"That means they want you to read if for free, but you cannot copy parts for free without the copyright owners permission."
Are you trying to tell me that people who write books don't want you to read them? Obviously most authors don't want you reading the book for free, but the book index could help you find something worth paying for by showing snippets or something maybe. Oh and don't talk to me about being dense. You didn't even realise I was being sarcastic when I said about websites not being 'quite' like books!
OK, so the publishers are saying they don't want the books indexed because it may violate copyright laws? Doesn't that mean indexing say, a blog, violates the same laws, as a blog is often a literary work?
Imagine if web publishers did this! Most of them would soon be out of business!
I know books aren't quite the same as websites, but it's the "I don't want you to index my stuff because of copyright" principle I'm getting at.
Not only does this make the GIMP more accessible, it can be used as a "selling point" against the likes of Adobe Photoshop, and if more high profile Open Source stuff does the same, it's yet another benefit of Linux over Windows!
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...it can run Windows Vista now?
I know blogs are copyrighted and all that.
"That means they want you to read if for free, but you cannot copy parts for free without the copyright owners permission."
Are you trying to tell me that people who write books don't want you to read them? Obviously most authors don't want you reading the book for free, but the book index could help you find something worth paying for by showing snippets or something maybe. Oh and don't talk to me about being dense. You didn't even realise I was being sarcastic when I said about websites not being 'quite' like books!
OK, so the publishers are saying they don't want the books indexed because it may violate copyright laws? Doesn't that mean indexing say, a blog, violates the same laws, as a blog is often a literary work?
Imagine if web publishers did this! Most of them would soon be out of business!
I know books aren't quite the same as websites, but it's the "I don't want you to index my stuff because of copyright" principle I'm getting at.
Well, just my 2P!
Unless he was talking about how great it is to have a right click menu. Wow, yeah, that's big.
Not just a right click menu, there's also drag and drop!!"Something big is about to happen" Maybe they're gonna do a Vista and delay it a bit...
"Tell me what they AREN'T changing." - the filesystem...
Not only does this make the GIMP more accessible, it can be used as a "selling point" against the likes of Adobe Photoshop, and if more high profile Open Source stuff does the same, it's yet another benefit of Linux over Windows!
Good thing there isn't a spelling industry!