10-28-2012, 02:37 PM | #91 |
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Isn't it the purpose of GPL to enable the user to exercise his freedoms, specifically, the freedom to make modified versions of a program? If the user is not given a way to install his own (modified) versions of the program, or if he is no longer allowed to (!), he has no way of exercising his freedom to run modified versions of the program.
Deeming jailbreaking/rooting illegal (unless it is done with permission from the vendor) kinda makes the whole thing incompatible with GPL if you ask me. |
10-28-2012, 02:49 PM | #92 | |
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I guess another big question would be, would Amazon go hard on this rule? They didn't seem to care about rooting before the Librarian made the first ruling about jailbreaking, so I'm wondering if it would matter now. Last edited by bhartman36; 10-28-2012 at 02:51 PM. |
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10-28-2012, 02:52 PM | #93 |
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They can make all the rules like this that they want, the plain simple matter is that all of them are unenforceble. So don't get upset or worry about it, just do what you want with YOUR personal bought and OWNED gear/ebooks/music.
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10-28-2012, 03:01 PM | #95 |
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Reading the document, one of the things that struck me is that the people who didn't want the exception (the rights holders, I assume) argued that an exception wasn't needed because it was already covered under the previous exception. Do you think that argument has legs?
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10-28-2012, 03:12 PM | #96 |
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You are morally right, but they are legally right I'm afraid. That's how the system is. In any case I hope citizens can now tell the difference between legal and moral.
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10-28-2012, 04:21 PM | #97 |
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A ruling like this really drives home the degree to which government officials who should be working for the public good are really just part of the corporate power structure.
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10-28-2012, 04:29 PM | #98 |
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All I got to say is this is just bullsh*t.
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10-28-2012, 05:15 PM | #99 | |
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10-28-2012, 07:02 PM | #100 | |
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Let's say almost everyone is guilty of violating some dozen (often obscure) laws/codes/rules that can't be uniformly enforced. Let's say I'm a prosecutor or corporate giant or the MPAA. You piss me off for some reason. It may be unrelated to the laws. I'll choose to prosecute or sue you even though I don't have the resources to sue everyone. Those laws are useful little tools for destroying meddlesome opponents and for producing a chilling effect on the rest. Yeah, these rules matter. |
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For the most part what someone does in the privacy of their home is between them and whatever diety they believe in. Most of the "public" cases we have heard about could have been prevented had they used an ounce of common sense, and the rest was simple greed and flaunting it. They deserve whatever they get. |
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10-28-2012, 08:22 PM | #102 |
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Probably. One should indeed expect the diety to punish greed.
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10-28-2012, 08:43 PM | #103 | |
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My first thought was that selective enforcement stinks as a tool of control. However, on second thought, people who read a lot of books may be more risk-adverse than the general population. There's only one way to know -- putting a few middle class readers in the slammer -- and I'm not advocating it. |
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10-29-2012, 06:52 AM | #104 |
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That decision is utter bullshit.
I hope mobilereads takes a stance here and continues to host the rooting/jailbreaking subforums. Move the servers, if necessary. |
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