The GPL does not have the right or power to overrule copyright law. If something the GPL says is in conflict with federal law, then that portion becomes null and void, and possibly the entire GPL (unless there's a clause about that, which I think there is).
Copyright law and the courts determine what constitutes a derivative work, not the license.
Unfortunately, they don't have the right to define what a derivative work is, as only the courts can make that determination, and so far they haven't.
IMHO, including a header file or dynamically linking a header file does not constitute a derived work, but I'd be surprised if most people agreed with me. Regardless, my opinion is no more legally binding than that of the FSF.
It's also pointless. I could buy a case of beer to drink over the next three months, and only when I'm done will I throw the case out. I could claim that I drink only one beer a week, but if you happen to search my garbage the week I throw out my case, you'd think I was an alcoholic.
I could also host a party for people who drink, even though I don't.
Yes, these are just examples, but they illustrate that the survey technique is fundamentally flawed.
Setting it up to transmit IR to record certain shows, etc, just doesn't seem right,
Why not? How else is it supposed to work? Besides, with a PVR, you're not going to channel surf any more, so who cares how it changes channels?
b) the subscription thing:
Just add $250 to the cost of the box, and you won't need to subscribe.
Most, if not all, of these boxes need to phone home to continue to function. Indeed I don't believe a single one of them is available where I live (Ontario, Canada).
There is a way to get a TiVo to work in Canada, but it's not supported officially.
The domain name wasn't ripped away!!!! If you let your domain expire, then you've thrown it away. If your registrar doesn't make it easy for you to remember when to pay, then you've just made a bad choice in registrars. My registrar will automatically charge my credit card when the domain is about to expire, so I have no worries.
Yes, I agree. I guess it sucks to be you! If you let your driver's license expire, and the cop arrests you, why should you be able to arbitrate yourself out of it? And even if you could, why should you be able to do it cheaply????? You need to pay for your blunder, and it costs serious money to arbitrate a dispute. Frankly, $1500 is a good deal.
I'm somewhat dissappointed with kernel hackers (and other opensource developers) with respect to this issue. The issue is that the kernel is not ANSI-C compliant, not the fact that icc isn't compliant.
If you did any serious kernel development at all, you'd realize how stupid your complaint is. It's not possible to optimize an operating system kernel using straight ANSI C. There are just too many specialized operations that a kernel needs to perform. And since gcc is available for a variety of platforms and architectures, it's no less of a standard than ANSI C is.
I don't agree. This ruling clearly limits the scope of the DMCA to only people who willfully create software specifically designed to violate copyright and nothing else. At first, this might not mean much, but keep in mind that it's very easy to make any piece of software look like it has non-nefarious purposes. All a programmer needs to do is add a bunch of innocent features to his application, mention only those in the marketing literature, and let people figure out that it can be used to violate copyright.
I saw a chart in a magazine recently that showed that people without degrees are 4 times as likely to be unemployed than those with Master's degrees. I think it was something like 1.6% for having an MS, and like 6.something percent for those with only a highschool diploma.
So yes, the lack of a degree is a big part of your problem.
I have an MS and I'd like to live in Toronto. Maybe I can get your job?
Why does the kernel module interface change so often though?
Because the kernel developers don't want to have to maintain backwards compatibility in any interface to the kernel. Binary-only drivers can only be fully supported by an unchangeable API. This means that if you realize an API needs changing (because it doesn't support some new concept or hardware), then you're SOL.
Backwards compatibility is not that much of a problem if you take the time to design the API correctly. But this is something that doesn't interest the kernel developers, because it would only have value to non-GPL drivers.
If you really want to buy your country out of a recession, you should buy things that further develop the economy. A stupid doll isn't going to do anything once it's been purchased.
Quark XPress 4.0 was rushed out with lots of bugs, and it took months to fix them. If the same thing happens with 5.0, then it's pretty much over for Quark, everyone will switch to Adobe InDesign.
In fact, InDesign 1.0 was garbage, but Adobe didn't care. They knew that time was their real advantage, and that as soon as they released a good product, everyone would forget the past. Well for Quark, all they have is the past. The vast majority of people who use Quark do it only because it's what they've always been using.
My guess is that Quark 5.0 will be so freakin' amazing, that people will forget how long it took to come out. In fact, I bet some people will laud Quark for taking its time and releasing a quality product.
then please make a donation, of an amount equal to the cost of the product, to the EFF, with a statement that you want the funds to go to the Bnetd lawsuit. That way, you can enjoy your Blizzard product and have a clear conscience.
any self respecting terrorist who can do a bit of research will figure out that he should just avoid the subways.
Idiot, that's the point! It's supposed to be a deterrent to terrorists. The whole idea behind these security measures is to convince terrorists that they will be caught if they try to enter.
Probably orders of magnitude faster than the disk I/O. Considering how slow CD-ROM drives are, the file systems should have been compressed from day one. They would have been faster.
I subscribe to Macworld and read this article in the December issue. The coverage of Mozilla was very poor. The editors just don't "get it" when it comes to why you would choose Mozilla. They didn't cover any of the useful Mozilla-only features. They didn't cover the fact that you could report bugs directly and download daily updates that can fix your problems. They didn't cover anything about the value of open source. They didn't cover any of the cool plug-ins, like the preferences toolbar, mouse gesturing, or whatever. And worst of all, they didn't mention that Netscape removed the GUI control for allowing you to block pop-up windows. That feature alone would convince half the IE users to switch to Mozilla if they knew about it.
Goodyear would never pay the fee. They would simply raise the price of the tire, so that you would be forced to pay the fee. This is a good thing, because otherwise people who throw old tires away would not pay the recycling fee, even though they're still polluting the environment.
It's been ten years since I had Comp Sci class. Does anyone have a pointer to an easy-to-understand description of the O(1) scheduler and how it differs from the previous one?
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Copyright law and the courts determine what constitutes a derivative work, not the license.
Oops, I mean dynamically linking a library, not a header file.
IMHO, including a header file or dynamically linking a header file does not constitute a derived work, but I'd be surprised if most people agreed with me. Regardless, my opinion is no more legally binding than that of the FSF.
I could also host a party for people who drink, even though I don't.
Yes, these are just examples, but they illustrate that the survey technique is fundamentally flawed.
Why not? How else is it supposed to work? Besides, with a PVR, you're not going to channel surf any more, so who cares how it changes channels?
b) the subscription thing:
Just add $250 to the cost of the box, and you won't need to subscribe.
Most, if not all, of these boxes need to phone home to continue to function. Indeed I don't believe a single one of them is available where I live (Ontario, Canada).
There is a way to get a TiVo to work in Canada, but it's not supported officially.
The domain name wasn't ripped away!!!! If you let your domain expire, then you've thrown it away. If your registrar doesn't make it easy for you to remember when to pay, then you've just made a bad choice in registrars. My registrar will automatically charge my credit card when the domain is about to expire, so I have no worries.
Yes, I agree. I guess it sucks to be you! If you let your driver's license expire, and the cop arrests you, why should you be able to arbitrate yourself out of it? And even if you could, why should you be able to do it cheaply????? You need to pay for your blunder, and it costs serious money to arbitrate a dispute. Frankly, $1500 is a good deal.
She already confessed to the police, so that's good enough. Like the other posters have said, this case is open-and-shut.
If you did any serious kernel development at all, you'd realize how stupid your complaint is. It's not possible to optimize an operating system kernel using straight ANSI C. There are just too many specialized operations that a kernel needs to perform. And since gcc is available for a variety of platforms and architectures, it's no less of a standard than ANSI C is.
But he makes it all back, and then some, when he wins the civil suit against her parents. Then he can retire early.
I don't agree. This ruling clearly limits the scope of the DMCA to only people who willfully create software specifically designed to violate copyright and nothing else. At first, this might not mean much, but keep in mind that it's very easy to make any piece of software look like it has non-nefarious purposes. All a programmer needs to do is add a bunch of innocent features to his application, mention only those in the marketing literature, and let people figure out that it can be used to violate copyright.
So yes, the lack of a degree is a big part of your problem.
I have an MS and I'd like to live in Toronto. Maybe I can get your job?
Well, if they fail, they'll have to change the acronym to IMPATENT.
Because the kernel developers don't want to have to maintain backwards compatibility in any interface to the kernel. Binary-only drivers can only be fully supported by an unchangeable API. This means that if you realize an API needs changing (because it doesn't support some new concept or hardware), then you're SOL.
Backwards compatibility is not that much of a problem if you take the time to design the API correctly. But this is something that doesn't interest the kernel developers, because it would only have value to non-GPL drivers.
If you really want to buy your country out of a recession, you should buy things that further develop the economy. A stupid doll isn't going to do anything once it's been purchased.
Yes, you're right, I was talking about Quark 6.0, not 5.0.
In fact, InDesign 1.0 was garbage, but Adobe didn't care. They knew that time was their real advantage, and that as soon as they released a good product, everyone would forget the past. Well for Quark, all they have is the past. The vast majority of people who use Quark do it only because it's what they've always been using.
My guess is that Quark 5.0 will be so freakin' amazing, that people will forget how long it took to come out. In fact, I bet some people will laud Quark for taking its time and releasing a quality product.
then please make a donation, of an amount equal to the cost of the product, to the EFF, with a statement that you want the funds to go to the Bnetd lawsuit. That way, you can enjoy your Blizzard product and have a clear conscience.
Idiot, that's the point! It's supposed to be a deterrent to terrorists. The whole idea behind these security measures is to convince terrorists that they will be caught if they try to enter.
Mod points! My kingdom for some mod points!
Probably orders of magnitude faster than the disk I/O. Considering how slow CD-ROM drives are, the file systems should have been compressed from day one. They would have been faster.
I subscribe to Macworld and read this article in the December issue. The coverage of Mozilla was very poor. The editors just don't "get it" when it comes to why you would choose Mozilla. They didn't cover any of the useful Mozilla-only features. They didn't cover the fact that you could report bugs directly and download daily updates that can fix your problems. They didn't cover anything about the value of open source. They didn't cover any of the cool plug-ins, like the preferences toolbar, mouse gesturing, or whatever. And worst of all, they didn't mention that Netscape removed the GUI control for allowing you to block pop-up windows. That feature alone would convince half the IE users to switch to Mozilla if they knew about it.
Goodyear would never pay the fee. They would simply raise the price of the tire, so that you would be forced to pay the fee. This is a good thing, because otherwise people who throw old tires away would not pay the recycling fee, even though they're still polluting the environment.
Duh, I know what O(1) means, I want to know about the scheduler itself!
It's been ten years since I had Comp Sci class. Does anyone have a pointer to an easy-to-understand description of the O(1) scheduler and how it differs from the previous one?