I made a statement about GPLv2 being more conducive than its successors to project adoption, and you obviously disagree with this statement. Because of this -- because your opinion differs, I'm trolling? You need to go to wikipedia and learn.

(only, no "or later versions clause" unfortunately)

You mean, fortunately. Now, it's more likely to actually be used.

Aaannnd... it wasn't legal before? Oh... I see, you're attempting to associate this behavior with the Hobby Lobby ruling to fit a particular narrative. Gotcha. Carry on...

What kind of tabs do you have open? 2GIGS?! 9 Tabs for me, and I'm at 285 megs:

This page
This one
This one
Dealnews
This one
This one
And, a couple of intranet pages.

He takes an (1) example of a company with obviously poor QA, and turns it into a critique of the free market. ? Sorry, but to make this argument stick, you'd have to show that ALL (or, at least, most) of the companies selling phones operate under this MO. Additionally, you'd have to show that these same problems wouldn't plague a product line in a regulated market scenario. Good luck.

I certainly agree with you, but I would tend to emphasize the environment of innovation over cold war muscle flexing. We won the race largely due to the developments in computer technology that had already happened -- invention of the integrated circuit being key among them. I think you could make an argument that the IC came as a successor to the tech developed during and after WWII, but (and I'm no historian) I believe Fairchild Semiconductor's work was privately funded.

In other news, the plants I fertilized and watered a little extra yesterday show no sign of extra growth today.

What a great example of what can be achieved with real leadership, and an environment that bolsters creative problem solving and innovation.

I don't think he mentioned railroads, phone lines or electric wires in his post.

Try again.

Why you no like-a the pasta pasta?

lest it would be legal to rob and murder tourists.

There's a difference between civil and criminal law.

New "religionist" theory: the claustrum is the interface of the brain to the soul.

Neither of which is a real addiction.

So, the government becomes the equivalent of a helicopter parent.

You're so full of shit it's coming out of your mouth...

No, you're full of shit. And, to prove it, I'll now provide exactly twice as much evidence as you did to the contrary:


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