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811.
by delinka 10y ago
Linux is not GPLv3 for a reason[1]. Not to mention it's only a kernel, not an entire OS. Basing your OS on a Linux kernel doesn't expose your other code to the GPL. Writing apps to run on a Linux system doesn't expose your co
812.
by delinka 10y ago
"...it’s simply not in widespread circulation." And won't be under GPLv3. If your goals are to prevent others from locking up your code in proprietary products, and to give your code to the world, then this license is for you
813.
by delinka 10y ago
Only the foreground app gets to put things in the touch bar. Excellent - I don't want some background process putting animated ads there. Beyond that, Apple can't possibly limit what the foreground app does. Distribute your tastel
814.
by delinka 10y ago
In my experience, it obeys system volume. If I had the system muted before I shut down, it comes up silently. I keep my work laptop muted most times. On the weekend, I might actually need the sound for Skype. Monday morning is a rude start
815.
by delinka 10y ago
The music and movie industries have changed tactics in that they go after the uploader/sender of a copyrighted work. And you would be correct that a simple "oh, sorry, I'll stop sharing that" would probably not suffice t
816.
by delinka 10y ago
Indeed. I was hoping to elicit some clarification and left out some of my own: if JS, CSS & HTML are part of the GPL'd product, I'd agree that those parts qualify as being 'distributed' to users.
817.
by delinka 10y ago
If you don't like the terms of the license, don't use code licensed under that license. You can't just download GPL'd code, disagree with the license, and continue using the code in a manner incompatible with that licens
818.
by delinka 10y ago
If your custom plugin distributes its output, no. Generally speaking, the output of a GPL'd program is not also subject to the GPL (quines notwithstanding.)
819.
by delinka 10y ago
"Another option may be to simply remove the offending code." This would remove their dependence upon GPL'd code, thus obviating applicability of the entire GPL, including section 5.
820.
by delinka 10y ago
Apparently these notes are transliterated out of the author's own notes. It is mentioned that this is only for normal vectors, just not conveniently inline: "Note: just for vectors that only represent a direction and have length 1
821.
by delinka 10y ago
The Open Source Initiative[1] is a good place to start. 1 - https://opensource.org/
822.
by delinka 10y ago
Affero GPL. If the public can touch the product or service, you have to provide the source. My company avoids incorporating any GPL-licensed libraries, even those with linking exceptions.
823.
by delinka 10y ago
I'm not seeing any indication of three numbers relating to length. I see a gap in information, not a leap from "3 numbers" to "length." What's missing is the definition of a vector: an item with direction and m
824.
by delinka 10y ago
You are correct. Since WP is GPLv2, there's nothing to prevent a hosting provide installing WP, making changes, and charging for the 'enhanced' service and keeping the code for themselves, because the hosted app isn't be
825.
by delinka 10y ago
"[T]he shape of the wing affects the efficiency and stall characteristics of the wing but not the lift. That is left to the angle of attack and speed." So no, the top of the wing is not pulling the wing upwards. The air beneath is
826.
by delinka 10y ago
Are taxes a flate rate, or a percentage?
827.
by delinka 10y ago
While I'm always behind the EFF's stance on copyright and DMCA issues, I'm not sure whether this was a "DMCA takedown request" or direct access to YouTube's content ID management interface thingy (which has not
828.
by delinka 10y ago
EFF says there's no viable copyright claim. If there's not copyright claim, there's no "fair use" to consider - the creator is simply free to continue doing what they do; in this case, making fun of Samsung's e
829.
by delinka 10y ago
Does it follow that attempting to write code that is closer to functional style also improves the code's "tastefulness?" I'm under the impression that better functional code contains fewer branches.
830.
by delinka 10y ago
"Wilson seems to have thought the engineers of this accelerator, and the scientists using it to study nature, were like—or as important as—artists." This implies, to me, that the author seems to have an almost-classist regard for
831.
by delinka 10y ago
They must have offered a few versions of the Nomad, cuz mine was crap. And oh dear $deity, the software for loading it up from Windows had a terrible UI, no flexibility in organizing songs... Good riddance.
832.
by delinka 10y ago
Siri does indeed send your voice requests off to a server to be 'understood.' But, IIRC, it's all Apple-owned with no third parties involved.
833.
by delinka 10y ago
"The method name getAbsoluteDifference() means to get the absolute difference between the pair of numbers. The method name contains a verb get. It would not make much sense to name the method simply absoluteDifference(), because such
834.
by delinka 10y ago
See 'Title case' at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_case#Case_styles
835.
by delinka 10y ago
nit: ...copyrighted content. "Copywrite" and "copyright" are not synonymous.
836.
by delinka 10y ago
Always. All the time. Every day. Lest your unencrypted messages one day be used in a fishing expedition to facilitate oppression at the hands of the current political regime.
837.
by delinka 10y ago
You don't just drop someone without presentation experience onto a stage in front of hundreds or thousands with a laptop and a projector. That's a great way to get negative reviews for the conference from the attendees. Much like
838.
by delinka 10y ago
"...you hardly seem to be a person a government would be interested in..." "If you've got nothing to hide..." - right?
839.
by delinka 10y ago
It'll have to be dedicated devices owned by ISP customers. It'll need to be software in their routers. Better yet, (and I realize there are a couple logical leaps here) these devices will progress The Internet into a mesh amongst
840.
by delinka 10y ago
"introduced into a Certificate" They didn't introduce any errors _into_ a certificate. They affected the certificate chain, but not the certificate directly. I'm certain this is how their own lawyers view this.

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