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by starkness 16y ago
Copyrightability isn't really what's at issue here, as this is all written text, which is clearly a form of copyrightable expression. There is the issue, though, of a copyright on a compilation of public domain works, or on the edits on top
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by starkness 16y ago
Ultimately it depends upon whether parts of the autobiography were published after 1923. Those parts that were not published after 1923 would be in the public domain. And those that were published after 1980 would be as well (he died in 191
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by starkness 16y ago
Hmm given all the discussion about friendship being of utmost importance for cofounders (particularly in the case of YC), do people think this would work?
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by starkness 16y ago
Even that Mark had two cofounders: Chris and Dustin. And they were all roommates.
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by starkness 16y ago
I'm aware of what they are (and in fact have one myself), but my point was that they're distinct from Ph.D.'s (so the title is misleading), and they can span across a broad spectrum of fields.
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by starkness 16y ago
It seems that there's some kind of happy medium to be struck here. If you want to learn how to code, great, and it's something good to know if you want to work on a startup regardless. Yet it's unlikely you're going to master a given langua
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by starkness 16y ago
"[T]here are 5,057 janitors in the U.S. with Ph.D.’s, other doctorates, or professional degrees." Not clear what "professional" degrees they're referring to here, so doesn't sound like it's just Ph.D.'s. (MBAs, JDs, MFAs, MPHs?)
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by starkness 16y ago
Unfortunately I can envision quite a few things that users may not want to be fully public (relationship status, family situation, sexual orientation) that would also be quite useful to advertisers.
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by starkness 16y ago
Right, but the point is you'd be donating to a literary festival: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1104085200/page-turner-a...
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by starkness 16y ago
See this for highlights from the list: http://www.tuaw.com/2010/10/20/apple-posts-guidelines-for-ma...
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by starkness 16y ago
The title was on the basis of this part of the article "If an app even exhibits a bug, it will be rejected -- does Apple know how many apps, open-source or otherwise, have bugs?" The point that this could make FOSS especially vulnerable, al
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by starkness 16y ago
What happens when Apple "curates" it such that apps of a political nature are no longer allowed? Or apps that compete with their own? EDIT: (1) There is a risk that the vast majority of the population (non-geeks), will increasingly rely on
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Mac OS X App Store Poses Problems for Open Source Software(downloadsquad.com)
31 points by starkness 16y ago|40 comments
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by starkness 16y ago
As for resources, have heard about this organization dedicated to helping lgbt entrepreneurs: http://startout.org .
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by starkness 16y ago
This post is insightful: http://cdixon.org/2009/08/23/dividing-equity-between-founder... . At the early stage, people tend to overvalue past contributions, and undervalue future contributions. Equity grants should be for a person's expecte
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by starkness 16y ago
I have seen time and time again friends trying to innovate in the music space getting screwed over due to the monopoly powers granted via copyright. When there are 4 record labels that are able to act in tandem and that together hold the ri
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by starkness 16y ago
Sigh, you'd think a nation that overturned a patent on a genetically-modified mouse would reject something as obvious and non-novel as the 1-click patent.