people join software movements afterall. The GPL camp is people who will only share with like minded people. The BSD camp will share with anyone who wants to, even if they wont share back. The code can't be made unfree as you think, but they can take it and put it into non-free/commercial software. While I love both camps, that to me smacks of true freedom.
But to be more specific if what you said were actually true then FreeBSD and OS/X wouldn't exist, but they do, so you can't be right.
Better to counter sue for harassment and emotional distress than 'shut the fuck up and go about your business'. That being said we don't know what happened in your particular case. There are lots of crappy things that are perfectly legal that fall under "Caveat emptor". In either case filing a complaint that gets thrown out and then sued by the person plus being grilled by them... it seems your lawyer isn't doing the job you pay them for. I say sling mud back, your already worrying about losing your house so you don't have much else to potentially lose.
... fighting back is grand n all but if you aren't willing to use the weapons society gives you (court systems, private detectives, criminal background checks, etc) then your best to just pay them to leave you alone. Just make sure you use a mediator to settle it (they're provided for free by the courts, at least around here in California they are) so that you have the courts backing that everything regarding this is settled and include any and all actions/sayings/anything done before the date of the settlement. Don't just shake on it.
But it sounds like your a fairly nice person who isn't using the court system as a weapon, unlike your opponent. I've had family who got sued and settled even though they were in the right because it was just cheaper in the long run, so if slinging mud isn't an option then find what this person wants and give it to them
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All cultures eat bugs, we Americans just like having it hidden behind weird names that sound like any other chemical.
I wish someone would invent something that creates light ... like ... well ... a bulb of some sort ... maybe .. ahh... a light bulb? No too crazy, yes much better to be in a wheel chair pissing all over yourself than potentially have your night time vision affected for a short while. The lil rodents turned blue for only a short time, it wasn't permanent, even a year is a short while vs permanent spinal damage.
MOO was ok, its extensive research tree was great... that being said MoM was awesome, the most extensive list of spells of any game I've ever played. Absolutely loved it.
Adapt or Die.
I'll wait for when I can just replace the whole eye, pop in a new model like people do today with their glass eyes.
As I am on call 24/7 I can honestly say I prefer it to having to work the fields from sunup to sundown like my grand parents.
Perhaps, but that wallwart doesn't look nearly as good in lingerie... but if cherry2000 is any indication they'll be solutions for that as well... although I think they'll need more than 5 watts to run.
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Or would you disagree that BSD is free? BSD licensing is closer to how code would become if the Pirate party succeeds. Private business can then take freely contributed code (after 5 years) and then wrap it in a private product and sell it for money. This is something RMS vehemently opposes hence his creation of GPL which requires all derivative works made from GPL licensed goods be forced to use GPL and the source be made publicly available if they want to distribute it.
RMS and GNU need copyright law to continue as they are, BSD does not as they freely hand their code away with virtually no strings attached today.
Doh, its 28,000 sqft. Well 42 megawatts just means that 10% capacity still gives a net positive at 1,500 watts/sqft.
Well they are talking about a 600 megawatt power potential since they claim 6 megawatts per turbine potentially in TFA, the summary misquotes 5/each. 10,000 sqft datacenter at 1,500 watts square foot, which is the current cutting edge for high end server facilities like SuperNAP, comes out to 15 megawatts. So even if they have a light wind and can only generate 5% of their max they're well within net positive. So your right, it does sound like the datacenter is more a side business/bonus while its really a power station.
Flywheels sound great in theory and the hype the companies who make them sound like they're probably the cure for cancer. Until you dig into the material and find out to equal the 15 minute UPS that lead acid batteries provide you in a couple dozen square feet you need flywheels that take up almost as much space as the servers themselves. Awesome line conditioners though, just a horrible backup power solution.
I like your idea, problem is corps don't have the right to secure their planes the way they'd like to, only the government can make you a meat puppet. So I'm against the idea of making someone responsible for something that they don't have the rights to secure themselves against. And if we give them the rights to do that ... well ... perhaps cyberpunk isn't too far off and Shadowrun will become reality... that'd rock.
Until it gets hit with irregular voltage that causes memory errors or just simply dies. But that just complicates your tirade doesn't it?
Really? I know plenty of people who go to live shows and buy albums directly from the artists afterward. Yeah these artists aren't millionaires and pressed/burnt their own cds with their own design and give them to you with their own hands ... but I know of people who support artists directly. I usually see one when I shave, unless the powers out.
There are more ways to support an artist than $1/mp3. My budgets limited while my ability to listen is nearly unlimited so sadly I give higher priority to the small bands when it comes to what I actually purchase. The big guys have enough fans giving them money that they wont starve. Yeah its rationalization but that's life.
No, few people are opposed to compensating creators directly. It's indirectly via known bad vectors like the XXAA's. Besides, what have they done to earn compensation for when someone downloads a *nix distro off tpb?
And Edison screwed Tesla, so yeah apparently they all suck.
Laws describe facts, while theories explain them.
I like that, sadly never heard it put so concisely before. Will have to remember it.
So you believe they're incompatible doncha? I personally see atheists as just another religion, they preach almost as fervently and are just as annoying. Give me an agnostic who doesn't claim personal knowledge of the unknown any day of the week.
Well while I was sleeping the other night I did think of a scenario where the studios could secure the movies without having to become mini fortresses. Keep the content purely digital and encrypted with some sort of pgp scheme individualized for each camera. Make the camera secure and tamper resistant and the probability decreases greatly.
I still don't believe in the destruction of copyright law. This still doesn't stop cams, if the person gets caught they get kicked out nothing more. Unless specific laws get made to stop it... but one blanket reasonable law vs hundreds/thousands of small ones still sounds superior to me. Then you've got novels and photographs and pretty much all other media. None of which would enjoy the security of that movie as the end user would have the equivalent of a master copy in their private home. How would contract law protect a novelist? A EULA wrapper on the book? Physical books die replaced by stringent DRM ebooks only?
I'm not arguing that the theater will initiate or even know about the copy until its released into the wild, where it would then enjoy the protection of public domain. Although your point did make me refamiliarize myself with contract theory. The only way a breach of contract could result from a situation in which the theater had no knowledge of the copy would be if they guaranteed the security of the physical master. Which would then result in theaters being required to take the same sort of hiring practices as armored car companies as the goods in the employees hands are worth potentially hundreds of millions in damages. So now every theater becomes a mini high security facility so they can make sure they hold up their contract. Say good bye to $1.50 movie theaters.
If you disagree please let me know on what point. Please remember I'm talking about a copy of the movie made without permission or knowledge, not someone stealing the physical master. To my understanding non-material goods enjoy no special protection under contract law except via copyright, its why they were created, to give a framework for creators to protect their goods which are infinite in their reproducibility.
Perhaps we're not on the same page. They can fire the person for leaking the tape that is true. They can even go after him in civil court, but that doesn't really mean anything. You can take someone to court today for almost any reason you want. Without any copyright law of any sort, at all, they really can't do squat. No tapes would have to be stolen to accomplish this after all. No physical media need be even touched except maybe plugging in some cables which the guy can provide himself. In short, to me, no copyright law at all would be illogical, a severely limited one though would be best. A few years, lets say 5, would be adequate to handle most needs, heck even a 1 year protection would make this scenario moot.
Sun Tzu didn't believe in sportsmanship or honor, he believed in winning by whatever means available. This is why he's a brilliant strategist but would make a poor sportsman. All your examples are of similar ideology which goes against your statement of "and not taking unsportsman-like advantage of any loopholes".
I can't condone the people who were pushing for mob level physical violence. That I'm firmly on your side. That being said I don't have any problem with the person who threatened him with real violence as a result of his artificial hostilities. That is an assailant to victim relationship and the rules are different than a Sunday brunch with Mother Teresa. It's only the carrying out of those threats I'm against. If a few words can make someone who is causing you pain stop I can support the words even if I condemn what they describe.