Or if there was a case that your "Mc***" was damaging to their brand, like in the case of Guns 'R' Us, which got shut down. On the other hand, McData is fine.
I like that "The plural of anecdote is not data", never heard that before:D.
Did you try speaking in Spanish? I've found in most of Europe any European language will work if there are like 2-3 people around, since essentially every European speaks 3 Euro languages.
I just have not-so-fond memories of looking for printf formats back when I was like 10 on a linux box with no ethernet or X. I think I recall 'man printf' directing me to some ultra-obscure '*f' function man page for the formats, which listed how the formatting parameters worked but still had no comprehensive list of formats, and further directed me to another man page.
Here here. I was going to say, "Have you been to the interweb lately? People from places besides the USA can use it too!"
I've traveled significantly more than most people, and I for one can say, any argument to the effect of "Do you think people in XXX would put up with..." is bullshit. People around the world are more than gracious and will go to great lengths to help you if you don't speak the language. I've been to France, Spain, Germany, Japan, Morocco, Mexico, Holland, Almost all of South America. And I've never known more then 10 words of another language (till recently). I've also never had someone treat me badly because of it. Us asshole 'Americans' could learn from their examples.
Developers working alone, apart from any corporate form, are not shielded from personal liability for project-related activities. If a developer takes donations or otherwise receives money for working on a solo project, the developer must report that compensation as personal income and pay income taxes on it. Likewise, all legal liability to third parties will fall to the developer. For example, the developer may be liable to users for breach of any express warranties made regarding the software, or any implied warranties that are not effectively disclaimed.
You give Google approval when you agree to their privacy agreement, which is extremely open and clear and not just a giant blob of legalese.
I just want to make the point that something can "seem scary" or "put you off" without being evil or unethical. In MY system of ethics, there needs to be either (1) intent to do harm, or (2) actual harm done. With neither of these, I can declare your puppy is evil with just about as much credibility as someone claiming "being an ad provider is evil".
I think the point is that they do not want to be construed as responsible if someone violates export laws by distributing an executable branded as Mozilla Corp in an illegal manner. Not saying this is a totally legitimate concern though.
All the points that may/may not apply based on location have notes to such affect, in particular the export controls section says "obey and import and export laws that apply".
EULA's are of dubious legality and generally annoying, but I still support Mozilla Corp.'s choice. In the US, such stupid things are necessary to protect your business. They need control of their logos to stop perverted malignant distributions coming out, and as long as they control their logos their branded products may be subject to inappropriate implied warranties and the like.
I think the wisest choice would be to have an EULA pop up, and have these buttons: [Accept] [Skip*] * Browser branding will be removed with this option.
Summary: Preamble - notice that the source is available and this license does not apply to the source. 1. License Grant - This license gives you the right to use the executable provided by Mozilla Corp. 2. Termination - if you breach this license, S1 is voided. 3. Proprietary Rights - again, the source code is not proprietary. The branding logos are, you don't have the right to modify them. 4. Disclaimer of Warranty 5. Limitation of Liability 6. Export Controls - you must comply with teh law. 7. US Govt End Users - 2 sentences of legal references related to employees of the US Govt using Firefox. 8. Misc, nothing interesting at all. This agreement constitutes the agreement...
Sounds like Mozilla Corp doing the bare minimum to cover their asses, in a responsible fashion, without actually affecting end users at all.
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For major corporations the bottles read "If erection lasts longer than 4 months" rather than "If erection lasts longer than 4 hours". Priapism ftl!
Slap a bag over Clippy's head and it wouldn't be half bad!
Just think, with the death of Usenet those experts will flock to other modes of communications. Suddenly we will be able to get support on forums!
Except the input mechanism isn't like a theremin (both in how it is operated and in that it isn't as cool).
Input: tilting the phone up and down; basically like pulling a lever or rotating a dial.
Or if there was a case that your "Mc***" was damaging to their brand, like in the case of Guns 'R' Us, which got shut down. On the other hand, McData is fine.
Meant ANSI C >
And I was reading... I think RedHat from like 10 years ago.
I can read the one line of perl.
"While open parenthesis open angle bracket close angle bracket close parenthesis tilda equals forward slash ..."
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*brit*
I like that "The plural of anecdote is not data", never heard that before :D.
Did you try speaking in Spanish? I've found in most of Europe any European language will work if there are like 2-3 people around, since essentially every European speaks 3 Euro languages.
Ofcourse. It is easy to overswing in these things. It is important to be a gracious guest just as it is to be a gracious host.
I like to think it is OK to stereotype against ones own group (I love busting out the jew jokes).
I should have said "ANSI C".
But either way, sendmsg isn't ANSI C or POSIX C.
I just have not-so-fond memories of looking for printf formats back when I was like 10 on a linux box with no ethernet or X. I think I recall 'man printf' directing me to some ultra-obscure '*f' function man page for the formats, which listed how the formatting parameters worked but still had no comprehensive list of formats, and further directed me to another man page.
Some are built-in functions that are configuration dependent, most are from extensions though (so not built in).
Good luck.
Leave that poor water alone!
Here here. I was going to say, "Have you been to the interweb lately? People from places besides the USA can use it too!"
I've traveled significantly more than most people, and I for one can say, any argument to the effect of "Do you think people in XXX would put up with..." is bullshit. People around the world are more than gracious and will go to great lengths to help you if you don't speak the language. I've been to France, Spain, Germany, Japan, Morocco, Mexico, Holland, Almost all of South America. And I've never known more then 10 words of another language (till recently). I've also never had someone treat me badly because of it. Us asshole 'Americans' could learn from their examples.
www.cplusplus.com
Beats the hell out of man pages for the POSIX C libraries.
answers.yahoo.com
*geese*
PHP has probably the best documentation of an language thanks to PHP.net. It is really wonderful, everyone should follow their lead.
This post at the Software Freedom Law Center implies strongly the opposite is true: http://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2008/foss-primer.html#x1-190003
Individual Liability
Developers working alone, apart from any corporate form, are not shielded from personal liability for project-related activities. If a developer takes donations or otherwise receives money for working on a solo project, the developer must report that compensation as personal income and pay income taxes on it. Likewise, all legal liability to third parties will fall to the developer. For example, the developer may be liable to users for breach of any express warranties made regarding the software, or any implied warranties that are not effectively disclaimed.
You give Google approval when you agree to their privacy agreement, which is extremely open and clear and not just a giant blob of legalese.
I just want to make the point that something can "seem scary" or "put you off" without being evil or unethical. In MY system of ethics, there needs to be either (1) intent to do harm, or (2) actual harm done. With neither of these, I can declare your puppy is evil with just about as much credibility as someone claiming "being an ad provider is evil".
I think the point is that they do not want to be construed as responsible if someone violates export laws by distributing an executable branded as Mozilla Corp in an illegal manner. Not saying this is a totally legitimate concern though.
The description of footnotes in Infinite Jest reminds me of Wilson by David Mamet. Would Wilson be considered "in the style" of Infinite Jest?
All the points that may/may not apply based on location have notes to such affect, in particular the export controls section says "obey and import and export laws that apply".
EULA's are of dubious legality and generally annoying, but I still support Mozilla Corp.'s choice. In the US, such stupid things are necessary to protect your business. They need control of their logos to stop perverted malignant distributions coming out, and as long as they control their logos their branded products may be subject to inappropriate implied warranties and the like.
I think the wisest choice would be to have an EULA pop up, and have these buttons:
[Accept] [Skip*]
* Browser branding will be removed with this option.
EULA: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/legal/eula/firefox-en.html
Summary:
Preamble - notice that the source is available and this license does not apply to the source.
1. License Grant - This license gives you the right to use the executable provided by Mozilla Corp.
2. Termination - if you breach this license, S1 is voided.
3. Proprietary Rights - again, the source code is not proprietary. The branding logos are, you don't have the right to modify them.
4. Disclaimer of Warranty
5. Limitation of Liability
6. Export Controls - you must comply with teh law.
7. US Govt End Users - 2 sentences of legal references related to employees of the US Govt using Firefox.
8. Misc, nothing interesting at all. This agreement constitutes the agreement...
Sounds like Mozilla Corp doing the bare minimum to cover their asses, in a responsible fashion, without actually affecting end users at all.