tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15434765.comments2023-09-18T03:18:43.598-06:00Jeux Sans FrontieresAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18163213862433540221noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15434765.post-48058078270313320382011-01-04T15:43:51.205-06:002011-01-04T15:43:51.205-06:00Thanks for the post, Tony.
Honestly, when I share...Thanks for the post, Tony.<br /><br />Honestly, when I share the source for software I have written, the only reason I don't put it in the public domain is because that doesn't indemnify me in any way. If I wanted to tell people what to do with my source, I wouldn't be putting it out there, in the first place.<br /><br />Once it is in the wild, it can't be "locked up," per se. What is in the wild tends to stay in the wild. If people want to squirrel away their own modifications, then fine. The more they do this, the harder it is to merge community improvements back in. Eventually, it becomes a different product. That doesn't bother me, with respect to my own contributions -- though, I can understand why some people might feel differently. We can work on different projects.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163213862433540221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15434765.post-79375034218486930202010-06-03T08:33:41.312-06:002010-06-03T08:33:41.312-06:00The problem with your argument is that the purpose...The problem with your argument is that the purpose of using the GPL for a project's license isn't to gather the most developers -- it is to protect the freedoms to use, modify, and redistribute the software and its source code. More permissive licenses like the MIT or BSD-style licenses allow for the code to get locked up in proprietary software that does not allow modification or distribution.<br /><br />While you might end up with a better written program using such permissive licenses (due to more developers willing to help), it is entirely possible that the end result will be something that isn't close to open source or Free Software.<br /><br />Look at MacOS. It's based on a whole slew of software that was licensed under permissive licenses. While Apple does contribue a bit back to these projects, much of their "contributions" are effectively unusable on their own. Try running Darwin and see how much it has in common with MacOS and you'll see what I mean.Tony Lovascohttp://www.twistedlincoln.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15434765.post-64601679167994152712009-12-16T00:04:21.561-06:002009-12-16T00:04:21.561-06:00Congratulations, and good luck!Congratulations, and good luck!Matthew Weigelhttp://idempot.net/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15434765.post-31157346885527808752009-11-14T13:00:39.782-06:002009-11-14T13:00:39.782-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15434765.post-24161555278719838962009-04-29T10:21:00.000-06:002009-04-29T10:21:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15434765.post-85096294219910672302008-11-17T14:46:00.000-06:002008-11-17T14:46:00.000-06:00I have the same reaction when I hear anything by W...I have the same reaction when I hear anything by Wang Chung ... oh no, wait, I'm thinking of suicide attempts, sorry.red-handedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16484549762594608774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15434765.post-21840545571938875882008-07-22T14:35:00.000-06:002008-07-22T14:35:00.000-06:00Ah, yeah. I typed it wrong, sometime 800 years ag...Ah, yeah. I typed it wrong, sometime 800 years ago, and the browser has never forgotten it, and likes giving it to me as the FIRST autocomlete option.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163213862433540221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15434765.post-5251943521741165842008-07-22T09:45:00.000-06:002008-07-22T09:45:00.000-06:00Hi. Saw your posts over at "We Can Fix That with D...Hi. Saw your posts over at "We Can Fix That with Data". Just wanted to inform you the "Tess" links there are broken; they point to pixelsea.blogspot.org instead of .com!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15434765.post-49711761397054636632008-07-04T09:20:00.000-06:002008-07-04T09:20:00.000-06:00Paul: There are of course other factors than the r...Paul: There are of course other factors than the restrictiveness of the DRM taht inform a buyers decision, so you can't argue that just because some games with DRM are being bought, the theory is automatically false. People would probably buy GTA4 with whatever on it. But it's definitely a factor: I never played Civ4 because of the horror stories from friends who did, for example. And there's even one game I worked on myself that I've never played after it was released (with Starforce protection).<BR/><BR/>And Tess, I'm one of those people. I have no-CD cracks for the games I own. Luckily, the country I live in hasn't made that illegal yet.<BR/><BR/>Interesting side note: Every PC game I've played in the last year has been a digital download.Ennohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809329423417848910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15434765.post-26401216360955444032008-05-19T19:49:00.000-06:002008-05-19T19:49:00.000-06:00Point taken, but the restrictiveness of DRM does n...Point taken, but the restrictiveness of DRM does not necessarily correlate with the inconvenience of the DRM. It's possible for DRM to be restrictive without disrupting normal usage patterns for paying customers.<BR/><BR/>For example, needing a CD in the drive is a disaster for laptop users. Unless someone is on an airplane (or otherwise off-net), a relatively quiet internet validation system is going to provide a much higher quality experience to a laptop user. I have known laptop users who would hunt down CD cracks for <I>all</I> of their games, to avoid having to haul an entire library of CDs around with them. We are basically leading people straight to the doorstep of the pirates, when this happens.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163213862433540221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15434765.post-28072313037847536462008-05-19T15:12:00.000-06:002008-05-19T15:12:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.miyamoto-SANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06428921012278931435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15434765.post-87557504804785061562008-05-01T01:32:00.000-06:002008-05-01T01:32:00.000-06:00Hi Miss/Mrs Tess,well I'm developing a LOW COST MO...Hi Miss/Mrs Tess,well I'm developing a LOW COST MOTION CAPTURE with a friend, and I'm doing the animation part on DirectX 9.0 SDK. My main problem is the linking of the animation part with the computer vision part :(. My partner gives me the coordinates obtained from the human model, but I'm a little bit confused afterwards!! I have planned to save them in the .X file! Do u think our approach is good?? Any suggestion or tips from our part will be the most welcome. By the way, nice blog, especially the articles on games :D.<BR/>Thank you very much,<BR/>Yankesh(Yan Joker)Jokerjinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13668348180807868131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15434765.post-33079166935810230762007-09-30T23:36:00.000-06:002007-09-30T23:36:00.000-06:00rotflolI too deter theft by sporting pink handle-b...rotflol<BR/><BR/>I too deter theft by sporting pink handle-bar tape on my expensive, commuter road-bike!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for cheering me up!<BR/><BR/>Also, I own a skateboard and am in my 30s. :) Your post inspires me to jump on it again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15434765.post-87196229959799558282007-09-21T19:35:00.000-06:002007-09-21T19:35:00.000-06:00Here are some of the things I think Audacity does ...Here are some of the things I think Audacity does right with their website:<BR/><BR/>1.) Their page is really clean and loads quickly.<BR/>2.) I can immediately see what the software is.<BR/>3.) I can immediately see how to download the software.<BR/>3.) I can immediately see a thumbnail to a screenshot of the software, and can easily reach more if I want to.<BR/>4.) I have easy access to everything I need to know about the software, including further information on its role, documentation, and how to help out.<BR/><BR/>I look at it this way: The clock is ticking, the moment someone starts loading your page. If they can't find the information they need, you may have lost a user -- or worse, lost a potential contributor. That's a pretty big deal.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163213862433540221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15434765.post-46556991967297457472007-09-21T17:21:00.000-06:002007-09-21T17:21:00.000-06:00It's funny you should mention Audacity, because wh...It's funny you should mention Audacity, because when I re-modeled the WorldForge front page last autumn, I used it as one of the main inspirations. Some of the features, in particular the boxes containing download links were copied directly from Audacity. Why? Because despite being a relatively minority interest software package it has some really high download statistics. It is currently the 11th most downloaded package on sourceforge, and at the time I was digging it was the most downloaded package that was not a file sharing client. Clearly they are doing something right.Al Riddochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09620823824548261546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15434765.post-64350587581766456342007-06-14T19:17:00.000-06:002007-06-14T19:17:00.000-06:00This is brilliant! Thanks for posting such cool th...This is brilliant! Thanks for posting such cool thoughts.<BR/><BR/>I'd often thought about how men are trapped and disadvantaged by their sexism just as much as women are. Societies where women are still owned by their men and can be traded beaten or killed with impunity are obviously bad for the women, but also bad for the men. They are giving themselves a very raw deal, missing out on the other half of fertile imaginations, and the thrill of being equal partners on life's great exploration.<BR/><BR/>I am not a pink person. I tended to spurn such things. I'm a very sloppy geek person -- a gadget person. So it came as a delightful surprise to me when you showed how pink could be used as being a way to defend against boys. :) Wonderful!<BR/><BR/>Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15434765.post-9676763818266658642007-06-07T11:34:00.000-06:002007-06-07T11:34:00.000-06:00You're a droid! Only humans can read those, didn't...You're a droid! Only humans can read those, didn't you know?Olahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257757899940448132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15434765.post-55385455550036136082007-05-25T08:52:00.000-06:002007-05-25T08:52:00.000-06:00http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/1552...http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/15522Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15434765.post-54108247018657041632007-05-19T22:10:00.000-06:002007-05-19T22:10:00.000-06:00Yeah, I deleted it. There's a special place in He...Yeah, I deleted it. There's a special place in Hell for spammers. And if there isn't, I'll be sure to commission one. :PAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163213862433540221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15434765.post-56735095232685351282007-05-16T16:35:00.000-06:002007-05-16T16:35:00.000-06:00They've managed to find their way to blogger.... :...They've managed to find their way to blogger.... :|Herphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14274003843214662550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15434765.post-31326052429161112762007-05-15T06:52:00.000-06:002007-05-15T06:52:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15434765.post-48553038955222254862007-04-23T22:30:00.000-06:002007-04-23T22:30:00.000-06:00He should be de-BARred. Plain and simple. He's wit...He should be de-BARred. Plain and simple. He's witch-hunting.Herphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14274003843214662550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15434765.post-47785367044740503292007-04-20T11:27:00.000-06:002007-04-20T11:27:00.000-06:00Yeah, my next post was about that, in fact. I was...Yeah, my next post was about that, in fact. I was pretty surprised.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163213862433540221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15434765.post-67734298670091978672007-04-19T20:34:00.000-06:002007-04-19T20:34:00.000-06:00Well, to be fair, it does seem that at least once ...Well, to be fair, it does seem that at least once he figured out there was nothing there on the video game angle...he then used that information to confront Jack Thompson. Possibly the source of his initial ideas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15434765.post-17946329333822007012007-04-16T20:30:00.000-06:002007-04-16T20:30:00.000-06:00Hello!Very good posting. Thank you - Have a good d...Hello!<BR/>Very good posting. <BR/>Thank you - Have a good day!!!Professor Howdyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189934292678757335noreply@blogger.com