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308 RAILRAOD, Clark Fork, Idaho 83811
Very nice older remodeled home. Tall ceilings, Covered porch,Unfinished basement. Large lot with end of the road privacy and great mountain views. Easy to show.
Thursday, December 01, 2005
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Make Your Open Source Software GPL-Compatible. Or Else.
Make Your Open Source Software GPL-Compatible. Or Else.: "developers who are developing open source software / Free Software (OSS/FS, also called FLOSS or FOSS). OSS/FS developers: Please, where possible, use an "
LWN: What Is Free Software (O'ReillyNet)
With a copyleft, such as the GNU GPL, the code cannot be taken proprietary by any party -- ensuring that any improved versions that are distributed keep the same freedoms.
With a more permissive license, the software can be taken proprietary *in a particular fork* of that software. The software is still free upstream of that fork, and anyone can continue to improve the version before the fork, leaving the proprietary fork to its own fate.
Monday, November 21, 2005
ONLamp.com: ESR: "We Don't Need the GPL Anymore"
ONLamp.com: ESR: "We Don't Need the GPL Anymore": "The GPL includes a clause that automatically shifts the license terms to any new version of the license itself. Isn't this a Trojan horse?
No, because the clause says 'at your option.' That is, the person receiving GPL v2 software gets to choose whether v2 or the later version applies.
But this means:
The user will choose which particular version of GPL he prefers, not the original software author.
This mobile target (GPL 2.0, 2.1, 2.x, 3.x) could be chosen appropriately in case of a lawsuit.
How can this undefined condition be a good thing?
The user chooses only for copies of the software still under GPL 2. The author is free to change his license to 3.0.
The condition you call 'undefined' means users cannot have rights they might have been counting on summarily yanked out from under them. Which is a good thing: the GPL was supposed to be about guaranteeing the users' rights, after all."
Licenses
Licenses: "What Is Copyleft?
Copyleft is a general method for making a program free software and requiring all modified and extended versions of the program to be free software as well.
The simplest way to make a program free is to put it in the public domain (18k characters), uncopyrighted. This allows people to share the program and their improvements, if they are so minded. But it also allows uncooperative people to convert the program into proprietary software (18k characters). They can make changes, many or few, and distribute the result as a proprietary product. People who receive the program in that modified form do not have the freedom that the original author gave them; the middleman has stripped it away.
In the GNU project, our aim is to give all users the freedom to redistribute and change GNU software. If middlemen could strip off the freedom, we might have many users, but those users would not have freedom. So instead of putting GNU software in the public domain, we ``copyleft'' it. Copyleft says that anyone who redistributes the software, with or without changes, must pass along the freedom to further copy and change it. Copyleft guarantees that every user has freedom.
Copyleft also provides an incentive for other programmers to add to free software. Important free programs such as the GNU C++ compiler exist only because of this.
Copyleft also helps programmers who want to contribute improvements to free software get permission to do that. These programmers often work for companies or universities that would do almost anything to get more money. A programmer may want to contribute her changes to the community, but her employer may want to turn the changes into a proprietary software product.
When we explain to the employer that it is illegal to distribute the improved version except as free software, the em"
Thoughts on the GPL
Thoughts on the GPL: "Web-services and the GPL
How does the GNU General Public License (GPL) apply to an application that runs as a web-service?
Here the program running the web-service may never be released to the public and thus never distributed. The source code would never have to be released even though depended on GPL'd libraries or code. This is because the users of the system are not downloading the software, they are merely interacting with it via an API.
This allows companies or people to develop web-services using libraries that are available under the GPL without ever having to release the source code for their web-service software."
Frequently Asked Questions about the GNU GPL - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)
Frequently Asked Questions about the GNU GPL - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF): "Do I have 'fair use' rights in using the source code of a GPL-covered program?
Yes, you do. 'Fair use' is use that is allowed without any special permission. Since you don't need the developers' permission for such use, you can do it regardless of what the developers said about it--in the license or elsewhere, whether that license be the GNU GPL or any other free software license.
Note, however, that there is no world-wide principle of fair use; what kinds of use are considered 'fair' varies from country to country. "
Frequently Asked Questions about the GNU GPL - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)
Frequently Asked Questions about the GNU GPL - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF): "Can I modify the GPL and make a modified license?
You can use the GPL terms (possibly modified) in another license provided that you call your license by another name and do not include the GPL preamble, and provided you modify the instructions-for-use at the end enough to make it clearly different in wording and not mention GNU (though the actual procedure you describe may be similar).
If you want to use our preamble in a modified license, please write to
Although we will not raise legal objections to your making a modified license in this way, we hope you will think twice and not do it. Such a modified license is almost certainly incompatible with the GNU GPL, and that incompatibility blocks useful combinations of modules. The mere proliferation of different free software licenses is a burden in and of itself. "
Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution
Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution: "These rights are important to the software contributor because they keep all contributors at the same level relative to each other. Everyone who wants to is allowed to sell an Open Source program, so prices will be low and development to reach new markets will be rapid. Anyone who invests the time to build knowledge in an Open Source program can support it, and this provides users with the option of providing their own support, or the economy of a number of competing support providers. Any programmer can tailor an Open Source program to specific markets in order to reach new customers. People who do these things aren't compelled to pay royalties or license fees. "
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Sunday, November 13, 2005
Sandpoint Real Estate Acreage, Homes, Commercial, Land, Waterfront, Northern Idaho's Real Estate Leader
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Sandpoint Idaho Real Estate Residential Search -: "958 Upper Samuels Rd., Samuels, Idaho 83862
Well built Solar powered home on 6.8 beautiful acres only 1 mile from paved co. rd only 15 miles from Sandpoint. Wildlife is abundant among the tall white pines, musical aspens and acres of huckleberries! Full head height unfinished 2nd story. Rocked circle drive. 200 gal water hauling tank, generator Firewood included. "
Saturday, November 12, 2005
75 Meadow Creek Rd CR 34, Bonners Ferry, Idaho 83805
AWESOME VIEWS from these beautiful 8 acres! Large farmhouse with some upgrades and remodeling done. Fenced, Barn, heated & inulated shop, garden shed, landscaping, fruit trees, water-membership & private well, seasonal creek, paved county road frontage, basketball court, and more! Live in the country but yet close to town! A MUST SEE!
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