It must be reiterated that FLOSS is merely a business model for distributing software, just like many other software business models including hybrid and proprietary software
Is that so?
What percentage of the projects on Sourceforge would describe themselves as "businesses"?
Publically financed elections would save lots of money. Politicians would have to convince the voters to vote for them by words and actions instead of their fund-raising prowess.
How dare you suggest we follow the lead of some wussy country like France or... someplace?
</sarcasm>
Seriously, though. That sounds like the first step to making getting elected less expensive (i.e. more democratic).
He did not focus on the target audience, he mentioned it briefly as a secondary issue.
It kind of is a secondary issue: when the author's reasoning has so many gaps and leads to false conclusions, pretty much all audiences will find it useless.
I also wonder what OSS projects violate U.S. software patents. Aren't open-source applications that duplicate proprietary ones generally clean-room designs?
From what's outlined on SCOTUSblog, it kind of sounds like they're concerned about software object code.
Could someone with copyright/patent on a compiler claim that any object code it produces is a derivative work since it uses their proprietary assembly-generating algorithm?
Indeed, neat story, terrible Slashdot writeup. If they had said: A Buckyegg Breaks the "Adjacent Pentagon Rule", it would have been much less confusing.
Yes. As is, I saw the headline and thought "Pentagon" meant the Dept of Defense. Nothing in the summary suggested otherwise.
Remind me again, which court it is that decides whether or not a citizen is an enemy combatant.
Why do you think that people not citizens of america with conections to known terrorist groups that wish to kill or harm americans should be extended the rights guarenteed to citizens of the united states?
From the way you say it, it sounds like the government does not have enough evidence to get a conviction.
That said, you must realize that this can also be used on citizens of the U.S. I have no problem with military trials for captured soldiers (uniformed or otherwise). I also don't believe that all rights given to citizens inherently apply to foreigners (especially those obviously engaged in violence against the U.S.). One problem I have is that anyone (foreigner or citizen) can be declared an enemy soldier. The other is that the trial procedure which has been used by this administration is one which would not likely acquit an innocent defendant.
The implication was that there was a somewhat open process for verifying that those detained citizens really were fighting for the other side and that this time around, there is no potential for judicial review of accusations made by the executive branch.
Actually, yours does. "If you pay little, you always get low quality," does not imply, "if you don't pay little, you get high quality." It implies, "if you don't get low quality, you didn't pay little."
Yes, there does seem to be quite a strong incentive to mis-sign the copyrighted files. You'd need a P2P system that would only accept validly-signed files, otherwise every copyrighted file would just be signed "deadbeef" or something.
Digital signature schemes work great when people want to prove that the files came from them -- not so much when they want to prove that the files didn't.
If you review their usage policies, they are using the document under an extention of the implicit license given to a teacher by a student when that student submits an assignment.
Sibling post has already discussed whether this "license" actually includes the right to distribute or copy.
Another interesting question would be whether or not the "license" gives the teacher the right to sublisence.
It is not that I am scared of new programs and technology, but why do we need it? What can we do better with Vista that we can't do today?
If we don't need an upgrade because XP does everything we need, why try to encourage migration to Linux or whatever other system?
Maybe go back and reread the post you replied to. The question isn't, "What doesn't XP do?" The question is, "What does Vista do that XP doesn't?"
So far, the answer really seems to be, "not much." I am certain that someone here has a very different answer for Linux.
Yes, wealth moves, but it is also created. A tree is worth far less than the furnature that you could build with it. Sand is almost free, but silicon-based chips are worth several times their weight in gold. Gasoline is worth far more than the oil it took to manufacture it.
Restated...
Wealth creation: producing something useful
Wealth movement: selling it
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Is that so?
What percentage of the projects on Sourceforge would describe themselves as "businesses"?
Why do you need to track them after you've seen them with guns? Just arrest them on sight.
Here, students are the ones who pay for web access -- as part of dorm rent.
Seriously, though. That sounds like the first step to making getting elected less expensive (i.e. more democratic).
So what bank was this? (perhaps you'd prefer to answer as AC)
The conventional way of looking at this is that the defendant overstepped her freedom of speech (slander/libel is not protected).
I also wonder what OSS projects violate U.S. software patents. Aren't open-source applications that duplicate proprietary ones generally clean-room designs?
Well, let's start counting. My inbox has 164.
From the way you say it, it sounds like the government does not have enough evidence to get a conviction.
That said, you must realize that this can also be used on citizens of the U.S. I have no problem with military trials for captured soldiers (uniformed or otherwise). I also don't believe that all rights given to citizens inherently apply to foreigners (especially those obviously engaged in violence against the U.S.). One problem I have is that anyone (foreigner or citizen) can be declared an enemy soldier. The other is that the trial procedure which has been used by this administration is one which would not likely acquit an innocent defendant.
The implication was that there was a somewhat open process for verifying that those detained citizens really were fighting for the other side and that this time around, there is no potential for judicial review of accusations made by the executive branch.
Hmm...
I always heard it as, "lies, damn lies, and benchmarks."
Actually, yours does. "If you pay little, you always get low quality," does not imply, "if you don't pay little, you get high quality." It implies, "if you don't get low quality, you didn't pay little."
This idiot actually posted two links.
Yes, there does seem to be quite a strong incentive to mis-sign the copyrighted files. You'd need a P2P system that would only accept validly-signed files, otherwise every copyrighted file would just be signed "deadbeef" or something.
Digital signature schemes work great when people want to prove that the files came from them -- not so much when they want to prove that the files didn't.
Another interesting question would be whether or not the "license" gives the teacher the right to sublisence.
So far, the answer really seems to be, "not much." I am certain that someone here has a very different answer for Linux.
Depends how much he likes cookies. The basic measurement of wealth isn't currency -- it's utility.
Wealth creation: producing something useful
Wealth movement: selling it
But, yeah, that's a pretty hefty base to switch.