On Monday 29 December 2003 12:50 pm, Charlie Brady wrote: > On Mon, 29 Dec 2003, John Cusick wrote: > > Were you about to make a comment, or was this a subtle comment on the > > excessive top-posting and lack of cleaning up previous messages? > > > > :-) > > Sorry, my mistake. I was going to make a comment, but coffee arrived, and > I hit the wrong button.
Just a quick comment to point out I was rather roundly trounced and then asked to not discuss this anymore on this dev-list the very last time such a topic came up. I guess it is "who" makes a comment more than "what is being said" that matters here. Sigh..... Bob Finch > > Back to the topic: > > As to what is allowed and not allowed, I would re-iterate that people > should read the licenses which they are given, and if in doubt, consult a > lawyer. > > As to the distribution in question, one would need to examine the software > in more detail to verify compliance with the GPL. > > As you can see here: > > http://youresale.com/products/yes_license_agreement.php > > they 1) inform their customers that the GPL applies to some included > software components and 2) assert licensing restrictions which are > incompatible with the GPL on the product as a whole. > > IANAL, so I won't comment on the legality of their operation (Mitel's > lawters can ponder that question). > > As a free software developer, I can say that their operation does not > comply with the spirit of free software development - they are attempting > to limit distribution of the software to "genuine MaPs (Mom and Pop > Store)", and they are sharing none of their own developments/modifications > with you and me. > > -- > Charlie Brady [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Mitel Networks Corporation http://www.mitel.com/ > Phone: +1 (613) 592 5660 or 592 2122 Fax: +1 (613) 592 1175 > > A: Because we read from top to bottom, left to right. > Q: Why should i start my reply below the quoted text? > > > -- > Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues > Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Searchable archive at > http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Searchable archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
