Comment Go hunt! (Score 1) 569
So go hunt in China and other parts of eastern Asia then! Do not hunt in the western world!
Economic Crisis Will Eliminate Open Source 753
An anonymous reader writes "The economic crisis will ultimately eliminate open source projects and the 'Web 2.0 free economy,' says Andrew Keen, author of The Cult of the Amateur. Along with the economic downturn and record job loss, he says, we will see the elimination of projects including Wikipedia, CNN's iReport, and much of the blogosphere. Instead of users offering their services 'for free,' he says, we're about to see a 'sharp cultural shift in our attitude toward the economic value of our labor' and a rise of online media businesses that reward their contributors with cash. Companies that will survive, he says, include Hulu, iTunes, and Mahalo. 'The hungry and cold unemployed masses aren't going to continue giving away their intellectual labor on the Internet in the speculative hope that they might get some "back end" revenue,' says Keen."
Comment Re:Where there is smoke... there is smoke & mi (Score 1) 274
Maybe someday Slashdot will be important enough that there are a lot of accusations.
A whole beowulf cluster of them.
Comment Re:his argument seems flawed (Score 1) 381
"So just put a README in the folder that says that others are NOT allowed to copy the files without permission from the copyright holder..."
So, why would you need to tell that to others? Generally speaking, it will always be forbidden to make duplicates without permission from the copyright holder (a few exceptions exists). Others should already know this too... (and you certainly haven't given anyone a blankett).
So, why would you need to tell that to others? Generally speaking, it will always be forbidden to make duplicates without permission from the copyright holder (a few exceptions exists). Others should already know this too... (and you certainly haven't given anyone a blankett).
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