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Comment Re:I suspect there would be some sort of setting.. (Score 1) 899

This would be very unfortunate for Ubuntu which plans to increase their user base immensely or any new operating system attempting to make a splash in the market. I suspect the reason for this is that it is the easy way. Linux and Unix don't require this to run securely, yet are still secure.

Comment Re:Should jailbreaking exemption apply to consoles (Score 2) 114

That's a good question. I believe that once you've bought the hardware, it should be yours and you can do what you want with it. You may void warranties, but there should not benaything stopping people from sharing information about jailbreaking a system, nor should it be illegal to do so. It should remain illegal to copy and sell games, but I'm a developer, who would like to play with some nice hardware.

Comment Thank you Ontario! (Score 5, Informative) 378

Ontario, Quebec and Alberta actually have legislation that prevents such a clause, which renders Section 15 invalid. This is mentioned in an article about a BC consumer filing a lawsuit against Telus, see this. I haven't tried to track down the actual legislation that prevents these clauses, but CBC tends to be fairly reliable.

Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, this is not legal advice.

Submission + - Marx may have been right (hbr.org)

Black Sabbath writes: While communism has been declared dead and buried (with a few stubborn exceptions), Karl Marx's diagnosis of capitalism's ills seem quite bang on the money. Harvard Business Review blogger Umair Haque lists where Marx may have been right.

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