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in reply to @ 2015-338 20:37 UTCundetected for 18 months
Instead of forever. Pretty good
in reply to @ 2015-338 20:36 UTCa lot of YouTube videos and shows don't play without Flashplayer
Are you posting this from the past?
in reply to @ 2015-338 20:24 UTCFirefox is the best
in reply to @ 2015-338 13:17 UTCThese companies routinely bind themselves to contracts and NDAs with proprietary vendors where failure to meet specific obligations can be very costly. As a result they are careful to adhere to those obligations. They don't bother to try with the GPL because they know they won't get caught, and if they do no enforcement action is going to ask them for more than compliance.
in reply to @ 2015-338 13:13 UTCEveryone would transition to FreeBSD or a Linux kernel with a BSD userland rather than risk the penalty.
So you're saying they only use Linux because they know they can get away with their copyright infringements? Al the more reason to put a fire they understand (losses to the bottom line) under them
in reply to @ 2015-338 13:11 UTCautomatically? How?
in reply to @ 2015-338 12:57 UTCOr startssl is free and can be used end-to-end
in reply to @ 2015-338 04:42 UTCA big factor is they want to enable people to keep using free software more than they want universal compliance. So the goal is always to get compliance in each particular product/company. An injunction against distributing the kernel ever again would be effective (and in my opinion, good), but run counter to the principles conservancy has chosen.
in reply to @ 2015-338 04:37 UTCI have a total respect for conservancy's work in each individual situation, but in a big-picture sense I have to disagree. Violators are not partners or clients, they are infringers and abusers. Punitive damages exist for a reason: because most corporations can only think straight when their bottom line is hurting so much it might bleed out.
in reply to @ 2015-338 03:49 UTCThese companies shouldn't be weary. They should be terrified. Potential violators should be so afraid of enforcement that they run screaming from the mere suggestion that they violate.
I love conservacy and I fully support their work (and yes, that includes with my money), but the soft-touch approach always seems… less effective for the big picture.
in reply to @ 2015-337 20:06 UTCNo such thing. The term is just openwashing
in reply to @ 2015-336 21:09 UTCI need to learn a lot more about how the technology I use every day actually works
This is the first and most important step 🙂
in reply to @ 2015-335 19:36 UTCSame as we do with MSDOS games
in reply to @ 2015-334 21:40 UTCChrome has always been slower IME, but I'm sure it depends on versions and websites and whatever
in reply to @ 2015-334 21:40 UTCAre all of the forks going to follow suit?