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In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] Stefaan A Eeckels
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Actually, as far as I understand it, you would be the only person in
trouble. The company might have a pre-release of David's GPLed
software, but this does not give you, their
Alan Mackenzie wrote:
[...]
For example, just last week I needed a function which searches backwards
a maximum of 3000 bytes from the end of file for Local Variables:, and
then deletes any following lines containing mode: or eval:. I
extracted the code which did the searching out of an
Wallace on predatory pricing:
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Predatory pricing
The GPL establishes a predatory pricing scheme. Setting the maximum
price of intellectual property at no charge removes all motive to
compete. The Supreme Court has analyzed predatory pricing in a Sherman
Act § 1 civil action:
[T]his is
Wallace concludes:
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Conclusion
The plaintiff Daniel Wallace in his Complaint has directly or
inferentially alleged that the defendants have:
(1) used an express contractual agreement to conspire with named
co-conspirators and;
(2) engaged in an unreasonable restraint of trade by pooling
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Thu, 09 Feb 2006 16:59:54 +0100:
Alan Mackenzie wrote:
That is true. However, when you take two short stories, commingle
paragraphs from one of them with paragraphs from the other, connecting
them up with sentences of your own to give a new
Alan Mackenzie wrote:
[...]
The actual source of the function I'm talking about (which is available
in SourceForge) is materially different from the above. The extracted
code (what you've called .locate_backwards_from_end) has been
extensively changed from the original, yet is recognisably
Alan Mackenzie wrote:
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Thu, 09 Feb 2006 16:59:54
+0100:
Alan Mackenzie wrote:
That is true. However, when you take two short stories, commingle
paragraphs from one of them with paragraphs from the other, connecting
them up with
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Alan Mackenzie wrote:
Why do you try to be disparaging about GNU?
My hobby.
To each his own.
Yeah, right. The GNU is the best of breed, I know.
Not really. It's just immortal, so it has all the time in the world
to improve. And that's an