IamThePherocity

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   by IamThePherocity 12y ago

   The clean room was argued by Google to aid with the justification, but this isn't a requirement of law. An author can read another authors work, and create a novel with similarities.
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   by IamThePherocity 12y ago

   Fair enough point, though I don't feel this is a gray area. The chilling effect alone, being that I could be sued for simply looking at open source code is disturbing. Because that's what it boils down to. Most of our software
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   by IamThePherocity 12y ago

   Well, I certainly will not be using Monit ever again should this be accurate. There is no illegal activity from what I can tell, so it's entirely baseless. Are they unclear about what copyright means? Did they hire a lawyer? Does no
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   by IamThePherocity 12y ago

   I entirely expect to have both breakfast and lunch as soylent (like) meals and then enjoy suppers. I end up eating less healthy because I don't have time to make a good lunch every day, it's just not possible. Breakfast is usual
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   by IamThePherocity 12y ago

   I don't think anyone has any illusions anymore that journalism as a means of informing the reader is at best dying, if not already dead. If a news organization can lie, then there is no point in in reading news, because fictitious new