As a (bad) db admin, I would have to say it shouldn't be.
The biggest question is: If I have a sql select statement "SELECT * FROM students"(basically the simplest select query I can think of), which means "get all data in table students", and declared a copyright on it, what am I copyrighting? If Susie's table just so happens to be "students" then she is now in violation. You can't make an original sql statement. Everything is built off a statement from somewhere else(I get alot of my complicated ones from the MYSQL user docs).
I would have to agree with Shawn up top and completely ignore the copyright notice and then delete it.
This does bring up another question though: what are other software copyright's covering? Without being able to see the code how do I know my snippet of code that runs a loop over a config file isn't an exact copy of another person's code? It isn't impossible to imagine that quick and easy ways to do somethings in a programming language are going to be pretty obvious to anyone working on a program in said language. things to ponder...
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is there any way to make the threaded comments easier to follow? With so many sub-threads, it is really hard to follow some of the replies. Just an idea. :)
wow.
just.
wow.
Remind me again where those Bill of Rights were? Im sure they were forgotten, oh, twenty years ago or so.
What i find hilarious is the people in charge of the *AA and the movie theater and the judges were all hippies 40 years ago, or grew up in the 70's.
Peace and Love my ass.
I hope people boycott Rosemont
(they won't, but i can hope the American populace grows a spine sometime in my lifetime, preferably before the events in 1984 transpire)
How come we have protests for the g20 summit, but absolutely none (that i have heard) over this ACTA?
Nice to know we are all handing our rights away, along with the rights of the people of every other country in the agreement.
and yet people like me who use Linux can't "legally" use mp3's. i haven't paid the licensing fee nor has the distro i use. (thankfully, most of my library is ogg now).
Software patents hurt the software industry more than it helps. and proprietary software companies can easily use baseless software patents to harm, hinder, or destroy open source projects.
Basically, software patents will kill the software industry if it isn't fixed soon.
"Here's an unusual question for this forum: Who said the role or purpose or motivation for the patent process is to foster innovation?"
that's kinda the point of the outrage over shitty patents that foster monopolistic tendencies in businesses.
And besides, the rhetoric from the other side always says that more patents == more innovation.
"Face it, even is somebody somewhere gets money, some nut is going to complain how it offends their sensibilities."
its not bad to make money, it is bad to make sure noone else can make money.
what he fails to mention are the millions of people who have windows legitimately who are vulnerable to malware from either stupidity or bad programming.
I would change the title to "Microsoft Exec: our os is a security nightmare"
I am a firm believer that patents exists solely to help the rich get richer. Their is no evidence anywhere that shows that patents actually help innovation and progress. No where. What patents, and software patents specifically, do is help companies like google and Microsoft and Amazon beat the shit out of smaller and open source companies with baseless and frankly unfair software patents that stifle all creativity in the business. Then you have the fuckers that use patent litigation as their business model.
I'm going to stick with my "ignore all patents" theory and see where it leads me. We, as a populace, have a duty to ignore and openly disobey baseless and immoral laws. this is one of them.
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The biggest question is: If I have a sql select statement "SELECT * FROM students"(basically the simplest select query I can think of), which means "get all data in table students", and declared a copyright on it, what am I copyrighting? If Susie's table just so happens to be "students" then she is now in violation. You can't make an original sql statement. Everything is built off a statement from somewhere else(I get alot of my complicated ones from the MYSQL user docs).
I would have to agree with Shawn up top and completely ignore the copyright notice and then delete it.
This does bring up another question though: what are other software copyright's covering? Without being able to see the code how do I know my snippet of code that runs a loop over a config file isn't an exact copy of another person's code? It isn't impossible to imagine that quick and easy ways to do somethings in a programming language are going to be pretty obvious to anyone working on a program in said language. things to ponder...
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Re: Now is the time to strike.
People need to learn that PC is a general term and covers all personal computers.
And only the open source ones won't send you into bankruptcy.
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night of the living sequel
So who has the best pun?
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just.
wow.
Remind me again where those Bill of Rights were? Im sure they were forgotten, oh, twenty years ago or so.
What i find hilarious is the people in charge of the *AA and the movie theater and the judges were all hippies 40 years ago, or grew up in the 70's.
Peace and Love my ass.
I hope people boycott Rosemont
(they won't, but i can hope the American populace grows a spine sometime in my lifetime, preferably before the events in 1984 transpire)
On the post: Why Would Countries Leave ACTA Negotiations If Text Was Public?
Nice to know we are all handing our rights away, along with the rights of the people of every other country in the agreement.
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love the open mindedness there. nice to know you are all for other people thinking differently from you.
You like the idea of Big Brother in 1984, didn't you? Didn't see anything wrong with it in fact.
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skynet actually worked.
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Software patents hurt the software industry more than it helps. and proprietary software companies can easily use baseless software patents to harm, hinder, or destroy open source projects.
Basically, software patents will kill the software industry if it isn't fixed soon.
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that's kinda the point of the outrage over shitty patents that foster monopolistic tendencies in businesses.
And besides, the rhetoric from the other side always says that more patents == more innovation.
"Face it, even is somebody somewhere gets money, some nut is going to complain how it offends their sensibilities."
its not bad to make money, it is bad to make sure noone else can make money.
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Re: to retarded angry dude on techdirt
(pssst: i doubt it)
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I would change the title to "Microsoft Exec: our os is a security nightmare"
Has a nice ring to it.
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I'm going to stick with my "ignore all patents" theory and see where it leads me. We, as a populace, have a duty to ignore and openly disobey baseless and immoral laws. this is one of them.
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