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Quiz on GPL

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It is always useful to test own acquaintances, if then it is sviluppatori or system administrators to padroneggiare the fundamental contents of general public license (the Quiz on You add “Quiz on GPL” to Of the .icio.usYou add “Quiz on GPL” redditYou add “Quiz on GPL” to TechnoratiYou add “Quiz on GPL” to Stumble UponYou add “Quiz on GPL” to DiggitaYou add “Quiz on GPL” to Wikio

Feb 2

Mp3 free?

Felt boys this! The Republic in date 31 January 2008 publishes an article in which it is supported that, because of a svista of the legislator, the new law on the copyright would have of legalizzato fact the publication of protect music in mp3 from the copyright. juke.gif It has revealed to the same daily paper the lawyer Andrea Mounts, Internet and right expert, which has made part of the work group for the study of the aforesaid law; it adds moreover that all he is contained in a new codicil not more modifiable because, although he must still be published on the Official Gazette, the law has been approved of from Room and Senate. Possible Com'è?
The codicil recites: “It is concurred the free publication through the Internet net, under gratuitous title, of images and musics to degraded lowland resolution or, for didactic or scientific and single use in the event in which such I use are not for the sake of lucro “.
It has written to who, it says it Mounts, it did not know that “degraded” is a technical term that comprises also the mp3. In fact all (or nearly) know that the mp3 they are a compressed version, therefore degraded, of music originate them.
Well, if on one side all this will make the exterminated people of Internet (not sure the record houses happy) and the Italian sites become the mecca of the downloader of all the world, from the other it does not remain that the bitter consideration of who thinks from a piece that this our great beautiful country is governed from people that, seen the age, the technology does not know not even where is of house, and, in some case, also it is boasted some…

Gen 19

Qt under GPLv3

gplv3.pngTo little days from the official release of kde 4 here that Trolltech, with a movement to surprise, has decided to release Qt cross-platform under GPLv3 licence in addition to the GPLv2.
“We have decided to add licences Trolltech.

Nov 30

Gdrive.

In this detail historical moment seems that or Google to dictate the times of the technological innovation in computer science field; the giant American succeeds sfornare an incredible amount of ideas, plans, software, than most times they are revealed of the phenomenal successes. Now it is the time of Gdrive, the new service of “Online Storage” whose launch is previewed for the next year.

Services of recording online are already in being, but the majority is introduced like solutions of backup remote or virtual for hacker and pirati warehouses informed to us. Solutions like Omnidrive, MediaMax and Box.Net already offer to some advance functions like the cryptography and the editing of multimediali rows, but Gdrive seems to be an operation of greater proportions much able one also than to enter in competition with Windows Live Skydrive being constructed a portal for all, from the document, to editing of photo and the video, to the visualization of the email. But I do not believe that Gdrive is only this. Coupled with Android, the operating system open source for telephones cellular, Gdrive perfectly adapts the customers who try to approach own rows, always and anywhere.
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Nov 24

Contradiction in terms?

It marks it this blog of Maison Fleury in which, for who it chews a minimum of English, finds an argument that it nearly seems a ossimoro, that is: “Like protect legal Open Source Software”. An other article in an other blog speaks about as to maintain the control of the channels of distribution and Bitnami cites as an example that is constructed on famous applications open source like Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal… Other that Gpl3.

I would want to say these gentleman that the free software the society of the Information is how much better Technology has produced up to now, the result of a gigantic work of voluntary collaboration, the only barrier against the mercificazione of the knowledge, and till when will remain free the acquaintance will be a good to capacity of all. Us lascino in peace!