I've decided to fully support the new RIAA-sponsored and certified CC license, the CC-BY-NC-NS (or "No Share" license). This license allows folks to attribute the artist, use non-commercially, but adds a special "no share" clause which allows people to keep music to themselves. It'll save me a lot of time …
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I only want your complete loyalty and a can of sardines; I already have your unconditional surrender.[/caption]
I'd like to apologize in advance for the eventual destruction of humanity by our feline friends.
It seems we are unwittingly training the "Over Cat …
read moreThe Ubuntu Community: Collaborator or Contributor
There's been a lot of discussion about the role of the Ubuntu Community in the past few hours. Lots of upset feelings bubbling around. I know my previous post came out of venting some of my frustrations.
I think the biggest problem we have in the Ubuntu Community is the …
read moreJust because you're grinding the organ doesn't mean I have to dance
Q: How do you know when the next Ubuntu is close to release?
A: When the Canonical vs. the community posts hit Planet Ubuntu.
I've joked in the past that every single release of Ubuntu has to have some tempest-in-a-teapot event occur that causes people to get upset over the …
read moreLeasing phones and the Twitter API
I don't know if most of you were around in the early days of phones, but there was a time when phone companies actually leased you the phone you were using. Every month as part of your bill you would send them something extra for each of the phones that …
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