People don't seem to understand what the GPL covers in term of "derivative" work. If you fulfill an API, that is not covered under the GPL. If you take parts of the linux kernel, modify them and then repackage them, that does constitute derivative work. It just happens that most kernal modules distrubuted with Linux distros are GPLed, but they don't have to be. The module can be 100% new code, and the author can then release it under whatever Liscence they want.
The work around is that there is no GPL violation. The Linux Kernel has an open API. If you conform to the API and have written all the code yourself, your code isn't subject to the GPL. The Kernel source is GPL. Any module can be whatever the author deems it.
Well, considering that my Powerbook can easily get to the temperature needed to cook an egg (which is 65 C), how is this news worthy? They run hot, they have run hot for as long as I've been using Macs. A lot of electronic components crammed into not a lot of space, then wrapped in thin plastic or aluminum equals quite a hot computer.
My siblings (11-13 boys) play plenty of video games. They just have no desire in the new consoles. They don't seem to be easily impressed by graphics (every game they have ever known has had good graphics), they want games that are fun. Combine that with the fact that 90% of their video game time is consumed by World of Warcraft. In a choice between convincing my Mother to buy them an xbox 360 or a 30 dollar game card, they opt every time for the game card. Molten Core beckens them, and all their friends. Run around Ironforge and ask how many people are under 16, its a lot of them. The 'gotta have it now' times are over for consoles, its not just kids, I feel it too (26 male). I feel lost in a sea of empathy for these new consoles. I blame lack luster game play and lack of fun games.
Actually, there was a breakdown of where the money went, and its somewhere along the lines of 9 cents to Apple's expenses for getting the song to you (bandwidth, server, itunes programming), 1-2 cents profit, rest goes to the record label (who then pays the band).
Apple makes negligable money off the iTunes music store (1 cent * 1,000,000,000 = 10 million profit). All the profit is made on iPods (40,000,000 sold this year @ at least 100 dollars profit = at least 4 billion dollars profit).
Lets not forget the fact that it costs them 9 out of the 15 cents they make to pay for the storage of the songs and the bandwidth to send you the songs. Oh yeah, and lets also not forget everyone they have to pay to make this server work (coders, network engineers, PR people, customer service). They make something like 2-3% on songs. On a.99 cent song, thats 2 pennies.
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People don't seem to understand what the GPL covers in term of "derivative" work. If you fulfill an API, that is not covered under the GPL. If you take parts of the linux kernel, modify them and then repackage them, that does constitute derivative work. It just happens that most kernal modules distrubuted with Linux distros are GPLed, but they don't have to be. The module can be 100% new code, and the author can then release it under whatever Liscence they want.
The work around is that there is no GPL violation. The Linux Kernel has an open API. If you conform to the API and have written all the code yourself, your code isn't subject to the GPL. The Kernel source is GPL. Any module can be whatever the author deems it.
Well, considering that my Powerbook can easily get to the temperature needed to cook an egg (which is 65 C), how is this news worthy? They run hot, they have run hot for as long as I've been using Macs. A lot of electronic components crammed into not a lot of space, then wrapped in thin plastic or aluminum equals quite a hot computer.
I already found one, and divorced her, looking for the second.
My siblings (11-13 boys) play plenty of video games. They just have no desire in the new consoles. They don't seem to be easily impressed by graphics (every game they have ever known has had good graphics), they want games that are fun. Combine that with the fact that 90% of their video game time is consumed by World of Warcraft. In a choice between convincing my Mother to buy them an xbox 360 or a 30 dollar game card, they opt every time for the game card. Molten Core beckens them, and all their friends. Run around Ironforge and ask how many people are under 16, its a lot of them. The 'gotta have it now' times are over for consoles, its not just kids, I feel it too (26 male). I feel lost in a sea of empathy for these new consoles. I blame lack luster game play and lack of fun games.
Yes, quite well too.
Actually, there was a breakdown of where the money went, and its somewhere along the lines of 9 cents to Apple's expenses for getting the song to you (bandwidth, server, itunes programming), 1-2 cents profit, rest goes to the record label (who then pays the band). Apple makes negligable money off the iTunes music store (1 cent * 1,000,000,000 = 10 million profit). All the profit is made on iPods (40,000,000 sold this year @ at least 100 dollars profit = at least 4 billion dollars profit).
Lets not forget the fact that it costs them 9 out of the 15 cents they make to pay for the storage of the songs and the bandwidth to send you the songs. Oh yeah, and lets also not forget everyone they have to pay to make this server work (coders, network engineers, PR people, customer service). They make something like 2-3% on songs. On a .99 cent song, thats 2 pennies.