[03:10] <mr_steve> Yay I'm finally off the neighbor-net
[03:10] <jenkinbr> lol
[03:11] <jenkinbr> welome to life with your own net :)
[03:11] <mr_steve> It's a substantial improvement, my connection no longer drops every 3 minutes. Just ever time the phone rings... ah well.
[03:13] <jenkinbr> aww
[03:13] <jenkinbr> dialup?
[03:13] <mr_steve> DSL
[03:15] <mr_steve> I've got real bad splices in the basement, the line is just barely clear enough to stay synced... except when the phone rings
[03:16] <mr_steve> But that's a project for another day, I'm just happy to be able to self-host my blog again
[03:17] <mr_steve> and get my BBS and Legend of The Green Dragon server back up :)
[03:17] <katakaio> A blog, eh? I didn't know you were a writer too . . .
[03:18] <mr_steve> Off and on. Just whenever something fascinates me enough that I feel like writing about it
[03:18] <mr_steve> Not enough time for random projects these days :(
[03:18] <katakaio> Yeah, it comes in seasons
[05:25] <mr_steve> wow freenode sure is b0rken tonight
[05:27]  * Takyoji netsplits mr_steve
[05:30] <Takyoji> I wonder if the Software Freedom Law Center or FSF will scare off hardware vendors from using Linux
[05:30] <Takyoji> http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/12/sflc-launches-gpl-enforcement-smackdown-on-14-gadget-makers.ars
[08:30] <rlaager> Takyoji: I doubt it. I'd imagine it's all a cost consideration. Right now, they see GPL software as being absolutely free (as in cost), but they're violating the license.
[08:30] <rlaager> Once they realize that complying with the GPL is almost free (putting source code on your website and a note in the manual is pretty cheap) and not following it is costly (because of SFLC lawsuits), I think they'll choose to comply, which will still be cheaper than writing something from scratch or using other options.
[08:30] <rlaager> Then everyone gets what they want.