But then since my computer is currently running a graphic card from a tiny company without linux drivers for their chip, I get to see everything in 16 color 640x480 so it doesn't really matter till I replace the card.
Maybe not the GPL per se, but something along those lines could easily be implemented for a novel. A main author could write an intro chapter, post it to the web, set deadlines for each chapter submission, and then piece together a finished project. Of course the publishing industry being what it is, this is unlikely to happen anytime soon. Nice dream for literature types like me though.
What PG is doing is a really great service and needs to get publicity. Sadly the copyright restrictions serverely limits most recent books from being included. Wouldn't it be nice if the GPL would catch on with books? Why not some "open-source" sci-fi novels?
When you think about it Echelon isn't all that much of a surprise. In many ways the government is about as paranoid as anyone else. If you think about it, it's a beautiful catch twenty-two. If they don't spy on everyone, someone might oh say blow something up. What happens, some government agency gets blamed for screwing things up. If they do spy on everyone, the moment people find out their up in arms about their privacy. I personally would rather have the privacy which adds the inability to abuse the system rather than the safety, others probably disagree. Fine but it should be a public debate, not some politician's call.
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But then since my computer is currently running a graphic card from a tiny company without linux drivers for their chip, I get to see everything in 16 color 640x480 so it doesn't really matter till I replace the card.
Maybe not the GPL per se, but something along those lines could easily be implemented for a novel. A main author could write an intro chapter, post it to the web, set deadlines for each chapter submission, and then piece together a finished project. Of course the publishing industry being what it is, this is unlikely to happen anytime soon. Nice dream for literature types like me though.
What PG is doing is a really great service and needs to get publicity. Sadly the copyright restrictions serverely limits most recent books from being included. Wouldn't it be nice if the GPL would catch on with books? Why not some "open-source" sci-fi novels?
When you think about it Echelon isn't all that much of a surprise. In many ways the government is about as paranoid as anyone else. If you think about it, it's a beautiful catch twenty-two. If they don't spy on everyone, someone might oh say blow something up. What happens, some government agency gets blamed for screwing things up. If they do spy on everyone, the moment people find out their up in arms about their privacy. I personally would rather have the privacy which adds the inability to abuse the system rather than the safety, others probably disagree. Fine but it should be a public debate, not some politician's call.