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kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51477 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
I believe that one has the right to 'hack' anything they own, if for their own use and it does not affect anybody else. I have 'hacked' Seti itself, for my own use. Nothing nefarious, but I have tamed Boinc to do my bidding. Nothing nefarious, nothing that shall ever get back into the wild. Just some 'adjustments' to make it suit my will. In the old Lunatics days, there were some 'adjustments' that were widely distributed, and some disagreed with their approach. But my opinion, is once you agree to let me use the software, what I do with it further, except for distributing any modifications, is my own business. I can admit to certain modifications that might raise the hackles of the establishment, but they are kept close to the vest. "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
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Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30984 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
They told me open source was better ... http://www.business.com/software/john-rampton-open-source-software-risks/ How Open Source Nearly Killed My Business Did they just say open source requires an unlimited budget? Yes they did! Free is the most expensive choice! |
KLiK Send message Joined: 31 Mar 14 Posts: 1304 Credit: 22,994,597 RAC: 60 |
Accessing any computer or network without the owner's permission is illegal. You buy or rent the software, so You own it! So, it's still illegal to access...as long as you pay for it, it's Yours! ;) non-profit org. Play4Life in Zagreb, Croatia, EU |
KWSN - MajorKong Send message Joined: 5 Jan 00 Posts: 2892 Credit: 1,499,890 RAC: 0 |
Accessing any computer or network without the owner's permission is illegal. Uhh... no. You pay a license fee for the right to USE the software, under certain conditions. Ownership of the software remains with either the individual(s) that wrote it, or the business that paid them to do so (work for hire). https://youtu.be/iY57ErBkFFE #Texit Don't blame me, I voted for Johnson(L) in 2016. Truth is dangerous... especially when it challenges those in power. |
KLiK Send message Joined: 31 Mar 14 Posts: 1304 Credit: 22,994,597 RAC: 60 |
Accessing any computer or network without the owner's permission is illegal. OK, you get on the airport & rent a car...drive of, paid for a full service, everything is OK! Does a company have a legal right to get into your car & see what you carry? ;) non-profit org. Play4Life in Zagreb, Croatia, EU |
OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
Accessing any computer or network without the owner's permission is illegal. That's not a valid comparison. Buying software cannot be compared to renting a car. They are governed by two different sets of laws. Let's try your example again but with a movie: You go to the store and rent a DVD, paid full service and everything is OK! Does a company have a legal right to go into your home and see what you're doing with it? No, and no one is advocating that companies have that right. However, if you are making copies of that disc and giving them away to friends or selling them to other people, then the company that owns the movie has every right to protect their Intellectual Property and file a criminal lawsuit against you. If you are reverse engineering their software and using their code or algorithms, they have every right to protect their IP and file suit against you. If you hack or reverse compile/engineer the software code and modify it for your own use and don't share it with anyone, who will be the wiser? That isn't to say you have the "right" to do it. This would be more of an ethical gray area, if anything. Again, buying or leasing software does not entitle you to do whatever you want with it. You do not own the software. |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21129 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Microbook v Facebook Microsoft has greater penetration yet... By legally restricting your intellect: Intellectual Ventures Really? You have to pay tax to Microsoft for anything software or computers?... IT is what we allow it to be... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Ex: "Socialist" Send message Joined: 12 Mar 12 Posts: 3433 Credit: 2,616,158 RAC: 2 |
But at least with GPL you can do whatever you want with it, and you don't even have to share your changes unless you release them to the public! IT is what copyleft makes of it! (hello Martin and Sirius, and of course ozz-the-man-fan and Bobby and everyone else) #resist |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
Sigh... This sounds like the former East Germany's STASI. The Wikileaks Task Force tweeted out that the organization is looking to create “an online database with all ‘verified’ twitter accounts & their family/job/financial/housing relationships.†https://twitter.com/WLTaskForce/status/817431533183238144 Wikileaks is also threatening to sue anyone who calls their pale king a rapist in response to their latest stunt. (Assange has been hiding away in the Ecuadorian embassy in London ever since Swedish authorities have tried to pursue rape charges against him.) IT is what we allow it to be... |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30984 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Sigh... This sounds like the former East Germany's STASI. NKGB & NKVD Wikileaks is a state government tool, for hire. |
qbit Send message Joined: 19 Sep 04 Posts: 630 Credit: 6,868,528 RAC: 0 |
Exactly 10 years ago, on January 9th 2007, Apple introduced the iPhone. Back then Apple really was innovative and the iPhone was, without a doubt, a revolutionary product. I just rewatched the Keynote and I realized how fast this technology has developed over the past 10 years. It's incredible! Can you imagine Steve Jobs got lots of cheers just for scrolling through a playlist? For many ppl their smartphone has become a integral part of their daily life. We use it for browsing the web, for text based communication, to listen to music, watch movies, navigating, managing our time and, ofc, for taking lots of pictures. I say that nothing has changed our lives more in the past 10 years then smartphones and you have to give Apple credit for starting it. I have to admit that I can't imagine a life without smartphone anymore, and I'm curious to see what the next 10 years will bring. 2007 iPhone introduction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4OEsI0Sc_s |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21129 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Is this where at least some computer users are tiring of the 'Marketing game' of forever something (supposedly) 'new' every few months? Apple eats itself as iPhone fatigue spreads ... the latest bout of iPhone fatigue might be more than a passing bout of flu. It's prompted one Wall Street watcher to downgrade Apple stock. The specific reason? Buyers are finding last year's supersized Plus model is better value than this year's svelte iPhone 7... ... And is this where forever Marketing change for the sake of change as something 'new' comes full circle to repeat the last generation...? Microsoft's Cloud UI brings Windows full circle You don't want a taskbar? Fine, we'll take it out. [...] OK, we'll put it back again... IT is what we allow it to be... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Oops, sorry Google, need a doctor? Thought of a few good quips to the last sentence :-) "NHS Digital was unable to suggest what NHS staff may be searching for using Google." |
Mark Stevenson Send message Joined: 8 Sep 11 Posts: 1736 Credit: 174,899,165 RAC: 91 |
"NHS Digital was unable to suggest what NHS staff may be searching for using Google." Brain surgery for dummies or Heart surgery for dummies - hope the NHS ain't starting to do "gender reasignment" on our money !!! Life is what you make of it :-) When i'm good i'm very good , but when i'm bad i'm shi#eloads better ;-) In't I " buttercups " p.m.s.l at authoritie !!;-) |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
"NHS Digital was unable to suggest what NHS staff may be searching for using Google." I was thinking along the lines of: "Would you like this style of boob or that one? |
KLiK Send message Joined: 31 Mar 14 Posts: 1304 Credit: 22,994,597 RAC: 60 |
Is this where at least some computer users are tiring of the 'Marketing game' of forever something (supposedly) 'new' every few months? +1 iPhoneSE is far best value for money & fits your pocket.... while Win7 is far better than Win10 still! So, when do we stop making stupid designs?! non-profit org. Play4Life in Zagreb, Croatia, EU |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19373 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
while Win7 is far better than Win10 still! You might not have a choice. Microsoft made 'em do it: The latest Kaby Lake, Zen chips will support only Windows 10 |
OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
while Win7 is far better than Win10 still! I would whole-heartedly disagree. I prefer Win10 over Win7, and I loved Win7 when it came out. Sure, it has it's share of quirks and bugs like all software does. But I'm really loving the advancement built into Win10, many of which I'd have to use third-party stuff in Win7 to get the same functionality. The interface feels snappier to me, and more modern to boot! Oh wait, Win10 is the newest OS from MS, so it's the one to hate. Just like XP before it, and Vista before that (another great OS that never recovered from negative perception), and 98 before both. I guess it'll take a few years before people finally warm up to it. Living a life of hating change has really got to suck eventually. Life is nothing but change. You move with it or get left behind. |
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