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by macmac 10y ago
There have been nuclear merchant vessels in the past and there are still nuclear ice-breakers around. The nuclear merchant vessels were never a success, due to various challenges, some of the outlined in this article: https://www
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by macmac 10y ago
You are not crazy and this is exactly the right way to view the problem.
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by macmac 10y ago
DabbleDB anyone? One of those products that really should have been more successful.
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by macmac 10y ago
Cache also appears dead.
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by macmac 10y ago
The title is plain wrong. It is the sec clear of a Flynn aide that has been revoked.
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by macmac 10y ago
Key part below. The decision does not address the general question at hand, but finds that DDC has not demonstrated facts that align with the authority they cite. "The district court, relying on an unpublished district court decision,
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9th Circuit finds copyright in program did not extend to the program’s output [pdf](cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov)
3 points by macmac 10y ago|1 comments
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by macmac 10y ago
Citus is interestingly licensed under the AGPL.
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by macmac 10y ago
That is exactly what parent meant.
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by macmac 10y ago
This just to point out that it is considered self-evident in respect of GCC. This is based on how GCC works specifically, not compilers in general. There are certainly compilers/transpilers etc. and similar kinds of software out there
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by macmac 10y ago
One of the judges actually start by disabusing DDC's counsel of the notion that one has anything to do with the other. You don't get to invent a new legal concept just because someone allegedly pirated your software.
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by macmac 10y ago
It matters to the question of whether or not UE contributed to copyright infringement, not to the question of copyright in the output of the SDS/2 software.
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by macmac 10y ago
Except this case neatly illustrates a case where exactly that would be expedient.
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by macmac 10y ago
Which is a workable solution until the subscription based products start outputting formats that are not backwards compatible.
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by macmac 10y ago
Those are not the facts. UE didn't use SDS/2. They subcontracted work that requires the use of SDS/2 to a Chinese subcontractor who used an allegedly pirated copy of SDS/2 to do the work. It has to do with copyright in p
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by macmac 10y ago
They need to make the argument because the defendant is not a licensee. Their theory is that defendant has knowingly used a Chinese subcontractor that uses priate software to produce the output that they sell to their customers. So they go
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by macmac 10y ago
Agree that it should be clear. Reality unfortunately in my experience is a lot less so.
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by macmac 10y ago
And many do not. I have negotiated software licenses for 15+ years and had to fix this issues many times. Just as many software licenses explicitly only license object code, but the licensed product turns out to contain quite a bit of sourc
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by macmac 10y ago
As I mentioned, weak argument.
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by macmac 10y ago
That's not a bad idea for any software that is critical to one's business.
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by macmac 10y ago
They appear to argue that the download was some sort of trial copy or at least that they thought it was. It appears undisputed that they never used the software.
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by macmac 10y ago
I agree that the question is interesting and the result in other cases (e.g. code generation tools) might surprise many, but this doesn't appear to be a obvious example of output being a derivative work.
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by macmac 10y ago
It gets slightly better later when she explains how some of the elements of the output is controlled by the CAD software, but it is still a very weak argument.
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by macmac 10y ago
What is hysterical about the title i.e. "When is the output of a copyright-protected software program itself protected by copyright?" ?. Seems very appropriated and balanced.
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by macmac 10y ago
This case is with the Ninth Circuit on appeal. If you are interested in how courts conduct oral arguments in cases like this, there is a video recording available at http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/media/view_video.php?pk_v
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Software vendor argues that it has copyright in output of its CAD software(maw-law.com)
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Offshore wind turbine smashes record produces pwr for 7.2K homes over 24 hours(sciencealert.com)
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by macmac 10y ago
Very brave of you to publish this as it is bound to violently contradict the intuition of most people. An alternative conclusion is that your analysis is meaningless :-)
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by macmac 10y ago
So what will you be doing Sam?
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by macmac 10y ago
First of congratulations on your sought after product. As a general remark I don't see any fundamental problem with dual licensing your product. You do need to make sure that the license that you grant to the enterprise e-commerce comp

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