> Palm Inc. seems to have found another golden mean with PalmOS - the
> source (partially) is available under NDA, and the apps are open.
> I think they are making money :). Wither CE? [A. yes].
this is a very nice solution. the source is only opened to people
willing to sign an NDA, and with the NDA, Palm has more power to
legally prosecute those who break the rules.
> Please write a review here. I would like to know what you found helpful.
heck, why dont you read it yourself. there will be SOURCE CODE there,
oh my... will this qualify as OSS? (open source)? it wont be a paper
saying:
"this is an idea, and.. it failed"
it will be more like:
"this is an idea, and.. this is how it is implemented (source
code included).. and, this is what the crackers/hackers do
to get around it".
of course, not to much detail will be put on "how to get around it"
i dont want it to be a cracking tutorial, but it will be beneficial
to explain in basic terms the techniques they use.
opening up how they do it, may allow others to open their minds to
new and exciting ideas (if they want to continue the work). i will
express the findings i have found how best to implement some form
of protection mechanism - without being to harmful to the users.
but yes, crippleware sucks.
> > I don't understand this statement.
>
> If people are paying several thousand dollars to fly to palmsource
> just to figure out how to do licensing (as the original statement
> implied, but has fallen off the context, in effect the *ONLY* thing
> stopping a hobbyist from developing something and being a pro is
> licensing and protection), I can provide the same information for
> several hundred.
this is not the intention of the paper.
> While I think the paper will be interesting, to say that protection is
> such a crucial matter that people will be spending a lot of money to
> fly to california near the holidays just to discover the rosetta stone
> in this one paper which will unlock the palm economy is a bit much.
the paper is just given out at PalmSource.. it will be made available
for "normal" people to read after the conference. i will make it
available in HTML and PDF on my website (hopefully soon after) for
everyone.
there is no "presentation" to be given either.. i will attend
PalmSource, and, the paper will be handed out (made available)
when you get there. if there is enough demand, it might be cool
to organize a session to discuss issues or elements of the paper
in one of the later days of the conference.. who knows.
tom, i dont take your attitude harshly on this matter, but - i think
the discussion has gone way off topic in relation to what will be
discussed in the paper.
now, may i go on with c+p'ing code snippets into the paper so
people can at least see how some systems are implements specifically
for the Palm Computing Platform? (which is the real intent of the paper)
cheers
// az
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