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Developer's Corner / Oracle v. Google and Resulting Implications for GPL

« on: May 28, 2016, 08:01 AM »

Hello everyone,

I hope you're well on this day. Something has been brought to my attention through social media and I thought I would share it with you. It's the result of a legal battle regarding Google's use (in proprietary software) of Oracle's Java API and the case has quite immense implications for anyone who has written free software, which is why I am sharing it. Google won the case.

First link, an op-ed article on Ars in regards to the case and case law:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/05/op-ed-oracle-attorney-says-googles-court-victory-might-kill-the-gpl/

Second link, an article written by the lawyer who represented Oracle in this case:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/death-free-software-how-google-killed-gpl-annette-hurst

I initially dismissed this as fearmongering, but the reality is that successful cases which aren't appealed (or lose on appeals) tend to be regarded as legal precedents - on which future cases/case law is decided. If you are a developer, I encourage you to keep a close eye on this case, further similar cases, and any appeals that may occur in the near future.

w3bcrawler

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Living Room / Rejection Therapy

« on: November 28, 2015, 12:44 PM »

Hey everyone! I haven't posted in a while - not that I am a frequent poster - and I ran across something that I thought would be interesting to share. I'm going to try to make this post not look spammy, it's just an interesting concept and I think that most people could benefit from such a thing.

It's a game called Rejection Therapy™.

From the website:

Rejection Therapy™ is the real life game with one rule. The game is designed for anyone who wants to build confidence and overcome fear of rejection.

Rejection Therapy will show you how rejection can be an exciting and positive experience.


I stumbled upon this game when I was browsing lifehack blogs, and I just thought I'd share it - we're social creatures and not fearing rejection helps us pursue that goal.

There are a few different flavors of the game (classic, entrepreneur, and blue pill editions). It's a card-based game and from what I understand, each card comes with it's own chalenge for you to overcome rejection in some way, shape or form.

Here's the link to the website: http://rejectiontherapy.com/

Cheers!

-w3bcrawler

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Living Room / A short history of Google's algorithm updates

« on: June 08, 2015, 05:22 PM »

Hello everyone. For many of us, Google is ubiquitous throughout our daily lives. I thought it would be interesting to share an article that was posted recently - it covers some of the main algorithmic changes that have occurred in Google's products.

What surprised me the most was April 2015 - MobileGeddon. Websites that aren't mobile friendly or responsive will be given the lowest priority in search results, or removed altogether.

Here is a link to the article, and a shout-out to mouser for calling me out on my derpness in forgetting the actual link.
http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/224/16/129554.html

Have a good day, everyone.

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Living Room / Windows 10 will be free for "genuine and non-genuine" users

« on: March 18, 2015, 09:59 AM »

Microsoft's operating system chief Terry Myerson said, "We are upgrading all qualified PCs, genuine and non-genuine, to Windows 10." This means that everyone running Windows 7 or 8.1, irrespective of whether you pirated the operating system or not, will be allowed to upgrade to a legitimate version of Windows 10.

Source: http://arstechnica.c...d-non-genuine-users/

I think this is great! Not only will people be able to get their hands on legitimate copies, but I suspect there will be much less malware floating around (generally speaking) when people can update old / non-secure versions of Windows.

What do you think, DC?