bloody_pretzels

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by bloody_pretzels 11y ago
The Apache license isn't compatible with GPLv2. Isn't it possible to take a standard patent clause and add it to their UIUC/MIT licenses? Google has done something similar with Go, using BSD + their own patent grant.[1] [1]
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by bloody_pretzels 11y ago
I'm not clear on what you are trying to say. Naturally, the GPL only applies when distributing GPL'd code, not when it's used solely privately. The license clearly states that all parts of the "work based on the Program&
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by bloody_pretzels 11y ago
GPLv3 Section 5. Conveying Modified Source Versions. > You may convey a work based on the Program, or the modifications to produce it from the Program, in the form of source code under the terms of section 4, provided that you also meet
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by bloody_pretzels 11y ago
Note that the Apache License isn't compatible with GPLv2. If you don't make use of any patents use BSD/MIT/ISC instead. Sadly there isn't a real alternative permissive license with a patent clause. There is a licens
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by bloody_pretzels 11y ago
You're not quite right. Everything that touches the GPL code has to become GPL, period. GPL compatibility only exists in one direction. A license is compatible if it is relicensable as GPL, the GPL itself isn't compatible with a
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by bloody_pretzels 13y ago
Your post does nothing but put down and ridicule an entire philosophical and political branch of thought without any rationale at all. It's a shame that this type of comment can receive so many upvotes in a community that alleges to ca
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by bloody_pretzels 14y ago
If I didn't misunderstand, you're suggesting that "node" carries the idea of being an autonomous entity that connects to a neutral network (i.e. no node is more privileged than any other). In that case a more accurate term might be "slave n
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by bloody_pretzels 14y ago
Node is a really nice word for what the article describes. The word "tracker" doesn't roll off the tongue very well and I think it suffers from the same flaw that the article criticizes about "phone", namely that it focuses on a specific as
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by bloody_pretzels 15y ago
A good idea would be to make a typespeed clone: http://typespeed.sourceforge.net/ Or any kind of game where you have to type words to advance. In fact, while we're already on the Space Invaders idea, you could make a clone where the invad