FWIW, my HP Pavilion came with Vista Home Premium and actually runs just fine, but then it came with 3 Gigs of memory to start with, so I may be in more of a situation that the OS was actually designed for. It may also help that I didn't convert it from an XP machine or whatnot.
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Theodosia - Nov 28, 2007 11:21:32 am PST #3605 of 25497
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
bon bon - Nov 28, 2007 3:23:02 pm PST #3606 of 25497
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Is anyone familiar with or can explain what is meant by a distribution of software in "binary form"? Is it distinguished from compiled/executable?
tommyrot - Nov 28, 2007 3:27:56 pm PST #3607 of 25497
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Binary means it's both compiled and executable. (Although not all executables are binary. eta: I suppose in the Windows world, 'executables' refers to compiled binary programs. But in the *nix, OS X world, executable can mean uncompiled scripts.)
bon bon - Nov 28, 2007 3:31:18 pm PST #3608 of 25497
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Thank you! That is really helpful.
bon bon - Nov 28, 2007 4:12:47 pm PST #3609 of 25497
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
OK, here's another question. This is for a work project. I won't die if no one responds, but maybe someone will enjoy the chase. Anyway, I am looking for copyrights for the following: CL/xpparse.2c and CL/xpyacc.tab.c, both distributed by the Free Software Foundation, and java-getopt-1.0.12.jar., glibC, and libstdc++, distributed by GNU. I've been searching for literally weeks, but it's hard to do via the WWW.
tommyrot - Nov 28, 2007 4:21:13 pm PST #3610 of 25497
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Hmm. Maybe your best bet would be to download all those programs in source code versions. Those would contain files of the license agreement.
I don't know if this would be of any help: [link]
bon bon - Nov 28, 2007 4:30:45 pm PST #3611 of 25497
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Hmm. Maybe your best bet would be to download all those programs in source code versions. Those would contain files of the license agreement.
Yeah, I'm also trying something along those lines, and have at least had success with libstdc++ that way.
Tom Scola - Nov 28, 2007 4:36:37 pm PST #3612 of 25497
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Short answer: software distributed by the Free Software Foundation is covered by one or more versions of the Gnu public license.
You can get getopt here, and glibc here.
bon bon - Nov 28, 2007 4:42:48 pm PST #3613 of 25497
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Thanks-- the GPL, etc. license is how I got here, since they require disclosure of copyright.
Jessica - Nov 29, 2007 2:01:19 am PST #3614 of 25497
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My Treo hasn't been able to sync in over a week - it just keeps timing out and saying it can't connect. I've restarted both it and the computer, no dice. Any ideas?
[nevermind, just a loose cable. DUH]