Best option, IMHO, would be to use GPL with pay-for-business-use clause. All proceedings from this should go to Electronic Frontier Foundation or similar, so they can be nicely used for patents, lawsuits, and so on.
If business pays for code they buy it from community for their own use, thus code will be released from GPL and free for their use. That would mean licensed for their use. And cash can be used, for example, to pay developers for creating things dull and boring like Exchange connectors (damn important for businesses) and such.
Office hard drive also? Even if I want to keep only my LEGAL word documents on it? Where's the bloody logic? I think nobody will agree to this proposal, it's just plain stupid.
Point is that WGA was made not to disable the software. If you disable it, people will go somewhere else. Main point is to remind users they're running pirated software. Switch off features that aren't necessary, and hook them up on windows not Linux (MacOS is out of scope, if you don't have cash to buy Win do you have cash to buy Mac?).
MS knows that piracy exists, but at the same time piracy creates a lot of well skilled users.
Nah, we love all those crappy cameras... actually we want more of them! What's the point of changing unreliable technology with new unreliable technology?
Have you noticed how many comments like that we have on/. recently? It's always about Vista being superior to Linux, and Linux being good only for "microwaves"...
I suspect that somebody got paid really well for that. What can be other reason, especially that those comments started slightly earlier than Vista was even released. That can be considered as dirty tactics targeted at Linux/FOSS community...
Problem is that less and less people are intrested in thinking. They just prefer to point and shoot. They don't admire power of imagination, problem solving, and such...
You can try different approach. Try publishing your game on Net. Something like printable table (in pdf for example) and some cutout pieces. Let people play. If it's good enough, and people like it you can approach some game publishers. Not to mention that this approach will give you loads of beta testers, for free. So you will be able to improve a game in a process. Use Slashvertisement. And as everybody knows, it's better to have a game you like in nice box with good quality pieces, so they will buy it afterwards, thus guaranteeing some sales.
And be patient, very patient... I wish you luck!!!
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Or we will have a lot of small spammers that will be quite hard to track and sue. It's easy to find somebody like Richter, with big company and proven track of shadowy activities.
To make spam stop is to educate people not to buy crap they advertise.
I would rather say: "another RedHat-like distribution". They want to promote it so it becomes next Enterprise Linux, finally. Good idea, IMHO. Don't forget - now they merge it with Linux, taking best of both worlds without violating any licenses. Hopefully Linux will also take something from Solaris.
Now isohunt will move to different country so US law will not apply to it. There'll be no way to kill it. Good job MPIAA! Instead of attacking company itself they chose to use indirect attack at ISP which in effect just made isohunt stronger. After few days of problems.
I'm not really a gamer and I have StarCraft. That was a good game. Sometimes we connect through Hamachi and play with my friends now scattered all over the world.
Don't forget that States are not the whole world. There's also Europe. There's Asia with South Korea, Japan and CHINA. Guess which of those countries are in favour of DRM? I think that RIAA/MPIA will try to enforce DRM as widely as possible but they are already failing. Take a look at South Korea. It's DRM free. You can download as many songs as you like for flat fee starting $5 per month.
Another one is China: they don't even care about DRM. But who produces most of electronics? Who sets the prices?
IMHO there are more factors that US Congress. It's an important factor, but not everything. Canada still didn't ratify anti-piracy laws. And they're just over the border.
Plus there's a Linux that is gaining very strong foothold especially in Europe.
At the same time there is a chance that DRM will collapse under it's own weight. People are annoyed with it, especially iTunes users. I know few non-geek ones that started researching into the subject because they changed iPod for different player. We will see what future brings.
As you probably know creating games for PS3 is hard. And not only because SDK is hardly available (at least for average people) + expensive you also have problems with Cell processors. They're fast beasts but very hard to tame. There's a lot problems with multi-threading. Until Sony resolves those issues PS3 will be just an expensive console.
I have all those problems with changepoint. It's supposed to make our life easier but it's a huge nightmare. It's slow - on my dual core centrino and 2GB RAM it crawls. On 12MB internet link. Plus because somebody forgot to update a code it doesn't work with IE7 (which I use it for testing and sucks) AND Firefox. Same is with for example yahoo mail. All my friends who used the 'new improved' one, reverted to old one. Too slow and annoying. There's more examples like that. When finally vendors understand that people want working fast software not beautiful, shiny piece of not working crap?
My friend worked for one design company as a SysAdmin. They had all their servers in small closet about a size 1m per 1m. There were some 6 servers and all networking gear. On shelves, one atop another. And absolutely no air conditioning. So we did very simple thing - we drilled some holes at the top of the door (hot air goes up), and two square holes in the bottom. We installed two little fans (those you can very often find in toilets). That did the trick. And looked quite funny, when all guys saw SysAdmin drilling and destroying the door.
I don't know if this contraption still works, he changed a job some time ago...
But it prioritizes users with high upload/download speeds. It's better the way it's now - everybody gets their files. Maybe later but it's equal. At least people seed for longer.
If you're after communities and sharing current model is better. If you're after fast download but shorter torrent lives - go for new one.
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Best option, IMHO, would be to use GPL with pay-for-business-use clause. All proceedings from this should go to Electronic Frontier Foundation or similar, so they can be nicely used for patents, lawsuits, and so on.
If business pays for code they buy it from community for their own use, thus code will be released from GPL and free for their use. That would mean licensed for their use. And cash can be used, for example, to pay developers for creating things dull and boring like Exchange connectors (damn important for businesses) and such.
Just an idea, what do you think?
Office hard drive also? Even if I want to keep only my LEGAL word documents on it?
Where's the bloody logic? I think nobody will agree to this proposal, it's just plain stupid.
My point, exactly.
Plus MS can consider pirating of their software as a marketing tool - an easy way to get to millions of people without investing anything.
Point is that WGA was made not to disable the software. If you disable it, people will go somewhere else. Main point is to remind users they're running pirated software. Switch off features that aren't necessary, and hook them up on windows not Linux (MacOS is out of scope, if you don't have cash to buy Win do you have cash to buy Mac?).
MS knows that piracy exists, but at the same time piracy creates a lot of well skilled users.
I can hear a shot... And foot being hit by a bullet...
More important one: RESET!
It targeted towards contractors, who will buy it from company's money or take from their taxes.
No so expensive if you think about it in this way.
Nah, we love all those crappy cameras... actually we want more of them!
What's the point of changing unreliable technology with new unreliable technology?
Have you noticed how many comments like that we have on /. recently? It's always about Vista being superior to Linux, and Linux being good only for "microwaves"...
I suspect that somebody got paid really well for that.
What can be other reason, especially that those comments started slightly earlier than Vista was even released.
That can be considered as dirty tactics targeted at Linux/FOSS community...
Just my 2c
Good point ;)
Sometimes when you write quickly shit happens.
Problem is that less and less people are intrested in thinking. They just prefer to point and shoot.
They don't admire power of imagination, problem solving, and such...
Just my 2c.
You can try different approach. Try publishing your game on Net. Something like printable table (in pdf for example) and some cutout pieces. Let people play. If it's good enough, and people like it you can approach some game publishers. Not to mention that this approach will give you loads of beta testers, for free. So you will be able to improve a game in a process. Use Slashvertisement.
And as everybody knows, it's better to have a game you like in nice box with good quality pieces, so they will buy it afterwards, thus guaranteeing some sales.
And be patient, very patient... I wish you luck!!!
Or we will have a lot of small spammers that will be quite hard to track and sue. It's easy to find somebody like Richter, with big company and proven track of shadowy activities.
To make spam stop is to educate people not to buy crap they advertise.
I would rather say: "another RedHat-like distribution". They want to promote it so it becomes next Enterprise Linux, finally.
Good idea, IMHO. Don't forget - now they merge it with Linux, taking best of both worlds without violating any licenses.
Hopefully Linux will also take something from Solaris.
Just my 2 cents...
Another one:
//Nietzche
What doesn't kill makes us stronger
Now isohunt will move to different country so US law will not apply to it. There'll be no way to kill it. Good job MPIAA! Instead of attacking company itself they chose to use indirect attack at ISP which in effect just made isohunt stronger. After few days of problems.
Keep going MPIA/RIAA!
Films based on games... Ooops, that happened already.
I'm not really a gamer and I have StarCraft. That was a good game. Sometimes we connect through Hamachi and play with my friends now scattered all over the world.
Don't forget that States are not the whole world. There's also Europe. There's Asia with South Korea, Japan and CHINA. Guess which of those countries are in favour of DRM? I think that RIAA/MPIA will try to enforce DRM as widely as possible but they are already failing. Take a look at South Korea. It's DRM free. You can download as many songs as you like for flat fee starting $5 per month.
Another one is China: they don't even care about DRM. But who produces most of electronics? Who sets the prices?
IMHO there are more factors that US Congress. It's an important factor, but not everything. Canada still didn't ratify anti-piracy laws. And they're just over the border.
Plus there's a Linux that is gaining very strong foothold especially in Europe.
At the same time there is a chance that DRM will collapse under it's own weight. People are annoyed with it, especially iTunes users. I know few non-geek ones that started researching into the subject because they changed iPod for different player. We will see what future brings.
As you probably know creating games for PS3 is hard. And not only because SDK is hardly available (at least for average people) + expensive you also have problems with Cell processors. They're fast beasts but very hard to tame. There's a lot problems with multi-threading. Until Sony resolves those issues PS3 will be just an expensive console.
I have all those problems with changepoint. It's supposed to make our life easier but it's a huge nightmare. It's slow - on my dual core centrino and 2GB RAM it crawls. On 12MB internet link. Plus because somebody forgot to update a code it doesn't work with IE7 (which I use it for testing and sucks) AND Firefox.
Same is with for example yahoo mail. All my friends who used the 'new improved' one, reverted to old one. Too slow and annoying.
There's more examples like that. When finally vendors understand that people want working fast software not beautiful, shiny piece of not working crap?
Just my 2p.
When I upgraded my computer from Pentium I to Pentium III. I was noticeably faster.
My friend worked for one design company as a SysAdmin. They had all their servers in small closet about a size 1m per 1m. There were some 6 servers and all networking gear. On shelves, one atop another. And absolutely no air conditioning. So we did very simple thing - we drilled some holes at the top of the door (hot air goes up), and two square holes in the bottom. We installed two little fans (those you can very often find in toilets). That did the trick. And looked quite funny, when all guys saw SysAdmin drilling and destroying the door.
I don't know if this contraption still works, he changed a job some time ago...
But it prioritizes users with high upload/download speeds. It's better the way it's now - everybody gets their files. Maybe later but it's equal. At least people seed for longer.
If you're after communities and sharing current model is better. If you're after fast download but shorter torrent lives - go for new one.
Yes, problem is it's similar to changing UserAgent tag in IE or FireFox. Too easy. It's not very viable solution.