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by mwg66 16y ago
Ironically, I noticed this about two years ago but concluded it wasn't actually a big deal. They are pretty clear that it's a game of chance - not a game of skill. And analogous to actual scratch cards.
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by mwg66 16y ago
Hang on, if the claim is that the source is under the GPL (and I'm not that convinced saying the characters are excluded is sufficient - a trademark violation would be more sensible) surely all they need to claim is a GPL violation (no sour
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by mwg66 16y ago
That is correct but the original point still stands.
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by mwg66 16y ago
I consider this a valid challenge of making a profitable software business. You shouldn't need to rely on Google hiding results (or litigation) to sell more licenses. Your customers should want to buy it and if they don't - you have failed.
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by mwg66 16y ago
2010 - the year the free Internet died.
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by mwg66 16y ago
I don't agree. A simple keyword match does not determine if a keyword result is suggesting that I break the law in any given region. "Ubuntu torrent" being a prime example of this.
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by mwg66 16y ago
I'd like to see what a judge has to say about this. I'm not convinced that there will be much distinction between the infringing works being in the binaries or not. They are in the source tree and that is essentially part of the build proce
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by mwg66 16y ago
Excellent. I've just added a link to an early preview of my library: Sparkles - SPARQL for Cappuccino. https://github.com/66laps/sparkles
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by mwg66 16y ago
"As any programmer will tell you, you don’t ship your unit tests with your product. Unit tests are tools used internally to ensure the quality of the software before you ship it." Two things. 1. When you do Open Source - you ship the sour
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by mwg66 16y ago
Incredibly poor article from a journalistic perspective; it leaves me wondering if the author actually understands the topic for which he is commenting. However, there is substance to this and almost certainly violations taking place. The c
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by mwg66 16y ago
No performance problems for me - Chrome, Mac OS X 10.6, MacBook Air.
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by mwg66 16y ago
It's worth remembering (I think this has been forgotten) that the original leak Manning is suspected for is the "Collateral Murder" video. That is very much of public interest and a prime example of what whistle blowing is for.
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by mwg66 16y ago
But, if for some reason, he doesn't sleep during the night - he is forcibly woken should he fall asleep during the day?
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by mwg66 16y ago
Isn't interrupted sleep (arguably sleep deprivation) a questionable a form of torture?
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by mwg66 16y ago
Land of the free.
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by mwg66 16y ago
Right, sorry, I missed that. It still seems odd.
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by mwg66 16y ago
Only if he kept it to himself and didn't mention it to anybody - I don't think that's what the OP meant.
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by mwg66 16y ago
It just seems odd to me that a seemingly well respected engineer would fabricate allegations using his corporate e-mail (VMWare). We should remember it was not he who posted them publicly. I'm not saying it's true but only that I don't see
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by mwg66 16y ago
Has anybody come up with a plausible motive to lie about this? Shouldn't there be an audit of the relevant source tree at the time rather than now?
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by mwg66 16y ago
Good for you. I would suggest that Runway Finder moves to Europe and let's the lawyers chase them.
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by mwg66 16y ago
I wonder if an appeal to a company such as Google might sponsor a reprisal? It seems relevant to many businesses interests.
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by mwg66 16y ago
Is it possible for RunwayFinder to be hosted outside of the US? For example, if RunwayFinder is not premium (and not sold to the US), why can't the service be hosted in the UK or Europe where the patent is not valid?
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by mwg66 16y ago
100% FUD. There is not a single iota of evidence to support that.
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by mwg66 16y ago
Is it not?
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by mwg66 16y ago
Shouldn't we really be trying to get to the bottom of who is behind this DDoS attack? If Wikileaks is said to be a terrorist organisation, isn't this an act of war?
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by mwg66 16y ago
Some non-UK programming do show adverts, yes, but that is for different reasons - largely so that the British license fee isn't being seen to subsidise commercial content for other countries. But conversely, the BBC World Service does not i
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by mwg66 16y ago
Because at times, the interests of advertisers can conflict with the interests of Wikipedia. And should that happen, Wikipedia's reputation and value becomes seriously undermined. I consider it somewhat analog to BBC being funded through a
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by mwg66 16y ago
I can think of potential use cases similar to what 280 North are doing with Atlas and Cappuccino. Check out http://280atlas.com/
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by mwg66 16y ago
Who are you to say what conclusions can or cannot be drawn between a persons name and a list of URLs they chose to read? I can think of many, undesirable and potentially erroneous conclusions that could be made.
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by mwg66 16y ago
Yeah, that wasn't cool at all Apple. And you're right, I will always remember this day. I remember the day you pulled that terrible PR stunt.

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