Yes, it's true. The GPL offers no protection. That's because it's copyright that offers the protection. The GPL merely grants exceptions.
And the BSD license works in exactly the same way.
Yes, it's true, you need lawyers to enforce your rights when you use the GPL. And the BSD license works in exactly the same way. In fact, every license under the sun works in the same way.
They may be "quite simply the facts", but that doesn't mean you aren't trolling with a dishonest argument.
There is usually no way to know if the technology you bought is crippled until you take it apart.
Yeah. It's not as if you can put 'Motorola v265 review' into Google and have the very first hit tell you that it's crippled. It's not as if the review directly states: "With Verizon's Get It Now pay-per-download service, users wishing to customize their V265 may need to pay extra fees. " is it? Oh wait.
Releasing patches that quickly would probably make the releases smaller, which means people would be less likely to cancel the download in disgust when they see it would take 2+ hours to complete.
Only if they patched on a regular basis. Otherwise, instead of seeing one patch that takes 2+ hours to complete, they'd see 200 patches that take 2+ hours to complete altogether. In which case, they'd still cancel.
The rate of infection would go down. Why? Because it's already commonplace for Microsoft to put out patches that break things. The added time pressure would only increase this.
The rate of infection would go down because broken computers are less easily infected.
Art is aesthetic, not useful. While you can use those aesthetics for a useful purpose (e.g. selling it to people who appreciate those aesthetics), that doesn't mean it's intrinsically useful.
Programming is a craft. It is useful, which distinguishes it from art. A certain sense of aesthetics, skill and experience is necessary to program effectively, which distinguishes it from merely being a profession.
Solar sail - if we launched it, and it's transmitting a signal, and it's in orbit, and we still can't find it, what are the chances that we'd discover an asteroid headed our way? Put more funding into astronoomy please.
Ambedo - the first thing I did was view source. It's not a good sign when its own website makes basic HTML and Javascript errors.
Sex offenders - this list contains people who have done nothing more than urinate in public. This kind of map only encourages vigilantes and hysteria.
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It may be the truth, but it's still misleading.
Yes, it's true. The GPL offers no protection. That's because it's copyright that offers the protection. The GPL merely grants exceptions.
And the BSD license works in exactly the same way.
Yes, it's true, you need lawyers to enforce your rights when you use the GPL. And the BSD license works in exactly the same way. In fact, every license under the sun works in the same way.
They may be "quite simply the facts", but that doesn't mean you aren't trolling with a dishonest argument.
There is usually no way to know if the technology you bought is crippled until you take it apart.
Yeah. It's not as if you can put 'Motorola v265 review' into Google and have the very first hit tell you that it's crippled. It's not as if the review directly states: "With Verizon's Get It Now pay-per-download service, users wishing to customize their V265 may need to pay extra fees. " is it? Oh wait.
Releasing patches that quickly would probably make the releases smaller, which means people would be less likely to cancel the download in disgust when they see it would take 2+ hours to complete.
Only if they patched on a regular basis. Otherwise, instead of seeing one patch that takes 2+ hours to complete, they'd see 200 patches that take 2+ hours to complete altogether. In which case, they'd still cancel.
Selling a device that is intentionally crippled is just plain ridiculous.
Yes it is. The only thing I can think of that is more ridiculous is buying it.
Seriously. If it's that big a deal, then don't buy the damn thing. There are other phones on the market you know. Vote with your dollars.
The rate of infection would go down. Why? Because it's already commonplace for Microsoft to put out patches that break things. The added time pressure would only increase this.
The rate of infection would go down because broken computers are less easily infected.
Art is aesthetic, not useful. While you can use those aesthetics for a useful purpose (e.g. selling it to people who appreciate those aesthetics), that doesn't mean it's intrinsically useful.
Programming is a craft. It is useful, which distinguishes it from art. A certain sense of aesthetics, skill and experience is necessary to program effectively, which distinguishes it from merely being a profession.
When will this stupidity end?
When you manage to coerce your elected representatives into.. I dunno... representing you?
Solar sail - if we launched it, and it's transmitting a signal, and it's in orbit, and we still can't find it, what are the chances that we'd discover an asteroid headed our way? Put more funding into astronoomy please.
Ambedo - the first thing I did was view source. It's not a good sign when its own website makes basic HTML and Javascript errors.
Sex offenders - this list contains people who have done nothing more than urinate in public. This kind of map only encourages vigilantes and hysteria.
Yes, it was really me.
I hate it when people try to impersonate me on web forums.
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