Is the GPL legally binding in Australia?
Well, for their sake, it better be. Because if it were not binding, default copyright regulation would apply and these companies would not have the right to reuse and redistribute this code from the first place. Arguing GPL does not apply (as SCO claimed in the past) is shooting in its own foot.
This has nothing to do with the government, it is a consumer association, that wants consumer laws to be applied (laws that exist in most of countries in the world that regulate bundles of goods and services). The tile of the original article is stupid and misleading.
Out of curiosity, like what?
Simple: thanks to the Bible, the number Pi is exactly equal to 3, which is simple to remember and has a lot of advantages, like being rational. Whereas the scientific answer for pi makes it extremely complex and annoying. With religion, Man would have built rockets to the Moon a lot earlier than in the late 20th century.
The trial was not cancelled "because of Wikipedia", it was cancelled because a juror did not respect the procedure, as much as it would not be "because of the Press" if the juror had brought a newspaper in.
I guess that you would not want to be able to "wave" a payment over 100 meters, but only on close proximity scanners. Anyway, they need to implement this really well to prevent fraud. Waht could possibly go wrong?
Well, MKV has been around for a while, and having an Xvid file within MKV was very common before being used to encapsulate h264. I really don't care what the public think when the discussion becomes technical. Being accurate never hurts, and if you want to look dumb when trying to have a tech conversation about digital video that's your problem...
So if I put the picture of a 18th century painting on the cover of my book, I cannot sell it because it was repaired/restored in the last 20 years ? Since when restoration resets the copyright of an artist? And to whom goes the copyright? The museum ? This has no legal basis at all.
Since when in the UK you cannot make money with Public Domain stuff ?
These businesses are moving to Linux far faster than they are to Windows or Unix.
... conventional wisdom is that Unix users are the most likely to switch to Linux. ... it turns out that, by a few percentage points, Windows users at 36.6% are more likely to be heading to Linux than Unix, 31.4% ... 36.4% of businesses reported some Linux desktop use in their company. ... while total cost of ownership (TCO) remains a strong number two, the first reason these days for people to switch to Linux is its perceived technical superiority and features. ... 58.6%, said the recession hadn't played a role.
One thing that SJVN missed is that, "and 66% of users surveyed say that their Linux deployments are brand new (“greenfield”) deployments. This greenfield market share grab is a good indicator of a platform’s future performance." Hurry up, already, I want my GNU!
We're talking about a Foxnews report here... Scientific accuracy is not their priority.
Isn't the problem with Oracle here? It should not be that difficult to fix their software. What's the difference with Summer time change?
[...]enabling passengers to connect to the vehicle's network without affecting the battery life of their connected devices.
Can someone explain this? or is it just marketing bs? As far as I know, the battery life of the devices that are connected to some access point or router is not affected by the nature of the router. The fact it uses low power components is important for the car's battery (or fuel consumption), not for the attached device! Or am I missing something?
"What man has done, man can aspire to do." -- Jerry Pournelle, about space flight
