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by mtvartia 16y ago
"Like most languages, Python has the concept of private elements:" http://diveintopython.org/object_oriented_framework/private_... Does that count for encapsulation?
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by mtvartia 16y ago
That article is full of it. It essentially wants to agitate a lynch mob against the messenger, implying a conspiracy by Rémi and his current employer, without a clue about FSF's role in the incident, while disregarding any responsibility of
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by mtvartia 16y ago
(I can only wonder what in my comments has been inappropriate enough to justify the downvotes. Simply disagreeing on a civilized opinion shouldn't prompt censors to act.) If a distribution site requires to accept a contract between the dist
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by mtvartia 16y ago
Is applying for a developer license from Apple really trivial? Is it not possible for Apple to simply not grant the license if they, for example, wish to deprecate a platform? Do you have, or know a text that provides a proper explanation o
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by mtvartia 16y ago
With all respect, IMO paying 99 dollars a year, getting a developer license and re-signing the application yourself is far from 'trivial'. That aside, for me it is hard to see how Apple would not be the first-hand distributor for apps in it
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by mtvartia 16y ago
The users would be allowed to load the app, that is not the issue. The distributor (Apple) is not allowed to impose further restrictions upon GPL'ed software. Surely the users are ultimately the losers, but that is not fault of the creators
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by mtvartia 16y ago
What is ironic or hypocritical about it? There are general licenses which provide more freedom to the users (including limiting freedom of others in derivative works, which might be ironic in somebody's eyes), and this software uses a licen
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by mtvartia 16y ago
The article only considers public companies. Are they missing some?
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by mtvartia 16y ago
I believe you mean "Maemo 6", i.e. what Harmattan would have been if there was no MeeGo. Latest MeeGo release is 1.1 for handsets, netbooks and in-vehicle infotainment systems, each with their own "user experience" layer on top. The handset