If the licensing labels offer their content to Yahoo! put more barriers in front of the users, I'm not interested. Do what you feel you need to do for your business, I'll be polite, say thank you, and decline to sign. I won't let Yahoo! invest any more money in consumer inconvenience.
Let's hope Apple starts following this line too. iTunes/iPod domination allowed DRMd music to be accepted by far too many.
Let's leave it to MS to attempt to legitimize DRM.
Shouldn't you update your sig to encourage everyone to use Amazon's cross platform, completely DRM free service?
Much better than iTunes - your non-PC-savvy friends will be able to confidently buy any track from Amazon, instead of being confused by the mingling of DRM-encumbered & DRM-free tracks on iTunes (and its cheaper to boot).
But then all the mail appears to have come from a single source (you can try & forge headers, but SPF will stop most messages these days). Dates & times will also be wrong.
7) Integration with old mail. I've got email dating back 10 years. I don't know of any way to import that into gmail. But I can import my gmail into my offline mail app.
I don't want to lose my mail history every time I switch webmail providers.
The reason Apple made the announcement about bricking iPhones had nothing to do with with people who'd already unlocked their phone & everything to do with scaring away those who were thinking of unlocking their phone.
No, your analogy broke down because its stupid. You're trying to compare something as limited in scope as a license to something as broad & touching upon every aspect of society as education & knowledge (at the same time).
I'm not going to thank you for your contribution - it was useless & added nothing to the discussion.
If you "owned" a piece of software, you could resell it. Not just once, you could start your own CD printing factory and sell million of copies.
Distribution of the copy you own is completely different to making & selling multiple copies. What you said here could apply to a book, video, etc. Do you not own the books you have?
Are you a complete numpty or merely a sad troll? I'm guessing troll, with a dash of clueless fuckwit.
But the GPL is not about knowledge or education - is it? Its a software license - so the rest of your rather stupid analogy (with North Korea references and all) breaks down.
Jeepers! I feel much stupider having read that. The GPL is a software license. It can't hold an opinion on the old order following the French Revolution.
and they could declare the GPL to be in violation of anti-trust, unconstitutional because it is non-commercial
Anti-trust? WTF? Non commercial? You can use the GPL license to cover commercial software all you like. Do you have any understanding of the issues here?
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If the licensing labels offer their content to Yahoo! put more barriers in front of the users, I'm not interested. Do what you feel you need to do for your business, I'll be polite, say thank you, and decline to sign. I won't let Yahoo! invest any more money in consumer inconvenience.
Let's hope Apple starts following this line too. iTunes/iPod domination allowed DRMd music to be accepted by far too many.
Let's leave it to MS to attempt to legitimize DRM.
That's like saying Al Qeada is not liable for the 9/11 attacks because they are based outside the US.
That analogy is ridiculous. The 9/11 attacks were committed on US soil. Ballmers statements weren't made on US soil.
Shouldn't you update your sig to encourage everyone to use Amazon's cross platform, completely DRM free service?
Much better than iTunes - your non-PC-savvy friends will be able to confidently buy any track from Amazon, instead of being confused by the mingling of DRM-encumbered & DRM-free tracks on iTunes (and its cheaper to boot).
But then all the mail appears to have come from a single source (you can try & forge headers, but SPF will stop most messages these days). Dates & times will also be wrong.
Not particularly useful I think.
Well said.
I'll just add to that:
7) Integration with old mail. I've got email dating back 10 years. I don't know of any way to import that into gmail. But I can import my gmail into my offline mail app.
I don't want to lose my mail history every time I switch webmail providers.
It's the simplest explanation that fits the facts. Occam's razor & all that.
:-(
I'm Sorry you're too much of a fanboi to see what's in front of your own nose
The word they're looking for is populus? A sort of tree?
Hahahahaha,
:-)
Well, it's not like you're going to be employing anyone, anytime soon (troll or not), so who cares hey?
The reason Apple made the announcement about bricking iPhones had nothing to do with with people who'd already unlocked their phone & everything to do with scaring away those who were thinking of unlocking their phone.
Classic FUD.
No, your analogy broke down because its stupid. You're trying to compare something as limited in scope as a license to something as broad & touching upon every aspect of society as education & knowledge (at the same time).
I'm not going to thank you for your contribution - it was useless & added nothing to the discussion.
Pop open a track you bought, look at the ID3 tags. There's an Amazon download id in there.
That's not a watermark you numpty - that's clearly visible identifying information.
If you "owned" a piece of software, you could resell it. Not just once, you could start your own CD printing factory and sell million of copies.
Distribution of the copy you own is completely different to making & selling multiple copies. What you said here could apply to a book, video, etc. Do you not own the books you have?
Are you a complete numpty or merely a sad troll? I'm guessing troll, with a dash of clueless fuckwit.
If the GPL would be about knowledge or education,
But the GPL is not about knowledge or education - is it? Its a software license - so the rest of your rather stupid analogy (with North Korea references and all) breaks down.
Would you hire me? Am I chirpy enough for the personality-over-skills organization you run?
I've read that RMS already wants to get a GPLv4 out soon.
Where did you read that? I'm guessing it was in a slashdot comment made by someone just as gullible as you,
Please define 'left' for me & then tell me how that relates to the GPL.
Extra points if you don't come away looking like a complete idiot.
I wasn't replying to your comment - I was replying to a poster replying to you.
Does an admittedly left leaning GPL
Jeepers! I feel much stupider having read that. The GPL is a software license. It can't hold an opinion on the old order following the French Revolution.
and they could declare the GPL to be in violation of anti-trust, unconstitutional because it is non-commercial
Anti-trust? WTF? Non commercial? You can use the GPL license to cover commercial software all you like. Do you have any understanding of the issues here?
I believe that this statement is inaccurate, and that expenses have been demanded and paid.
Do you want to give us some reasons for your belief, or should we take your word on faith?
Oh, and I don't believe those cost/mile figures for a second. Any of them.
Wow! I'm totally convinced by your compelling argument - backed up with fact after fact after fact!
You only need to authorize your iTunes purchases if you reinstall them or try to use them on a different machine.
That's going to happen sooner or later - no OS install lasts forever.
If Apple crashed and burned, I'd just export the music I bought from iTunes to MP3 and then reimport it.
Errr? That's exactly what Virgin's suggesting their customers do.
For an old time geek, you're pretty gullible.
There is no such word as "forecasted".
Many dictionaries list it as an alternative past tense. The english language is much more flexible than you seem to think.
There goes that jcr again - letting his jealousy of Stallman goad him into making a trollish first post ;-)
for instance, just tried to pay for an EBay auction today
What payment method? I buy ebay things all the time, using FF under linux - no problems at all.
learn Python (or Perl if you're feeling feisty) and write something that at least has a chance of being reasonably structured.
Reasonably structured perl? The mind boggles.
Pulled clip is here.
(I have no idea about the legalities, but viacom seems to be at the very least pretty fucking rude here).