Hi all! Recently I worked on the "Subversion Links" Greasemonkey script: http://www.shlomifish.org/open-source/bits-and-bobs/greasemonkey/grease.html I...
Hi all! I recently spotted a new shell called Squirrel Shell on Freshmeat.net: http://squirrelsh.sourceforge.net/ Here is my impression from it: 1. Doing the...
Didn't you forget the standard open source sentence "Release early release often"? It is probably a very early release and you should have wrote this to the ...
Hi Ori! Please separate paragraphs with an empty line, and avoid top-posting. ... "Release early, release often" does not mean "Release crap" or don't do ...
... My guess: It's A niche product. Don't use it, Shlomi - it's not for you. I'm surprised you even wasted your time on it, since you're evidently not a part...
Hi all! I uploaded a new riddle to the Math-Ventures section of my homepage: http://www.shlomifish.org/MathVentures/two-angels-and-two-gates.html It was...
Hello, This may be the opportunity to discuss a related issue: Are there are any impressions from the new Israeli registrars? Personally, I moved my domain to...
Eli Billauer
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Oct 25, 2008 11:04 pm
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... I've moved a couple of domains (python.org.il included) to LiveDNS. Their interface looks like it was designed by a newbie, and it's using ASP (GASP!) but...
http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2008/10/27/why-there-will-always-be-programmers/ Summary: Programmers are always needed, because big programs have lots of ...
Omer Zak
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Oct 31, 2008 12:29 am
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... Well, I never initiated large-scale projects on my own, just contributed to large-scale ( > 100K LOCs) projects that other people initiated. Well, first of...
... I certainly agree that code should be self documenting as much as possible. Sometimes even in line documentation in the form of comments, tends to stay out...
I am think about the best ways for technical young entrepreneurs (like me) to start startups... Here's the post - ...
Hadar Weiss
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Nov 5, 2008 7:07 am
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Hi all! (for linux-elitists : I'm sorry about my last post about the KDE 4 rant. I thought it was acceptable, but it turned out to violate this list's...
... It is my understanding that you do not have to make your modifications available to people, who don't surf your Web site. So if you install the stuff on...
Omer Zak
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Nov 6, 2008 4:40 pm
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Hi Omer! ... No, you are right. I should have phrased it as an "on a public web-server". However, this misphrasing still doesn't make it a better licence, or...
... Possibly all. The reason is that "freeness" is not a boolean parameter. Not even a single parameter real-valued scale. There are multiple criteria, ...
... Well, generally speaking one should strive for endorsement as free (and preferably GPL-compatibility) by everybody. Otherwise, you may be facing problems....
... I understood that you are (not strongly) against all viral licenses, regardless of whether they provide us with protection against the unfair software...
Omer Zak
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Nov 8, 2008 11:36 pm
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Answering to myself... ... Since there are no takers, and since the domain is in use, I will renew it myself unless someone contacts me by mid-December and...
Hi Omer! Sorry for the late response. ... I am against them in the sense that I prefer not to use them for my code. But I accept the fact that some people want...
... Thinking of future threats is hard (in the banking business, this is a whole profession, and as you can see lately, the haven't been doing a very good job....
... I agree this is a problem. However, if X-Windows were GPLed, then the people who made Exceed and wanted to sell it, would not have made it in the first ...
As I was working on a new Greasemonkey script today, I needed a way to parse the date from a string, and format it into DD-MM-YYYY. Parsing the date turned out...
Hi all! I ran out of books to read, and while I can buy some more, there's always the more cost-effective way of borrowing them with fellow mongers. Here is an...
... Now that I think of it, I have another vital thought experiment to add to this. If X11 had been initiated under a non-BSD-style-licence, then it is ...
... In this case, your recommendations are also not free enough. Only license that would work is something like: "You can do with this work whatever you like,...
Hi all! I started to coordinate the Israeli participation in the Google Summer of Code program for this year. For this end, I created a page on the wiki: ...
See: http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?blogid=14&entryid=1845 http://www.fsf.org/news/reoppose-tls-authz-standard for a call-for-action...
See the forwarded message below for the question. You can find my response here: http://mail.pm.org/pipermail/sanfrancisco-pm/2009-February/002161.html ...
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