This can be a chance to convert a user to OpenOffice and free
standards.
I don't know where to ask this, but this seems to be a catch all group
for open standards, and free software so the advocates probably are
well versed in the answer. I'm a new user to OpenOffice and open
standards like pdf,
I was browsing oracle's website when I discovered a link to oracle's
new GNU/linux distro.
http://edelivery.oracle.com/EPD/GetUserInfo/get_form?caller=LinuxWelcome
It looks like Redhat is being squeezed from all sides. OpenSolaris on
one end, with Novell and MS on the other, and Oracle undercutt
John Hasler wrote:
> > Npgsql is LGPL. It means you must release the source of Npgsql when
> > distributing it, and if you modify Npgsql, but not have to release the
> > source under the (L)GPL of the software that calls Npgsql functions?
>
> Pretty much, but you must provide your software in a
I was looking through the various contrib packages and pgfoundry
projects. I noticed that many of them are GPL like PostGIS or LGPL
like Npgsql. I have questions.
If you make create a PostgreSQL database that uses PostGIS and you
distribute that database, than your database (tables, stored
proc
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GNU Day everyone,
As we are all well aware, Vista is upon us soon. This means the MS
marketing machine will be in full effect in a few mere months. Rather
than just sit by and let Vista come into dominance, we must perpare a
marketing campaign to counter the monopoly's efforts
"I think, of the 500 distributions tracked by DistroWatch, probably 450
of them are in trouble right now per this position.", says Warren
Woodford, founder of the Memphis Linux distro.
http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/06/23/1728205&tid=150
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Amanjit Gill wrote:
>
> - I am looking for a BSD-style license, that is as BSD-compatible as
> possible but practically prohibits "relicensing" the work under the GPL
> or GPL-compatible licenses. I basically found bits of code that was
> initially released under a BSD license, but somehow years
Da'Punk-A wrote:
> Karen Hill wrote:
> > That is how the major news networks and PBS covered Bill Gates'
> > annoucement of his upcoming retirement.
> >
> > Dr. Bill Gates has two honorary PhDs, one from the prestigious
> > Linkoping University of Sweden
That is how the major news networks and PBS covered Bill Gates'
annoucement of his upcoming retirement.
Dr. Bill Gates has two honorary PhDs, one from the prestigious
Linkoping University of Sweden. On PBS's News Hour with Jim Leher, a
commentator on philanthropy said Bill Gates would bring his i
Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
> - Backshlash handling is completely broken in the gmake makefile parser.
> GNU make is trying to work around the problems caused by the
> proken parser by adding dozens of #ifdef WIN32 constructs.
>
> A parser that follows the POSIX standard
Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
> > GNU `make' conforms to section 6.2 of `IEEE Standard
>>1003.2-1992' (POSIX.2).
>
>Do you believe all false claims?
>
> Got a test case?
>
>GNU make has many bugs that prevent GNU make from being POSIX
>compliant.
>
> Care to show us them?
>
>
James Carlson wrote:
> Peter Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > I know that this is just a troll attempting to stir up trouble, but I
> > may as well point out that this "license" is incompatible with the GPL,
> > in that it imposes additional restrictions. It is therefore entirely
> > irrele
Hello.
I have been thinking about all the problems the GPL causes. My
solution is a new license called the "Freedom License". Here it is:
THE FREEDOM LICENSE
Preamble:
What are the problems with the GPL and how does this new license solve
them? Many experienced software developers know about
If only he closed up the emacs source. Then maybe he could live a life
of dignity instead of begging for money in exchange for his autograph.
In a GNU convention he needed to sell his autograph to make ends meet.
Saintignucius, aka Rich Stallman, is so poor he needs to trade on his
noterioty inste
Tried running a modern game in Cedega and it worked. In Wine it seg
faulted. Cedega is a commercial closed source port of Wine. Wine is
free.
Commercial for profit developers create software that works better in
Linux than unpaid developers. The only reason the Linux kernel is even
halfway dec
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The lienux kernel of corn rebels had 5 years of opportunity to take the
desktop lead. They failed. It is too late now. vista is done, fully
feature complete.
The FSF movement has lost most credibility to deliver a desktop
product. In 2001, they said that their method of prod
Bobbie Gill wrote:
> Karen Hill wrote:
> > I checked my inbox and look what I found:
> >
> >
> > From: "Alfred M. Szmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Karen Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > CC: gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org
>
Linus is now doing the ol' switchero. It is all over the news, if you
want to use his trademark, Linux, you must pay 5,000 dollars! Letters
have been sent to 90 companies in Australia already demanding the 5
grand. Just like all the others have warned, Linux was only free until
it got enough suc
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