The grammar of a language is a pretty clearly defined thing, should be copyright-able, and there would be a pretty clear test of whether something was a copy.

I also feel that the functionality of a program shouldn’t be protected. Yes, it’s a complex issue, but we could try. Legal precedent cannot be changed, but new laws could be written.

Until then, what incentive is there to develop software at all?

I don’t think this type of plagiarism constitutes “innovation” or “fair competition.”

There are plenty of legitimate, truly innovative alternatives to SAS in the marketplace.

Software isn’t like generic drugs where the public has an automatic right to a piece of intellectual property just because it has been in the market for a long time.

I think the standard for what is allowed to be copied is too loose and needs to be changed.

I’ve now installed version 4 through a PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa && sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install firefox-4.0 (it will show in the menu as the mine sweeper browser)

And for good measure I’ve also turned off flashblock in it even though it shouldn’t really matter. This setup works.

When starting, and when I go to localhost:10000 I get “Can’t receive from a closed channel.” in the repl which was expected so the server seems to be running properly anyway.

I see this when I start the server: #

When I output socket.readyState I see 0.

Any ideas on what the problem could be?