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Developer's Corner / Re: The Inversion of the Open Source - Big Corporation Divide?
« on: September 26, 2010, 09:11 PM »
Dick Tracy internet wristwatch, anyone?!
-zridling (August 04, 2010, 11:30 PM)
More likely contact lenses and brain controlled user interface. Along with people becoming dumber and dumber.

Today, whatever hits the top in google is the truth for most people.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Simple Public License (SimPL)
« on: September 26, 2010, 03:16 PM »
I have nothing against GPL, but I do have an issue on their advocates using the term "Free Software, as in freedom." to describe their license.

GPL imposes a restriction on the use of the source. Since it imposes a restriction is not free as in freedom, because restrictive is the opposite of free.

Thus all the GPL being "Free Software", is just propaganda based on a lie. Is like, we are protecting your freedom, btw take this ball and chain, it will help us to better protect your freedom.

Anyway, I like this SimplePL license because it does not hide its meaning. Nor does it claim to be protecting your freedom while imposing restrictions on you.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Programming prizes on the rise: The risks of entering
« on: September 26, 2010, 02:57 PM »
This not only true of programming contest, but design contest.

Several years ago (in the 80s) a civil engineer friend entered an attraction blueprint contest sponsored by Disney. He did not won, but they use his blueprints to make an attraction anyway, without paying him nothing, or even placing a plaque or something that he could use to say, I made the blueprints of this. The catch as that when entering the contest he didn't notice in the small print that ALL enterings became property of Disney.

The lesson here, be sure to read the fine print before entering a contest.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Why computer programs should not be patentable -- in easy-to-understand terms
« on: September 26, 2010, 02:47 PM »
I do believe in patents, but for a limited time. 5 to 10 years at most.

Not for 30, 50, 85, 100, etc that are now.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Choosing Free Licenses for Software, Hardware, and Aesthetic works - Flowchart
« on: September 26, 2010, 01:59 PM »
Interesting but incomplete.
They forgot to mention the BSD license and the Apache license, as well as closed source free-ware, and non distributable open source (open for the buyer of the software to make modifications but not to distribute of make a fork).

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