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martyb
on Saturday October 31 2015, @10:53AM
from the Digital-Restrictions-Management dept.
from the Digital-Restrictions-Management dept.
Microsoft has announced (non-Javascript version) (emphasis in original) that
As of November 15, 2015, Zune services will be retired. You will no longer be able to stream or download content to your device from the Zune music service. However, Zune devices will still function as music players and any MP3 content that you own on the Zune device will remain there. You'll also be able to transfer music to and from your Zune player.
Note Content that was purchased with DRM may not play if the license can't be renewed.
Existing Zune Music Pass subscriptions will be converted to Groove Music Pass subscriptions.
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(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 01 2015, @11:32AM
Previously here, Markus Zingg's misadventure with Cadsoft was mentioned. [soylentnews.org]
If you use their product, you may be punished for the acts of others.
To avoid that, if you use their product, you must make ALL of your *.DEVs yourself.
If you reuse one that someone else made (using a cracked version of the product), you could find yourself locked out of your work product as Markus was.
Closed-source software--Cadsoft's in particular--should be avoided.
Hidden gotchas and randomly-changed rules dwell there.
-- gewg_
(Score: 1) by anubi on Monday November 02 2015, @04:13AM
Somehow, I missed that.
Thanks!
This particular thorn probably won't prick me as I am so particular about my parts and libraries that I make my own so all of my work is consistent. I may copy a concept, but I will not copy/paste someone else's work into my drawings.
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This is not due to fear of copyright violation or whatever, but there are little things like not knowing which grid settings or layers the parts are laid out on. I have had absolute fits trying to connect to parts when someone else uses a different grid setup than I use. Even my own boss.
He sent me through two weeks of special hell trying to use a library of parts he created when I was first trying to learn Eagle. Turns out he did not know much about Eagle either, and had his grid set to 0.0001. I was using the default grid of 0.1". I would go through all sorts of gyrations trying to get the parts to connect and get the wires to look halfway decent. When I discovered his library was a lot of cut and paste of stuff he found on the net, no wonder I had no consistency. Seems very few people will take the time to do it right if they can get it done now, even if its buggy.
I am still using the old version 4.16 as I fear Microsoft may screw up everything after WGA activation technologies were introduced. I want to be able to continue to support my stuff no matter what Microsoft does.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]