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by Flimm 15y ago
You don't have to apologize for linking to a Christian website. Last I checked, Hacker News didn't have a ban on religious links.
842.
by Flimm 15y ago
The os module now has a new function: pipe2. Is there a reason why they didn't give it a better name, like pipe_with_flags?
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by Flimm 15y ago
Mozilla has trademark rights over the Firefox name and logo, and they license the logo's image file under a proprietary copyright license. It has nothing to do with patents, so the new policy does not affect that issue at all.
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by Flimm 15y ago
Currently, Debian does distribute Mono, VLC and ffmpeg, I'm not aware of the codecs you speak of. (Oh, and I do use Debian, five days a week, but I don't see how that's relevant to my question.)
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by Flimm 15y ago
This is the first article of the policy: > Debian will not knowingly distribute software encumbered by patents; Debian contributors should not package or distribute software they know to infringe a patent. That seems a bit too vague for
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by Flimm 15y ago
Funny, to me, the cloud is "near" and my computer is "far". The cloud follows me wherever I go, which I can't say for my laptop.
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by Flimm 15y ago
In my view, a utopian society produces a lot of high-quality art, which everyone is free to consume, to study, to modify and to share with a friend. Laws concerning art should get us as close to that society as possible. We should value bot
848.
by Flimm 15y ago
It's because the scope is co-terminous that having different names is so important. IANAL, but trademarks don't have to be distinct or novel to be legitimate. They are allowed to be descriptive (like Windows or iPhone). The fork of OpenOffi
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by Flimm 15y ago
In that case, this implementation really should have a different name. It's confusing to have two competing implementations share the same name, and it may be a trademark violation.
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by Flimm 15y ago
Is this version created or endorsed by the authors of the other Visitor.js implementation?
851.
by Flimm 15y ago
Unfortunate name. Impress is the name of OpenOffice.org's presentation tool.
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by Flimm 15y ago
To see an example of an HN member who holds this misconception even after watching the interview, scroll up. It makes me really sad, both for the HN community and for the FSF.
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by Flimm 15y ago
I've come across this misconception many times even on Hacker News and FLOSS-related community sites.
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by Flimm 15y ago
"On the one side are companies that sell programs to make money. On the other are people who believe software must be totally free." Even before interviewing Richard Stallman, the journalist still didn't understand the difference between fr
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by Flimm 15y ago
Funnily enough, this is what I like most about stackoverflow. They know what they're good at, they know what use-cases the site is designed for, and they actively fight mission creep.
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by Flimm 15y ago
Could this be used to correct my posture? I can just imagine my screen telling me to "sit up straight!" every time I slumped just like my father used to.