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True | ngroot | null | > I'm just trying to make the point that a lot of startups don't have the money to buy software so if there was only GPL software around they would have a problem.
I guess I don't see that as a problem. Starting a business requires you to obtain or create the things you need to operate the business. If you can fi... | null | 0 | 1319394442 | False | 0 | c2tsy8b | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2tsy8b | t1_c2tsuqw | null | 1427771856 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | If you use this code then it will work in VB:
Sub F(ByRef x As Object)
x = New B()
End Sub
| null | 0 | 1319394500 | False | 0 | c2tsyh4 | t3_ll9io | null | t1_c2tsyh4 | t1_c2ts0zg | null | 1427771858 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Funkliford | null | >Not one that forces people to give away their work
It's not 'their' work though, it's the work of everyone that's contributed. | null | 0 | 1319394532 | False | 0 | c2tsymg | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2tsymg | t1_c2trrgd | null | 1427771860 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cultic_raider | null | The list of things you can't do are determined by copyright law before the license limits that list. That is what the word "license" means: permission.
If you think everyone in this thread has it backwards,
show us an authoritative source that sets it straight. | null | 0 | 1319394534 | False | 0 | c2tsymw | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2tsymw | t1_c2tswr7 | null | 1427771860 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | Oh like you've never used unsafe covariant array casting. | null | 0 | 1319394548 | False | 0 | c2tsyoy | t3_ll9io | null | t1_c2tsyoy | t1_c2tn2vz | null | 1427771871 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | > well it may not help him, but it would't hurt him either.
Well, he gets less contribution.
The point that Kenfar is making, as I understand it, is that you can't relicense your GPL code to a corporation for say $1000, because it would cost them much more in salary to their lawyers, management, etc, to make the d... | null | 0 | 1319394614 | False | 0 | c2tsz19 | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2tsz19 | t1_c2trpp2 | null | 1427771868 | 12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | imgonnacallyouretard | null | HEYOOO | null | 0 | 1319394733 | False | 0 | c2tszjv | t3_llcmn | null | t1_c2tszjv | t1_c2tosk4 | null | 1427771876 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cultic_raider | null | Copyright assignment is standard for many large open source projects, such AZ those run by FSF and I believe Apache. | null | 0 | 1319394748 | False | 0 | c2tszm0 | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2tszm0 | t1_c2trtkj | null | 1427771876 | 12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | I mentioned in another reply that being granted rights isn't the same as claiming rights. Copyright is a bit overbearing in my opinion. If someone took your code and used it without your permission and you haven't stated otherwise then you *could* claim certain damages based on rights automatically granted.
> you m... | null | 0 | 1319394748 | False | 0 | c2tszm7 | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2tszm7 | t1_c2tsws1 | null | 1427771876 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dyross | null | Also you can let Maps pick the best HashMap implementation. | null | 0 | 1319394778 | False | 0 | c2tszr1 | t3_lkwvp | null | t1_c2tszr1 | t1_c2tky4g | null | 1427771878 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | I actually think the problem was that he didn't have an *actual* business plan. A business is more complicated than releasing something under the GPL in the wild. | null | 0 | 1319394981 | False | 0 | c2tt0nz | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2tt0nz | t1_c2trsgt | null | 1427771886 | 12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Imagine a huge field. I put up a sign that says "Do Not Enter - trespassers will be shot". I then cut a line down the center of the field and put up another sign "People who walk down this line will not be shot".
Have I given you permission to walk down the center of the field or have I restricted you from the rest of... | null | 0 | 1319394989 | False | 0 | c2tt0p2 | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2tt0p2 | t1_c2tsymw | null | 1427771886 | -3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bloodredsun | null | Certainly it has its place but that is not when you have a heavy volume of volatile data. | null | 0 | 1319395087 | False | 0 | c2tt14p | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tt14p | t1_c2tq0y2 | null | 1427771892 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cultic_raider | null | Your confusion can be resolved that the GPL is a Free Software license, designers intentionally to be distinguished from Open Source at large.
This isn't a big secret, as the steward of the GPL is called the *Free Software* Foundation, so I am not sure how you got so confused about who is promoting the name "open sou... | null | 0 | 1319395306 | False | 0 | c2tt23r | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2tt23r | t1_c2trg62 | null | 1427771904 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | > My use of "copyleft" pertains to being forced to apply the same license to source code modifications.
Your use of copyleft doesn't fit the ["official" definition](http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/): *Copyleft is a general method for making a program (or other work) free, and requiring all modified and extended version... | null | 0 | 1319395364 | False | 0 | c2tt2cn | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2tt2cn | t1_c2trq3i | null | 1427771908 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | That is true in a sense. I think he misjudged the size of the market. If there were 100's of fortune 500 companies building software that ran on email then I bet he would have been successful despite not having a solid business plan. I just don't see any money going towards email apps. As an independent contractor for ... | null | 0 | 1319395371 | False | 0 | c2tt2dm | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2tt2dm | t1_c2tt0nz | null | 1427771908 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | McPhage | null | I know someone who wanted to bring him on as a consultant because of his Mongrel work, but he couldn't come to an agreement with them in regards to NDA clauses and whatnot.
That company was kinda skeevy, so take that as you will. | null | 0 | 1319395518 | False | 0 | c2tt2zt | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2tt2zt | t1_c2tsim1 | null | 1427771916 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cultic_raider | null | The GPL makes the original work slightly less free, sure. But it makes derivative works far more free. The GPL is about free software forever, not just today. *The Right To Read* makes that quite clear, as it was set in the future from when it was written (which turned out to be 2010, unfortunately). | null | 0 | 1319395600 | False | 0 | c2tt3dd | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2tt3dd | t1_c2trrqk | null | 1428191370 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cultic_raider | null | Ruby Licensee is FSF approved but not OSI approved. I don't know why, it may be a paperwork issue or trademark issue. Also, the licensing conflict might refer to an older version of the license that had compatibility bugs. | null | 0 | 1319395890 | False | 0 | c2tt4p9 | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2tt4p9 | t1_c2trut0 | null | 1428191370 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319395961 | False | 0 | c2tt528 | t3_lk3hn | null | t1_c2tt528 | t1_c2tfkfy | null | 1428191368 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cultic_raider | null | "I want you to give me something but I don't want to even think about if I might have to give something back" is even more selfish. | null | 0 | 1319396009 | False | 0 | c2tt5a0 | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2tt5a0 | t1_c2tqrm5 | null | 1427771948 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | zedshaw | null | This article is old but basically everyone is right and I was wrong: I didn't make any money on Lamson and nobody contributed to it, no matter what license I used, and no matter where I hosted it. Pretty much, Lamson proved to me that all the reasons you're given for open source success (license, github, BDFL, etc.) ... | null | 0 | 1319396030 | False | 0 | c2tt5e3 | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2tt5e3 | t3_llw0s | null | 1427771949 | 255 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dons | null | Soundess results for [System FC (and variants)](http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Commentary/Compiler/FC) are given in [System F with Type Equality Coercions. Proc ACM Workshop on Types in Language Design and Implementaion.](http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/simonpj/papers/ext-f/tldi22-sulzmann-with-... | null | 0 | 1319396246 | True | 0 | c2tt6cu | t3_lkpil | null | t1_c2tt6cu | t1_c2tl7bt | null | 1427771961 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cultic_raider | null | I am not sure what country you are in, but I am in the US, where Federal law is an authoritative source, and copyrighht is discussed in detail. If you live in a country with substantially different copyright law, I apologize for my earlier presumption.
If we take your trespassing example as an (error-prone) metaphor f... | null | 0 | 1319396365 | False | 0 | c2tt6w1 | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2tt6w1 | t1_c2tt0p2 | null | 1427771966 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | This is not legal advise, but just an opinion.
First, make sure you have a CLA to ensure that you can relicense any contributions back to the original project. Once you have that in place, and make sure you have a CLA for *all* contributions, no exceptions, then you don't need to be the sole author. Don't blow your r... | null | 0 | 1319396651 | False | 0 | c2tt86c | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2tt86c | t1_c2tslzl | null | 1427771987 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ngroot | null | > If someone steals your work no one is forcing you to take them to court.
True and irrelevant, because the person copying your work doesn't have any *assurance* that you won't sue them unless they have a license saying that they are authorized to do so.
Copyright law says that you *can't* make unauthorized copies... | null | 0 | 1319396666 | False | 0 | c2tt88u | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2tt88u | t1_c2tswr7 | null | 1427771987 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bloodredsun | null | It could have been flash but with a proper language rather than ActionScript. Unfortunately Sun never saw the potential or gave enough of a shit to make it approachable for the developers. | null | 0 | 1319396762 | False | 0 | c2tt8n3 | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tt8n3 | t1_c2tpv8t | null | 1427771992 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mushishi | null | Thank you. | null | 0 | 1319396763 | False | 0 | c2tt8n9 | t3_lkpil | null | t1_c2tt8n9 | t1_c2tt6cu | null | 1427771992 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | zlonax | null | Thanks for the answer, henk53.
Regarding security context, I understand that customer security information can be cached, but this was just simple example of generic routine DB-related checks. I could easily say "security of object referred in HTTP query parameter".
With regard to programmers - no doubt, your experie... | null | 0 | 1319396866 | False | 0 | c2tt948 | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tt948 | t1_c2trtel | null | 1427771999 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bloodredsun | null | PHP is probably the poster child for 'good enough' programming languages. It does the job it was created for in a sufficiently good enough fashion and with a low enough barrier to adoption that people flocked to it in droves - while at the same time driving all the CompSci guys nuts with all it's faults. | null | 0 | 1319397007 | False | 0 | c2tt9sa | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tt9sa | t1_c2toe7u | null | 1427772012 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bloodredsun | null | Kestrel, their message queue server is 100% Scala but you are right, Twitter treat Java and Scala as first class languages. They have some Clojure but only as the result of an aquisition. | null | 0 | 1319397145 | False | 0 | c2ttag9 | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2ttag9 | t1_c2tqlmq | null | 1427772014 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bloodredsun | null | This and the fact that the server solutions are predominately *nix based. | null | 0 | 1319397228 | False | 0 | c2ttatl | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2ttatl | t1_c2tp7ch | null | 1427772018 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bloodredsun | null | If you'll excuse the blatant self-promotion, I wrote this on [JVM languages by jobs](http://bloodredsun.com/2011/10/04/scala-groovy-clojure-jython-jruby-java-jobs/). It shows that none of them has crossed the chasm to come close to threatening Java. | null | 0 | 1319397530 | False | 0 | c2ttc7l | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2ttc7l | t1_c2tqq1d | null | 1427772038 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ngroot | null | Actually, let me give an even simpler example by removing the license all together.
I write a cool program. I make a copy and give it to you. You make copies and sell them.
You have infringed my copyright, and I can sue you to recover damages. | null | 0 | 1319397567 | False | 0 | c2ttcd1 | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2ttcd1 | t1_c2tswr7 | null | 1427772050 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | It can be a niche but it's possible to get money from it.
>Nowadays there are companies that do that as their sole business so why hire a developer to write one?
That's the point. That question needs to be answered and that's what a new business should (try to) do. The thing is this guy didn't want to sell a produ... | null | 0 | 1319397613 | False | 0 | c2ttclc | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2ttclc | t1_c2tt2dm | null | 1427772052 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | FooBarWidget | null | Slapping a different license on other peoples' code is not a right, it is a privilege. Write your own damn code if you want to use a license of your choosing. The GPL does not take away your right to write your own code. | null | 0 | 1319397696 | True | 0 | c2ttczt | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2ttczt | t1_c2tsx9r | null | 1427772058 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jbs398 | null | > But it makes derivative works far more free.
Correction: It forces distributed derivative works to be as free as the originating work.
Given a group of adopting developers who are guaranteed to release their derivative works in binary form, the legal leverage of the GPL ensures that law abiding members among th... | null | 0 | 1319397709 | False | 0 | c2ttd22 | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2ttd22 | t1_c2tt3dd | null | 1427772052 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bloodredsun | null | There are plenty of use still blogging but I get your point but there's something else too. The human psyche is a funny thing and 'hedonistic habituation' means that yesterday's must have is today's everyday becoming tomorrow's relic. | null | 0 | 1319397756 | False | 0 | c2ttdae | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2ttdae | t1_c2trpsz | null | 1427772055 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Steve132 | null | Your analogy is good, except for one thing:
Your field would exist in a country where it is common knowledge that stepping foot onto unmarked territory without explicit permission is an executable offense. Then, "People who walk down this line will not be shot" is in fact a granting of permission to ignore the def... | null | 0 | 1319397860 | False | 0 | c2ttds7 | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2ttds7 | t1_c2tt0p2 | null | 1428191362 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | i_dont_know | null | War Eagle! | null | 0 | 1319397867 | False | 0 | c2ttdtk | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2ttdtk | t1_c2ts9yz | null | 1428191363 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | nordsieck | null | You want to use the [Mersenne twister](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersenne_twister) (or something of equivalent quality) for your prng. | null | 0 | 1319397894 | False | 0 | c2ttdyb | t3_ll4j8 | null | t1_c2ttdyb | t1_c2tn9yq | null | 1427772062 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | theeth | null | > IDEs that need gigs of RAM.
Visual Studio isn't very lean either. | null | 0 | 1319397967 | False | 0 | c2tteat | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tteat | t1_c2to1u0 | null | 1427772065 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | roguevalley | null | Yeah, I might hire him anyway just because I know that, at the very least, I'd have good stories to tell afterward.
I work in a company full of very nice people, so I enjoy the occasional change of pace. | null | 0 | 1319398010 | False | 0 | c2ttei9 | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2ttei9 | t1_c2tsqp9 | null | 1427772077 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | It's just a _little bit_ of a stretch to say that it's a "restriction" that "i am not allowed to see the changes you're publishing".
EDIT: Particularly because with BSD/MIT you're not required to publish any changes. | null | 0 | 1319398014 | False | 0 | c2tteiy | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2tteiy | t1_c2tssi3 | null | 1427772077 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | lanzkron | null | Or conversion to string | null | 0 | 1319398087 | False | 0 | c2tteuj | t3_li8k8 | null | t1_c2tteuj | t1_c2syktm | null | 1427772071 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | comment-dwim | null | For another interesting take on implementing Javascript on the CLR, take a look at [Jurassic](http://jurassic.codeplex.com/). It's bigger and it's not a tutorial but a fast, production-ready implementation, yet it is smaller and easier to understand than say... languages on the DLR.
In particular, the [ILGenerator](ht... | null | 0 | 1319398106 | False | 0 | c2ttey2 | t3_llq5f | null | t1_c2ttey2 | t3_llq5f | null | 1427772074 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Shaper_pmp | null | > Perceived value and community ? I doubt that there's business logic to it in most cases
With respect, when your best explanation for a not-infrequent trend in others actions is "I dunno, maybe there isn't a good reason", that's more an indication that perhaps you've missed something or misunderstood their priorit... | null | 0 | 1319398117 | True | 0 | c2ttezq | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2ttezq | t1_c2tsvyi | null | 1427772074 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | roguevalley | null | There's definitely a healthy dose of narcissism going on.
In Zed's case (as with DHH), I find it delightfully entertaining.
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True | jsantos17 | null | Exactly. The BSD licence grants more freedom, but more freedom is not always better. | null | 0 | 1319398232 | False | 0 | c2ttfja | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2ttfja | t1_c2tqy8x | null | 1427772080 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | roguevalley | null | I can confirm this. | null | 0 | 1319398273 | False | 0 | c2ttfq6 | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2ttfq6 | t1_c2tsgdf | null | 1427772083 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jsantos17 | null | In the same way a society with a penal system represents less freedom than a society lacking one. But I would choose to live in the first 9 times out of 10. More freedom is not always better. There's a common saying that says: "Unlimited freedom leads to slavery". | null | 0 | 1319398310 | False | 0 | c2ttfx2 | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2ttfx2 | t1_c2trrgd | null | 1427772088 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bannerbruce | null | When was the new ver. 7 VM released? | null | 0 | 1319398371 | False | 0 | c2ttg81 | t3_llz44 | null | t1_c2ttg81 | t3_llz44 | null | 1427772089 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | plesiosaur | null | I wish I understood why you were being down voted. Is it so wrong to want to make money from your own work? Is everything supposed to be magically free so others' businesses can profit instead? | null | 0 | 1319398376 | False | 0 | c2ttg8q | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2ttg8q | t1_c2trx99 | null | 1427772089 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319398523 | True | 0 | c2ttgxa | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2ttgxa | t3_llw0s | null | 1427772098 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | senj | null | Objective-C isn't "statically typed" for any useful meaning of that term. The precise messages an object responds to at any given instance cannot be statically known a priori, so there's very little constraint enforcement that can be done by the compiler. | null | 0 | 1319398645 | False | 0 | c2tthhr | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tthhr | t1_c2tqla3 | null | 1427772106 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | beguiledfoil | null | Generics as they exist in java and c# are half baked weak ass shit compared to templates in D or even C++. | null | 0 | 1319398651 | False | 0 | c2tthio | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2tthio | t1_c2tr6zw | null | 1427772106 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | skulgnome | null | You are, quite simply, _wrong_. | null | 0 | 1319398756 | False | 0 | c2tti0p | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2tti0p | t1_c2tsknm | null | 1427772121 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | TexasJefferson | null | Non-free software licenses are far more restrictive than a mere copy of copyrighted software which one owns. | null | 0 | 1319398904 | False | 0 | c2ttiq8 | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2ttiq8 | t1_c2tsmli | null | 1427772128 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | elder_george | null | Thankfully, middletier (e.g. Websphere) targeting Java 1.4 gradually goes out of support, so eventually they'll need to switch (because it's scary to work if you can't sue anyone).
That's what happened with a project I worked on a year ago (or, to be precise, with last customer who required Java 1.4 support). | null | 0 | 1319398986 | False | 0 | c2ttj4b | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2ttj4b | t1_c2tr4aa | null | 1427772130 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cybercobra | null | What self-respecting university does not have a class involving C among its required major classes? | null | 0 | 1319399070 | False | 0 | c2ttji7 | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2ttji7 | t1_c2to5lz | null | 1427772134 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | fuzzynyanko | null | So, a lot of it was moving parts to other kinds of RAM, which is a good idea. Not what I was expecting, but a good read, nontheless | null | 0 | 1319399108 | False | 0 | c2ttjot | t3_llsyw | null | t1_c2ttjot | t3_llsyw | null | 1427772135 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | aardvark179 | null | July, there is an update (with substantial invokeDynamic) due soon as well. | null | 0 | 1319399280 | False | 0 | c2ttkht | t3_llz44 | null | t1_c2ttkht | t1_c2ttg81 | null | 1427772145 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | redalastor | null | And this is why they rarely stand up in court.
A license can only give you rights (sometimes conditionally), they can't remove rights from you. For that you need a contract. | null | 0 | 1319399494 | False | 0 | c2ttlha | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2ttlha | t1_c2ttiq8 | null | 1427772157 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ivquatch | null | You're right. Applets had it right all along. An inbrowser vm running a standard bytecode would've opened up the number of languages people used to write client-side code. It also would've been easier to tool and debug than code compiled down to javascript a la Script# or GWT.
To be fair, javascript is a much better l... | null | 0 | 1319399510 | False | 0 | c2ttlku | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2ttlku | t1_c2tsm4j | null | 1427772170 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | ActiveRecord isn't tied to Rails. I've used it with Sinatra.
The routing system is completely tied to rails AFAICT. | null | 0 | 1319399533 | False | 0 | c2ttlou | t3_llx97 | null | t1_c2ttlou | t1_c2tquyl | null | 1427772160 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | henk53 | null | >no doubt, your experience with dumb people is convincing ;)
I'm afraid so. I personally wish I didn't had that experience though...
>About futures: I have never seen Futures in Hibernate; what JPA you're referring?
It's not in Hibernate or the JPA spec, but in EJB3. EJB can be seen as an addition to JPA that ... | null | 0 | 1319399584 | False | 0 | c2ttlxn | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2ttlxn | t1_c2tt948 | null | 1427772171 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | flyingfirefox | null | > at least with GPLv2 you're only required to release your changes if you ship a binary.
FYI, this didn't change at all in GPLv3. There were talks about adding extra conditions on using GPL software over a network, but FSF ultimately decided to turn that into a separate license, AGPL.
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True | flyingfirefox | null | How much money or credit did the BSD team get for OS X? | null | 0 | 1319399722 | False | 0 | c2ttmkk | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2ttmkk | t1_c2trpiz | null | 1427772178 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | redalastor | null | > Under U.S. Copyright law, installing and using software, not to mention building on it, is de-facto illegal.
Not really. The only part that's illegal is copying. That's often not an important distinction when damage can go as high as $250,000 for a single song. However you got the software, you don't aggravate th... | null | 0 | 1319399770 | False | 0 | c2ttmto | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2ttmto | t1_c2ttds7 | null | 1427772181 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cbrandolino | null | Uh, I didn't know about ActiveRecord being available as a standalone lib. I'll have to try another Ruby framework someday: I like the language a lot, but my experience with Rails turned out pretty boring. | null | 0 | 1319399819 | False | 0 | c2ttn1y | t3_llx97 | null | t1_c2ttn1y | t1_c2ttlou | null | 1427772184 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319399924 | False | 0 | c2ttniy | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2ttniy | t1_c2tsz19 | null | 1427772187 | 16 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | michaelstripe | null | that's what google tells me | null | 0 | 1319399929 | False | 0 | c2ttnjp | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2ttnjp | t1_c2tqkk0 | null | 1427772187 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | I used to develop in Java. I am never going back. Every Java developer I know now hates it, and is itching to switch to something else, particularly Python.
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True | redalastor | null | > Don't blow your reputation with the CLA though. Your contributors are assuming that you will remain primarily GPL. If you go and switch the whole code base to proprietary only, you will be a very, very hated man.
You can put a clause in the CLA that says the project will always remain free software under a licens... | null | 0 | 1319400030 | False | 0 | c2tto0v | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2tto0v | t1_c2tt86c | null | 1427772193 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gilgad | null | I've found that when people say they weren't offered jobs, they really mean is they weren't offered the salary/position/responsibility they thought they deserved. I would think that would be the case here as well. | null | 0 | 1319400033 | False | 0 | c2tto1h | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2tto1h | t1_c2tsim1 | null | 1427772194 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | AxiomShell | null | After the second code a firefly flickers on the screen.
There is no image loaded on the initial page so it must be loaded later on via javascript.
Check the first script to be loaded. Inside you'll find:
document.write("<div id='main'><div id='hiddenbox'><img src='http://docoden.com/embed/themes/f... | null | 0 | 1319400112 | False | 0 | c2ttoer | t3_lif7s | null | t1_c2ttoer | t1_c2szwi1 | null | 1427772197 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | skalnik | null | I really like Zed, but I have a feeling that his "I don't give a fuck" attitude made him less appealing to hire, even though he's very smart and writes extremely useful software. Perhaps he doesn't see this, or feels like his skills should be more important. | null | 0 | 1319400229 | False | 0 | c2ttoxw | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2ttoxw | t1_c2trq57 | null | 1427772203 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | redalastor | null | > Why bothering with licensing at all then? Just release everything into the public domain ..
In most countries, you can't. The public domain is explicitly what happens when your copyright expires and not before.
This is why someone came up with this license which is still pretty close:
DO WHAT TH... | null | 0 | 1319400286 | False | 0 | c2ttp8m | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2ttp8m | t1_c2tr914 | null | 1427772212 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | What's your native language? | null | 0 | 1319400324 | False | 0 | c2ttpes | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2ttpes | t1_c2trks3 | null | 1427772209 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ngroot | null | Unfortunately, that's an apples-and-oranges comparison. Usually non-free software vendors claim that you don't own a copy of their software at all; that you're licensing its use, and that it's still their property. Under that theory, the license is the difference between being able to use it *period* and not being a... | null | 0 | 1319400359 | False | 0 | c2ttplz | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2ttplz | t1_c2ttiq8 | null | 1427772218 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | henk53 | null | Okay, you got me there a little.
For the object part Objective-C indeed leans more to the dynamic typing of dynamic languages. It's a mixed bag, since variables are declared and the message signature does need to match. Algorithms in the implementation body are plain C code, which is definitely statically typed.
Beca... | null | 0 | 1319400432 | False | 0 | c2ttpyc | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2ttpyc | t1_c2tthhr | null | 1427772216 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cultic_raider | null | But if it succeeded, it would have been XML, Java, and AJAX. Would that be so different? It would be slower, unless we had competing JDKs like we have competing browser engines, and it would be stagnant unless we had a good standards process like W3C, and of would never really have graceful degradation to HTML.... so r... | null | 0 | 1319400508 | False | 0 | c2ttqc5 | t3_lle7t | null | t1_c2ttqc5 | t1_c2tsm4j | null | 1428191359 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | WinterAyars | null | It's not really a stretch at all. You want to restrict me from seeing your code. I can just not show you my code, too, but then we're back in proprietary-ville. | null | 0 | 1319400565 | False | 0 | c2ttqlk | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2ttqlk | t1_c2tteiy | null | 1427772229 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319400631 | False | 0 | c2ttqwg | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2ttqwg | t1_c2trl5p | null | 1427772231 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | He can afford it though, he's awesome.
I hate people who brag for no good reason. Excellent progammers with a huge ego? No problem with that, they made computers and programs running on them what they are. | null | 0 | 1319400645 | False | 0 | c2ttqz2 | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2ttqz2 | t1_c2ts578 | null | 1427772233 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | paroneayea | null | Copyright assignment is *NOT* a requirement for a GPL'ed project. The Linux kernel has no copyright assignment, and is GPLv2, as one popular example. | null | 0 | 1319400957 | False | 0 | c2ttsf0 | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2ttsf0 | t1_c2trtkj | null | 1427772261 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Steve132 | null | Cases have been argued successfully that downloads=copying (it does), and furthermore that running it involves copying it from hard drive to ram which is also copying (that's iffy to me but judges have said yes). Lastly, building on it or distributing it is creating and/or disseminating a derivative work, which is a B... | null | 0 | 1319401029 | False | 0 | c2ttsqf | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2ttsqf | t1_c2ttmto | null | 1427772258 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | toyboat | null | What if X is 1.0.0 and Y is 2.0.0? What if Y is 6.0.0? How far back should backwards compatibility go? | null | 0 | 1319401066 | False | 0 | c2ttsx2 | t3_llz5l | null | t1_c2ttsx2 | t1_c2tsnzk | null | 1427772261 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | paroneayea | null | Correct. It actually takes some effort to waive your copyright and put things into the public domain in the US... and actually the US is one of the few places where a public domain really exists (hence the need for tools like CC0) | null | 0 | 1319401077 | False | 0 | c2ttsyz | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2ttsyz | t1_c2tsruz | null | 1427772264 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cppdev | null | I was indeed talking about the clang AST API. When you mention the C API, I'm assuming you mean libclang? I've heard good things about libclang, but it doesn't seem powerful enough for what I want to do (a fairly in-depth AST transform). I can accept change, but when the most popular tutorial (oringinally on amnoid.de... | null | 0 | 1319401124 | False | 0 | c2ttt6y | t3_ll5d1 | null | t1_c2ttt6y | t1_c2tssjn | null | 1427772262 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | What people think about Zed:
- Crybaby
- Egomaniac asshole
- Tendency to snap and lash out
What really matters:
Mongrel, Mongrel2, Lamson and all the good shit he's contributed to the community. All the haters who like to talk smack about him are usually the same assholes that create next to nothing and steal shit f... | null | 0 | 1319401243 | False | 0 | c2tttqr | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2tttqr | t3_llw0s | null | 1427772268 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | arjie | null | [OpenSSH](http://www.openssh.com/).
> Please take note of our Who uses it page, which list just some of the vendors who incorporate OpenSSH into their own products -- as a critically important security / access feature -- instead of writing their own SSH implementation or purchasing one from another vendor. This l... | null | 0 | 1319401291 | False | 0 | c2tttxf | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2tttxf | t1_c2trrtn | null | 1427772270 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319401357 | False | 0 | c2ttu7o | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2ttu7o | t1_c2trjo5 | null | 1427772277 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | redalastor | null | Copying to RAM should not count because it's a copy from you to you, not a redistribution.
A major problem is that so many judges are completely computer-illiterate.
> Unless I give specific permission to copy my software, you are infringing if you copy it. Regardless of how you obtained it, regardless of whether ... | null | 0 | 1319401474 | False | 0 | c2ttupu | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2ttupu | t1_c2ttsqf | null | 1427772280 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | i-hate-digg | null | I read somewhere that if GNU/Linux were a commerically-developed project it would cost billions to produce, and you would be charged thousands of dollars for a single-machine license. | null | 0 | 1319401680 | False | 0 | c2ttvoi | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2ttvoi | t1_c2tqpqm | null | 1427772307 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | toyboat | null | Java does seem to suck at these things...
The jetty-maven-plugin does support auto-reloading your webapp (I think it scans the \*.java source every 10s, or possibly it scans compiled \*.class files, relying on your IDE to compile modifed source files). This is generally very nice if you're building a webapp that can ... | null | 0 | 1319401777 | False | 0 | c2ttw5x | t3_llz5l | null | t1_c2ttw5x | t1_c2tspy3 | null | 1427772305 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | thebackhand | null | I'm not sure what point you're trying to make. I'm just responding to this:
> Is there anyone in this world driving around in a Maserati they paid for with money they made using shit that you built and gave away for free?
Maserati or not, Apple made a ton of money off of BSD, which is quite literally given away fo... | null | 0 | 1319401788 | False | 0 | c2ttw7q | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2ttw7q | t1_c2ttmkk | null | 1427772306 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | the_gipsy | null | > If you go and switch the whole code base to proprietary only, you will be a very, very hated man.
I'm not sure (and NAL), but I think you cannot "switch" a codebase from GPL to closed source, since anyone having a copy of it can continue distributing it under the GPL, regardless of authorship. | null | 0 | 1319401804 | False | 0 | c2ttwa4 | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2ttwa4 | t1_c2tt86c | null | 1427772306 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | xiongchiamiov | null | Not too much, but more importantly, we now have an Unixy OS that normal people actually use. The world is now a better place, imo, and that's all I care about when I write software. | null | 0 | 1319401884 | False | 0 | c2ttwob | t3_llw0s | null | t1_c2ttwob | t1_c2ttmkk | null | 1427772311 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | InvisGhost | null | Is it possible to implement a C++ style #define? That'd be great! | null | 0 | 1319401923 | False | 0 | c2ttwvg | t3_ll5d1 | null | t1_c2ttwvg | t3_ll5d1 | null | 1427772320 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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