But what if only proprietary software vendors have access to A.tgz?
In that case, is A.tgz really in the PD?
Of course! Consider how many texts are in the public domain then consider the percentage that have gotten into Project Guttenberg. It's a 0-day fall into the Public Domain. As an example, in the In-progress List, State of the Union by John Quincy Adams has arguably been "in the PD" for a long time but not easily obtainable until just recently.
Or maybe I misinterpreted what you said - it depends on what the definition of the term "is" is, or what "in the PD" is. To me, PD guarantees reusability but doesn't guarantee availability. GPL guarantees both.
Even if proprietary software vendors develop and release restricted license versions of A, you are still free to take A.tgz and develop a GPL-licensed branch.
But what if only proprietary software vendors have access to A.tgz? Isn't this what happens with some government databases?
In the event this happens, I find it hard to believe that the proprietary software vendors are under any obligation to admit that parts of the code they incorporated are in the public domain, much less offering the PD code they used.
Hilary Rosen doesn't care too much if you steal a copy of "Moulin Rouge". Jack Valenti doesn't care too much if you steal a copy of NSync's "No Strings Attached".
Here's something that bugs me: when people confuse copyright infringement with theft/stealing.
For the last several years, we have been using the data we have gathered for several purposes, amongst which are mapping the Hydrogen distrobution in the milky way and searching for SETI.
"That is the reality -- the defenses thrown up to disguise it cannot survive the cold light of day." --Edward P. Murphy, President & CEO of the National Music Publishers' Association.
If the NMPA et al are so interested in outside exposure, why do they seal their submissions?
You probably have HTML turned on, it looks like you would've put a "<" next (use < or choose Plain Text). If it's a bug in Preview vs post (probably reproducible in Journal) then it should be reported (do you remember what you typed?).
I looked up the UPC for a one liter bottle of Pepsi One (0-127090-5, still have it), it mapped in some UPC database to... I think it was Crystal Pepsi.
Two forgettable (forgotten?) products, I guess this was from their "trial" range of codes.
There was an article here (Slashback?) a while ago where some site (advocacy.org?) accused people doing an HTTP HEAD of breaking into their site or otherwise violating their terms of service. Possibly a troll, but...
The changelog doesn't mention it but maybe you'd know: Does 7.3's or newer up2date show currently installed version in addition to newly available version?
Reason I ask is that I prefer Red Carpet in 7.2 for updates (I did the go-gnome thing). But Red Carpet is updated less often and without kernel updates (and doesn't have upgrade advisories easily available), and up2date doesn't warn that it's going to overwrite a ximian rpm with a non-ximian rpm.
If someone developed an application where a user pressed one phone key to get the traffic report on Highway 520 and another to get conditions on Interstate 90, a decent number of commuters probably would pay 50 cents a month for that service.
This doesn't sound particularly difficult. Ingredients:
One or more lines with caller ID (one per info service)
Device to monitor line's' caller ID
Computer that checks caller ID, does lookup of incoming number (checks for carrier, perhaps also checks for "subscription" to service and maximum message length), gets data and processes it, and sends it out.
Internet connection for computer, of course.
The caller would just call the number, let it ring a few times, and hang up; no charge for connection.
If the PBX at my office supported caller ID, I'd be sorely tempted to implement this as a free public service.
It may be nice and smooth and pretty when you're starting out, but as soon as you have a battle (and remember that these battles are much smaller now... > 50 enemies is rare) your FPS drops like mad.
It sounds like there ought to be a setting to dynamically adjust detail level to try to maintain a near-uniform (settable?) framerate. But I don't know how easy that would be to implement.
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You could read a review of it.
You could read a review of it.
Or maybe I misinterpreted what you said - it depends on what the definition of the term "is" is, or what "in the PD" is. To me, PD guarantees reusability but doesn't guarantee availability. GPL guarantees both.
But what if only proprietary software vendors have access to A.tgz? Isn't this what happens with some government databases?
In the event this happens, I find it hard to believe that the proprietary software vendors are under any obligation to admit that parts of the code they incorporated are in the public domain, much less offering the PD code they used.
Uh, that two seconds must not count the time to plug cable into brain. What time scale are you on?
How about "kontact" or "kontakt" for a name?
If Microsoft didn't have a monopoly, I'd agree with all your points.
It's only because they have a monopoly that they can spin it that way.
If someone died because they were connected and didn't pay attention to their surroundings, would they get a D'Arwain award?
If the NMPA et al are so interested in outside exposure, why do they seal their submissions?
... for not hitting the Preview button.
We should pit Joshua against Electric Blue and see who comes out on top.
You probably have HTML turned on, it looks like you would've put a "<" next (use < or choose Plain Text). If it's a bug in Preview vs post (probably reproducible in Journal) then it should be reported (do you remember what you typed?).
Two forgettable (forgotten?) products, I guess this was from their "trial" range of codes.
There was an article here (Slashback?) a while ago where some site (advocacy.org?) accused people doing an HTTP HEAD of breaking into their site or otherwise violating their terms of service. Possibly a troll, but...
Probably an easier method would be to print at 144-150dpi and see how far the paper has to be before you can't make out the pixels.
Fee-C's (Fee-based Computers)
If that doesn't work, try changing the Default user's hive with REGEDT32.exe.
Are you sure about this?
The changelog doesn't mention it but maybe you'd know: Does 7.3's or newer up2date show currently installed version in addition to newly available version?
Reason I ask is that I prefer Red Carpet in 7.2 for updates (I did the go-gnome thing). But Red Carpet is updated less often and without kernel updates (and doesn't have upgrade advisories easily available), and up2date doesn't warn that it's going to overwrite a ximian rpm with a non-ximian rpm.
This doesn't sound particularly difficult. Ingredients:
- One or more lines with caller ID (one per info service)
- Device to monitor line's' caller ID
- Computer that checks caller ID, does lookup of incoming number (checks for carrier, perhaps also checks for "subscription" to service and maximum message length), gets data and processes it, and sends it out.
- Internet connection for computer, of course.
The caller would just call the number, let it ring a few times, and hang up; no charge for connection.If the PBX at my office supported caller ID, I'd be sorely tempted to implement this as a free public service.
Hey, I wonder if this is a patentable concept?
He does lots of other shows too.