Gnomemeeting Closes the Source 196
daja77 writes "There is an announcement on Gnomemeeting
stating that they are closing the source to be able
to support tcpa and palladium. The gnomemeeting PRO version will be available for $50 tomorrow and GPL
version will be discontinued."
For fuck's sake (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:For fuck's sake (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:For fuck's sake (Score:5, Insightful)
Actually, it demonstrates that he listens to everybody's whining about the infrequent story dupes. He's not making fun of himself, he's winding up the overly sensitive ppl out there whose lives depend on Slashdot providing fresh content 20 times a day.
Re:For fuck's sake (Score:5, Insightful)
It WAS funny.
I am speechless (Score:2)
(Seinfield impression)
Re:For fuck's sake (Score:5, Insightful)
How long have you been around? This happens every year on April 1st. If it bothers you, then mark April 1st on your calendar next year to take a day off from Slashdot.
Re:For fuck's sake (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:For fuck's sake (Score:2)
To be honest, if you rely on slashdot for news then you probably deserve it.
MOD PARENT UP!!!!!!! (Score:3, Informative)
Re:For fuck's sake (Score:4, Funny)
For real (Score:2, Informative)
Re:For real (Score:2, Informative)
2) It's April fool's day. Trust us.
3) Oh, by the way, did you hear about that IPv4 header bit???
Re:For real (Score:1)
Don't forget IPv6 (Score:2)
*waits in anticapation*
Re:For real (Score:2)
I thought that as the copyright owner, you can change the license whenever you want. What has been released as GPL remains GPL, but if you do any new developpement, it falls under your new license, which can be closed.
The one thing I do not understand, what happens if other people contributed to the project while it was under the GPL? Do you have to remove their part of the code to relicense it?
mysql is good example of twin licences for th
Re:For real (Score:2)
Since the orignating licensor doesn't have to have a license with themselves, it is their right to change the licensing scheme as they see fit. Licensing changes in this fashion cannot be retroactive since that would violate the original GPL license.
No, I am not a lawyer. That is just simple contract law that I have picked up here and there from the 4 people in my family tha
Re:For real (Score:2)
So, let's just find new developers for GNU/Gnomemeeting then :)
Re:For real (Score:2)
Note that future code can only be closed IF the authors have been assigned copyright rights to all portions of the code or all contributors have agreed to the closing.
i.e. if there's one line of code that hasn't had its copyright assigned and the contributor hasn't given permission, then the code can't go GPL (Until that line is removed, a la BSD and the AT&T copyrights.)
Re:For real (Score:2)
Many projects, especially those run by companies, have a contribution clause which says that if you add your code to their tree the copyright is transfered to them. This allows them to relicense the software.
If they do not own the copyright to contributed parts, then they must remove the contributed parts or have approval by the copyright holders.
Re:For real (Score:2)
Wrong. Existing sourcecode cannot be taken away, but as long as the original and patch (if any) authors want to do so, they can close the source of any future releases.
This is exactly what happened to Tux Racer.
Re:For real (Score:1)
I love you Taco! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I love you Taco! (Score:2)
enough (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:enough (Score:5, Funny)
Re:enough (Score:3, Insightful)
Really, it may not be you kind of humour, but I'm having fun with the discussions on
Re:enough (Score:5, Insightful)
and do what? (Score:5, Funny)
now who's joking with who here?
Re:and do what? (Score:5, Funny)
Outside? Gods, that's... that's just... inconceivable.
Re:and do what? (Score:2)
Re:and do what? (Score:2)
Re:enough (Score:2)
Re:enough (Score:2, Funny)
Re:enough (Score:5, Insightful)
Because they continue to post some real stories, too.
The novelty of April Fool's jokes (a fun RFC, an explanation of pigeon-ranking technology, etc.) wears really thin when there are a dozen of them in a row. Especially so when you have to figure out which stories are real in the middle of the other junk.
Slashdot is in a strange position with regards to these hoaxes. It's not, generally, a creator of jokes, but instead publicizes others' jokes for fun and comments. So, by definition, we see a whole lot more of them here simply because
What was suggested last year was that there be one or two April Fools' "quickies" with links to a bunch of funny jokes, rather than trying to pass each and every stupid hoax off as a real story. Obviously, that's not happening this time.
On the other hand, I have to admit grudging satisfaction with the IP RFC evil-bit bit, since the joke is no longer the RFC story, but the fact that it keeps coming up.
I also think the slew of really off-the-wall Ask Slashdot stories is pretty good. They're crazy enough that you can recognize them right off as April Fool's jokes, but reasonable enough that they're actually generating some fun discussion.
But, really, the "post a different hoax every hour" model was broken last year, and it's just as broken this year.
Re:enough (Score:2)
Please try to remember that some of us actually have lives, so we're not refreshing slashdot 10 time a day just to get the latest story. Which, more time then not, you could get quicker if you just went to the site that usually get linked to:
CNN, NY Times, etc...
Now, go get laid and don't come back for a week.
Re:enough (Score:2)
Re:enough (Score:4, Insightful)
which version of
Assuming for the moment that you weren't being sarcastic (it's late in the day for me so my detector isn't operating at full capacity), some stories posted today that appear to be legit:
* Humor in Times of War
* Can You Trust Microsoft on Security?
* Apple 12" Powerbook Review
* Peter Jackson Remaking King Kong
Some of the off-the-wall Ask Slashdot entries are obviously posted as jokes, but make interesting discussion anyway:
* CD-R Scents (I've always wondered this myself)
* "Corporation" loophole to music sharing
* Negative Skeptics
* Eyes as Cameras
* Possessed Technology (who hasn't had some?)
The "hoaxes," themselves, are pretty poor this year. None of them, really, pass the first glance test, and half the fun of being taken in is getting halfway down an RFC or something before you realize you've been had. The stories today (BSD distros merging, Enlightenment 1.0, etc.) are so far off as to not even invite gullibility.
Re:enough (Score:2)
Re:enough (Score:2)
Re:enough (Score:2)
Re:enough (Score:2)
Or hey, you know what? Stay away from the internet for the rest of the day. Take a walk! It's beautiful outside where I am! Think I'll do that now.
Not that funny (Score:2)
About time (Score:5, Funny)
This must be a joke! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:This must be a joke! (Score:1)
you know... (Score:1)
Another one Bites the Dust! (Score:1)
No really... (Score:2)
Sure... (Score:2)
Enough already.
It's bad enough I have to go to traffic court today.
Re:Sure... (Score:2)
"Sir, I have to issue you this $86 ticket"
"April fools, right?"
"No, sir, this is for real."
Re:Sure... (Score:2)
Re:Sure... (Score:2)
Sigh... (Score:1)
April 1st (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:April 1st (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:April 1st (Score:2)
I clicked the "unwilling to moderate" checkbox last April 1, after being faced with the conundrum of metamoderating a "fr15t p0st" that had been modded +5, informative. I couldn't decide if the moderators were just being morons, staging a coup against the fake story overload, or just doing an April Fools joke of their own.
Yep, that was the moment when I realized, no matter how long I spent on
I didn't want it to come to this Taco... (Score:2)
Jane! (Score:2)
Please! I'll give you anything you want! No more April fools jokes.. I'M ONLY HUMAN! MERCY!
Look! There they go! (Score:3, Insightful)
Seriously, tho, can't discontinue the GPL version of anything. That's like /.'ing Freenet.
ha ha, well now... (Score:2)
good one, tho....
xao
Re:ha ha, well now... (Score:1)
right about now...
and then posting ridiculous crap..
i wish i was stoned. this stuff might be funnier.
although i have gotten a few laughs today.
follow-up april fools story (Score:5, Funny)
Re: (Score:2)
Lame (Score:1)
The idea with April fools is that you're meant to *fool* someone. This is so far fetched they could have said that the president has been replaced by a babbling ape and more people would believe it.
No, wait...
Re:Lame (Score:3, Funny)
m-
Re:Lame (Score:3, Interesting)
Curious george... I just haven't figured out who the man in the yellow hat is....
HAR HAR HAR! (Score:2)
TheFrood
impossible (Score:1)
what they can do is
- re-write Gnomemeeting from scratch, and it will not be Gnomemeeting anymore
- keep the main dev tree, but write some modules in closed source. But so the Gnomemeeting core will still GPL.
So the title of this article is wrong.
Support likeminded developers (Score:1)
Profit? (Score:1)
2. ???
3. Close Source
4. PROFIT!
Then go hide from all the horrid posts today.
April 1st makes Slashdot even more useless (Score:1)
sure am glad... (Score:1)
GPL (Score:2)
Seeing a pattern? (Score:1)
Not the day... (Score:1)
You think /.'s april fools day is bad? (Score:2)
I guess I'll have to rely on good old trusted news from fark [fark.com] or bbspot [bbspot.com].
Please stop (Score:2)
Hah! (Score:1)
Windows will rise up to crush the penguin!
Junis? (Score:3, Funny)
THATs what a hoax is about, making the victims of said hoax look like fools. Thats what april fools day is about.
Not telling stupid unfunny jokes.
Face it. The trolls run this joint. You can't compete with them on their level. I mean, if "gnome is closed source!" and "evil bit!" are the best you got, well then just give it up and go back to your anti-america flamebaiting.
Oh yeah (Score:2)
Lame (Score:2)
Where is the lameness filter when we need it....
More entertaining news (Score:2)
you know what would be a good joke? (Score:2)
I know it's a joke, but... (Score:2)
Taco (Score:2)
Re:Taco (Score:2, Funny)
DUKE NUKEM FOREVER GOES GOLD!!!! (Score:2, Interesting)
Mod Points on April Fool's Day... (Score:2, Insightful)
Gee, thanks for the slashdot-effect (Score:2)
Why (Score:3, Funny)
The scariest part... (Score:5, Interesting)
Having just returned from a focus group where a bunch of VP level types thought that Paladium was something they'd be willing to pay $500 bucks a box for.
fooled me (Score:5, Funny)
Who would have thought... (Score:4, Funny)
I know it's a joke, but... (Score:2)
I think it raises an interesting question. What would happen if the source were to be closed? The simple answer would be to fork the code at the last open version, but how well would that work? Presumably the maintainers of the closed code (as the ownwers) would maintain ownership of the name; they would also have the reputation. What would be the ramifications for the open fork, and what would the legal implications be? How would it affect perception of OSS in general? It's an important question to c
for fucks sake ..... (Score:3, Interesting)
2. I hate April 1st. I hate Slashdot on April 1st. I hate that where I live it is 10am April 2nd but I'm still reading these stupid April Fool's Day stories. The Slashdot editors seem to live in this little USA bubble immune from awareness of the outside world. I'm sick of polls that are not only stupid but also irrelevent to me because there is no answer suitable for a person who doesn't live in America. And most of all, every time I type './' at a shell prompt I ask myself, 'Where did those bozos get slashdot from anyway, it's clearly dotslash ?' I propose that right thinking people the world over unite in opposition to Slashdot, that we rewrite slash code in Python (I really don't like Perl. I've used it. It's ok. There's better ways of getting the same thing done. It reads like line noise. I think Larry Wall is high on goof balls. I'm not trying to start some kind of Python v. Perl flame war. ), register dotslash.org and run a fairly moderated open minded news site with no Microsoft advertisements, an acceptance of the exitence of the world outside America, no repeats of the previous day's stories, fewer stories about miniscule updates to the Linux kernel, less Apple brown nosing, even more Microsoft bashing and, most important of all, it will be 'News for Geeks'. I find the term Nerd highly pejorative.
Sorry. I really needed to get that off my chest.
Re:In other news (Score:1)
Re:Keygen? (Score:1)
Username: Haxor4LiFE!
Serial: 1!NUX-VV4NT2-2B-FR33
Let me know if it works...
Re:Wake up America! (Score:2)
Re:not funny (Score:2, Informative)
So in its own way,
Re:What day is it? (Score:2)
-Rusty