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Comment Re:Flaming Skis (Score 1) 380

by cmich (#37402478) Attached to: Medical Billing Codes For Injury Via Turtle Among Thousands Created by New Law

V9027XA Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from burning water-skis, initial encounter
V9027XD Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from burning water-skis, subsequent encounter
V9027XS Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from burning water-skis, sequela
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Google Earth Recreates Ancient Rome 97

Posted by Soulskill from the minus-the-gladiators dept.
thefickler writes "Google Earth now includes ancient Rome circa 320 AD, thanks to Google, the University of Virginia, and Past Perfect Productions working together to bring the historical city to life. Clicking on Ancient Rome in 3D, users can revisit Rome from a bygone era and view highly detailed reconstructions of 250 buildings, as well as 5,000 other lesser detailed buildings. 'Pop-up windows provide information on the monuments and visitors also can enter some of the most important sites, including the Senate and the Colosseum, to observe the architecture and marble decorations.'"
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Getting Paid To Abandon an Open Source Project? 654

Posted by Soulskill from the money-vs.-warm-fuzzies dept.
darkeye writes "I'm facing a difficult dilemma and looking for opinions. I've been contributing heavily to an open source project, making considerable changes to code organization and quality, but the work is unfinished at the moment. Now, a company is approaching me to continue my changes. They want to keep the improvements to themselves, which is possible since the project is published under the BSD license. That's fair, as they have all the rights to the work they pay for in full. However, they also want me to sign a non-competition clause, which would bar me from ever working on and publishing results for the original open source project itself, even if done separately, in my free time. How would you approach such a decision? On one side, they'd provide resources to work on an interesting project. On the other, it would make me an outcast in the project's community. Moreover, they would take ownership of not just what they paid for, but also my changes leading up to this moment, and I wouldn't be able to continue on my original codebase in an open source manner if I sign their contract."

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