Yes! Quoting Simon Cooke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> 99% of the people who post there are rabid GNU followers, who want > everything to be free, regardless of reality. > > Simon > > Matthew Craven wrote: > > Why are slashdot.org monkeys? > > > > Quoting Fred Bloggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >> I'm not ignoring, badgering, or forcing copyright - merely agreeing > >> with Colin. > >> > >> I don't know who or what slashdot monkeys are, so I don't really > >> understand > >> > >> your point. > >> > >>> From: "Simon Cooke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> Reply-To: [email protected] > >>> To: <[email protected]> > >>> Subject: Re: Copyright etc > >>> Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 17:23:25 -0700 > >>> > >>> Ultimately though, it's still not your right to force copyright. > >>> You can go the abandonware route, but you can't just blindly ignore > >>> it - or try to badger people into doing it. > >>> > >>> This is the exact problem I have with the Slashdot monkeys. > >>> > >>> Simon > >>> > >>> Fred Bloggs wrote: > >>>> Well said Howard. > >>>> > >>>> This two month deadline is a good idea. I'm sure it will just > >>>> illustrate my original point (before I got shouted down) that > >>>> nobody really cares about software copyrights for a dead machine. > >>>> > >>>> Unless they want to sell of course. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> From: Howard Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>>> Reply-To: [email protected] > >>>>> To: [email protected] > >>>>> Subject: Re: Copyright etc > >>>>> Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 17:12:26 +0100 > >>>>> > >>>>> At 17:03 15/08/02, you wrote: > >>>>>>> I've been a bit quiet lately but I thought I'd just chirp in - I > >>>>>>> support your plan Colin, copyrighted material retains copyright, > >>>>>>> but if no-one > >>>>>> can > >>>>>> ^^^^ > >>>>>>> be bothered to enforce it, even if you seek them out for two > >>>>>>> months, > >>>>>> ignore > >>>>>> it. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Erm... the plan about the Copyright software was Gavin Smith's > >>>>>> post ... not mine > >>>>>> ! > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Colin > >>>>>> ==== > >>>>>> Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam > >>>>>> Website: http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/ > >>>>> > >>>>> Gavin and the SC newsletter hasn't been eaten by giant > >>>>> anteaters??????!!! Don't believe you! > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _________________________________________________________________ > >>>> Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > >>>> http://www.hotmail.com > >>> > >>> Looking for an accomplished Win32 developer to work on your project > >>> in the Seattle area? Please check out my resume and portfolio: > >>> http://home.earthlink.net/~simoncooke/resume.htm ; > >>> http://home.earthlink.net/~simoncooke/portfolio.htm > >>> http://home.earthlink.net/~simoncooke/otherhistory.htm Experienced > >>> in UI development and design, applications architecture, and > >>> shipping projects on time and on budget. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _________________________________________________________________ > >> Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > Looking for an accomplished Win32 developer to work on your project in > the Seattle area? Please check out my resume and portfolio: > http://home.earthlink.net/~simoncooke/resume.htm ; > http://home.earthlink.net/~simoncooke/portfolio.htm > http://home.earthlink.net/~simoncooke/otherhistory.htm Experienced in > UI development and design, applications architecture, and shipping > projects on time and on budget. > >
