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My Code made it to a Hollywood Movie

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Re: My Code made it to a Hollywood Movie

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Post by k-mcgrady »

vezzy-fnord wrote: post #10
atmosx wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually, do we have a list of good computer movies ? I liked the movie hackers when I was a kid and first came out with Jolie and everything but it's kinda ridiculous and the approach is very hollywood-esque. I found Sneakers to be a great movie. War Games was kinda old to get me involved when I first saw it. Tr0n is unwatchable (at least the latest version). I like the matrix (imho best karate one-on-one fighting s…

23 is the best hacker film I know of. It's German and based on the Karl Koch story. It's not exclusively about hacking, necessarily, but it is far more realistic than any other I've seen. Reboot from 2012 is a short film that features a whole lot of real world penetration testing tools and security lingo, but was overall poorly executed and nonsensical. Still worth a look just to spot all the references. Antitrust is…

+1 for Antitrust. It's one of my favourites.

Re: My Code made it to a Hollywood Movie

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Post by frik »

atmosx wrote: post #7
anonymouz wrote: post #5

The network scanner NMAP has appeared in a lot of movies before. Fyodor has a page on it: http://nmap.org/movies/ . Apparently it even made an appearance in a soft-porn movie...

Actually, do we have a list of good computer movies ? I liked the movie hackers when I was a kid and first came out with Jolie and everything but it's kinda ridiculous and the approach is very hollywood-esque. I found Sneakers to be a great movie. War Games was kinda old to get me involved when I first saw it. Tr0n is unwatchable (at least the latest version). I like the matrix (imho best karate one-on-one fighting s…

  The Internship (2013)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2234155/

Good and funny movie, and realistic (if you don't mind the Google logo everywhere)

  Antitrust (2001, also known as "Startup")
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0218817/

Good movie that shows some C, Java and HTML code and also explains "open source". Miguel de Icaza helped them, so you see GNU/Linux desktops and GNOME shell and bash.

Re: My Code made it to a Hollywood Movie

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Post by murphm8 »

agilebyte wrote: post #6
anonymouz wrote: post #5

The network scanner NMAP has appeared in a lot of movies before. Fyodor has a page on it: http://nmap.org/movies/ . Apparently it even made an appearance in a soft-porn movie...

The name is "HaXXXor Volume 1: No Longer Floppy" for anyone searching through the page. It is on archive.org too: https://archive.org/details/haxxxor_volume_1_dvd

Thank you for this. It's hilarious.

Re: My Code made it to a Hollywood Movie

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Post by hippich »

Does including GPL code in your project (movie) makes this project (movie) GPL too and requires release of all movie source code? (i.e. 3d models, scenes, screenplay, etc.) And if yes, if someone will rebuild whole movie, will it be possible to download binary version of it compiled by some Joe for free?

Re: My Code made it to a Hollywood Movie

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Post by NAFV_P »

frik wrote: post #8
NAFV_P wrote: post #3

Can anyone else think of another movie which shows C code in it?

Startup (2001) (also named "Antitrust") http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0218817/ it has some C, Java and HTML code. It also explains "open source" and is a pretty good movie. Miguel de Icaza helped them, so you see GNU/Linux desktops and GNOME shell and bash.

Cheers.

Re: My Code made it to a Hollywood Movie

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Post by mchaver »

hippich wrote: post #14

Does including GPL code in your project (movie) makes this project (movie) GPL too and requires release of all movie source code? (i.e. 3d models, scenes, screenplay, etc.) And if yes, if someone will rebuild whole movie, will it be possible to download binary version of it compiled by some Joe for free?

Assuming that the GPL is fully representative of Stallman's views, they would not be be required to release 3d models, scenes, or the screenplay. Those parts would not be considered software. However, I am not sure about the source code involved in the movie. He makes a distinction between art and software because software is meant to do "practical jobs" whereas art is not so he does not put the free requirement on them.

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/funding-art-vs-funding-softwar...

Note: I only have a superficial understanding of GPL and Stallman's views.

Re: My Code made it to a Hollywood Movie

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Post by oliwary »

atmosx wrote: post #7
anonymouz wrote: post #5

The network scanner NMAP has appeared in a lot of movies before. Fyodor has a page on it: http://nmap.org/movies/ . Apparently it even made an appearance in a soft-porn movie...

Actually, do we have a list of good computer movies ? I liked the movie hackers when I was a kid and first came out with Jolie and everything but it's kinda ridiculous and the approach is very hollywood-esque. I found Sneakers to be a great movie. War Games was kinda old to get me involved when I first saw it. Tr0n is unwatchable (at least the latest version). I like the matrix (imho best karate one-on-one fighting s…

I really enjoyed Pirates of Silicon Valley, which covers the early history of Microsoft and Apple.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168122/

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