Re: GPL and Court Procedure (was Re: Adobe open source ...)

2006-01-27 Thread Pedro A.D.Rezende
Raul Miller wrote: On 1/27/06, Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... A question of law is addressed by likelihood of success on that portion breach of contract claim that concerns its trademark Which question of law is are you talking about here? What do you mean by portion

Re: object code in the GPL and printed copies

2006-01-18 Thread Pedro A.D.Rezende
Alexander Terekhov wrote: On 1/18/06, Pedro A.D.Rezende [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alexander Terekhov wrote: Object code is a well established term. GNUspeak is irrelevant. The Copyright Act defines a computer program asa set of statements or instructions to be used directly or indirectly

Re: object code in the GPL and printed copies

2006-01-18 Thread Pedro A.D.Rezende
Frank Küster wrote: Pedro A.D.Rezende [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alexander Terekhov wrote: Object code is a well established term. GNUspeak is irrelevant. The Copyright Act defines a computer program asa set of statements or instructions to be used directly or indirectly in a computer

Re: OT: How I learned to stop worrying and love software patents

2005-07-24 Thread Pedro A.D.Rezende
Michael K. Edwards wrote: ... On 7/24/05, Nathanael Nerode [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... I invite you to question the assumption that algorithms are mathematics. My preferred US dictionary (American Heritage, third edition) has it that an algorithm is a step-by-step problem solving procedure,

Re: MP3 decoder packaged with XMMS

2005-07-13 Thread Pedro A.D.Rezende
Michael K. Edwards wrote: On 13 Jul 2005 07:50:44 GMT, MJ Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael K. Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Even so, Mr. Ravicher appears to be on the saner end of the range of FSF associates. [...] Isn't defaming a lawyer rather a stupid tactic for someone in the

Re: On the debian-legal Summary of Creative Commons 2.0

2005-04-15 Thread Pedro A.D.Rezende
MJ Ray wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Evan Prodromou) wrote: On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 12:12:44PM +, MJ Ray wrote: About Creative Commons: I feel this needs a paragraph on CC's decision-making, but I do not feel qualified to write it. I have no way of finding that out, and I don't see why it's

Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-13 Thread Pedro A.D.Rezende
Sean Kellogg wrote: On Wednesday 13 April 2005 06:55 am, Raul Miller wrote: On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 11:28:59PM -0700, Sean Kellogg wrote: Failure to have a click-through license means that there is no acceptance, which is a fundamental part of contract law. No acceptance, no contract, no